Pirates and Castles

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member at freenode, a cybersecurity engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a systems engineer at D.E. Shaw Research, among several other positions. Of course, Jesse is also the host of Meanwhile in Security, the podcast about better cloud security you’re about to listen to.

Links:

• Blog entry: https://swagitda.com/blog/posts/on-yolosec-and-fomosec/
• Why the Worst Cloud Security Predictions Might not Come True: https://securityintelligence.com/articles/worst-cloud-security-predictions-not-true/
• First Known Malware Surfaces Targeting Windows Containers: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/first-known-malware-surfaces-targeting-windows-containers/d/d-id/1341230
• Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/06/justice-dept-claws-back-2-3m-paid-by-colonial-pipeline-to-ransomware-gang/
• TeamTNT attacks IAM credentials of AWS and Google Cloud: https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/cloud-security/teamtnt-attacks-iam-credentials-of-aws-and-google-cloud/
• School Cybersecurity: How Awareness Training Removes Attackers’ Options: https://securityintelligence.com/articles/how-awareness-training-improves-school-cybersecurity/
• Only 17% of organizations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data: https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/only-17-of-organizations-encrypt-at-least-half-of-their-sensitive-cloud-data/
• Return to Basics: Email Security in the Post-COVID Workplace: https://beta.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/return-to-basics-email-security-in-the-post-covid-workplace
• Zero Trust or Bust: What it is and Why it Matters to Data Security: https://securityintelligence.com/posts/zero-trust-why-it-matters-data-security/
• What the FedEx Logo Taught Me About Cybersecurity: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/what-the-fedex-logo-taught-me-about-cybersecurity/a/d-id/1341118
• How the Rise of the Remote SOC Changed the Industry: https://securityintelligence.com/articles/work-from-home-remote-soc/
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