MIT Technology Review & JPMorgan Chase present: Chasing Technology - Cybersecurity

This father of five and veteran is a cybersecurity lead at one of the world’s largest, and best-known financial institutions, JPMorgan Chase.
Nick is one of the thousands of technologists responsible for the solutions and services that the world’s most important institutions, corporations, and governments rely on. The stakes are high; there’s little room for error.
Nick and his fellow 55,000 technology experts bring unique lived experience to the table, drawing on knowledge from a wide-and sometimes surprising-range of backgrounds to develop for today and anticipate for tomorrow. Veterans, academics, volunteers, scientists, coaches, immigrants, mentors, parents, and caretakers are leading new ways of doing business.
Meet Nick, and get to know the technologists of JPMorgan Chase as they're "Chasing Technology": www.technologyr... #ChasingTechnology
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Credits:
"Chasing Technology" is presented by MIT Technology Review in partnership with JPMorgan Chase.
MITTR Studios for MIT Technology Review: Caitlin Bergmann
Production Company: The Reserve Label
Executive Producer: Ryan Slavin
Director/DP: Brooks Reynolds
Producer: David McGinley
Editor: Jeremy Huff
Post Producer: Carly Wolfson
Post Producer: Kong Yang
Title Design & GFX: Joe Dietsch
Colorist: Nick Lindell-Wright
Composer: Michael Beliveau
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Transcript:
I never actually thought I'd be at a bank. The best things happen when you don't expect them. I'm at my best when the pressure's highest, which is why I'm still a drilling reservist.
My name is Nick Adam. I work at JPMorgan Chase doing cybersecurity.
We operate in over 60 countries as a bank. We have to be available and up all the time.
Our payment systems have to function. The work’s never done.
But that's also why I think military folks do so well in this environment. We are trained to be kind of calm in the chaos.
I've always wanted to be around the smartest people, aligned to the most critical things. We invest in talent because we can't get it wrong.
Work-life balance is feeding the right culture of the organization. I love running. It's not all work all the time. And you got to take the time for yourself. That differentiates JPMorgan Chase from a lot of our competitors. And certainly what I see among other tech companies.
Family for me is kind of a center of everything I do. I'm helping to protect them and give them, hopefully, a better world than the one I grew up in.
We're always evaluating new technology, but then the adversary does something you don't expect, and you have to react to that.
I'm a bit uncomfortable when it's calm, but the reality is …if we don't find it, someone else will.
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[@patrickgeorge9894]

You’re the man!

[@GangTong]

Amazing!

[@Alberto_Cavalcante]

Great

[@PoliticaV]

Damn he made cybersecurity sound like it was a war in Afghanistan lol