Security Poverty Line

This week’s podcast was inspired by chief information security officer Wendy Nather’s article, The Security Povery Line and Junk Food. It’s 2018 and we’re still struggling to get a proper security budget. Is it a mindset? Is that why when we hire pen testers to identify vulnerabilities, they’re usually able to gain admin access? On the bright side, a company with a bigger budget, Google recently declared victory with a USB key that prevented phishing for an entire year.

Other articles discussed:

Dangers of biometric data
ACLU falsely matched 28 members of congress with mugshots

Panelists: Cindy Ng, Kilian Englert, Kris Keyser, Sean Campbell