#141: Starting an Information Security Business with Christian White, USMA ‘09

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian White (USMA ‘09) is the managing director and co-founder of <a href= "https://risk3sixty.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">risk3sixty</a>, an information security advisory firm that helps companies build, manage, and certify their information security, privacy, and compliance programs. Christian always knew that he wanted to start a business and, although he had no background in information security, he was able to grow risk3sixty through successful team building and his willingness to learn the business from the ground up.</span></p> <p>In this episode, we discuss:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The five core values that frame every aspect of risk3sixty’s business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How risk3sixty’s success came from Christian and his partner’s willingness to fail and get back up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The importance of having big, audacious goals</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The three lessons Christian learned from the Army and West Point that helped him grow his business</span></li> </ul> <p>Connect with Christian and the team at risk3sixty:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianfwhite/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian White</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://risk3sixty.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">risk3sixty</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcD3Vc3Z1FSncd2BvRp9vQ" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">risk3sixty on YouTube</a></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-virtual-ciso/id1519592554" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The V