Cyber Security Effectiveness Podcast
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsDo boards and business leaders understand the risks? Is security improving, barely keeping up with threats, or falling painfully behind? And more importantly, if what kept us secure has stopped working, what do we need to do to fix it? Join host Brian Contos and his guests as they explore these questions on The Cyber Security Effectiveness Podcast.
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Risky Business: Data Privacy and Compliance
April 23, 2019 14:45 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBAccording to Terry Ray, SVP and Fellow at Imperva (previously Chief Technology Officer), practices and safety around data privacy and the cloud, though slowly improving, still leave much to be desired. He and Brian Contos discuss the concept of absolute security and why businesses benefit more from calculating acceptable risk based on their unique critical assets.
Safety Through Segmentation
April 16, 2019 16:01 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBHost Brian Contos sits down with cybersecurity veteran William (Bill) Crowell, former Deputy Director of the NSA and current partner at Alsop-Louie Partners, to get a picture of the major threat landscape changes over the past 15 years. While phishing attacks, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and breach monetization become more sophisticated each day, CIOs and board members must turn their focus to implementing proper network segmentation.
Blurring the Line Between Black and White
April 02, 2019 17:21 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBIn a security professional’s career, a nearly perfect success rate can be quickly and detrimentally tarnished by one mistake that puts the company at risk. Raj Samani, Fellow and Chief Scientist at McAfee, shares his professional journey and explains how his choices have reflected who he is as a mentor, peer, father, husband, and author, encouraging listeners to appreciate what they have now.
A Case for Prioritizing Cybersecurity: A Litigator’s Perspective
March 26, 2019 21:14 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWhile appealing new gadgets and innovative products continue to hit the market, legal firms caution organizations about the risks within IoT devices. Technology-focused trial litigator IJay Palansky forecasts the impending boom of cyber litigation in the coming years and his recommendations for avoiding the costly consequences of a data breach.
A Culture-Centric Approach to Managing Cyber Talent
January 21, 2019 15:57 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBThe industry-wide talent shortage makes it challenging to attract and retain top cybersecurity talent — analysts often operate understaffed and overwhelmed by the ever-growing volume of alerts to sort through. Kevin Morrison, CISO at PulteGroup, Inc. examines his culture-centric approach to structuring cybersecurity staff, maximizing skill-set efficiencies, and aligning the success of his program to core business objectives.
The Age of the Intelligent SOC
January 03, 2019 15:38 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast is kicking off the New Year with a forward-thinking episode featuring JASK CEO and Co-Founder Greg Martin. Hear his predictions about the key cybersecurity challenges that organizations will be facing in 2019. Learn about the ground-breaking developments in AI and SOC automation enabling security teams to combat the rising sophistication of cyber attacks at a super-human level.
Weaponizing the Adversarial Mindset for Good
December 17, 2018 21:51 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBCyber threat research is not all created equal – especially in the realm of Security Instrumentation. Mark Bagley, VP of Product at Verodin, highlights the core objectives of the Behavioral Research Team (BRT) and provides direction for scaling your organization’s defenses with improved durability and efficiency in mind.
A Higher Standard for Patient Safety
December 06, 2018 15:24 - 13 minutes - 9.05 MBSecurity analyst and outdoors enthusiast Tim Waldo examines the lingering effects of malware attacks like WannaCry in the healthcare sector and exposes disturbing trends that are putting patient data at risk to future outbreaks. Tim offers precise steps that organizations can take to dramatically improve the technologies and policies safeguarding sensitive information.
Inside the Internet of Things (IoT)
November 19, 2018 14:48 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBIn this episode, host Brian Contos reconnects with an old friend and colleague, Dr. Ulf Lindqvist, who is the Senior Technical Director of SRI International’s Computer Science Laboratory. Ulf reflects on some of SRI’s most notable technology accomplishments, elaborates on the security industry movement spurred from past work with Logic Group, and predicts the future of IoT devices.
Budgets, Bureaucracies, and Behaviors
November 05, 2018 19:05 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBCylance Chief Security and Trust Officer Malcolm Harkins reflects on his core leadership philosophies and the processes he implements to cultivate a professional culture of excellence. Malcolm’s background in economics and finance offers a unique perspective on the cybersecurity landscape. He walks us through his transition from working as the Chief Security & Privacy Officer at the multinational corporation, Intel, to joining the cutting-edge cybersecurity start-up, Cylance.
Air Time with Dave Ockwell-Jenner
October 19, 2018 20:45 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBBrian Contos straps in with Dave Ockwell-Jenner of SITA, the world's leading air transport IT and communications specialist. Having worked in IT and aviation for about 25 years, Dave explains what makes the air transportation industry unique, perspectives that executives have toward cybersecurity, and the challenges and opportunities that analysts face as they navigate today’s threats.
Ada Lovelace, AC/DC, and Behavior Research
September 17, 2018 15:54 - 13 minutes - 9.38 MBIn the spirit of Ada Lovelace Day coming up on October 9th, host Brian Contos chats with Verodin security analyst Ashley Zaya about her role on the Behavior Research Team (BRT) and the perspective she brings to the industry. Ashley reflects on her career in InfoSec thus far and the experiences she gained working in Boeing's fast-paced SOC. Ashley also shares valuable advice for women entering the field and one of her favorite movie soundtracks jam out to.
Bang! A Chemical Reaction
August 24, 2018 18:12 - 13 minutes - 9.02 MBWhat do you get when you combine a surging demand for cybersecurity experts with one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies in the world? In this first episode of the Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast, host Brian Contos sits down with Dave Bang, the man in charge of IT Security Architecture at a multi-national chemical company, and gets his take on the industry’s attitude toward prioritizing security, current processes, and personal experience with their team in ensurin...