--- title: "Episode 1: Business Security Maturity Journey with Rick Folkerts" description: "We interviewed Rick Folkerts, Principle Security Analyst at Truvantis. Rick is a specialist in governance risk and compliance." image: https://www.truvantis.com/hubfs/Blogs/The%20Business%20Security%20Maturity%20Journey%20(1).png --- [![truvantis-logo-reverse@2x](https://www.truvantis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Truvantis%20Logo/truvantis-logo-reverse@2x.png?width=1117&height=250&name=truvantis-logo-reverse@2x.png "truvantis-logo-reverse@2x")](https://www.truvantis.com) [![truvantis-logo-main@2x-1](https://www.truvantis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Truvantis%20Logo/truvantis-logo-main@2x-1.png?width=1117&height=250&name=truvantis-logo-main@2x-1.png "truvantis-logo-main@2x-1")](https://www.truvantis.com/) ** ## The Truvantis Risk Radar Podcast ![](https://www.truvantis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Truvantis%20Logo/truvantis-logo-main@2x-1.png?length=200) # Episode 1: Business Security Maturity Journey with Rick Folkerts September 13, 2023 We interviewed Rick Folkerts, Principle Security Analyst at Truvantis. Rick is a specialist in governance risk and compliance, including data privacy.  We asked him about his experience and approach to helping organizations of all sizes and types, with a wide range of security challenges and goals. 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