Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I are joined once again by Marc Ashworth. Mr. Ashworth is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, is a respected IT executive with over 30 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, project management, author and a public speaker. He is a member of the Webster University Cyber Advisory board, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy. He is a former board officer for the St. Louis InfraGard Alliance. Possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+ and other certifications. Mr. Ashworth currently oversees First Bank’s information security, fraud, physical security, and the network services departments. [Dec 18, 2023]

 

00:00 - Intro

00:22 - Ryan Intro

00:53 - Intro Links:

-          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

-          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

-          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

-          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

-          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

-          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

-          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

04:16 - Marc Ashworth Intro

05:51 - Recap

08:26 - Speaking the Same Language

09:36 - The Threats Get Better

11:45 - Clash of the Robots

13:42 - AI for Bad

17:46 - AI for Good

19:32 - Decepticons

22:39 - Regulations: Money Talks

26:48 - The Perfect Storm

30:16 - Insider Threat Safety Tips

33:00 – Mentors

-          Bala Nibhanupudi

-          Shelley Seifert

-          Tom Bakewell

35:17 - Book Recommendations

36:37 - Find Mark Ashworth Online

-          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcashworth/

38:06 - Wrap Up & Outro

-           www.social-engineer.com

-          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org