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Cloud Security

CISO Dojo Podcast - April 27, 2021 20:17 - 33 minutes
In this episode we discuss concerns with security in the cloud that organizations need to be aware of. Moving to the cloud doesn't automatically mean it's more secure. We'll take a look at the CIS Controls and how you can implement them in a cloud environment to better secure your networks and...

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Demystifying Cyber Insurance with Marc Schein

Security Superpowers - April 21, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes
In this episode host, Stephen Ramey interviews the Co-chair of Marsh & McLennan Agency Cyber Center of Excellence, Marc Shein. Arete and Marc have both recently been nominated for an Advisen Cyber Risk award. In this episode, Steve and Marc discuss how cyber insurance can strengthen your busines...

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Cyberstalking

CISO Dojo Podcast - April 21, 2021 01:51 - 40 minutes
Stalking- What is it, exactly? And, more importantly, what do you do if it happens to you? What are the steps you can take and how can you understand ways to better protect yourself? What are the avenues for reporting stalking? How has technology impacted stalking and what can we do, as a societ...

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Data Governance

CISO Dojo Podcast - April 13, 2021 01:18 - 35 minutes
Data governance is a huge undertaking when you don't build it in at the start. In this episode Stacy and Joe discuss data governance programs, the NIST Privacy Framework, and how to build a successful data governance program.

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The State of Cybersecurity with Marc Bleicher

Security Superpowers - April 07, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutes
Security Superpowers is back! In this season’s first episode Steve Ramey talks with Arete’s Managing Director of Incident Response, Marc Bleicher. Steve and Marc discuss the current state of cybersecurity, industry trends, and building a cybersecurity workforce to meet the industry's current dem...

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The Birth Of a CISO

CISO Dojo Podcast - April 05, 2021 21:58 - 22 minutes
This week's episode acts as a follow up to provide answers to your burning questions following the interview of our special guest, Gordon Rudd of Stone Creek Coaching, who trains and coaches aspiring and current CISO's.    But, how do you know if you want to be a CISO. Heck- What is a CISO? ...

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Security Superpowers Season Two Teaser

Security Superpowers - March 31, 2021 16:59 - 38 seconds
New Season, New Host, New format Security Superpowers will be back for a second season Wednesday, April 7th. In this season, Arete’s Director of Incident Response and host Stephen Ramey will be walking the audience through an incident response case. Each episode will focus on a major milest...

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From Fortran to CISO to Executive Coaching

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour
Gordon Rudd joins us for this week's episode of the podcast. Gordon Rudd is a former CISO, executive coach, author, keynote speaker, and teacher with Stone Creek Coaching. Gordon founded the CISO Mentoring Project in 2012 and is an engaged mentor to many aspiring and active CISOs around the wo...

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My Path in Information Security: Stacy Dunn

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 22, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes
In this episode of CISO Dojo, Stacy outlines how she broke through into the field of Information Technology, and, subsequently, Cyber Security. How does one connect the dots from being a Retail Store Manager with an Associate's in Fine Arts to becoming an aspiring Security Engineer with one o...

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My Path in Information Security

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 15, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes
This episode starts a new series about non traditional paths to information security. This series will post every Monday when we don't have a guest on the show. In this series we will look at ways to get into information security and how to progress in your career.  This pilot starts out wit...

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Risk Assessments, Frameworks, and Approaches

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 08, 2021 12:56 - 1 hour
Risk Assessments, Frameworks, and Approaches Risk Assessments are the topic for this episode of the CISO Dojo Podcast. What is a risk assessment: The identification, evaluation, and estimation of the levels of risks involved in a situation, with comparisons against benchmarks or standards, ...

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Employee Retention Strategies for CISOs

CISO Dojo Podcast - February 13, 2021 03:06 - 43 minutes
Employee Retention Strategies for CISOs Employee retention of top talent should be on the mind of every CISO today. Recruiters are focused on coaxing the best employees away from organizations due to the perceived skills shortage in the information security industry. When an employee appro...

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SentinelOne with Jared Phipps

Security Superpowers - December 17, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes
We are very excited to conclude season one of Security Superpowers with Jared Phipps, SVP Worldwide Sales Engineering to discuss SentinelOne, threat hunting data, risk mitigation, and the maturing endpoint protection market.

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Ransomware and Carrier Risk with Michael Kar and Tamara Ashjian

Security Superpowers - December 10, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes
For this episode of Security Superpowers, Tamara Ashjian from Tokio Marine and Michael Kar from Wilson Elser, LLP discuss cybersecurity claims and risk and how the industry is shifting to cope with the growing wave of ransomware attacks.

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The Future of Data Transfer from the EU to the with Richard Sheinis

Security Superpowers - November 12, 2020 23:36 - 29 minutes
In this episode, Kevin Smith interviews Hall Booth Smith, P.C. Partner, Richard Sheinis, about the future of data transfer from the EU to the US. We discuss the implications of data localization and the increased tendency of countries closing their borders to free flowing information and what th...

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Election Security with Jim Jaeger

Security Superpowers - October 29, 2020 10:34 - 40 minutes
In this episode, Kevin Smith speaks with president and co-founder of Arete, Jim Jaeger about the upcoming 2020 U.S. Elections, the risks we face, both internally and externally, and answers the biggest question of all: Just how safe and accurate is this election going to be?

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What It Takes to Start a Career in Cyber Security and the Evolution of Future Cyber Crime with Mike Lotas

Security Superpowers - October 15, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes
During this episode of Security Superpowers, Kevin invites Mike Lotas, global incident response leader in SOC at Arete, to discuss what it takes to start a career in cyber security, the evolution and future of cyber crime, and a dive into Mike's history and career path.

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Anatomy of an Incident Response with Stephen Ramey

Security Superpowers - October 01, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes
Kevin, Marc and Steve discuss the details of an incident response. They dive in to the many facets of an incident response to give you insight into the characteristics of a typical IR victim, IR planning, importance of strong passwords, the key to successful forensics and more!

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Nation State Threats with Jim Jaeger

Security Superpowers - September 17, 2020 09:00 - 34 minutes
In this episode, Kevin Smith and Stephen Ramey talk to Arete's chief cyber strategist, Jim Jaeger, about nation state threats, ways to keep your business safe from ransomware, and more!

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Security Superpowers - Threat Intelligence Part 2

Security Superpowers - September 03, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes
In this episode, hosts Kevin Smith and Marc Belicher invite Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey to continue their discussion on Threat Intelligence. They dive into techniques, emerging threats and our commitment to partner with law enforcement agencies to help gain a better understanding of the div...

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Threat Intelligence Part 2 with Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey

Security Superpowers - September 03, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes
In this episode, hosts Kevin Smith and Marc Belicher invite Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey to continue their discussion on Threat Intelligence. They dive into techniques, emerging threats and our commitment to partner with law enforcement agencies to help gain a better understanding of the div...

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Resume Reviews, Interviewing, and we have a co-host!

CISO Dojo Podcast - August 23, 2020 21:30 - 36 minutes
Resume Reviews, Interviewing, and we have a co-host! Meet Stacy Dunn in this episode of the CISO Dojo podcast. Stacy has been working in INFOSEC for the past 4 years in various roles and was a guest on the show previously. In this episode Stacy and I discuss a lot of different topics that in...

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Threat Intelligence with Evgueni Erchov Part 1

Security Superpowers - August 20, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutes
In this episode, Kevin Smith and Marc Bleicher nterview Arete Director, IR & Cyber Threat Intelligence Evgueni Erchov about the most critical weapons used in cyber defense, which attackers are targeting organizations, and how to thwart these attacks.

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Remote Working Cyber Risks with Stephen Ramey

Security Superpowers - August 06, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutes
In this weeks episode Kevin and Marc interview Arete director of incident response Stephen Ramey about the increase in cyber risk due to remote working, Stephen’s observations from the front lines, and his recommendations for preventing an attack! 

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A True Arete Superhero: Marc Bleicher

Security Superpowers - July 23, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes
The pilot episode introduces Marc Bleicher, Managing Director of the Arete IR Team. Kevin and Marc discuss the inconvenient timing of threat actors, some unique experiences in Marc’s career and, the importance of the insurance carriers who shoulder the financial burden of an ill-prepared IT s...

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Managing Teams Remotely

CISO Dojo Podcast - April 03, 2020 02:24 - 13 minutes
Managing Teams Remotely Managing teams remotely is a real challenge in this environment. As leaders and managers we need to make sure we are taking the right approach to managing our teams when they are remote. We’ve lost a lot of the daily context of what our team members are facing, how to m...

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Working Remotely During a Pandemic

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 15, 2020 03:29 - 6 minutes
Working Remotely During a Pandemic One of the challenges many organizations are facing right now is: how do we secure a remote workforce? In this episode I discuss some of the tough questions organizations face and how they are approaching them. A lot of vendors are stepping up offer free pr...

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Pandemic Policies

CISO Dojo Podcast - March 01, 2020 13:48 - 5 minutes
Pandemic Policies With the Corona Virus spreading, now is a good time to check your Pandemic Policy. Pandemic Policies help you plan for a large part of your workforce being unable to work due to illness. In this episode I’ll cover some key points from a Pandemic Policy Template available f...

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Strategy Versus Culture

CISO Dojo Podcast - February 25, 2020 02:50 - 5 minutes
Strategy Versus Culture It’s been said that culture eats strategy for breakfast, but what does that mean? If your policies, procedures, and strategic plan do not align with the culture, your risk offending the organization and will fail to execute your strategic plan. The post Strategy Versu...

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Iran Cyber Threat CISO Action Items

CISO Dojo Podcast - January 07, 2020 17:14 - 7 minutes
Iran Cyber Threat CISO Action Items Iran Cyber Threat President Trump ordered an airstrike that killed the Iranian General Soleimani in Baghdad. Soleimani was suspected of “plotting attacks” against Americans in the region. The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin stating that...

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