Data Driven Security
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast on the journey to discovery and decision making through data in information security by Bob Rudis and Jay Jacobs.
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Data Driven Security - Episode 30
June 07, 2016 02:22 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBEpisode 30 In this episode, Jay and Bob talk about the 2016 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). But rather than talk about the insights and data analysis they focus in on the data visualizations. They are joined by Lane Harrison from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Ana Antanasoff and Gabrial Bassett from Verizon's Security Research Team. Verizon DBIR
Data Driven Security - Episode 29
May 10, 2016 20:12 - 45 minutes - 38.1 MBEpisode 29 In this episode, Jay and Bob talk about power laws and their application in cyber security. First, they talk with Marshall Kuypers, a PhD candidate in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University and discuss power laws in general. Second, they sit down with Michael Roytman, Data Scientist and Kenna Security to talk about power laws in cyber security. Power Laws Probability Distributions
Data Driven Security - Episode 28
April 18, 2016 15:27 - 56 minutes - 44.9 MBEpisode 28 In this episode, Jay sat down with Doug Hubbard and Richard Seiersen to talk about their upcoming book "How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk". Bob talks about the rOpenSci unconference and the two talk about 2 recent publications. rOpenSci rNOAA When-ish is my Bus (pdf) Dell Secureworks Underground Hacker Marketplace Report How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk
Data Driven Security - Episode 27
March 08, 2016 19:17 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MBEpisode 27 In this post-RSA conference episode, Jay participated with StoryCorps along with Wade Baker and the two reflected on their time working together on the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Find out more about StoryCorps at https://storycorps.org/
Data Driven Security - Episode 26
February 22, 2016 22:42 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBEpisode 26 In this episode, Bob sits down with co-workers on the data science team at Rapid 7. They explore the future of security data science, Heisenberg and Project Sonar. Keep on top of Heisenberg developments at http://community.rapid7.com/ Find out more about Project Sonar at http://sonar.labs.rapid7.com/ and http://scans.io/ Get tools to work with both at http://github.com/rapid7
Data Driven Security - Episode 25
January 28, 2016 02:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBEpisode 25 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk amongst themselves. First they cover some recent work from Jay looking at Peer-to-Peer traffic and then they transition into conferences in 2016 with some element of being Data-Driven. FloCon 2016 (you just missed it!) January 9–12, 2017 in San Diego, CA http://www.cert.org/flocon/ ShmooCon 2016 http://shmoocon.org/ January 15-17, 2016 in Washington, D.C. 2016 Cyber Risk Insights Conference http://www.advisenltd.com/events/conferences/09/...
Data Driven Security - Episode 24
January 12, 2016 20:04 - 39 minutes - 34 MBEpisode 24 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk to Charles Givre who has been doing training sessions for professionals trying to learn data science and recently did a training at a recent BlackHat event. Data-Driven Security: The Blog Data-Driven Security: The Book
Data Driven Security - Episode 23
December 21, 2015 15:21 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBEpisode 23 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk tools (other than R and Python) for working with data: Excel, Tableau and AWS cloud services. Quick Look plugins Tableau 023.m4aom/new/feed/">AWS Main RSS Feed EC2 Official Feed Quick Look plugins Data-Driven Security: The Blog Data-Driven Security: The Book
Data Driven Security - Episode 22
November 03, 2015 16:32 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBEpisode 22 In this episode, Bob & Jay dissect the looming corpse of security data science with special guest Allison Miller. Data mining firewall logs : Principal Component Analysis Machine Learning Is Cybersecurity's Latest Pipe Dream Data-Driven Security: The Blog Data-Driven Security: The Book
Data Driven Security - Episode 21
October 30, 2015 15:33 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBEpisode 21 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk data-driven security conferences with Lane Harrison, an assistant professor in Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. SIRACon VizSec
Data Driven Security - Episode 20
October 20, 2015 15:33 - 57 minutes - 26.6 MBEpisode 20 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk security research with Ben Edwards, a security researcher with the University of New Mexico. Ben's List of Research Papers The Complex Science of Cyber Defense Hype and Heavy Tails: A Closer Look at Data Breaches (pdf)
Data Driven Security - Episode 19
September 05, 2015 16:11 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBEpisode 19 In this episode, Bob & Jay talk #rstats with Oliver Keyes from the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia foundation - https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Oliver on Twitter - https://twitter.com/quominus Oliver on GitHub - https://github.com/ironholds R Talk Podcast - http://rtalk.org/ *Not* Oliver's #rstats podcast: http://www.r-podcast.org/ EARL 2015 Boston - http://www.earl-conference.com/boston/ rOpenSec - https://github.com/rOpenSec
Data Driven Security - Episode 18
July 02, 2015 20:21 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBEpisode 18 In this episode, Bob & Jay have a heated discussion about visualization and security with Brandon Dixon of PassiveTotal Brandon's primary research involves data analysis, tool development and devising strategies to counter threats earlier in their decision cycle. Brandon maintains a blog at http://blog.9bplus.com where he reports on targeted attacks, open source threat data and analysis tools. His research on various security topics has gained accolades from many major security ...
Data Driven Security - Episode 17
May 15, 2015 02:36 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBEpisode 17 In this episode, Bob & Jay continue to get schooled on their 2015 DBIR data visualizations by Lane Harrison VizSec 2015 - http://vizsec.org/ 2015 DBIR - http://verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2015/ Searchable VizSec archive - http://vizsec.dbvis.de/ Figure 19 Interactive - http://vz-risk.github.io/dbir/2015/19/
Data Driven Security - Episode 16
May 14, 2015 20:36 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBEpisode 16 In this episode, Bob & Jay get schooled on their 2015 DBIR data visualizations by Lane Harrison VizSec 2015 - http://vizsec.org/ 2015 DBIR - http://verizonenterprise.com/DBIR/2015/ Searchable VizSec archive - http://vizsec.dbvis.de/ Figure 19 Interactive - http://vz-risk.github.io/dbir/2015/19/
Data Driven Security - Episode 15
April 08, 2015 20:36 - 29 minutes - 22.2 MBEpisode 15 In this episode, Bob & Jay provide your data-driven guide to BSides SF & RSA 2015 https://bsidessf2015.sched.org/event/2111124302d7368414eaff6e4e4ddf50 https://bsidessf2015.sched.org/event/d67eb601f2047dbec37f7de91c5e18a9 https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us15/agenda/sessions/1736/vulnerability-management-nirvana-a-study-in https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us15/agenda/sessions/1672/security-data-science-from-theory-to-reality https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us15/...
Data Driven Security - Episode 14
January 25, 2015 03:30 - 49 minutes - 38 MBEpisode 14 In this episode, Jay & Bob get a data-driven conference review from Mike Sconzo & Jason Trost Jason Trost Mike Sconzo Flocon 2015 Proceedings ShmooCon 2015 MC2 Workshop on Data-Driven Approaches to Security and Privacy This podcast is a companion to Data-Driven Security (the book) & Data-Driven Security (the blog). You can find us on Twitter at @ddsecblog / @ddsecpodcast & directly at @hrbrmstr / @jayjacobs.
Data Driven Security - Episode 13
December 10, 2014 03:30 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBEpisode 13 In this episode, Jay & Bob deconstruct VizSec 13 with Lane Harrison & Sophie Engle Sophie Engle Lane Harrison @VizSec Website: VizSec.org VizSec papers site (from @f2cx) VizSec 2014 Videos
Data Driven Security - Episode 12
December 01, 2014 17:30 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBEpisode 12 In this episode, Jay & Bob put the “Myths of Security Data Science” to the test with three denizens of the SDS Rogues Gallery (Alex Pinto, Michael Roytman & David Severski) + answer listener questions and give a shout out to Seaborn Watch the UNEDITED BLOOPER REEL! Alex Pinto @mlsecproject Michael Roytman @riskio David Severski David's Blog Seaborn Data-Driven Security 30% off!
Data Driven Security - Episode 11
November 03, 2014 01:30 - 54 minutes - 40.8 MBEpisode 11 In this episode, Jay & Bob talk Squirrels, Pigs & Maps with Preeminent Data Scientist Jason Trost from ThreatStream, and take a look at what's made the headlines in the data science community since last show. Watch the UNEDITED BLOOPER REEL! Jason Trost covert.io blog ThreatStream Clairvoyant Squirrel: Large Scale Malicious Domain Classification Binary Pig Binary Pig github repo Modern Honey Network Roll Your Own IP Attack Graphs with IPew Map or Don't Map DAVIX 2014 R...
Data Driven Security - Episode 10
October 24, 2014 22:30 - 57 minutes - 44 MBEpisode 10 In this episode, Jay & Bob have a community discussion with John Langton & Alex Baker about their security data analysis & visualization startup: VisiTrend, and take a look at what's made the headlines in the data science community since last show. Resources / people featured in the show: VisiTrend - visitrend (twitter) Data science can't be point and click In-depth introduction to machine learning in 15 hours of expert videos Data Playlists Running RStudio via Docker in th...
Data Driven Security - Episode 9
September 21, 2014 02:30 - 52 minutes - 40.3 MBEpisode 9 In this episode, Jay & Bob have a late night conversation with Mike Sconzo from Click Security about what got him into security data science along with a great discussion about machine learning and round out the show with a data science internet roundup Resources / people featured in the episode: Mike Sconzo - @sooshie B-Sides Machine Learning Click Security Data Hacking Data science: how is it different to statistics? - IMS Bulletin The Importance Of 'Janitorial Work’ In R...
Data Driven Security - Episode 8
August 28, 2014 22:30 - 55 minutes - 41.4 MBEpisode 8 In this episode, Jay & Bob invite “The Gang” - Russell Thomas, Michael Roytman & Alex Pinto - back on to see what they’ve been up to since January, including recent talks and research projects, plus give a sneak peak into SIRAcon 2014 where they’ll all be presenting! Resources / people featured in the episode: Michael Roytman - @mroytman The Power Law of Information Alex Pinto - @alexcpsec Measuring the IQ of your Threat Intelligence feeds Secure Because Math Russell Thomas...
Data Driven Security - Episode 7
August 05, 2014 22:30 - 41 minutes - 30.9 MBEpisode 7 In this episode, Jay & Bob enter the echo chamber with Andrew Hay and Thibault Reuille of OpenDNS to talk about their new security data analysis/visualization tool - OpenGraphiti - being announced at BlackHat. Listen in to learn about how graph analysis can take your security practice to a whole other dimension. Resources / people featured in the episode: BlackHat Talk + Speaker profile OpenDNS + @opendns Thibault Reuille Andrew Hay Skyler Hawthorne OpenGraphiti + (blog pos...
Data Driven Security - Episode 6
June 22, 2014 21:16 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBEpisode 6 In this episode, Jay & Bob have a late-night chat with Stephen Boyer, CTO of BitSight about discerning information about the security health of an organization solely through what can be publicly observed and the tools & infrastructure such an undertaking requires. You'll also hear Stephen's thoughts on reproducible security research, what he looks for in a data scientist and how to communicate results clearly & effectively. Resources / people featured in the episode: Stephen's ...
Data Driven Security - Episode 5
April 19, 2014 15:53 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBEpisode 5 In this episode, Jay & Bob sit down with David Severski, Manager of the Information Security program at Seattle Children's Hospital to talk about the challenges & rewards of building a data-driven security program from the ground up. Along the way, they cover education, tools, engaging the community and what lies ahead for data-driven security. Resources / people featured in the episode: David Severski's Blog - http://blog.severski.net/ Building a Log Analysis Pipeline (David's...
Data Driven Security - Episode 4
March 10, 2014 23:22 - 52 minutes - 57 MBEpisode 4 In this episode Bob & Jay talk with Kymberlee Price @kym_possible about her work with vulnerability data at BlackBerry and her real-life superheroic philanthropic work. Resources / people featured in the episode: One Spark Foundation - https://www.facebook.com/onesparkcanstartafire [FB] Beading Divas (Greyhound and general animal welfare advocates) Help Aidan Love Fight Cancer Project Genesis (advocacy and support for victims of human trafficking, Seattle has the third highes...
Data Driven Security - Episode 3
March 05, 2014 12:40 - 31 minutes - 16 MBEpisode 3 METRICON 9/RSA 2014 EDITION! In this episode Bob & Jay debrief from their exploits in San Francisco, including an in-depth look at the happenings at METRICON 9 and showcasing some the data-driven companies on the RSA show floor. They also discuss some recent blog posts and give a preview of upcoming podcast guests. Resources / people featured in the episode: METRICON 9 Agenda METRICON 9 - Storified Kymberlee Price Michael Roytman Paper by Roytman and Geer Adopting A Real-T...
Data Driven Security - Episode 2
January 27, 2014 14:00 - 46 minutes - 23.2 MBEpisode 2! In this episode of the Data Driven Security Podcast, Bob and Jay review the DDS coverage of Harvard's "Weathering the Data Storm" symposium including some specific focus on the IPython talk by Fernando Pérez, Cynthia Rudin's "Manhole Event" paper and the pretty consistent theme of "need to prove your models in little data before driving them to scale". Then, they execute a whirlwind review of recent blog posts, give a preview of an upcoming talk at RSA by Jay & Wade Baker, plus g...
Data Driven Security - Episode 1
January 13, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBEpisode 1 In this episode, Bob & Jay invite Alex Pinto (@alexcpsec), Michael Roytman (@mroytman) & Russ Thomas (@mrmeritology) on to the show to discuss what makes up "security data science". They delve into the tools of the trade, posit on future of the intersection of security and data science and relate their own personal & professional experiences trying to introduce "data science" into infosec. Bob & Jay also talk about recent blog posts and do a mini-review of the recently published b...
Data Driven Security - Episode 0
January 02, 2014 12:51 - 26 minutes - 13.7 MBEpisode 0 In this inaugural episode of the Data Driven Security Podcast, Bob and Jay introduce the podcast and themselves, showcase the new Data Driven Security blog and shill their upcoming book: Data Driven Security being published by Wiley Press in 2014. Resources mentioned in the episode: DDS blog DDS inaugural blog post Buy the book! Jay's personal blog Bob's personal blog Nathan Yau DDSec Home