Cyber Work

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 talk about his early, formative tech experiences (pre-Windows operation system!), his transformational position moving from fiscal strategy and implementation into his first time as chief information officer and talk through the interlocking problems that come from connected manufacturing devices and the specific benefits and challenges to be found in strategizing around the endpoints. All of the endpoints.

0:00 - Manufacturing and endpoint security
1:44 - Tom Molden's early interest in computers
4:06 - Early data usage
6:26 - Becoming a CIO
10:29 - Difference between a CIO and CISO
14:57 - Problems for manufacturing companies
18:45 - Best CIO problems to solve in manufacturing
22:51 - Security challenges of manufacturing
26:00 - The scop of endpoint issues
33:27 - Endpoints in manufacturing security
37:12 - How to work in manufacturing security
39:29 - Manufacturing security skills gaps
41:54 - Gain manufacturing security work experience
43:41 - Tom Molden's best career advice received
46:26 - What is Tanium
47:58 - Learn more about Tom Molden
48:34 - Outro

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About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 discounting the wrong ones with explanations, allowing you to reach the right answer in a logical and stress-free way. And the only way you’re going to see it is by staying right here for this Cyber Work Hack!

0:00 - CCNA exam sample questions
1:31 - Different types of CCNA exam questions
3:34 - First CCNA exam sample question
8:34 - Second CCNA exam sample question
13:52 - Third CCNA exam sample question
20:47 - Fourth CCNA exam sample question
25:22 - Infosec CCNA boot camp practice exam
27:04 - Advice for CCNA exam day
28:46 - Outro

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About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 proto-IoT going back to the late ‘90s! With all of these incredible stories, we talked far and wide about manufacturing security concerns, she breaks down the key pain points around edge computing and talks extensively about her love of both the English language and programming languages of all sorts. They all have grammar, they all have style, and if you’re a linguist or a lover of learning new languages, perhaps computer languages are an opportunity you hadn’t pursued? All that and a ton more – seriously, I could have talked to Lanowitz for hours – on today’s episode of Cyber Work.

0:00 - Manufacturing security 
 2:02 - Theresa Lanowitz’s early interest in computers
 3:52 - Learning programming languages in the early days
 6:12 - English language’s connection to programming language
 8:24 - Evolution of programming language
 11:55 - How language impacts programming
 13:52 - Lanowitz’s cybersecurity career
 17:20 - An average day as head of cybersecurity evangelism
 22:53 - Edge computing use in manufacturing
 26:35 - Biggest security issues in manufacturing
 30:02 - The bad actors in manufacturing security
 33:41 - Manufacturing cybersecurity technology
 39:02 - Skills needed to work in manufacturing cybersecurity
 41:00 - Biggest skills gaps in manufacturing security
 41:44 - Best cybersecurity career advice
 42:15 - Where are manufacturing security issues heading?
 45:06 - Security issues with third-party vendors
 47:53 - Learn more about AT&T cybersecurity 
 48:48 - Learn more about Theresa Lanowitz
 49:04 - Outro

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About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 is the ability to find, clearly see and create narratives. I always find ICS professionals to be fascinating, and Pace took us down some new paths, so if you’re also interested in ICS Security, keep it here for today’s episode of Cyber Work!

0:00 - Industrial Control Systems security
1:39 - How Pace got into cybersecurity
4:31 - The speed of cybersecurity's change
5:20 - Pace's career in cyber intelligence
10:08 - Importance of cybersecurity analysis
10:55 - Current state of ICS and infrastructure security in the U.S.
25:22 - How to work in ICS security
32:52 - Manufacturing security issues
38:00 - Security risks for cranes
40:51 - Best ICS security advice
44:09 - Best cybersecurity career advice
46:15 - What is NetRise?
47:40 - Learn more about Pace
48:25 - Outro

– Get your FREE cybersecurity training resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free
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About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 you some advice for narrowing down the right answer by eliminating the obviously wrong ones, common mistakes people make while taking the exam and what to do if, for some reason, you don’t pass on the first try. And most importantly, why you must take the practice exams before the test. And then retake them. And again! 

0:00 - CCNA exam tips 
1:43 - What does the CCNA cover? 
4:50 - Tricks for taking the CCNA exam 
5:55 - Common CCNA exam mistakes 
7:17 - What if you fail the CCNA exam? 
8:40 - Best piece of advice for CCNA exam day 
9:53 - Outro 

About Infosec 

Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 to the CBK should (or shouldn’t!) affect your study and preparation for the exam! Keep learning, and keep it here for another Cyber Work Hack.

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0:00 - CISSP exam common body of knowledge 
1:16  - Changes to CISSP's CBK
7:45 - Why did CISSP make CBK changes?
9:17 - How to study for the CISSP
11:37 - Most important CISSP exam items 
14:04 - Best advice for taking the CISSP exam
15:03 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 part two, I pass the mic to Spearman to give you his top five test-taking strategies for the CISSP. What’s the Sesame Street rule? How does the CISSP feel about absolutes? Keep it here, and you’ll find out in part two of this week’s Cyber Work Hack. 

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1:30 - Look for absolutes in questions
3:17 - The Sesame Street principle 
4:45 - Watch for algebraic equations 
6:23 - Look for the "golden words"
7:38 - Change management is likely the answer
8:55 - Keep an eye on senior management and impact
10:19 - Think like a CISO
11:53 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 taking the CISSP exam! In part one, we’ll talk about what makes the CISSP such a difficult exam, common mistakes people make while taking the exam and what to do if, heaven forbid, you don’t pass on the first try. You don’t have to do this alone, but you need to listen to Spearman's suggestions.

– Learn more about the CISSP: https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/overview/cissp/
– Get your free ebook, "CISSP exam tips and tricks (to ace your exam on the first try)": https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cissp-exam-tips-ebook/

0:00 - CISSP exam tips
1:43 - What makes the CISSP challenging? 
4:51 - Common mistakes taking the CISSP
8:00 - Tricks for taking the CISSP test
11:40 - Advice on retaking the test
16:05 - Best advice for CISSP exam day
16:36 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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 a cohesive unit and gives CISOs some crucial advice and ideas for dealing with that moment that no one wants to have to explain — the inevitable security breach. 

0:00 - What do CISOs need in 2024?
1:40 - Working in communications
3:50 - Average workday as a VP of communications
6:56 - Cybersecurity issues with communications 
9:50 - Why work in cybersecurity communications? 
13:00 - How to enter cybersecurity communication roles
17:50 - Women mentoring women in cybersecurity 
19:35 - Supporting DEI in cybersecurity
23:00 - Biggest problems for CISOs in 2024
25:05 - Missing CISO skills you should learn
27:38 - Remediation in cybersecurity communication
29:30 - Olson's best piece of career advice
30:15 - Learn more about Optiv
30:55 - Outro

– Get your FREE cybersecurity training resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free
– View Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast

About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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) study guide for six months or more, you might learn better in a concentrated, focused environment with expert instruction. 

And that expert is Infosec boot camp instructor Steve Spearman, who has helped hundreds of learners prepare for and pass their CISSP. Steve will walk you through what the Infosec 7-day CISSP boot camp is like, which can make the difference between passing on the first try and the headache and heartache of having to re-sit the exam. 

0:00 - What is a CISSP boot camp?
1:37 - A boot camp versus university cybersecurity education
2:47 - What is a cybersecurity boot camp schedule like? 
6:54 - Cybersecurity boot camp communication 
9:50 - Cybersecurity boot camp homework
12:13 - Taking a cybersecurity certification exam
15:44 - Is a cybersecurity boot camp right for me? 
17:36 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.