Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Train How You Fight. In part 1, we discuss the importance of training for a cyber incident. However, lots of organizations do not take it seriously, causing mistakes during an actual cyber incident. How will the lack of preparation impact your organization during …

Weird Al, Docker, OT, Gitlab, Credit Monitoring, Dropbox, Cisco, AI, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-383

It's the week before RSA and the news is PACKED. Everyone is trying to get their RSA announcements out all at once. We've got announcements about funding, acquisitions, partnerships, new companies, new products, new features... To make things MORE challenging, everyone is also putting out their big annual reports, like Verizon's DBIR and Mandiant's…

It's the most boring part of incident response. Skip it at your peril, however. In this interview, we'll talk to Joe Gross about why preparing for incident response is so important. There's SO MUCH to do, we'll spend some time breaking down the different tasks you need to complete long before an incident occurs. Resources 5 Best Practices for Build…

ChatGPT writes exploits, banning default and weak passwords, forget vulnerabilities just get rid of malware, IR blasting for fun and not profit, creating fake people, shattered dreams and passkey, and removing chips. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-827

The Security Weekly crew discusses some of the latest articles and research in cryptography and some background relevant subtopics including the race against quantum computing, key management, creating your own crypto, selecting the right crypto and more! https://www.globalsecuritymag.com/keysight-introduces-testing-capabilities-to-strengthen-post-…

Misusing random numbers, protecting platforms for code repos and package repos, vulns that teach us about designs and defaults, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-283

AI, Okta, Chrome, Quantum, Kaiser Permanente, FTC, FCC, NCSC, Josh Marpet, and more, are on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-382

Companies deploy tools (usually lots of tools) to address different threats to supply chain security. Melinda Marks shares some of the chaos those companies still face when trying to prioritize investments, measure risk, and scale their solutions to keep pace with their development. Not only are companies still figuring out supply chain, but now th…

In the leadership and communications section, The Board's Pivotal Role in Steering Cybersecurity, CISO-CEO communication gaps continue to undermine cybersecurity, The Essence of Integrity in Leadership: A Pillar of Trust and Excellence, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-348

A hybrid workforce requires hybrid identity protection. But what are the threats facing a hybrid workforce? As identity becomes the new perimeter, we need to understand the attacks that can allow attackers access to our applications. Eric Woodruff, Product Technical Specialist at Semperis, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss those attacks, in…

This is a great interview with Adam Shostack on all things threat modeling. He's often the first name that pops into people's heads when threat modeling comes up, and has created or been involved with much of the foundational material around the subject. Adam recently released a whitepaper that focuses on and defines inherent threats. Resources: He…

TikTok, Flowmon, Arcane Door, Brokewell, RuggedCom, Deepfakes, Non-Competes, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-381

We've talked about generative AI in a general sense on our podcast for years, but we haven't done many deep dives into specific security use cases. That ends with this interview, as we discuss how generative AI can improve SecOps with Ely Kahn. Some of the use cases are obvious, while others were a complete surprise to me. Check out this episode if…

This week the crew discusses: When TVs scan your network, bad things can happen, PuTTY is vulnerable, Crush FTP, vulnerabilities that will never be fixed, CVEs are for vulnerabilities silly, you can test for easily guessable passwords too, FlipperZero can steal all your passwords, more XZ style attacks, more reasons why you shouldn't use a smart lo…

A clear pattern with startups getting funding this week are "autonomous" products and features. Automated detection engineering Autonomously map and predict malicious infrastructure ..."helps your workforce resolve their own security issues autonomously" automated remediation automated compliance management & reporting I'll believe it when I see it…

On February 27, 2024, PCAST (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) sent a report to the President with recommendations to bolster the resilience and adaptability of the nation’s cyber-physical infrastructure resources. Phil was part of the team that worked on the report and comes on the show to talk about what was recommended a…

CISA chimes in on the XZ Utils backdoor, PuTTY's private keys and maintaining a secure design, LeakyCLI and maintaining secure secrets in CSPs, LLMs and exploit generation, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-282

Robofly, CRUSHFTP, Github, Palo Alto, MITRE, Fancy Bear, Deepfakes, Aaran Leyland, and more, on this Edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-380

How can open source projects find a funding model that works for them? What are the implications with different sources of funding? Simon Bennetts talks about his stewardship of Zed Attack Proxy and its journey from OWASP to OpenSSF to an Open Source Fellowship with Crash Override. Mark Curphy adds how his experience with OWASP and the appsec commu…

The new SEC Cyber Security Rules require organizations to be ready to report cyber incidents. But what do you actually need to do? Mike Lyborg, Chief Information Security Officer at Swimlane, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how to prepare. In this interview he'll discuss the key element of your preparation, including: Quantification Mater…

Since 2016, we been hearing about the impending impact of CMMC. But so far, it's only been words. That looks to be changing. Edward Tourinsky, Founder & Managing Principal at DTS, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the coming impact of CMMC v3. Edward will cover: The background of CMMC Standardization of CMMC CMMC v3 changes and implementati…

Win 95, Cheat Lab, LastPass, Kubernetes, Sandworm, Bloomtech, Frontier, 911, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-379

This week, Adrian and Tyler discuss some crazy rumors - is it really possible that a cloud security startup valued at over $8 billion in November 2021 just got bought for $200 million??? Some healthy funding for Cyera and Cohesity ($300m and $150m, respectively) Onum, Alethea, Sprinto, Andesite AI, StrikeReady, YL-Backed Miggo, Nymiz, Salvador Tech…

Protecting a normal enterprise environment is already difficult. What must it be like protecting a sports team? From the stadium to merch sales to protecting team strategies and even the players - securing an professional sports team and its brand is a cybersecurity challenge on a whole different level. In this interview, we'll talk to Joe McMann a…