From FBI Agent to Entrepreneur with Scott Augenbaum

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 From FBI Agent to Entrepreneur with Scott Augenbaum Six years ago Scott Augenbaum discovered the medium of podcasts.&nbsp; The first show he ever downloaded was "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do" (now "Making Waves at C-Level") and he was hooked.&nbsp; He later reached out to the host, Thom Singer, to talk more about what he was learning.&nbsp; Thom invited Scott on the show to talk about Cyber Security, and they became friends. &nbsp; Over the years Scott has retired from the FBI and has become a professional speaker and author.&nbsp; He reinvented himself at age 50 and is now living a new life educating people about how to stay safe online.&nbsp; He gives credit to this podcast and Thom for inspiring his journey. &nbsp; For episode 606 Thom has invited Scott Augenbaum back on the show to share his journey (and to talk a little bit about cyber security).&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; About Scott Augenbaum &nbsp; After joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the New York Field Office in 1988 as a support employee, Scott Augenbaum became a Special Agent in 1994 and was assigned to the Syracuse, New York Office, where he worked domestic terrorism, white collar and hate crimes, and all computer crime investigations. In October 2003, Agent Augenbaum was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters, Washington D.C in the Cyber Division, Cyber Crime Fraud Unit and was responsible for managing the FBI’s Cyber Task Force Program and Intellectual Property Rights Program. In 2006, Mr. Augenbaum transferred to Nashville, TN and managed the FBI Memphis Division Computer Intrusion/Counterintelligence Squad in Nashville, TN. &nbsp; Over the past ten years, Retired Special Agent Scott Augenbaum has had the opportunity to provide hundreds of computer intrusion threat briefings with the goal of educating the community on emerging computer intrusion threats and how to not to be the victim of a data breach. &nbsp; Scott earned an MBA at American Sentinel University in Information Technology and a Masters Certificate in Information Security Management from Villanova University in addition to holding numerous General Information Assurance Certifications. &nbsp; Email Scott at&nbsp;saugenbaum@gmail.com&nbsp;to get his free chapters and other handouts about cyber security. &nbsp; https://www.thomsinger.com/podcast/scott-augenbaum2 Making Waves at C-Level http://www.thomsinger.com/podcast <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16509986/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/16509986