BEC: Real Stories, Real Defense
The SecureWorld Sessions
Business Email Compromise is rampant, with annual losses in the billions of dollars. Every type of organization is at risk. We discuss key things your org and users should know about BEC, plus the most effective way to respond and recover some of the losses. Our guests are with the U.S. Secret Service: Stephen Dougherty, Financial Fraud Investigator, and Michael Johns, Asst. Special Agent in Charge.
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A Cyber Mercenary Investigation
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What is a cyber mercenary group and who are they attacking through cyberspace? In this episode, Feike Hacquebord, Sr. Threat Researcher at Trend Micro, reveals extensive details of a cyber mercenary group he calls Void Balaur and has been tracking for more than a year.
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The Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Problem
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This discussion on the cybersecurity talent pipeline problem is unlike any other you have heard before. And you and your organization could play a part in growing the future of the cybersecurity workforce. We're talking with the founders of the Last Mile Education Fund: Rian Walker, Sarah Lee, and Ruthe Farmer. www.lastmile-ed.org
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Cybersecurity Brain Hacks and Big Ideas
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Can brain hacks and cybersecurity habits improve the security posture at your company? CISO George Finney of SMU believes so and he makes his case. And here's a big idea: InfoSec doesn't slow down digital transformation, it speeds it up. Gigamon CTO Shehzad Merchant explains how and looks at Big Data and its underpinning technologies.
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Emergency Response Lessons for Cybersecurity
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Andrew Jarrett is Applied Cybersecurity Program Manager at the Cyber Readiness Center and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service. He's been a wildland firefighter for 10+ years and believes Emergency Response frameworks that save lives can apply to IT security and incident response to help protect orgs and make InfoSec better.
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Cybersecurity Inflection Point?
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Ed Cabrera is the former CISO of the U.S. Secret Service and current Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Trend Micro. He believes we are at an inflection point in cybersecurity and is cautiously optimistic. During this conversation with SecureWorld, Cabrera also discusses ransomware, cryptocurrency, threat intelligence, cyber insurance, and more.
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Cyber Resilience, the Game Show
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Three Chief Information Security Officers play a game show around modern cyber resilience. What is cyber resiliency and how do you align it with business objectives?
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Ransomware and the Secret Service
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Our guest on this episode is Jeremy C. Sheridan, Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, at the United States Secret Service. We discuss the evolution of ransomware in cybercrime, including: advances in technology, cyber insurance, the cryptocurrency challenge, the sophistication of ransomware actors, and much more.
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Creating a Security Culture
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Princeton University implemented a multi-year program to create a culture of cybersecurity throughout campus.
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Nation-State Cyber Threats: What Now?
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What can organizations, the U.S. government, and everyday citizens do to stop the surge of cyber threats hitting us from overseas? Col. Cedric Leighton, CNN analyst and former Air Force cyber leader, explains the threats and motives of America's top nation-state enemies, and how we're thinking of the ransomware problem in the wrong way.
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Resource Links:
• Christopher Hadnagy's author page: https://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Hadnagy/e/B004D1T9F4
• Trend Micro on the evolution of social engineering attacks: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/definition/social-engineering/
• SecureWorld virtual conferences: https://www.secureworldexpo.com/events
The SecureWorld Sessions podcast gives you access to people and ideas that impact your cybersecurity career and help you secure your organization.