We have renamed the show Descoped: The Payments Security Podcast, rebranded it, and we have a new host (Megan Powers on our marketing team) to kick-off our second season with this latest episode!

VGS enjoys keeping up with trends and sharing what matters in the data security, payments, and fintech space. At the end of 2022 our own Ken Geers, PhD, wrote a retrospective on trends for the year, and then recently wrote one about trends to look for in 2023.

Ken came on the podcast as our first guest of season two to chat about these emerging trends.

“FinTech companies should invest in security, privacy, and trust, not simply due to regulatory requirements, but because this is a lucrative business model.”

We discussed open banking, CFPB & FedNow, Robots, financial wellness, and more.

Our guest

Dr. Kenneth Geers works at VGS and has deep experience in cyber security. He’s an Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative Senior Fellow, a NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Ambassador, and a Digital Society Institute-Berlin Affiliate. Prior to those services, Ken served for twenty years in the US Government: in the Army, for the National Security Agency (NSA), in Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and at NATO. He’s the author of the book “Strategic Cyber Security,” editor of the books ”Cyber War in Perspective” and ”The Virtual Battlefield,” and a technical expert for the ”Tallinn Manual” (an academic, non-binding study on how international law applies to cyber conflicts and cyber warfare).

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