Cybersecurity Unplugged
108 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -As breaches abound and cybercriminals up the ante, it’s more critical than ever that you stay plugged in to how the threat landscape is evolving. At Cybersecurity Unplugged we dive deep into the issues that matter. Guided by CyberTheory’s director, Steve King, we have candid conversations with experts on the frontlines of the cyber battlefield.
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A Medical Approach to Cybersecurity
February 23, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBDr. Darren Williams is the CEO and founder of BlackFog, Inc., as well as a leader in on-device data privacy. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Dr. Williams discusses how BlackFog applies medical professionalism to cybersecurity, medicine and design drug therapy in cybersecurity ransomware: the lifecycle of disease, spreading and destroying it, and defining behavioral analytics to protect the people and their data from ransomware attacks.
Putting The Brakes on Physical Data
February 16, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDavid Kruger is the VP of strategy and co-founder of Abiso and uses his knowledge to weigh in on data hardening and its impact on identity and access management. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Kruger discusses military intelligence and Abiso: Creating a new tactical battlefield communication system, the concept of data ownership vs. the information of data, and the future of the software engineering community and the movement of the manufacturing process.
Cloud Security: With Challenges Comes Solutions
February 09, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBAvi Shua is the brilliant CEO and co-founder of Orca Security and leader of Instant-On Cloud Security. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Shua discusses his idea of a Cloud Security solution: Asset and infrastructure visibility, Cloud Orchestration and how Orca Security mediates the problem of extra layers and confusion, and how using the solution helps to identify risk sensitive data and speeds up the process.
Improving The Market With Higher Security
February 02, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBJeff Williams is the co-founder and CTO of Contrast Security and the founder of the OWASPA foundation. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Williams discusses how working from home impacts software development and security, the use of executive order: Zero Trust, security labels and creating visibility in the market, and company mandates and making the market more competitive by achieving a higher level of security.
Challenges in Today's World of Cybersecurity Marketing
January 26, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBRavi Patil is Director of Product Management and Strategy at Broadcom. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Patil discusses the importance of effective messaging in marketing, breaking away from the norm when it comes to engaging with your customers, and the human experience in MIT.
Brand Narratives and Awareness in Cybersecurity
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBKyle Flaherty is the SVP of global marketing for Cybereason and a tech executive who is known for launching high-profile technology startups with four successful exits. In today's episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Flaherty discusses: The impact of Cybereason's brand; Importance of brand campaign awareness Effective brand campaigns to focus on and why.
The Impact of Digital Transformation on Business
January 12, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MBPete Hanlon is the group chief technology officer for Moneypenny and has spent about 25 years in the IT and InfoSec business. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Hanlon discusses: Digital transformation from a business impact point of view; The goal of digital transformation; Building a culture of change with digital transformation.
How to Approach the Reality of Remote Work
January 05, 2022 23:02 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBCali Yost is the leading authority on high performance work flexibility, a visionary workplace futurist, strategist, author and keynote speaker. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Yost discusses: The security vulnerabilities that remote work has created; Remote work and its impact on productivity and social conventions; How the reintegration of the hybrid workforce is placing pressure on employees and causing resignations.
The Global Impact of Digital Transformation
December 29, 2021 22:35 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBRudy Shoushany has wide experience in the information technology field, particularly in the financial sector with over 20 years of experience which gives him the ability to aid organizations. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Shoushany discusses: How to tackle the global talent shortage; The differences in the UAE and the US's approach to digital transformation; How adopting a digital transformation strategy can solve the problems our world is facing.
Meet the Guardians of Critical Infrastructure
December 15, 2021 22:23 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBRedvers "Red" Curry is the chief marketing officer at vFortified, a leader in the IoT device identity space. vFortified uses a unique, intelligent, disconnected external receptor to instrument a device's electromagnetic footprint and then they process that telemetry in the cloud in real-time. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Curry discusses: Threat detection for operational technology and how the vFortified product was developed; Merging of digital security and physical secu...
Making Cybersecurity Marketing People Centric
December 08, 2021 18:41 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBSherry Lowe is the distinguished chief marketing officer at Exabeam. She was also the former CMO at Expanse and served in a similar role at Druva and Splunk. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Lowe discusses: Standing out in a market full of lookalikes; Not allowing a focus on metrics to run and ruin marketing efforts; Eliminating the competitive nature between sales and marketing.
No Pain, No Gain, Zero Trust
December 01, 2021 14:21 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBDr. Chase Cunningham, aka the ‘Doctor of Zero Trust’, is a recipient of industry awards like the Most Influential People in Security, and is currently Ericom’s chief strategy officer. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Dr. Cunningham discusses: How the Zero Trust strategy was developed and has existed for nearly 20 years now; How to deal with the discomfort of change while implementing Zero Trust; How best to utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions in cy...
Zero Trust: Practice Makes Better
November 17, 2021 22:16 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MBTony Scott is the chairman of the TonyScottGroup and a senior advisor for cybersecurity and policy at Squire Patton Boggs, a prominent international law firm. Until January of 2017, he was serving as the CIO within the Obama administration. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Scott discusses: How sacrificing security for interoperability got us to where we are today; Taking an incremental approach to zero trust; Pervasive problems with poor cyber hygiene; The top legal issu...
Security Strategy for the Blockchain
November 10, 2021 19:10 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBAri Redbord is the head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, the leading blockchain intelligence company in the industry. Prior to joining TRM, Redbord was the senior adviser to the deputy secretary and the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Redbord discusses: Tacking down criminals by tracing the flow of funds from ransom payments; Threats in crypto and the blockchain; Modernizing laws regardi...
Securing Healthcare Systems
November 04, 2021 17:35 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBDan Bowden is the CISO at Sentara Health, a 130-year-old health care provider with a team of 30,000 people delivering quality healthcare across 12 hospitals. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Bowden discusses: Blockchain solutions in healthcare; The shift to telemedicine; Real risks around medical device security.
Everything is Hackable
October 27, 2021 21:37 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBTed Harrington is the author of Hackable: How to do Application Security Right and the executive partner at Independent Security Evaluators. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Harrington discusses: The dangers of connected medical devices and how he and his team have identified vulnerabilities in passive medical devices; How most organizations are doing it wrong and don’t understand how to secure software systems; The problem that inspired him to write Hackable; Vulnerabili...
Building Brand Trust Through Contact and Exposure
October 20, 2021 21:22 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBSam Curry is the chief security officer at Cybereason. He has devoted his career to empowering defenders in cyber conflict and fulfilling the promise of security enabling a safe, reliable, connected world. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Curry discusses: Financing and building up an agile cybersecurity company; Improving company recognizability and trust by using commercial media, streaming and Cybereason's signature owl; How SMBs can increase visibility into indicators of ...
Solving Digital Identity
October 07, 2021 21:39 - 25 minutes - 23 MBJeremy Grant is the managing director of technology business strategy for Venable. Grant has been a major contributor to improving the privacy and security of sensitive online transactions as a senior executive advisor to the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which is part of the NIST identity management, authentication and proofing initiative. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Grant discusses: How zero trust will affect the traditional landscape; Enablin...
Consequences of Identity Done Wrong
September 30, 2021 21:37 - 28 minutes - 32.2 MBEve Maler is the distinguished CTO at ForgeRock. Previously, she was an identity solutions architect with PayPal and a technology director at Sun Microsystems where she co-founded and made major contributions to the SAML standard. In a previous life, she co-invented XML. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Maler discusses: Creating an architecture for meaningful consent; Social sign-on, single sign-on and the battle between convenience and security; A real path to passwordless ...
Challenges of Cybersecurity Events Marketing
September 22, 2021 20:47 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBDavid Elichman is the vice president of global events at Information Security Media Group (ISMG), where he leads a global team that manages to create and curate events that attract thousands of cybersecurity professionals around the world In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Elichman discusses: Using relevant content and compelling speakers to drive engagement; The evolution of technology to keep pace with the rapid increase in virtual and hybrid events; Calculating costs w...
Embracing Public-Private Partnership in Cybersecurity
September 16, 2021 20:46 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBDon Cox is the distinguished CISO at American Public Education, Inc. and former CISO at MEDNAX, a multi-billion dollar healthcare network with 8,000 employees. Cox also spent the majority of his prior career working for federal agencies in cybersecurity. He's had leadership experience at Ise, the Department of Energy, State Department, parts of Health and Human Resources, and the US Secret Service. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Cox discusses: The possibilities for improving t...
Distilling Complexity Through Design Thinking
September 08, 2021 17:58 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBBrian Barnier is the distinguished director of analytics at ValueBridge Advisors. Barnier is also professor of operations finance and economics at the graduate level across several U.S. universities. He is the 2021 recipient of the Joseph J. Wasserman award. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Barnier discusses: The coursework on applying critical and design thinking to cybersecurity that Barnier is developing for CyberEd.io; How cyber risk differs from other business continuity ...
Unfettered Digital Doors: Complacent or Complicit?
August 12, 2021 01:42 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBAndy Jenkinson is the Group CEO of Cybersec Innovation Partners (CIP), the United Kingdom's PKI and cryptography governance and management team of experts. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Jenkinson discusses: The correlation between the increase in website numbers over the last 20 years and the increase in cyber losses; Why governments building offensive security capabilities incentivized ignoring defensive security; How some of the biggest players in the industry are the...
Perplexing Problems: Security, Privacy, Complexity
August 04, 2021 20:24 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBRebecca Herold is CEO and co-founder of Privacy and Security Brainiacs. She's also a Ponemon Institute fellow and the CEO and founder of Rebecca Harold LLC, a cloud-based privacy and security firm. She is currently finishing her 20th published book on information security and privacy. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Herold discusses: The gap in cybersecurity education and how to incorporate information and cybersecurity, as well as privacy, into public school curriculum; How ...
Art of the Possible: Autonomous Real-time Patching
July 28, 2021 21:14 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBDavid Brumley is the CEO of ForAllSecure, a cybersecurity company whose products are based on Mayhem, the amazing machine that David designed to autonomously and in real-time apply patching and continuous penetration testing. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Brumley discusses: Software flaw detection and how Brumley developed Mayhem; Brumley's contract with the Pentagon to find coding flaws in operating systems and custom programs used by the US military; Legal barriers to...
AI and Big Data Wage the War on Cybercrime
July 21, 2021 21:27 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBJoe Head is co-founder of INTRUSION, a cybersecurity company that approaches cyber defense from the inside out, leveraging real-time AI to kill cyberattacks before they become breaches. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Head discusses: The difference between trying to modify human behavior and implementing robust security; How INTRUSION's product, Shield, satisfies the principles of zero trust; How big data, historical reputation references and AI will win the war on cybercr...
Cybersecurity Impacts on the Global Economy
July 14, 2021 13:02 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBKadee Russ specializes in open-economy macroeconomics and international trade policy. She is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, serving as a faculty research associate for the NBER's International Trade and Investment program and as co-organizer of the International Trade and Macroeconomics workshops. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Russ discusses: The correlation between cybersecurity...
Satisfying the Shortage in Cyber Warriors
July 07, 2021 18:51 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBRob Clyde is a senior board director of ISACA, the chairman of the board for White Cloud Security and an advisor to ShardSecure. Rob has a long history in cybersecurity education and training. ISACA's recent 2021 State of Cybersecurity Study reported that 61% of respondents say that cybersecurity teams are understaffed and 55% report that they have unfilled cybersecurity positions. Among other topics, Rob and Steve theorize about the best strategies to close the cybersecurity skills and t...
Personal Identity Wallet Back in Pocket
June 30, 2021 15:31 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBRichard Bird is the chief customer information officer for Ping Identity. Bird is a well-known, identity-centric security expert, a former CISO and CIO. In addition, Richard serves as the global head of identity for JPMorgan Chase's consumer businesses. In this episode, Bird discusses: How deep do the application controls need to go if identity is the new perimeter; Personal identity wallets as a possible solution to the identity and credentials issue; SSO, multifactor and behavioral ...
The Venture Capitalist's View of Cybersecurity
June 23, 2021 21:40 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBRoger Lang is the general partner of the venture capital fund known as BCP Blitz. Rogers is also the CEO and founder of Predicta.com, the leader in advanced AI market analytics and data science. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Lang discusses: The venture capitalist's view on the state of cybersecurity; How economic issues are causing global ecological issues such as Chronic Wasting Disease; The comingling of security and economic issues and expectations for this White Hou...
Digital Vaccine to Prevent Ransomware Virus
June 16, 2021 21:58 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBTal Kollender is the CEO, co-founder and CISO of GYTPOL, a company whose product monitors and remediates risks caused by misconfigurations. GYTPOL changes the way organizations protect themselves by seeing their network through the eyes of a hacker. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Tal Kollender discusses: The lessons learned from the Colonial Pipeline attack; How GYTPOL "thinks like a hacker" in order to prevent hacks; How misconfiguration is the largest attack vector and h...
The National Security Threat of Narcissism
June 09, 2021 13:01 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBElisabeth Braw, is resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist at Foreign Policy Magazine. She also frequently writes op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Politico. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Braw discusses: The Colonial Pipeline attack and our lack of preparedness; How to create more public awareness about responding to cyberattacks; The history of solar and our resource dependencies on China; How narcissism is a nat...
Cyber Insurance Questions? We've Got You Covered
June 02, 2021 22:27 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBLynn Peachey is an expert in cyber insurance, currently serving as the Director of Business Development at Arete Incident Response, a company in the cybersecurity insurance space. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Peachey discusses: What cybersecurity insurance is and what it covers; What would have happened if Colonial Pipeline had been insured; Risks, rates and trends in the insurance industry.
Teaching to Create, Not Consume Technology
May 26, 2021 18:12 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBHeather Monthie, PhD is an accomplished cybersecurity professional, leader, author, podcaster and mentor. She has nearly 25 years experience in cybersecurity, computer science, IT, aviation and STEM education. She has served as a vice president, dean and Professor of IT and cybersecurity and has served in leadership positions in STEM and CTE education in K-12 and higher education. Dr. Monthie currently serves on the Board of Directors for the AZ Cyber Initiative, a non-profit dedicated to hi...
Eliminating the Threat of Ransomware
May 19, 2021 21:42 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBJanine Darling is the founder and CEO of STASH, a data compromise and ransomware protection solution. She is an award-winning CXO and technical strategist who has held prominent leadership roles for commercial product and service companies of multiple genres. She has driven the expansion and profitability of many well-known global brands including Sony, Barnes & Noble, Everlast, Chanel, Mark, Nestle, Samsung and Starbucks. Her expertise in devising innovative business strategy and leveraging...
How 'Just Plain Old Ransomware' Took Down Colonial Pipeline
May 14, 2021 21:52 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBRichard Stiennon is the chief research analyst for IT-Harvest, the firm he founded in 2005 to cover the 2,600+ vendors in the IT security industry. He has held leadership positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Webroot and Fortinet. Previously, he was a research VP at Gartner for their IT Security Research Practice and held CMO and CSO roles.
Colonial Pipeline and Ransomware: The Kalashnikov of 2021
May 11, 2021 18:49 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBTom Kellermann is the head of cybersecurity strategy for VMware. Prior to this role, Kellermann was the chief cybersecurity officer for Carbon Black. Tom serves as the Wilson Center’s Global Fellow for Cybersecurity Policy and sits on the Technology Executive Council for CNBC. In this episode, Kellermann discusses: The vulnerability of U.S. energy infrastructure; The geopolitical motivations behind the Colonial Pipeline attack; What Colonial should do now to mitigate the damage.
Creating Pathways for Women in Tech
May 06, 2021 21:19 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBSheryl Root is Program Director of Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley MSc in Technology Ventures program and Sandy Carter is Vice President, Public Sector Partners and Programs at AWS. As two successful women in tech, Sandy and Sheryl recognize that there's a lot of work to be done to increase the number of women in tech, but they are nowhere near giving up. In this episode, Root and Carter discuss: How they each pivoted into their current careers; How to create pathways for ...
Building Top-Notch Talent in Cybersecurity
April 28, 2021 16:40 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIbrahim "Abe" Baggili is an internationally recognized expert in cybersecurity and digital forensics. He is the founder and co-director of the University of New Haven’s Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group. In this episode, Dr. Baggili discusses: The cybersecurity talent gap and how to address it; What it takes to build top-notch talent and identify programs that promote excellence; How he became interested in digital forensics; And his advice for anyone who wants to get into...
How Zero Trust Is Inverting the Way We Do Cybersecurity
April 21, 2021 21:24 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBAlthough the news of the growing attack surface continues to heighten, there has not been a necessary change in how we protect and defend. This what Kindervag has set out to change. In this episode, John Kindervag, the creator of zero trust, discusses: How to practically implement zero trust; Shifting focus from worrying about the attack surface to securing the "protect surface"; The future threat of quantum and the fear of falling behind; And the difference between digital and kine...
A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity and Compliance
April 14, 2021 14:47 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIncreasing compliance standards can be confusing and overwhelming but they also signal a recognition of the fact that one company's vulnerability affects us all in our interconnected digital world. In this episode, Mike Ferris and Mike Brooks of Abacode, a leading Managed Cybersecurity and Compliance Provider, discuss: The convergence of cybersecurity and compliance in the new category MCCP; How MSSPs can avoid getting attacked themselves; And the future of cybersecurity and compliance.
Implementing Security at a National Level
April 07, 2021 16:23 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBHaving worked for both the White House and Huawei, Pudry explains that fear of Huawei is misdirected. Bad actors simply aren't asking permission from suppliers when hacking into their products. Andy Purdy is the Chief Security Officer for Huawei Technologies USA and former member of the White House staff. In this episode Purdy discusses: Expectations and challenges for the new administration; Holding our allies accountable and putting mutual trust agreements in place; His career path fr...
Recognizing and Adapting to the New Reality
March 31, 2021 14:57 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBThere's no doubt that our world has changed, but there's a sharp distinction between acquiescing to our new state as 'normal' and adapting to the threats of our new reality. In this episode, Morgan Wright, Chief Security Advisor at SentinelOne, discusses: The SolarWinds and Accellion breaches and attribution of the attacks; How to secure critical infrastructure and the failure of Congress to understand the technical issues; Adapting our environment to the new reality; And predictions ...
Cyberspace: The Next Domain
March 24, 2021 17:42 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBIt's no secret that there's a shortage of cybersecurity professionals with the skills needed to wage the war in cyberspace. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Mika Devonshire, who works in digital forensics and incident response at S-RM discusses: Her career path moving from the liberal arts into cybersecurity; Attribution of the SolarWinds and other recent attacks; And her outlook on the field of modern digital forensics.
Attacks Accelerating Faster than 5G
March 17, 2021 17:44 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBSpeed is the enemy of security and as 5G is widely adopted and internet speeds increase, the threat also increases. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Dr. Rebecca Wynn discusses: The future of work-from-home; The impact of 5G on cybersecurity; The difficulties of securing the healthcare sector; And artificial intelligence and deep fakes.
A Pivotal Moment for Cybersecurity
March 10, 2021 21:17 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThere's a cycle of intense action followed by complacency that comes with any major security incident including the recent SolarWinds breach. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Anup Ghosh, CEO of Fidelis Cybersecurity, discusses: How to take advantage of this pivotal moment; How deception technology allows you to shape the attack surface of your network; The impending impact on cyber from 5G; And the possibility of government and private industry partnerships.
The New Normal: Complexity and Resilience
March 03, 2021 16:55 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBWhen a digital device becomes our lifeline to the rest of the community and the world, we need to make sure that these digital lifeboats are secure. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Christy Wyatt, CEO at Absolute, the leading company in endpoint resilience, discusses: How enterprises and educational institutions have adapted to the new normal; The importance of building security technology into the hardware of devices; The social impact of the pandemic; And the cybersecurity liter...
Who's Watching the Watchers?
February 24, 2021 19:06 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBWhat happens when no one is watching the watchers, when the solution you're trusting for the security of your organization has security issues itself? In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Jeremy Rasmussen, CTO at Abacode, a Managed Cybersecurity and Compliance Provider (MCCP), discusses: Taking a holistic view of cybersecurity; The biggest gaps in cybersecurity education today; The best approach to zero trust; And what was the root cause of SolarWinds: the attackers or incompetence.
Hubris Before the Havoc at SolarWinds
February 17, 2021 23:01 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBPride comes before a fall. That was certainly the case with SolarWinds, who were warned by Ian Thornton-Trump of their security shortcomings back in 2017. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Thornton-Trump, CISO at Cyjax and former security adviser to SolarWinds discusses: The history of SolarWinds and his warning to them; The current threat landscape and our biggest vulnerabilities today; And how best to incentivize proper cybersecurity hygiene.
Stepping into a Digital-First Economy
February 10, 2021 15:38 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBWe can't avoid it any longer, we're digital people living in a digital world. We have digital identities, make online purchases, work from remote offices and almost everything we do is conducted digitally. It's no wonder that the biggest challenges we face today are digital as well. In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Chuck Brooks, respected cybersecurity thought leader, influencer and technology evangelist, discusses: Possible attribution of the SolarWinds and Accellion hacks; Our n...