September 13, 2021

Episode #42 - Lessons and Silver Linings of the COVID Pandemic

This week the guys share what they saw in the cybersecurity and IT industries from the start of COVID to the current day. They share what went poorly as well as lessons learned and why our Nation's cybersecurity will come out stronger than pre-COVID.

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