The SecureWorld Sessions

Cybersecurity weekly podcast series featuring industry thought leaders discussing security solutions, best practices, threat intel, and more. Our primary topics within InfoSec include: Application Security; Artificial Intelligence; Blockchain; Career Development; Cloud Security; Encryption / DLP; Endpoint / Mobile / IoT Security; GRC; Incident Response / SIEM; Identity and Access Management; Network Security; Privacy; Ransomware / Malware; and Security Awareness.

BEC: Real Stories, Real Defense 12/07/2021

BEC: Real Stories, Real Defense 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/21410702

A Cyber Mercenary Investigation 11/17/2021

A Cyber Mercenary Investigation 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/21200723

The Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Problem 11/04/2021

The Cybersecurity Talent Pipeline Problem 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 /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/21057095

Cybersecurity Brain Hacks and Big Ideas 10/27/2021

Cybersecurity Brain Hacks and Big Ideas 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20963111

Emergency Response Lessons for Cybersecurity 10/22/2021

Emergency Response Lessons for Cybersecurity 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20901140

Cybersecurity Inflection Point? 10/13/2021

Cybersecurity Inflection Point? 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20806928

Cyber Resilience, the Game Show 10/07/2021

Cyber Resilience, the Game Show 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? /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20742755

Ransomware and the Secret Service 09/28/2021

Ransomware and the Secret Service 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20632355

Creating a Security Culture 09/09/2021

Creating a Security Culture Princeton University implemented a multi-year program to create a culture of cybersecurity throughout campus. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20421296

Nation-State Cyber Threats: What Now? 09/01/2021

Nation-State Cyber Threats: What Now? 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. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20336471

Suing the CISO 08/24/2021

Suing the CISO Are CISOs getting sued? Yes. Investors filed a lawsuit that specifically names the CISO of SolarWinds as a defendant. Is this the beginning of a trend to sue the CISO after a cyber incident? We hear from experts Rebecca Rakoski of XPAN Law Partners and CISO Glenn Kapetansky of Trexin and University of Chicago Medical School. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20237831

Season of Cybercrime: The Insider Threat 08/10/2021

Season of Cybercrime: The Insider Threat In this true cybercrime episode, we uncover the case of an insider threat scheme at an AT&T Wireless Call Center. Court documents reveal how rogue employees collected approximately $1 million in bribes. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20099348

Season of Cybercrime: Exploring the Dark Web 08/03/2021

Season of Cybercrime: Exploring the Dark Web We interview Myra Rosario-Fuentes, Senior Threat Researcher at Trend Micro, who just completed an in-depth, two-year research project on Dark Web markets, especially those selling cybersecurity exploits to hackers. How much is a Zero Day vulnerability worth on the Dark Web? How did COVID-19 impact cybercriminals? What's the latest on ransomware operators and affiliate programs? /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/20008913

Season of Cybercrime: W.H.O. Cyberattack 07/20/2021

Season of Cybercrime: W.H.O. Cyberattack In this true cybercrime podcast episode, we interview Alexander Urbelis, cyber attorney and threat intelligence expert, who uncovered a cyberattack against the World Health Organization at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19870688

Season of Cybercrime: SeaWorld Cyberattack 07/13/2021

Season of Cybercrime: SeaWorld Cyberattack In this true cybercrime episode, we interview Cam, who was arrested for hacking when he was 14 years old. One of his focused cyberattacks was against SeaWorld San Diego. Now, he works as a cybersecurity professional. How did he get into cybercrime and then into a role defending against it? It all started with gaming. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19788371

Cybersecurity Workforce Development at Scale 06/29/2021

Cybersecurity Workforce Development at Scale How can we scale up the development of our collective cybersecurity talent pipeline, and what role can you play in this? How can your organization help develop talent? How can your alma mater or current university play a part in this? Hear about a model for this kind of work underway through partnerships at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19645283

State CISO Discussion: Future of Security 06/22/2021

State CISO Discussion: Future of Security State cybersecurity leaders discuss key topics: /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19558064

Ransomware Incident Response Lessons 06/15/2021

Ransomware Incident Response Lessons Nancy Rainosek is the CISO for the State of Texas. She knows all about ransomware incident response. Her team played a key role in remediation after a coordinated ransomware attack hit 22 state agencies in a single day. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19477226

AI and Our Future 05/25/2021

AI and Our Future Josh Jackson is Founder and Executive Director of the AI Association, which advocates for the furtherance of artificial intelligence and automation in the U.S. In this wide-ranging discussion about AI, Jackson unpacks the following: /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19234892

Outlaw Ransomware Payments? 05/18/2021

Outlaw Ransomware Payments? Shawn Tuma is a nationally known "breach quarterback" or "incident response coach" who walks victimized companies through the fallout of a ransomware attack. In this episode, he discusses: /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19139855

Operationalizing Your Cybersecurity Knowledge 05/11/2021

Operationalizing Your Cybersecurity Knowledge Join a CISO panel of Britney Hommertzheim, Kevin Hardcastle, and Cindi Carter for a fast-moving discussion on these topics: /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/19054496

Refocusing on the Privacy and Security Landscape 05/04/2021

Refocusing on the Privacy and Security Landscape 2020 was a "blender" year, as data privacy and cybersecurity seemingly took a backseat to the other major, pressing health and social issues. Now as we emerge from that, we must refocus on the new threat landscape; new privacy and security laws impacting data collection; and best practices for addressing these evolving issues. Join Rebecca Rakoski of XPAN Law Partners and Glenn Kapetansky, CSO at Trexin Group, as they discuss. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18964196

Achieving Your Cybersecurity Career Goals 04/27/2021

Achieving Your Cybersecurity Career Goals Are you "stuck" somewhere along your cybersecurity career path? Are you planning to pursue your InfoSec career goals "someday" down the road? /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18871724

Myth Busting: IAM in Multi-Cloud 04/20/2021

Myth Busting: IAM in Multi-Cloud In this episode, Michael Meyer, Chief Risk Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at MRS BPO, exposes three crucial myths around IAM in cloud, especially a multi-cloud environment. Are you believing the myths that stand in the way of properly implementing IAM (Identity and Access Management) in your cloud environments? /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18784796

Resilience in Cybersecurity 04/13/2021

Resilience in Cybersecurity Mark Eggleston, CISO/CPO of Health Partners Plans, speaks with leaders about cyber resiliency, the return to the workplace, combatting nation-state cyber threats, pandemic lessons to fuel digital innovation, and mental health in InfoSec. With panelists Anahi Santiago, CISO, ChristianaCare; Joshua Cloud, Director of Information Security, NFI; Nick Falcone, CISO, University of Pennsylvania; Todd Bearman, CISO, TE Connectivity. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18700943

Social Engineering: Hacking Humans 04/06/2021

Social Engineering: Hacking Humans Social engineering professor, entrepreneur, and author Christopher Hadnagy shares social engineering case studies and explains how these attacks are evolving and how you can protect yourself and your end-users. Hadnagy draws from decades of human behavioral research and his time as "Chief Human Hacker" at Social-Engineer, LLC. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18617069

Battle Tested BCP: What Security Learned 03/30/2021

Battle Tested BCP: What Security Learned Discover lessons learned from a CISO who led the way on her company's business continuity plan (BCP) and pandemic plan. Milinda Rambel Stone is VP and CISO at Provation Medical. She shares a first-hand account of the planning, implementation, and takeaways from her organization's BCP. Security teams face more changes ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18532307

Best in Breed vs. All in One 03/16/2021

Best in Breed vs. All in One We are discussing a hotly debated topic in cybersecurity: best in breed point solutions versus an all in one type of security platform. Which is the best approach for your organization? And how is this part of the security landscape changing? Our guest is Greg Young, VP of Cybersecurity and Corporate Development at Trend Micro. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18336275

Are We Doing It Wrong? Aligning Security and the Business 03/09/2021

Are We Doing It Wrong? Aligning Security and the Business We are talking about how to align information security with the business. And our guest, ISSA International President Candy Alexander, says we may be thinking about this strategy in the wrong way. She is not afraid to be controversial, and in this episode she shares what security and business alignment should look like. Candy is also CISO at NeuEon. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18258575

The Ransomware Attack Lifecycle 03/02/2021

The Ransomware Attack Lifecycle We start with a dramatization of a ransomware attack, which leads us to the ransomware lifecycle in real life. What is a ransomware attack incident response really like? How should you respond in the first hours? What does a 72-hour ransomware response look like? What should you do in the weeks and months following? Hear real examples and learn best practices from cyber attorney Shawn Tuma. /episode/index/show/secureworld/id/18149138

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