Identity in Cybersecurity Podcast
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Cybersecurity is more important to your company—and more at risk—than ever before. In this podcast, sponsored by Plurilock, host Ian L. Paterson talks to cybersecurity leaders about the past, present, and future of cybersecurity to find out how digital identity has shaped the industry. If you’re a corporate leader looking for insights and guidance, buckle up for strong opinions, honest tech talk, key historical insights, and apocryphal cybersecurity stories as Ian works to uncover the influence of digital identity on today’s cybersecurity landscape and the best strategies, practices, and solutions to make digital identity work for—rather than against—your organization
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Episodes
Reducing the Noise with Ciaran Foley
January 29, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBShow notes “We now have an enormous challenge with the number of people who are connecting to systems, the number of people who are connecting to each other, and the number of systems that are connecting to each other and every single one of those endpoints requires some form of identity—otherwise you don't know who you're talking to or what you're talking to.” In this episode, host Stephen Boughton chats with Ciaran Foley about the importance of automation, not being a lone ranger, and the...
The Visibility Issue with Larry Whiteside Jr.
December 15, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBShownotes “You would be surprised at how few organizations— just for something that simple—have not done multi-factor on cloud-based email. It is mind-boggling to me because to me it’s an easy-button thing with low impact.” In this episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Larry Whiteside Jr. about the importance of visibility for both employers and job seekers, weighing skills vs certs, and how automation will affect the cybersecurity hiring market. They also discuss the importance of inno...
Pushing Security to the Edges with Andre Boysen
October 29, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBShow notes “The problem is all of the 'digital dust' that I've left behind—there is enough for the crooks to cobble together enough information to be able to breach me somewhere else where I do care. And so that's the thing we need to fix.” In this episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Andre Boysen, chief identity officer at SecureKey, about how good digital identity makes CISOs lives easier, the concept of user self-interest, and how identity and access is actually a business problem. ...
Through a Holistic Lens with Joni Brennan
August 20, 2020 17:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB“It's important to look at context and risk when you're deciding what kind of authentication or how strongly a person, or device, or organization needs to be identified.” In this episode host Ian L. Paterson chats with Joni Brennan about the field of identity management, the importance of context and risk, and the blending of context between personal and professional and what that means for identity. Topics covered The human impact of identity management. Classification, access, and tru...
Getting Your Arms Around The Root of The Problem with Iain Paterson
June 26, 2020 21:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB“I have certainly seen impacts to organizations where there has been poor or no identity management in place and what some of those outcomes are.” In this episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Iain Paterson about how identity is at the heart of many breaches, the challenges of implementing current identity management approaches, the dangers of third-party risk, and the importance of understanding the business you’re in. Topics covered Iain's cybersecurity career path from integrations,...
Seeing the Big Picture with Tanya Janca
May 27, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB“I would give Lunch & Learns on the things that I felt were the biggest problem. And that helped me meet a lot of developers and find lots of allies within the software development teams and identify potential champions.” In this episode host Ian L. Paterson chats with Tanya Janca about the importance of privacy and transparency, creating equality and diversity in the workplace, and how to create and keep security talent. Topics covered Importance of privacy in a world of data aggregation...
The Never-ending Chain with Josh Stabiner
April 27, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MB“Now you have to look at fourth-party risk. So, are they doing the same due diligence on their third parties that I'm doing on them? Because this is almost like a never-ending chain where everyone's relying on somebody else. And if there's one weak link in the chain that can have cascading effects all the way up to my organization.” In this episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Josh Stabiner about third-party risk, the importance of mentorship, understanding the business, and sticking t...
Follow the Data with Ajay Sood
March 24, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB“Because if you don't know where and what your data is, it doesn't matter what controls you have in place. They're not going to stop that data from being accessed or moved around by the wrong people.” In this episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Ajay Sood about the move away from the “secure enclave” and the authentication challenges of data being everywhere. Topics covered Importance of context with identity and data access The move from a technological to anthropological conversa...
Walking the Security and Convenience Tightrope with Ed Hammersla
February 27, 2020 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB“Digital identity has become extremely unverifiable. One of the great needs in the cyber world is to begin to anchor identity back to human characteristics when possible.” In our first episode, host Ian L. Paterson chats with Ed Hammersla about how computing automation and the internet have changed identity. Topics covered Business resiliency from cyberattack Automation and the internet have changed both security and identity Scalability as it relates to administration Vulnerability of...