Data @ Rest

Charlie and Michael are joined by Dennis Schmidt, UNC Chief Information Security Officer, and David Alexander, Shaw University Chief Information Officer, to discuss how decisions are made to balance risk and reward, how to build consensus around a decision, and where they go for input and information.

haveibeenpwned.com

LastPass

Safecomputing.unc.edu

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Jared Perdue joins Charlie and Michael talk about the risks to keep in mind when travelling: "burn books," encryption concerns, and legal risks.

Travel Safely with Technology (safecomputing.unc.edu)

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Charlie and Michael are joined by colleagues and partners from around campus - Bryan Andregg (IT Security & Systems Manager, UNC Gillings School of Public Health), Mark Ingram (IT Infrastructure & Support Manager, University Development), Rob Noel (College of Arts & Sciences, Gemini), Jared Perdue (Security Operations Analyst), Tiffany Temple (CISSP & Information Security Specialist), and Anne Vail (ITS Managed Desktop Services) - to play a few rounds of Backdoors & Breaches from Black Hills Security!

Backdoors & Breaches (<-- the game we play!)

Black Hills Security (<-- they created it!)

Cubicles & Compromises (<-- they made this, too!)

unc.policystat.com

Critical Hit light-up D20's (GameStop - I have the old red ones from ThinkGeek, but these are simply different colors from that!)

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Data at Rest 02x04: Project Management

Brenda Carpen, MBA PMP, IT Project Manager for ITS Infrastructure & Operations, joins Charlie and Michael to discuss the history of project management, current techniques, and how applying its concepts can make our work better, less stressful, and more secure. Plus, we decide to do a book club!

BOOK CLUB BOOK: The Unicorn Project (Goodreads)

The Goal (Goodreads)

Securecomputing.unc.edu

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Data at Rest 02x03: Disinformation

Charlie and Michael are joined by Professor Deen Freelon of UNC's Hussman School of Journalism and Media and UNC's Center for Internet, Technology, and Public Life, to discuss disinformation campaigns on the Internet and how to spot the warning signs that information might not be authentic. Plus: Potemkin villages!

Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency's impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017 (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012-2018 (Computational Propaganda Research Project)

The Tactics & Trops of the Internet Research Agency (New Knowledge)

The Twitter Exploit: How Russian Propaganda Infiltrated U.S. News (Lukito, Wells, Yini, Zhang, Doroshenko, Kim, Su, Suk, Xia, Freelon; University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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Data at Rest 02x02 - Internet of Things

Charlie and Michael discuss the history of people connecting unexpected devices to the Internet, how to secure them, and what to do when your dog camera goes to war with your doorbell. (OK, we're kidding about that last part – or are we?)

3133t SNAX0rZ (Wayback Machine)

Ambient Orb (Wikipedia)

Future Shock (Goodreads)

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Data at Rest 02x01 - Communications & Social Media

Kate Hash, UNC ITS Assistant Vice Chancellor for Customer Experience and Engagement and ITS Chief of Staff, joins Charlie and Michael for a discussion of effective communications strategies, managing social media, and TWO history lessons to ring in Season Two!

Links:

Hulk Hogan's Theme Song (YouTube)

They Might Be Giants' Dial-a-Song

Teens' Social Media Habits (Pew Research)

"Anger" Beat "Love" (Pew Research)

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Data at Rest 01x09: 2019 End of Year Special

Join us for a discussion of the trends and big stories from Information Security in 2019, our predictions for 2020, and a fun history lesson on the origin of a common New Year's celebration technique!

Data at Rest - Episode 01x08: Episode X

Welcome to the end of Season One! We give some updates on earlier episodes and topics, talk about Season Two, and get in a few laughs before signing off. Thanks for listening - see you next season!

Data at Rest - Episode 01x07: Popular Culture

Movies and TV! How is Information Security represented in popular culture? What movies or shows or comics or books influenced us to get into this field? And if you're concerned about your own information security practices, and how you can reduce the risk to yourself and to your computer at home, what are the three simple things we think you should do to keep yourself safe? Special guest: Tashia McCormick.

Hackers (IMDB)

War Games (IMDB)