Detection at Scale

By Panther Labs

The Detection at Scale Podcast is dedicated to helping security practitioners and their teams succeed at managing and responding to threats at a modern, cloud scale.

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The podcast currently has 62 episodes available.

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July 05, 2023Google’s Anton Chuvakin and Timothy Peacock on How to Take Your D&R Efforts from 0 to 1 — or 5, or 100
On this week's episode of the Detection at Scale podcast, Jack talks with Anton Chuvakin, Security Advisor at the Office of the CISO at Google Cloud, and Timothy Peacock, Senior Product Manager at Google. Together, they discuss some of the needs and trends in cybersecurity today, including how to know what level of D&R your organization needs, the use cases for AI today, and how LLMs and SIEMs will handle data at scale. They also talk about the need for more creative solutions to misconfiguration management, three things security practitioners can do to improve cloud security, and why cybersecurity is the "most intellectually stimulating profession on the planet."
Topics discussed:
What attracted Anton and Timothy to cybersecurity, what makes them stay, and why the intersection of humans and technology make it the “most intellectually stimulating profession on the planet.”
How organizations can evaluate the level of security they need, why it's crucial to know whether you need to go from zero to one, or five, or a hundred, and how organizations with no detection and response strategies can get started.
What use cases there will be for AI in cybersecurity, and while it may be good at summarizing, explaining complexity, and classifying, it may not be ready to create usable code.
Why security practitioners need to think more about whether SIEMs can support planetary scale, and whether decentralization is the solution.
The role LLMs will play in helping to manage large data sets, and how it may change the way organizations use MDRs.
Why the industry needs new, creative ways to solve the ongoing problem of cloud misconfigurations in order to break vicious cycles through shared faith.
Three pieces of advice to improve cloud security, including knowing your security needs, practicing, and making friends so you know you're note alone.
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45min
March 21, 2023David Seidman of Robinhood Talks Tools, Strategies, & Advice for Improving Detections at Scale
In this episode, Jack speaks with David Seidman, Head of Detection and Response at Robinhood. David has worked for large tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce in a variety of D&R roles.
During this episode, David shares his tactical advice on how his team is building the pipes and engines of security at Robinhood, his top tools to improve fidelity of detections, and what he’s learned in his career that’s made him a better practitioner and leader.
Topics discussed:
The ‘unusual strategies’ and hypothesis on the kill chain model David has not shared before publicly
His top five tools to use to improve the fidelity of your detections
How David has seen composite detection be effective in practice and why it is most effective when it’s analyst driven
His experience working on Google Cloud's Event Threat Detection
What a mature IR process look like today and how to train staff that’s run IR in the past
A big challenge and growth area in the industry that doesn’t get enough attention
The new frontier of what the detection and response stack will look like in the future
David’s keys to an effective IR program, such as regular exercises, communications plan, having access and permissions to data, strong controls, and more.
The three actionable takeaways David learned from his roles at Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and now Robinhood that make him a better practitioner and leader today
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41min
February 07, 2023Chris Witter on Leading D&R Teams for Both Cloud and Enterprise at Spotify
In this episode, Jack chats with Christopher Witter (aka Witter), Engineering Manager, Detection & Response at Spotify and a founding member and former lead for Crowdstrike’s Falcon OverWatch managed hunting service.
Witter has nearly two decades of experience in incident response and information security, holding leadership roles on computer security and incident response teams (CSIRT) with both a top five global bank and a top ten defense contractor.
During this episode, Witter shares his behind the scenes experiences helping build the Falcon Overwatch Team at Crowdstrike, why it’s critical to measure queries in seconds, not minutes, his tips on running highly effective D&R teams at scale, and more!
Topics discussed:
Witter’s experience as one of the first 100 people on the Falcon Overwatch Team at Crowdstrike
Why the Overwatch team didn’t follow traditional SOC mentalities
The various data sources Witter uses to improve accuracy and gather context
How D&R is like going to court – telling the story around Who, What, Where, Why, How, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this incident happened
Why Witter measures in seconds, not minutes and why timescale is critical
Why it could be a mistake to choose cybersecurity tools based on financial capability and budget and what criteria should be considered instead
Why Witter still believes in custom systems
Witter’s rule of thumb that if a human does the same thing 10x manually, it should be automated
Managing a remote D&R team and building psychological safety
Witter’s advice for how others can get involved in the D&R community
His 3 pieces of advice to build a high-performing D&R team at scale, including a focus on ‘Jack of all trades’ people, avoiding distractions, and why it’s critical to capture everything to improve search.
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36min
January 24, 2023Kelly Jackson Higgins Discusses The Evolution of Cybersecurity
In this episode, Jack Naglieri speaks to Kelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief at Dark Reading. During the episode, they share their thoughts about how cyber threats have changed over the years.
Topics discussed:
Kelly offers fascinating insights into how cybersecurity journalism has evolved to keep pace with the ever-changing industry.
She offers an example of why choosing to patch systems is not always an easy decision for security teams.
Jack and Kelly talk about how perceptions around which organizations are likely targets have changed over the years.
Kelly shares some of the crazier threat actor trends she has observed during her career covering cybersecurity.
She offers three pieces of valuable advice for security teams.
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25min
December 13, 2022Michael Hanley of GitHub on Why Security Needs Engineering, and Vice Versa
In this episode of the Detection at Scale, Jack speaks with Michael Hanley, Chief Security Officer and SVP of Engineering at GitHub. He also spent five years at Duo Security building their security program, and is passionate about making security easy and accessible for everyone.
Topics include:
How to think about managing in a dual role as both head of security and engineering, and what success looks like for both.
What some of the synergies are between security and engineering, and why the two should work as closely as possible.
The security strategy of retaining the integrity of the world's important projects at GitHub.
The importance of democratizing security, and making it accessible for everyone.
The mentality of baking software development into security.
When to introduce a security team into an organization, how to build a SecOps team, and the evolution of security within companies.
Actionable steps for security leaders to take regarding professional development, culture, and sharing notes.
Resources:
Michael's favorite open source security tools: Stream Alert, Cloud Mapper, SiLK Suite
Keep in touch with Michael Hanley on LinkedIn
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29min
October 26, 2022Adeel Saeed on How to Move from A Reactive to a Proactive Threat Detection & Response Model
Adeel Saeed is VP of Technology Strategy and Execution Management at Kyndryl and is a former CISO/CIO at large financial services companies, aviation companies, and more.
Adeel is an experienced technology strategist and digital transformation leader with extensive hands-on technology and information security management experience and has led multiple large-scale complex technology transformation projects.
Topics include:
How enabling your internal clients with the right tools and tech empowers them to serve their customer-base easier
Tool consolidation, risk metrics, reporting analytics, and more of what Adeel is focusing on in the risk management environment
The experience that taught Adeel the most about practical security
Why experience and exposure are the ultimate teachers
Actionable steps to going from reactive to proactive in threat detection and response
The benefits of fine-tuned threat intelligence tools to better make risk-based judgments
Why security is not an ivory tower, it’s part of the business
How security can better partner with business versus just being a component of it
Why gamification can be a great tool to engage the executive team
Standardization of all the data and the fundamental data problem
What Adeel has been paying attention to in the market around detection
What true secure data governance looks like
Adeel's biggest challenge as a CISO, CSO, and overall security technology strategy leader
How Covid helped shape business security and where it should be embedded
Why it’s critical to position yourself as a business partner to your company
Adeel's tips for security leaders to succeed in the future of threat detection and response
Resources:
Keep in touch with Adeel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeelsaeed/
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27min
October 12, 2022Chris Hodson of Contentful on How Modern Detection Teams Can Thrive in a Cloud-Based World
Chris Hodson is the CISO at Contentful, which helps digital teams assemble content and deliver experiences, faster. Prior to Contentful, Chris was at Zscaler and Tanium and also busy writing a book called Cyber Risk Management: Prioritize Threat, Identify Vulnerabilities, and Apply Controls.
Chris builds and runs cybersecurity organizations that manage technology risks and helps product teams develop security solutions that work. As comfortable in the server room as the board room, he tailors cybersecurity strategy to organizational risk appetite and business objectives.
Topics include:
Chris’s hottest security take on the role of a CISO
How Chris started developing the skills that better enabled him as a better technical CISO
How Chris works more closely with DevOps teams
How his team gets smart about what to detect
How to work with application developers to get more useful data
Prioritize the services that are most sensitive, so things that are touching customer data get the most attention
The application signals Chris typically cares about
Building out tools internally to send telemetry to a single source
The organization of cross-functional security team and the focus on security engineers
The Kubernetes 4Cs - Code, Container, Clusters, Cloud
The importance of organizational-specific context to succeed in fixing symptoms at the cause
Chris’s advice that he’d give to detection teams living in a cloud-based world
Resources:
Keep in touch with Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherjhodson/?originalSubdomain=uk
Learn more about Chris’s book here: https://cybersecuritymattersdotblog.wordpress.com/my-books/
Kubernetes 4Cs: https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/4cs-security-model-kubernetes
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30min
September 27, 2022Thomas Owen of Grafana on Why Enabled Autonomy is the Future of Modern Security Teams
Thomas Owen is CISO at Grafana and an advisor to startups who helped build the security team at Snyk and is especially excited about fostering conversations around ethics, sustainability, mental health, and inclusivity.
A cloud-native, innovative and strategic security leader with a blend of people, policy and technical experience and a strong product affinity, Thomas and Jack discuss how to build a team from the ground up, the attributes of a modern security team, how to gauge value of security, and his advice for practitioners around basic hygiene.
Topics include:
How Thomas builds functions from the ground up
How to think about functional areas from very early on in the team
Practical applications of using GRF for security and the elements that should be looked at
The three biggest challenges with modern data security
The pros, cons, and use cases of open source in security at scale
The difference between engineers building features and products solving problems
Modern security: telemetry, analysis, and what do you do about it
The ROI of security and how to gauge value
Latest trends in high-scale monitoring
Why ‘enabled autonomy’ is critical in a modern security team
3 pieces of actionable advice for practitioners looking to succeed at detection at scale
Keep in touch with Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-rhys-owen/?originalSubdomain=uk
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32min
September 13, 2022Mike Saxton of Booz Allen on Where Teams Start in Their Detection Journey and How Detection as Code is Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Mike Saxton is Technical Director of Defensive Cyber Operations at Booz Allen Hamilton. His primary focus is on implementing technical solutions to protect against vulnerabilities, exploit software or hardware, data threats and other emerging risks that may threaten critical system operations.
Not only an endurance athlete and classically trained musician, Mike is a long time proponent of detections as code and in today's episode he and Jack discuss everything from getting started on your detection journey, to broader cloud security adoption, the use of open source in government, and more!
Topics include:
How Mike went from the healthcare field to cybersecurity
Where the government is in their shift to the cloud
The zero-trust model and broader security adoption in the cloud space
Where Mike thinks most teams start in their detection journey
Mike’s positive thoughts on closing the cybersecurity skills gap and how interviews for detection at scale competency
The usage of open source there is in government
How acquisition and new leadership is changing cybersecurity products and frameworks in government
Why it’s critical to find a niche when working in cybersecurity
His advice to get outside your comfort zone and not just push yourself, but push the industry as a whole
Keep in touch with Mike on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesaxton/
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25min
August 30, 2022Compass CISO JJ Agha on Relentless Iterations and What He Expects from a Modern SIEM
JJ Agha is the CISO at Compass, the largest real estate brokerage in the US, and previously spent over four years as VP of InfoSec at WeWork, along with time as a security engineer at Vimeo and Priceline.
Having worked for and advised for multiple startups and Fortune 500 companies he enjoys the challenge of building security teams and maturing programs and disciplines within an organization while embracing and learning new technologies.
In today’s episode, Jack and JJ discuss how he builds his team, buy vs build, what he expects from a modern SIEM, and more!
Topics include:
How JJ went from changing his degree nine times, to a help desk analyst to discovering cybersecurity and entering the industry with Northrop Grumman and Edgecast
How JJ thinks about the human element of security when it comes to running a team and being a CISO
What Ikigai is and how the mindset can empower security professionals
Building vs buying and the projects JJ’s security team is working on
What JJ is looking for in a modern SIEM
JJ’s focus on Relentless Iteration and his mission to constantly improve and iterate security programs
How JJ balances the cost of his detection program with the needs of his security team
Keep in touch with JJ on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanagha/
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30min

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How many episodes does Detection at Scale have?

The podcast currently has 62 episodes available.

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