Cyber Work

By Infosec

What's Cyber Work about?

Learn how to break into cybersecurity, build new skills and move up the career ladder. Each week on the Cyber Work Podcast, host Chris Sienko sits down with thought leaders from Carbon Black, IBM, CompTIA and others to discuss the latest cybersecurity workforce trends.

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Cyber Work episodes:

05.20.2024
OT cybersecurity jobs are everywhere, so why is nobody taking them? | Guest Mark Toussaint
Mark Toussaint of OPSWAT joins to talk about his work in securing operational technology, and specifically about his role as product manager. This is an under-discussed job role within security, and requires great technical expertise, intercommunication skills and the ability...
05.16.2024
Mastering the certified ethical hacker exam: Strategies and insights with Akyl Phillips
Cyber Work Hacks knows that you have what it takes to pass the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam! And you don’t have to do it alone! Infosec’s CEH boot camp instructor Akyl Phillips gives you his top tips and tricks...
05.13.2024
MGM Grand breach: How attackers got in and what it means for security | Guest Aaron Painter
Today on Cyber Work, we’re talking about last September’s breach of the MGM Grand Casino chain, an attack that lead to a week of tech failure, downtime and over a hundred million dollars in lost revenue. The attackers were able...
05.08.2024
Jumping into the CCNA with both feet | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work hacks can help you pass Cisco’s CCNA certification exam! But what if you think you’re not ready to make that jump? What would it take for you to jump into the study of the CCNA with...
05.06.2024
What's it like to be the CISO for the state of Connecticut? | Guest Jeffrey Brown
Today on Cyber Work, I’ve got a big guest for you. Jeffrey Brown, Faculty at IANS Research, is also the chief information security officer for, not a company, not for a healthcare organization, but for the entire state of Connecticut!...
04.29.2024
Careers in operational technology: What does a security risk assessor do? | Guest Donovan Tindill
Today on Cyber Work, we continue our deep dive into industrial control systems and operational technology security by talking with Donovan Tindill of DeNexus. Now, I’m just going to come out and say it: Tindill's episode is like a cybersecurity...
04.25.2024
What a CCNA boot camp is like | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks podcast want to help you pass the CCNA exam! So, for today’s hack, let’s talk boot camps. The CCNA is an intimidating exam, especially if you’re trying to go it alone, just you and your...
04.22.2024
How to get started in industrial control systems cybersecurity | Guest Robin Berthier
Today on Cyber Work, we are talking operational technology, or OT, security with guest, Robin Berthier of Network Perception. From his earliest studies to his time as an academic researcher, Berthier has dedicated his career to securing the intersection between...
04.15.2024
Working as a CIO and the challenges of endpoint security| Guest Tom Molden
Today on Cyber Work, our deep-dive into manufacturing and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity brings us to the problem of endpoint security. Tom Molden, CIO of Global Executive Engagement at Tanium, has been grappling with these problems for a while. We...
04.11.2024
Are you ready for the CCNA exam? Test yourself with these questions | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are here to help you pass the CCNA exam! For today’s Hack, Wilfredo Lanz, Infosec bootcamp instructor in charge of Cisco’s CCNA certification, walks us through four sample CCNA questions, walking through each answer and...
04.08.2024
Working in manufacturing security: Top challenges and career advice | Guest Theresa Lanowitz
AT&T Cybersecurity’s head of evangelism, Theresa Lanowitz, is today's guest. Lanowitz has amazing and wide-ranging career achievements, from her time with analyst firms Gartner and Voke, work on Java’s JBuilder environment and strategic marketing for the Jini Project, which was...
04.01.2024
Modern industrial control system security issues | Guest Thomas Pace
Thomas Pace of NetRise talks about industrial control systems security. We’ll learn about Pace's time in the United States Marine Corps in cyber-intelligence, his move to forensics and then ICS and why the greatest asset a security professional can have...
03.28.2024
Passing the CCNA exam: Tips and tricks from an instructor | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks want you to pass the Cisco CCNA exam! To help you do that, Infosec’s CCNA Boot Camp instructor Wilfredo Lanz gives you his top tips and tricks for taking the CCNA exam! Lanz will give...
03.21.2024
CISSP is changing! Common body of knowledge changes for 2024 | Cyber Work Hacks
Cyber Work Hacks is back to keep you updated with the CISSP exam! Infosec boot camp instructor Steve Spearman joins me to tell us about the new changes to the CISSP’s common body of knowledge (CBK) and how the changes...
03.15.2024
CISSP exam tips and tricks: Top test-taking strategies | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are here to help you pass the CISSP exam. Today’s Hack is part two, so I encourage you to go back and listen to part one of Steve Spearman’s CISSP exam tips and tricks. In...
03.11.2024
CISSP exam tips and tricks: Avoiding common mistakes | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are here to help you pass the CISSP exam! This is part one of a two-part Cyber Work in which Infosec’s CISSP boot camp instructor Steve Spearman gives you his top tips and tricks for...
03.04.2024
What help do CISOs need in 2024? | Guest Alicia Olson
Alicia Olson, VP of Communications at Optiv, is today's guest. Olson came to cybersecurity from the oil and gas sector. She tells us how she got interested in communications for security professionals, explains how she turned Optiv’s distributed workforce into...
02.29.2024
What a CISSP boot camp is like | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and the Cyber Work Hacks podcast are here to help you prepare for and pass the CISSP exam from ISC2. For today’s hack, we’re talking boot camps. If you’ve been preparing for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)...
02.26.2024
Ethical hacking careers vs. cinema: What it's like to work as a hacker | Cyber Work Live
Don't believe the movies and TV shows — ethical hacking is not done by frantically typing on the keyboard in a race against the clock.What's a career in ethical hacking and penetration testing really like? Join our panel of experts...
02.22.2024
Renewing your Security+ certification | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work hacks want to help you pass the Security+ exam! We have three separate hacks on this channel to help you through the process of studying for and taking the exam. But what about in the years...
02.19.2024
A career in dental cybersecurity? Drilling down into this unique role | Guest Tom Terronez
Tom Terronez joins Cyber Work to discuss security in an industry that doesn’t always make the headlines for security news: dentistry. Terronez co-founded Medix Dental, an IT and security provider for the dental industry, 20 years ago, and has the...
02.15.2024
Security+ Boot Camp: What to expect during your training | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and the Cyber Work Hacks podcast are here to help you pass the Security+ exam! For today’s hack, let’s talk bootcamps. If you’ve been piecing your way through the Sec+ study guide for six months or more, it’s possible...
02.12.2024
Are remote workers more security-savvy than on-premises? | Guest Joseph Nwanpka
Miami University's (in Oxford, Ohio) Farmer School of Business Information Systems and Security researcher Joseph Nwankpa joins Cyber Work today. Nwankpa recently wrote a report that overturns some huge assumptions: he found that work-from-home employees are, to a large degree,...
02.09.2024
Security+ exam questions and answers: What to expect | Cyber Work Hacks
Cyber Work Hacks is here to answer your questions about the CompTIA Security+ exam! Today, Infosec boot camp instructor Tommy Gober reviews Security+ exam sample questions and shares tips to pass your Security+ 701 exam.0:00 - Security+ exam mechanics1:15 -...
02.05.2024
45 billion cyberattacks a day?! Media myths and working in cybersecurity | Guest Ken Westin
Ken Westin of Panther Labs has a bit of fact-checking he wants to do on some of the tech stories we read daily in the papers. Does J.P. Morgan really get 45 billion cyberattacks per day? Really? Are there other...
01.29.2024
Security+ exam tips: What changed and how to pass the new exam | Cyber Work Hacks
Cyber Work Hacks is here to answer your questions about the CompTIA Security+ exam! Today, Infosec boot camp instructor Tommy Gober tells us about the new changes to the Security+ exam and how it will (or will not) affect your...
01.22.2024
The Wild West era of data collection is over | Guest Sean Falconer
Today on Cyber Work, Sean Falconer of Skyflow and host of the Partially Redacted and Software Huddle podcasts, joins me to talk about the present and future of consumer and user data privacy, the pros and cons of adding more...
01.08.2024
Don't chase unicorns to fix the cybersecurity skills gap | Guest Adrianna Iadarola
Adrianna Iadarola of CyberSN joins me today to break down every spot on the cybersecurity job search, hiring, upskilling and retention pipeline. After her raucous and highly informative presentation at ISACA Digital Trust World, I knew I had to introduce...
12.18.2023
Neurodiversity and cybersecurity leadership positions | Guest Anthony Pacilio
Today's guest is Anthony Pacilio, VP Neurodiverse Solutions at CAI. I met Pacilio at this year’s ISACA Digital Trust World event in Boston, and I was immediately fascinated with his insights on hiring and attracting neurodiverse professionals in security, IT,...
12.11.2023
What it's like to be a CISO — and why they don't need more tech | Guest Dan Roberts
Dan Roberts, host of the “Tech Whisperers” podcast, and a mentor, coach and leader to CISOs and other tech-focused C-suite members for nearly four decades, is today's guest. We talk about Roberts' earliest work, including coining the term “Developing the...
12.04.2023
Empowering African Women through Cybersecurity | Guest Confidence Staveley
Confidence Staveley of the CyberSafe Foundation and the CyberGirls program is today's guest. CyberGirls is a year-long cohort program in which women in Africa ages 18 to 28 can learn cybersecurity basics and create career tracks to fast-track these students...
11.27.2023
The transformative power of neurodiversity in cybersecurity practices | Guest Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell, security operations engineer at DomainTools, is someone who has truly carved a niche out for himself in his organization and in the cybersecurity landscape as a whole. His blogs for the DomainTools website have provided paths for neurodiverse...
11.13.2023
National security cyber issues and Stanford’s cyber policy program | Guest AJ Grotto
Guest AJ Grotto is the William J. Perry International Security Fellow and founding director of the Program on Geopolitics, Technology and Governance at the Stanford Policy Center and Stanford University. Grotto has served in the National Cybersecurity Council under two...
11.09.2023
The role of film storytelling in making education stick | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec IQ’s director of production, Steve Concotelli comes to us following years working in the movie and TV industry, and his ability to create and craft a great story is at the core of what makes Work Bytes the most...
11.06.2023
The future of passwords | Guest Tomas Smalakys
Tomas Smalakys, CTO at NordPass, is today's guest. As our future seems choked with a never-ending need for new passwords of ever-growing complexity for everything we sign up for, Smalakys, along with some large tech organizations, is embracing a post-password...
10.30.2023
AI and the rise of DDoS attacks | Guest Anna Claiborne
Anna Claiborne from Zayo talks about the spike of DDoS attacks they saw in the past year. Although distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks trend up nearly every year, new factors around advanced automation and ease of use may be...
10.23.2023
How generative AI can be used by bad actors | Guest Oliver Tavakoli
Oliver Tavakoli from VectraAI returns to the program to talk about – surprise! – AI! Having talked about Tavakoli's origin story on the past episode, we’re free to dig right into his main area of interest: the ways in which...
10.16.2023
How AI is affecting GRC and the future of cybersecurity | Guest Heather Buker
Dr. Heather Buker of 6clicks has been a technical SME in the cybersecurity field her entire career, and 6clicks has introduced Ask Hailey, an AI-based governance risk and compliance (GRC) tool that promises to move the work of GRC into...
09.25.2023
Finding and supporting neurodiverse cybersecurity professionals | Guest Tara D. Anderson
Tara D. Anderson, managing director of Framework Security and an official member of the Forbes Technology Council, walks us through her journey, including her years in the world of finance, opens up about a traumatic event in her life that...
09.18.2023
Cybersecurity investment and launching new companies | Guest Leslie Lynn Smith
Leslie Lynn Smith is the National Executive Director for GET Cities. GET stands for Gender Equality in Tech. Today’s episode will move away from standard cybersecurity and IT insights in favor of a larger look at investment opportunities for tech...
09.13.2023
Bringing coding skills to underserved communities | Guest Brianne Caplan
Brianne Caplan is the founder and executive director of Code Your Dreams, a non-profit that brings knowledge, accessibility and excitement about programming and tech to learners from age 5 to adulthood in underserved communities. Caplan tells some incredible stories, like...
08.28.2023
From software engineer to career coach for women in tech leadership | Guest Limor Bergman-Gross
Limor Bergman-Gross, founder of LBG Consulting, a results-oriented executive coaching service for women in tech, discusses her early programming experience, including Pascal instruction in high school, her move from software engineering manager to career coach and corporate mentorship instructor and...
08.21.2023
ICS security, Blue Team Con and security work in the Air Force Reserve | Guest Lesley Carhart
Lesley Carhart of Dragos, also known as Hack4Pancakes on social media, is a lifelong breaker and builder of things, and their insights on the deep mechanics of Industrial Control Systems are an absolute must-hear for any of you even considering...
08.14.2023
Digital forensics careers: Facts versus fiction | Cyber Work Live
Forget what the crime scene TV shows have told you — digital forensics is not done on an overhead projector while the whole department watches! Learn about the day-to-day work of a digital forensics professional from a team of experts...
08.07.2023
Uplifting women for leadership in the cybersecurity industry | Guest Katie O'Malley
We met Katie O’Malley, founder of (en)Courage Coaching and Counseling, at this year’s Women Impact Tech conference, and she gave a great talk about effective networking and giving confidence to tech professionals at all levels of the career ladder. Katie...
07.31.2023
The changing responsibilities of the CISO position | Guest Mike Scott
We're talking about chief information security officers CISOs, one of the top-dog roles in cybersecurity, and for many professionals, it’s the brass ring they spend their careers trying to reach. The expectations of a CISO are changing, too, and requirements...
06.29.2023
Crafting a basic disaster recovery plan | Cyber Work Hacks
Preparing for the worst is a drag. Nobody likes to think about it, and if you don’t watch out, inaction means that when you do get ransomed or breached, your first thought is not “let’s get the disaster manual and...
06.26.2023
Digital safety services and equity in cybersecurity | Guest Leigh Honeywell
Leigh Honeywell, CEO and founder of Tall Poppy, a security company that is building tools and services to help companies protect their employees from online harassment and abuse, talks about her career running security incident response at Slack, protecting infrastructure...
06.12.2023
Disaster recovery plans for small businesses | Guest Eric Sugar
ProServeIT President Eric Sugar discusses disaster recovery planning for small and medium businesses. This is an excellent add-on episode to our third episode from way back in 2018 when Keatron Evans discussed the work of an incident responder. If your...
06.08.2023
Asset detection at home | Cyber Work Hacks
Huxley Barbee, security evangelist at runZero, talks about the nuts and bolts of asset detection on a large scale, specifically around the U.S. federal government’s current directive. Here, we will shrink the playing field and tell newcomers to security how...

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Cyber Work episodes:

OT cybersecurity jobs are everywhere, so why is nobody taking them? | Guest Mark Toussaint

Mastering the certified ethical hacker exam: Strategies and insights with Akyl Phillips

MGM Grand breach: How attackers got in and what it means for security | Guest Aaron Painter

Jumping into the CCNA with both feet | Cyber Work Hacks

What's it like to be the CISO for the state of Connecticut? | Guest Jeffrey Brown

Careers in operational technology: What does a security risk assessor do? | Guest Donovan Tindill

What a CCNA boot camp is like | Cyber Work Hacks

How to get started in industrial control systems cybersecurity | Guest Robin Berthier

Working as a CIO and the challenges of endpoint security| Guest Tom Molden

Are you ready for the CCNA exam? Test yourself with these questions | Cyber Work Hacks

Working in manufacturing security: Top challenges and career advice | Guest Theresa Lanowitz

Modern industrial control system security issues | Guest Thomas Pace

Passing the CCNA exam: Tips and tricks from an instructor | Cyber Work Hacks

CISSP is changing! Common body of knowledge changes for 2024 | Cyber Work Hacks

CISSP exam tips and tricks: Top test-taking strategies | Cyber Work Hacks

CISSP exam tips and tricks: Avoiding common mistakes | Cyber Work Hacks

What help do CISOs need in 2024? | Guest Alicia Olson

What a CISSP boot camp is like | Cyber Work Hacks

Ethical hacking careers vs. cinema: What it's like to work as a hacker | Cyber Work Live

Renewing your Security+ certification | Cyber Work Hacks

A career in dental cybersecurity? Drilling down into this unique role | Guest Tom Terronez

Security+ Boot Camp: What to expect during your training | Cyber Work Hacks

Are remote workers more security-savvy than on-premises? | Guest Joseph Nwanpka

Security+ exam questions and answers: What to expect | Cyber Work Hacks

45 billion cyberattacks a day?! Media myths and working in cybersecurity | Guest Ken Westin

Security+ exam tips: What changed and how to pass the new exam | Cyber Work Hacks

The Wild West era of data collection is over | Guest Sean Falconer

Don't chase unicorns to fix the cybersecurity skills gap | Guest Adrianna Iadarola

Neurodiversity and cybersecurity leadership positions | Guest Anthony Pacilio

What it's like to be a CISO — and why they don't need more tech | Guest Dan Roberts

Empowering African Women through Cybersecurity | Guest Confidence Staveley

The transformative power of neurodiversity in cybersecurity practices | Guest Ian Campbell

National security cyber issues and Stanford’s cyber policy program | Guest AJ Grotto

The role of film storytelling in making education stick | Cyber Work Hacks

The future of passwords | Guest Tomas Smalakys

AI and the rise of DDoS attacks | Guest Anna Claiborne

How generative AI can be used by bad actors | Guest Oliver Tavakoli

How AI is affecting GRC and the future of cybersecurity | Guest Heather Buker

Finding and supporting neurodiverse cybersecurity professionals | Guest Tara D. Anderson

Cybersecurity investment and launching new companies | Guest Leslie Lynn Smith

Bringing coding skills to underserved communities | Guest Brianne Caplan

From software engineer to career coach for women in tech leadership | Guest Limor Bergman-Gross

ICS security, Blue Team Con and security work in the Air Force Reserve | Guest Lesley Carhart

Digital forensics careers: Facts versus fiction | Cyber Work Live

Uplifting women for leadership in the cybersecurity industry | Guest Katie O'Malley

The changing responsibilities of the CISO position | Guest Mike Scott

Crafting a basic disaster recovery plan | Cyber Work Hacks

Digital safety services and equity in cybersecurity | Guest Leigh Honeywell

Disaster recovery plans for small businesses | Guest Eric Sugar

Asset detection at home | Cyber Work Hacks