Business Security Weekly (Video)

After discussing the requirements for working in cybersecurity, part 2 will tackle where to find the talent. We will explore education, apprenticeships, mentorships, and training. We will also identify areas within the business that have resources with skills that are very complementary with cybersecurity that also make great recruiting areas.

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We talk a lot about closing the skills gap, but it's harder said than done. So we thought we'd tackle the problem in our 2nd episode os Say Easy, Do Hard. Part 1 will discuss the skills needed, the requirements of the position, and the real qualifications for cybersecurity jobs. We will discuss the practical, realistic expectations of working in cybersecurity, not the hyped stereotypical positions.

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In the leadership and communications segment, Security Is a Revenue Booster, Not a Cost Center, How cybersecurity leaders can tackle the skills shortage, Engaged Employees Create Better Customer Experiences, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw302

Securing the business can often come at a cost of employee productivity, but it doesn't have to be this way. Especially in today's economic climate, the security team cannot be seen as a blocker to business. Aviv discusses how to find that balance in today's episode.

This segment is sponsored by Votiro. Visit https://securityweekly.com/votiro to learn more about them!

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In the leadership and communications segment, How to Succeed As a New Chief Information Security Officer, Lead by Example: What Army Special Forces Can Teach You About Leadership, How to Take Risks & Conquer Fears, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw301

Barracuda just released a report on Ransomware findings, here: https://assets.barracuda.com/assets/docs/dms/2023-Ransomware-insights-report.pdf .

Here are a few of the highlighted stats:

• Barracuda international survey finds 73% of organizations experienced a successful ransomware attack in 2022 — 38% were hit more than once.
• 42% of those hit three times or more paid the ransom to restore encrypted data — compared to 31% of victims hit just once.
• 69% of ransomware attacks began with an email.
• 27% of organizations feel underprepared to tackle ransomware.

Fleming Shi joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the findings and ways to better prepare for these attacks.

This segment is sponsored by Barracuda. Visit https://securityweekly.com/barracuda to learn more about them!

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You ask, we respond. This Ask Me Anything (AMA) segment allows the audience to ask the BSW hosts anything. From leadership skills to career advice or even why Alderman keeps moving, this segment answers the questions you want to know.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw300

Why 300? 300 is a perfect game in bowling, a milestone few have achieved (unless you're Brendan Alderman who has done it twice before the age of 20). 300 podcast episodes is almost 7 years of recording, a milestone most podcasts haven't achieved. So we thought is was worth celebrating! Join current and former BSW hosts to get a brief history of Business Security Weekly, including:

• Paul's resignation from Tenable in 2016 to expand the Security Weekly podcast
• Michael and Paul launching Start-up Security Weekly in 2016
• The switch to Business Security Weekly in 2018
• Matt's first episode (105) in 2018 as the new CEO of Security Weekly
• The premier episode of Security Money (113) in 2019
• Jason's first episode (101) in 2018
• The sale of Security Weekly to CyberRisk Alliance in 2020
• Ben's first episode (231) in 2021
• The premier episode of Say Easy, Do Hard (289) in 2023

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw300

In the leadership and communications section, CISO, The Board, and Cybersecurity, How CISOs Can Work With the CFO to Get the Best Security Budget, Building Effective and Skilled Teams Through Networking, Connectivity, and Communication, and more!

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We often see security as a thing that has definitive check boxes, end states and deliverables. Audits "end" and then start again, but if you are looking at security as a noun -- as in, a thing that gets done, you are falling short. Security must be a verb. You DO security, you do not HAVE security. Security weaves through every layer and goes beyond the IT assets or codebase.

This includes:

• Guerrilla marketing of gaining end-user buy-in for initiatives
• Iterative tuning of your data sources
• Active engagement with real-time feedback from the user base and technical teams

Threat- and risk-informed decisions need to be capable of adapting when things get turned upside down. You need to create a culture and the associated processes to look at security like you do. Security teams and roadmaps are designed to look (often myopically) at specific "deliverables" and not so much at the vital signs of the security ecosystem in any given moment (and what that looks like OVER TIME, not at a moment IN time).

This segment is sponsored by Tanium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/tanium to learn more about them!

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