Security Sandbox

Security management is not just about having the best tools and more secure technologies. It also involves taking care of your people. When it comes to building your security team, Zate (@zate) is a great example of a leader who has built an effective cybersecurity team within an organization. He joins me to talk about how to create a steady foundation and turn a team of 8 security engineers into 41.

Every day, companies face threats from digital attackers. Bad guys on the internet looking to score. Every day, teams of engineers make sure they’re keeping their company’s digital assets locked down. They work tirelessly to make sure these remote hackers have a hard time finding their way in. But when you focus so much attention on the security of the front entrance, sometimes hackers can get through the side door. That's where Je...

A common theme we explore on this podcast is cybersecurity entrepreneurship. Talking to startup founders about what they’re making that’s shaping the future of our industry. They share stories of how they’ve built their product and learning about what’s worked and what hasn’t along the way. But there are… a few myths around entrepreneurs.

Like.. that they’re… super people who can do it all. Or that they were born to be a CEO. Or th...

 Kelly Shortridge (@swagitda_) is the Vice President of Product Strategy at Capsule 8, a security platform that detects and defends your entire Linux production environment. Her background is in economics and behavioral economics, a perspective that has helped her call out the cognitive biases behind security decision making.

On this episode, we talk about how to think clearly about security, how to be a therapist for Chief In...

 According to Bugcrowd’s 2019 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Guide, a mere 4% of the global hacking community are women. But the underlying cause of this gender imbalance is not solely due to whether or not we’re hiring with diversity in mind. There’s also the internal discrimination that can drive people away.

Chloé Messdaghi (@chloemessdaghi)is a security researcher advocate at Bugcrowd and a humanitarian advocate in the cybers...

Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) is an author, co-editor at Boing Boing, adviser to the EFF, and ginger liqueur connoisseur. He just published his new book Radicalized on March 19th, 2019 and joins me on this episode to talk about it. It's a collection of four amazing science fiction novellas to remind us to become masters of our own technology. On this episode, we talk about his previous startup, his writing, and where to find robots tha...

Kudos to Ted for making it the longest episode on the show so far!   

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Bug bounty platforms are websites that link up with companies you can hack. If you find a vulnerability and report it to the company, you get paid through the p...

Let’s be honest, the cybersecurity community is still predominantly male. As of March 13, 2019, Cybersecurity Ventures states that women will represent 20 percent of the workforce globally in 2019, still an under represented group. The 2018 McAfee Cybersecurity Talent Study stated that Australia’s cybersecurity workforce is 25 percent female. But how can we get this number closer to 50? What gender biases and double standards lie i...

Over the past few years, "blockchain" has been a serious buzzword. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made people overnight millionaires. But new technologies come with new security issues. LedgerOps is a penetration testing firm specializing in blockchain security, cofounded by Ajay Chandhok and Preston Thornburg. They join the show to talk about blockchain security, how to run a good penetration testing firm, and whether or ...

The background noise of the Internet is a loud hum and rumble. Everyday, automated scanners bombard servers with traffic. Sometimes they're benign, other times malicious; when you're an analyst, it takes time to tell the difference. For the past year, Andrew Morris (@Andrew___Morris) has been helping companies filter pointless alerts and reduce false positives. He's built GreyNoise Intelligence, a platform that helps companies and ...

Approximately 70 percent of breaches associated with state-affiliated actors involve phishing. It's continues to play a major role in our lives whether it's our family members or our politicians. At some point, everyone gets an email that they shouldn't click. But not everyone knows they shouldn't.

Sublime Security is cofounded by Josh Kamdjou and Ian Thiel, who have dedicated their time to helping us defend our email inboxes with ...

Whether you’re reading about court rulings on fingerprint authentication or about the newest privacy scandal on Ars Technica, chances are, it was written by Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar), their Senior Tech Policy Reporter. As of tomorrow February 19th, he’ll be joining NBC’s Tech News Investigation team!

On this episode, we revisit some of his favorite stories he’s written and talk about his second book, Habeas Data. It’s a culmin...

The very first episode launches on Monday, February 18th, 2019! Afterwards, new episodes every Monday to start your week off right.

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