2 Minute Drill · ~5 min listen
Drex DeFord
Principal
229Project
About Drex
I'm a farm-kid from Indiana. With no money for college, I enlisted in the Air Force as an IT Specialist. While on active-duty and working full-time, I finished my undergrad in Business (Magna Cum Laude), and my first masters degree (Public Administration). The Air Force offered a direct commission as a USAF Officer (hospital administration) -- and I accepted. As a USAF officer, I was the CIO at a small hospital; the Administrator of an Air Transportable Hospital (like an Air Force version of a MASH unit) during Desert Shield/Storm -- shot at and missed; Deputy CIO at the USAF School of Healthcare Sciences; completed a second masters (MS in Health Informatics), CIO at the Air Force's Largest Regional Command (14 hospitals and clinics across the Southern US); CIO at one of the AF's largest Medical Centers; went back to the Middle East to lead an expeditionary hospital supporting multi-national warfighters enforcing Iraqi No-Fly-Zone Operations (Operation Southern Watch); then off to Washington DC as the Chief Technology Officer for Air Force Health System's World-Wide Operations. After 20 years and 21 days of military service I retired from the USAF, and started a civilian career that's included CIO roles at Scripps Health, Seattle Children's, and Steward Healthcare, and CEO of Next Wave Connect. I hung out my shingle as an independent consultant, launching drexio digital health in early 2015. Now, I am joining the This Week Health team as the President of 229, Risk and Security.
Episodes featuring Drex
311 episodes
2 Minute Drill · ~3 min listen
2 Minute Drill: CSA Budget Cuts Raise Security Concerns Amid Ransomware Threats with Drex DeFord
2 Minute Drill · ~4 min listen
2 Minute Drill: Microsoft's Zero-Day, Black Basta, and X DDoS Attack Mystery with Drex DeFord
2 Minute Drill · Mar 12, 2025
2 Minute Drill: Twitter Taken Down - Massive DDoS Attack With Drex DeFord
Newsday · ~29 min listen
Newsday: AI Cyberthreats and Giving the Power Back to the Patient with This Week Health
2 Minute Drill · ~4 min listen
2 Minute Drill: VMware Zero-Day Exploits, Black Basta, and Concerningly Realistic Voice AI with Drex DeFord
2 Minute Drill · ~4 min listen
2 Minute Drill: Healthcare Wins Most Breached Industry of 2024 with Drex DeFord
2 Minute Drill · ~4 min listen
2 Minute Drill: DIY Phishing, Warby Parker's $1.5M Fine, and CrowdStrike CSO Retirement
2 Minute Drill · ~3 min listen
2 Minute Drill: CISA Shake-up, Palo Alto Vulnerability, and HealthNet's $11.2M Fine with Drex DeFord
The 229 Podcast · ~15 min listen
Zero Trust Hospital Series: Mythbusting Zero Trust with Tamer Baker
2 Minute Drill · ~5 min listen
2 Minute Drill: OmniGPT Breach Claims, Italian Defense Minister Deepfake, and Hacking Collaborations with Drex DeFord
The 229 Podcast · ~15 min listen