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Secure Digital Life (Audio)

111 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★ - 9 ratings

Are you overwhelmed by all of the "cyber" security threats and potential solutions? Learn how to protect yourself and all of your devices from evil hackers, viruses, ransomware, fraud, account hijacking and more! Let us be your guide to security and privacy online. We’ll help you understand how attackers are bypassing security and practical ways to protect yourself online. Whether you are a seasoned technology geek, or just had your first experience with a virus on your PC, this podcast is for you. Hosted by the esteemed cast at Security Weekly, including Doug White, PhD, Director of Information Security Curriculum for Roger Williams University and Russell Beauchemin!

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Episodes

Firewalls - Secure Digital Life #65

May 25, 2018 17:31 - 33 minutes - 37 MB

This week, Doug and Russ talk about Firewalls! These tools can actually deconstruct the frame into the data and evaluate many things including signature analysis, IDS/IPS, and other types of threat analysis. They discuss WAF, Packet Filtering, Ports, OWASP, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode65   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Tech Interviews - Secure Digital Life #64

May 17, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 36.7 MB

Doug and Russ discuss how to prepare yourself for a technical interview. They give advice on what kind of devices you should bring to the interview, what your attire should be, and they go through different instances you should be prepared for.   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode64   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com  

Vulnerability Scanning Pt.4 - Secure Digital Life #63

May 09, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 39.8 MB

This week, Doug is joined once again by Andy Pete to continue their talk on Vulnerability Scanning! Andy will finish his demo of InsightVM vulnerability scanning, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode63   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Vulnerability Scanning Pt. 3 - Secure Digital Life #62

May 07, 2018 15:23 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

This week, Doug and Russ continue to talk about Vulnerability Scanning Pt. 3, Joined again by Andy Pete of New England Institute of Technology and Roger Williams University Alumni! They talk about Ideal Scanning Setups, Vulnerability Scanning Configurations, and give a Vulnerability Scanning Walk Through! All that and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode62   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Vulnerability Scanning Pt.2 - Secure Digital Life #61

April 26, 2018 09:00 - 35 minutes - 38.8 MB

This week, Doug and Russ continue to talk about Vulnerability Scanning, joined by Andy Pete of New England Institute of Technology and Roger Williams University Alumni, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode61   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Capture The Flag - Secure Digital Life #60

April 18, 2018 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20.8 MB

This week, we launch a Pre Recorded interview, as Dr. Doug speaks with Joshua Marpet and Scott Lyons of Red Lion Information Security, to talk about Capture The Flag tournaments and software, from InfoSecWorld 2018 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode60   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Vulnerability Scanning - Secure Digital Life #59

April 11, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 35.3 MB

This week, Doug and Russ talk about Vulnerability Scanning, how it collects data, origins of scanning, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode59   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Virtual Labs - Secure Digital Life #58

April 04, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MB

This week, Doug and Russ talk about how to get started building virtual labs so you can break things and experiment without ending up in a Federal Prison, or hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy! All that and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode58   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

We Hardly Knew Ya - Secure Digital Life #57

March 29, 2018 09:00 - 32 minutes - 32.6 MB

This week, Doug and Russ discuss Facebook, how much data and information it acquires, Cambridge Analytica, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode57   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

The Bomb Cyclone - Secure Digital Life #56

March 27, 2018 20:55 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MB

This week, Doug and Russ discuss SQL Injection, what SQL is, what a database is, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode56   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Not Obscene or Illegal - Secure Digital Life #55

March 07, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 33.8 MB

This week, Doug discusses NAS, what you need to know about it, building a NAS for home use, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode55   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Covered in Carbonite - Secure Digital Life #54

February 28, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 29.5 MB

This week, Doug and Russ discuss online backup providers! They talk about different online backup providers, what you should look for, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode54   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Maximum Pain - Secure Digital Life #53

February 21, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MB

This week, Doug and Russ continue to discuss the importance of backups! They continue to talk about understanding the nature of backups, RAID, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode53   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

I'm Always Backed Up - Secure Digital Life #52

February 14, 2018 10:00 - 24 minutes - 25.7 MB

This week, Doug and Russ discuss the importance of being backed up! They talk about understanding the nature of backups, understanding RAID, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode52   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Don't Say I Told You - Secure Digital Life #51

February 07, 2018 10:00 - 27 minutes - 28.3 MB

This week, Doug discusses Spectre and Meltdown! He talks about stack overflows, understanding caching, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode51   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Everything's Better When It's Worse - Secure Digital Life #50

January 31, 2018 10:00 - 27 minutes - 28.4 MB

This week, Doug and Russ continue to discuss the study of overflow behavior! They talk about stack and heap allocations, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode50   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Metal Teeth - Secure Digital Life #49

January 24, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 27.2 MB

This week, Doug discusses Spectre, Meltdown, and AMD! They talk about what to understand about it, understanding memory,sett and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode49   →Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Fletcher Heisler, Hunter2 - Secure Digital Life #48

January 17, 2018 10:00 - 28 minutes - 24.6 MB

This week, Doug and Russ interview Fletcher Heisler, Founder and CEO of Hunter2! He joins Doug and Russ to discuss his company, his development, and his key skills he uses in the field! All that and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode48   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

Congressman Jim Langevin - Secure Digital Life #47

January 09, 2018 20:54 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MB

This week, Doug interviews Jim Langevin, Congressman for Rhode Island's Second District! They discuss net neutrality, and Microsoft suspending a Spectre patch for AMD machines! All that and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode47   Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com

2017 Wrap-Up - Secure Digital Life #46

January 02, 2018 21:44 - 26 minutes - 27.6 MB

This week, Doug and Russ talk about what's coming up in 2018 and what are the important flashbacks from 2017! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode46 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife

Resume Building pt. 2 - Secure Digital Life #45

January 02, 2018 21:16 - 33 minutes - 36.4 MB

Doug and Russ continue from last week to talk more about Resume Building on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode45 Visit https://www.securedigitallife.com for all the latest episodes!

Resume Building pt. 1 - Secure Digital Life #44

January 02, 2018 21:13 - 30 minutes - 31.6 MB

Doug and Russ explain how to write a resume. This includes, what is a "good" resume, summary of qualifications, areas of expertise, professional experiences, community work/volunteer work, and references. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode44 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife

Linux - Secure Digital Life #43

January 02, 2018 21:09 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB

Doug talks about the very beginning in Bell Labs, wo HP-UX, Solaris(sun), AIX(HP), and Xenix (Microsoft). Doug explains why Linux is the best and why you should use it.   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode43 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife

Cryptocurrency - Secure Digital Life #42

January 02, 2018 21:06 - 25 minutes - 30.4 MB

Beware of the CryptoTurkey! Doug talks about cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, blockchains, and more on this episode of Secure Digital Life!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode42 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife  

Secure Digital Life #40 - Crypto Identity

December 15, 2017 20:35 - 25 minutes - 20.2 MB

Doug and Russ talk about digital fingerprints, hashing, digital DNA, and passwords. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode40 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife

Secure Digital Life #39 - WiFi Encryption

November 28, 2017 16:24 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MB

On this Halloween edition of Secure Digital Life, Doug and Russ talk about the horrifying truth of Wi-Fi Encryption and how to protect yourself from the hacking gouls! →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

Secure Digital Life #38 - Encryption

November 09, 2017 10:30 - 23 minutes - 14 MB

What is encryption, anyway? Doug and Russel explain symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and how crypto gets broken! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode38 →Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SecureDigLife →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecureDigLife

Secure Digital Life #35 - Packet Sniffing

October 24, 2017 09:30 - 24 minutes - 19.2 MB

The sweet smell of TCP packets on the wire! Doug and Russ talk about how packet sniffing works and what can be found. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode35 →Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SecureDigLife →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecureDigLife

Secure Digital Life #33 - Port Scanning

October 18, 2017 16:41 - 31 minutes - 26.2 MB

I love the smell of TCP in the morning! Doug and Russ talk about Port Scanning and how to sniff a network.   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode33

Secure Digital Life #32 - Network Attacks

October 16, 2017 16:03 - 25 minutes - 21.1 MB

Doug and Russ talk about network attacks and how they intend to infect your network. The objective with these DOS attacks is to generate enough traffic to cause the server/device to be blocked to others. This is usually a distraction while other attacks occur. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode32 Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife

Secure Digital Life #31 - Killer Robots

September 27, 2017 20:14 - 24 minutes - 17.8 MB

AI, machines, and killer robots, oh my! Elon Musk and 116 people sent a letter to the UN asking that Autonomous Weapons be banned. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode31 →Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SecureDigLife →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecureDigLife

Secure Digital Life #30 - VLSM

September 12, 2017 20:02 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MB

Doug and Russ talk about why subnetting happened and how supernetting came about. Network Segmentation and controlling broadcast domain size. Enumerate means to compute all the networks and broadcast addresses with a given mask.

Secure Digital Life #29 - Congressman Jim Langevin

September 06, 2017 15:07 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB

Doug interviews the AMAZING Congressman Jim Langevin, Co-Chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_E... Check out the CCC website: https://cybercaucus-langevin.house.gov →Visit our website: http://securedigitallife.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securediglife →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

Secure Digital Life #28 - Subnetting Pt. 2

August 29, 2017 19:02 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

Dough and Russ talk about subnetting and Subnet Masks that are ON. They describe their adventures in subnetting.

Secure Digital Life #27 - Subnetting Pt. 1

August 24, 2017 19:11 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

Doug and Russ talk about what is a subnet mask, they review what is layer 3, they give a brief description of routing, and help you understand network IP changes in the layer 3 world. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode27 Visit Our Website: http://securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #26 - IP Addresses

August 09, 2017 19:54 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Doug explains the basics of how IP addresses work, with help from Doug in an alternate dimension. Beware of the terminator! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_episode_26 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #25 - Hexidecimal

July 27, 2017 18:25 - 26 minutes - 19 MB

Doug joins us from a top secret location, located deep within the bowels of the Earth, to discuss all things hexidecimal!

Secure Digital Life #24 - Binary

July 22, 2017 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MB

Doug talks about binary and how to count from zero to one! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_episode_24 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #23 - Top 5 IoT Devices

July 19, 2017 15:19 - 26 minutes - 19.4 MB

Doug and Russ talk about their favorite IoT devices that they can't live without. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_episode_23 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #22 - Pentesting Cert Shootout

July 06, 2017 19:30 - 28 minutes - 20.4 MB

Doug and Russ talk about the difference in 4 pentesting certs that are very popular. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_episode22 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #21 - SCADA

June 28, 2017 19:56 - 22 minutes - 16.7 MB

Doug explains the threat to the electrical grid and how SCADA works! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode21 Visit our website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #20 - OSI Model

June 21, 2017 21:01 - 23 minutes - 16.9 MB

Learn the Mnemonics, the Theoretical Construct to assist in explaining components of networking stack, and the 7 layers of OSI! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode20 Visit http://www.securedigitallife.com for more episodes!

Secure Digital Life #19 - Secure Backups

June 15, 2017 16:41 - 21 minutes - 15.6 MB

Doug and Russ talk about different types of backups, how they work, and out-of-band strategies. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode19 Visit http://securedigitallife.com for all the latest episodes!

Secure Digital Life #18 - College Degrees in Cybersecurity

June 09, 2017 09:30 - 24 minutes - 17.8 MB

Doug and Russ swim the warm waters of academia, college degrees, types of degrees, and whether or not you need one. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode18 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #17 - WannaCry

June 08, 2017 09:30 - 28 minutes - 20.6 MB

Doug and Russ explain how to protect yourself from ransomware and WannaCry. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode17 Visit Our Website: securedigitallife.com

Secure Digital Life #16 - Password Creation and Protection

June 07, 2017 18:32 - 25 minutes - 18.1 MB

What is a strong password anyway? Doug and Russ explain how to create a complex password and how to stay protected in your accounts. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode16

Secure Digital Life #15 - Certifications

May 24, 2017 15:20 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MB

Doug talks about how to get into the cybersecurity field and whether or not to get certified. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SDL_Episode15

Secure Digital Life #14 - Blacklists, Whitelists, and MAC Filtering

May 20, 2017 10:30 - 25 minutes - 18 MB

Doug and Russ show you how to discriminate...against IP addresses. It's cyber-fascism day here at SDL. Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SDL_Episode14

Secure Digital Life #13 - PORT Forwarding Pt. II

May 19, 2017 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

Doug and Russ actually do port forwarding demos (at last)! Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SDL_Episode13

Secure Digital Life #12 - PORT Forwarding and Firewalling

May 17, 2017 18:31 - 23 minutes - 17.3 MB

Doug and Russ talk about and demonstrate how to configure basics in SOHO WiFi routers with WPA! Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SDL_Episode12

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