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  • Super Humans: AI won't replace infosecurity workers, it will make them really smart
    Security Ledger Publisher and Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Dario Forte of DF Labs, a company that makes data breach and incident response to cyber incidents. Dario talks about the growing role of automation and machine learning in incident response, and how the near future won't see the replacement of human operators by computers, but the rise of computer-aided "super humans."
    24 min
  • A Cautionary CES Tale: the FTC's Case Against D-LINK
    Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts talks with researchers from the firm Senrio about the FTC's recently announced lawsuit against consumer networking gear maker D-Link. And, with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) under way in Las Vegas, the discussion turns to security and privacy concerns engendered by connected products.
    21 min
  • Digital License Plates for Drones?
    Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Dan Timpson of the firm DigiCert about a partnership with the firm AirMap to provide strong, digital identities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Can digital certificates act like license plates for drones? And is such a system applicable to other Internet of Things devices?
    21 min
  • Home WiFi security is a mess. Luma is promising to fix it
    Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Paul Judge of the firm Luma, which makes a wireless mesh networking product for homes. Judge talks about how home networks have largely missed out on the wireless management and security improvements that businesses networks have long enjoyed, and how the Internet of Things will force big changes in home networking technology.
    18 min
  • Interview with Donald Trump Advisor Ret. Lt. Gen Michael Flynn
    Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts interviews Lt. Gen Michael Flynn (Ret) a top advisor to President Elect Donald Trump about his thoughts on securing government and commercial networks, the relative value of cyber offense and why the U.S. government needs a story teller in chief to help translate cyber security concepts to the public. Interview recorded October 4, 2016 at FLIGHT 16 in Boston.
    23 min
  • Voters vs. Hackers (with Israel Barak and Ari Schwartz)
    Could a cyber attack disrupt the upcoming Presidential Election - or other critical national functions? And how well does the rhetoric from the campaign trail track to the issues and challenges facing the US as it seeks to secure its critical government and commercial systems from attacks? Paul Roberts of The Security Ledger talks with two seasoned hands in both the political and information security spheres They are: Ari Schwartz, a former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Cybersecurity in the Obama Administration and now the Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services at Venable. Also with us: Israel Barak, Cybereason’s CISO, holds more than 15 years of private and public sector security experience.
    22 min
  • Hacking Connected Vehicles with Chris Valasek of IOActive
    Chris Valasek, the Director of Vehicle Research at IOActive speaks with Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts about his recent research on vulnerabilities in late model vehicles by Chrysler. Valasek and his partner Charlie Miller recently demonstrated a way to take control of a Jeep Cherokee wirelessly using software based attacks.
    18 min