Insights from the Billington Cybersecurity Summit with Willie Hicks, Federal CTO at Dynatrace

Tech Transforms, sponsored by Dynatrace

On this special episode, Willie Hicks and Carolyn Ford discuss the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, as well as insights from panels, led by Willie, on workforce automation and zero trust.

Key Topics

• [00:22] Willie's Workforce Automation Panel Highlights
• [03:28] The Difference Between Training & Education
• [11:11] Securing Data In A Zero Trust World Panel Highlights
• [16:31] Willie's Experience with Constant Reverification While Working in Financial Data Protection
• [20:44] Overarching Impressions from the Billington Cybersecurity Summit

Quotable Quotes

On the Human Factor: "I think this is always the case, that the human's usually going to be the weakest link. We're always the weakest link. But that's why that constant reverification is so critical."

On Generative AI: "We can't fear these things like generative AI. We've got to embrace it. We've got to use it. We've got to figure out how to use it and use it right and use it appropriately. But we have to figure out how to use it because you know who's using it? Our adversaries."

About Our Guest

Willie Hicks is the Public Sector Chief Technologist for Dynatrace. Willie has spent over a decade orchestrating solutions for some of the most complex network environments, from cloud to cloud native applications and microservices. He understands tracking and making sense of systems and data that has grown beyond human ability. Working across engineering and product management to ensure continued growth and speed innovation, he has implemented Artificial Intelligence and automation solutions over hundreds of environments to tame and secure their data.

Episode Links

• Billington Cybersecurity Summit Speakers
• Tech Transforms with Tom Billington
• Tech Transforms with Ann Dunkin
• Mission Impossible