Cyber Security Grey Beard®

Discussion with AlgoSec around ransomware based off of the Extrahop Cyber Confidence Index 2022.  I cover numerous questions about what organizations are doing today and what they should change to improve cyber defenses.  The crux of this study shows the cognitive dissonance of cyber security leaders and IT decision makers.  They believe one thing whereas the evidence completely contradicts what they say.
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In this episode I discuss cyber-attacks in the Summer of 2022.  I’ll review who was attacked, its impact, and the aftermath.  While I would love to go into the technical details about the attacks, that data becomes harder and harder to find with each breach and news release.  Victims are tight lipped and apparently being told more and more to not share technical details.  

 We know that both China and Russia have increased cyber-attacks due to global tension in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) and Ukraine.  I am certain there have been many, many, more that we are not hearing about for internal security reasons as well as not “tipping our hand” that we know what’s happening or who we believe is doing the attacks.  Attribution for attacks is extremely difficult as mentioned previously with the swatting incident on an American federal representative. 

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LAUSD Attack
North Korea, US Feds, Ransomware and Healthcare Organizations
North Korea Crypto Heist
OSC/Key Bank Attack

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This episode covers online tools and lab environments that cyber security students and early professionals can use to learn and increase technical skills.  While these environments are usually meant for those that want to get very deep with the technical side of cyber security, non-technical folks can certainly use these as well.  The tools/trainings go as deep as the user wants.  I also go over building a lab at home using Virtual Box or VMWare.  I also provide insight and recommendations for building a Cloud based lab environment in Azure or AWS.  This episode came out of comments made by Adrianus Warmenhove in S4E8 around VPN's and NordVPN.

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Kali.org Downloads (Then select “Virtual Machines)
Sourceforge Comparison Page
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In this episode I spend 30-minutes talking with Adrianus Warmenhoven, Defensive Strategist at Nordvpn.   We dove into virtual private networks (VPN) and networking.  Hear how VPN's work, when to use them and why.  We discuss real-world examples and talk security stories as well as some cyber security history.

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Tim Berners-Lee
OSINT Tools – Open-Source Intelligence Tooling
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Here I talk about different avenues within cyber security.  We use terms such as red team, blue team, and purple team when discussing offense, defense, and a merger of the two.  I’ll go over different technologies, teams that cover each of these areas and jobs that involve each team.  We have these teams and terms due to the size and complexity of the overall cyber security profession.   This episode provides a lot of insight on technologies and jobs to help listeners better focus on their cyber security journey.

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Redscan
Red Team Tools by Goran Jevtic
Medium Article by Anil Yelken
Crowdstrike CTI
Halborn exploit development by Rob Behnke
FRSecure
NodeZero
Cyber Ranges
CISA Tabletop exercise packages

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This episodes has me  talking about how employees can get enhanced benefits from their employer.  Most people figure salary is the only thing that matters from when it comes to the benefits of working.  This is a major mistake.  Healthcare alone can potentially bring thousands of dollars per year in additional compensation and companies vary greatly in this area.  401(k) programs have the potential of financially beating healthcare benefits depending on your salary, contribution, and company match program.   Does your employer treat you right with travel arrangements and expenses?  How about gym memberships or mass transit reimbursements?  Listen on and find ways to make hundreds or even thousands of dollars more from your employers existing benefits.

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Conversation with Perry Carpenter, C | CISO, MSIA, who currently serves as chief evangelist and strategy officer for KnowBe4, the world’s most popular security awareness and simulated phishing platform.   Perry and I talked about the history of KnowBe4, his journey in cyber security, what students and early professionals can study to succeed in social engineering among other topics.  Perry talks about his background and how he took his Arts and Science education to become an extremely successful cyber security professional.  Perry gives advice on what he looks for in hiring early professionals.

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Perry is A recognized thought leader on security awareness and the human factors of security, he’s provided security consulting and advisory services for the world’s best-known brands. His previous book, Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors, quickly gained a reputation as the go-to guide for security awareness professionals worldwide, and, in 2021, he was inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame.  He’s the creator and host of the popular 8th Layer Insights podcast and co-author of the new book The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide to Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer (Wiley; April 19, 2022). Learn more at SecurityCultureBook.com.

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The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick

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Podcast sponsored by AlgoSec where I discuss how applications impact network and security engineers.  This was a 1:1 conversation between me as an SME with a marketing leader  at AlgoSec.  You can find the full video interview here.  This topic provides detail on challenges experienced by network and security engineers related to applications and application security.  We talk about a business focus and the need for network and security engineers to know and focus on more than packets and protocols. 

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In this episode, I discuss the detail and complexity inherent with software solutions including specific jobs that relate to cyber security applications.  Many of us tend to think that software is only skin deep.  In reality, applications go from involved to intricate to MASSIVELY COMPLEX.  Too often I’ve engaged with projects where I figure, oh, it’s a software program, no big deal.  Then I get surprised by the depth, detail, and breadth of the product.

Listen in and hear about all of the jobs tied to cyber security applications and the ancillary components related to them.  Cyber security is not just for the technical professionals.  Dive in and understand what's out there for non-technical professionals as well as lots of opportunities for keyboard beaters.

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In this episode I step away from my normal monologue style to interview a renowned guest, W. Curtis Preston.  Curtis, the Chief Technical Evangalist at Druva, is also known as Mr. Backup.  Curtis runs his own website, Backup Central dot com with his own Podcast called Restore It All.  He also participates in the No Hardware Required Podcast for Druva.

Curtis and I discuss the relationship between backups and cyber security.  He also shares his professional journey and offers advice to students and early professionals related to their professional future.

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Modern Data Protection by W. Curtis Preston
Snorkel42 Reddit Security Cadence
No Hardware Required Podcast
Restore it all Podcast
Backup Central Website
OVH Cloud Provider Fire
Conte Ransomware Group
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HA/DR - High Availability and Disaster Recovery
RPO/RTO – Recovery Point Objective/Recovery Time Objective
MFA – Multi-Factor Authentication: What we know, what we have, who we are

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