{"id":10154,"date":"2020-02-11T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T22:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerocominc.com\/info\/?p=10154"},"modified":"2020-02-11T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T22:43:09","slug":"itsmiths-david-africano-ciso-at-caliburn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/itsmiths-david-africano-ciso-at-caliburn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"ITsmiths: David Africano, CISO at Caliburn International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12981914\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano.png\" rel='magnific'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10155\" src=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano.png\" alt=\"ITsmiths - David Africano\" width=\"422\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano.png 940w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano-239x200.png 239w, https:\/\/aerocominc-staging.vitalclients.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ITsmiths-David-Africano-477x400.png 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-africano\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Africano<\/a><\/span>, CISO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caliburnintl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caliburn International<\/a>, is afraid of heights but instead of steering clear, he had a different approach. 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