Designing Enterprise Platforms

In this edition of the Early Adopter Research (EAR) Podcast, EAR’s Dan Woods spoke about connectivity and the IOT with Brian Talbert, the head of networking and connectivity for Alaska Airlines. He was one of more than 30 contributors to the upcoming book from Fortinet’s CISO Phil Quade, called The Digital Big Bang: The Hard Stuff, the Soft Stuff and the Future of Cybersecurity. The Digital Big Bang proposes a framework for creating a truly scientific approach to cybersecurity. Phil Quade’s ambition is to find a way to systematically address many of the problems that have arisen because cybersecurity was not properly incorporated in the design of the internet. Talbert is an expert in networking and connectivity and he spoke with Woods about what he can teach cybersecurity professionals. Woods is a technology analyst and founder of earlyadopter.com, a research publication that focuses on implementing high value use cases with multi-product platforms. He played the role of editor in Phil Quade’s book, which cam