Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson

Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Business Development, Security, Compliance, and Identity at Microsoft, and Jules Okafor, CEO/founder of RevolutionCyber and diversity and anti-racism influencer, discuss the attitudes that keep the cybersecurity industry from fully realizing its potential. Jules presents her cyber mindset perspective, urging security professionals to prioritize value and positive outcomes for customers, not just technology sales. Join their talk about how by truly listening—not scrambling for an easy button—the industry also can make meaningful progress in changing behaviors, sustaining difficult conversations, and becoming more inclusive.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Business Development, Security, Compliance, and Identity at Microsoft, shares a conversation with Bret Arsenault, Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer, to talk about his role in the company’s response to the pandemic. Ann and Bret usher in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a discussion about the new rules of engagement for a largely remote workforce and the pressures it places on many companies. Hear their perspectives on the importance of data and the modern CISO to security, productivity, and employee wellness.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Business Development, Security, Compliance, and Identity at Microsoft, talks about perceptions of cybersecurity with information security researcher, political scientist, author, and Fulbright Scholar Tarah Wheeler. They dive into how security and risk management have ascended within organizations, as well as the importance of looking beyond cybercrime to the people most affected by the fallout. Their conversation considers the physics of encryption vs. the right to data privacy, imposter syndrome in the cybersecurity community, and what people do when given power and anonymity.

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Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton joins Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for Business Development, Security, Compliance, and Identity at Microsoft, to talk about election security, socially engineered attacks, and Theresa’s book “Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth.” Ann and Theresa unpack how the cyberoperatives behind misinformation campaigns choose their targets, their narratives, and the conversations they seek to influence. Listen for perspectives on the pandemic and the power of human-centered design to combat cybercrime.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Business Development, Security, Compliance & Identity at Microsoft, talks with James Turner, an industry analyst who works to support CISOs and strengthen the resilience of the economies of Australia and New Zealand. Ann and James talk about the importance of communication and collaboration among governments and private organizations, as well as the emphasis the COVID-19 pandemic has put on cooperation in the cybersecurity industry. Hear their perspectives for CISOs grappling with an escalating threat landscape and their guidance for weathering the challenges presented by this moment.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for the Cybersecurity Solutions Group at Microsoft, hosts a conversation with Gabe Ramsey, a technology litigation partner and Microsoft’s outside counsel, taking part in the company’s recent efforts to dismantle botnets. Ann and Gabe talk about the importance of private-public partnerships in deterring and disrupting cybercrime, as well as the ability to scale a defense strategy. Listen for their perspectives on persistence in botnet takedowns, privacy laws and their implications for tech companies’ responsible use of data, and the ethics of facial recognition and AI bias.

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This week, we revisit our episode where Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for Cybersecurity Solutions at Microsoft, talks with infosec expert, white-hat hacker, and CEO of SocialProof Security Rachel Tobac about social engineering, the non-technical strategies cyberattackers use to manipulate targets through human interaction. Ann and Rachel delve into the neuroscience behind social engineering, the entry points social media offers, how fear and urgency factor in, and the similarities between improv and vishing. Listen to learn how savvy attackers exploit everyday human actions and reactions to gain access to funds, data or information – and how “real-world two-factor” and being “politely paranoid” can protect your organization, employees, and customers.

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Ann Johnson’s RSA 2020 keynote (“Why people are still your best cyber defense”)

SocialProof Security

Rachel Tobac hacks a voting machine

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for the Cybersecurity Solutions Group at Microsoft, talks election security with Chris Krebs, first and current Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Department of Homeland Security. With the events of the presidential election in 2016 and the new obstacles posed by the spread of COVID-19, the 2020 election stands to be both high-profile and extremely challenging from a security standpoint. Listen for their perspectives on the factors that will shore up election security before November and into the future, the War on Pineapple, and disrupting the economics of cybercrime.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for the Cybersecurity Solutions Group at Microsoft, is joined by Penn State Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology and Law and Engineering policy Professor Dr. Andrea Matwyshyn to talk about her work with the Internet of Bodies. The research examines devices that interact with the human body—externally or internally—and the legal challenges they pose to our relationship with technology. Listen to the second of two episodes with Dr. Matwyshyn as she and Ann discuss security risks, consumer consent, overtrust in internet-connected devices, and what we must consider as the human body becomes a technology platform.

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Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson is produced by Microsoft and distributed as part of The CyberWire Network.