Cyber Crime Junkies
Cyber Crime Junkies
Cyber Crime Junkies·Aug 1, 2026·48m·Episode #31

Huntress Security Insider Reveals Leadership Secrets

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Learn why Cyber criminals hate Huntress, why we use them daily and why they help stop cyber crime in the SMB space. What if the people protecting small businesses had no idea they were already inside?

Jeremy Young was employee #19 at Huntress Security. He watched MSPs go from ignoring cybersecurity to being the frontline defense against organized criminal groups running attacks like a business.

Here is what stopped us cold: 70% of ransomware attacks now target small and mid-sized businesses. And most of them have no dedicated security team.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome Jeremy Young from Huntress Security 
02:15 From Fortune 500 to Startup Employee Number 19 
05:30 How HP Direct Taught the Wrong Way to Work the Channe
 08:45 Why Jeremy Left Verizon and Joined the MSP World 
12:00 Duo Security, Cisco Acquisition, and Meeting the Huntress Founders 
16:20 Huntress Mission: Bringing Cybersecurity to the 99 Percent 
18:45 Big Company Skills That Actually Transfer to Startups 
22:00 Process Documentation and Building What Does Not Exist Yet 
25:30 Two Types of People at Every Company: Fixers vs Bystanders 
28:15 Ownership Mentality, Shareholder Value, and Going Beyond Your Title 
31:00 Radical Candor, Difficult Conversations, and Remote Work Culture 
44:30 Mentorship That Works: Homework, Follow Through, and Self Selection 
48:00 How Jeremy Mentors the People Who Actually Do the Work 
51:20 Lessons From Thailand Floods: Do Not Bow to a Title 
54:45 Respecting Humans First and Hanging Up on Screaming CEOs 
57:30 Leadership Lessons, Final Thoughts, and How to Follow Jeremy Young

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