The Product Development Podcast

The Business Side of Cyber Security: Bringing a Product to Market | Chris Clinton (Naq Cyber, NATO)

Adam Wakeling Season 1 Episode 4

Chris Clinton is co-founder of Naq Cyber, and was previously a Cyber Security Consultant and Engineer, working with NATO and a number of defence organisations.

In today's episode:

• What is cyber security and how to protect your business

• Fundamentals in preventing cyber attacks

• How Naq Cyber went from idea to product market fit



Chris's contact info:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismclinton/

Naq Cyber: 

• https://www.naqcyber.com/



Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/



In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Podcast Introduction

(00:42) Definition of cyber security

(04:09) The biggest risk in cyber security

(06:55) First steps in implementing a cyber security strategy

(09:11) Risk assessment steps

(13:00) Approach to protecting passwords

(17:20) Using personal devices for work

(18:22) The business of IT certifications

(23:12) Lessons from growing Naq Cyber from ideation 

(28:22) Naq Cyber MVP

(33:33) Tracking competitor features and solving problems

(38:34) Manual first, automation second 

(41:48) Future of cyber security

Follow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcast
Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling and LinkedIn: @adam-wakeling