December 23, 2016

Fireside Chat with the Future

27 minutes

Over the past few weeks, we started seeing a few new security trends that we think haven’t yet had their defining moment and will likely see more of next year. We reflected on the predictions we made last year and shared our annual cybersecurity predictions for 2017.

Meanwhile the Inside Out Security Show panel – Kilian Englert, Forrest Temple and Mike Buckbee - also speculated on a few things of their own based on a few articles they’ve read the news recently – hackers guessing your credit card information in less than six seconds, the security implications of the Amazon Go Grocery Store, and more malvertising. Plus, we also continued our never ending debate on privacy.

But what the panelists couldn’t get enough of were the allegations that Russia attempted to affect the outcome of the US presidential election. No, we didn’t discuss the politics of what happened, but they did share teachable moments we can all learn from.

To start – we’ve all heard of scams where the IRS or FBI call about identify theft or about our taxes. But what happens when the real FBI is really calling? If there isn’t a process in place for every little detail that happens, then we’re left vulnerable.

“My first step would be to see if it’s really the FBI calling. Because there are so many weird scams around stuff like that,” advises Mike Buckbee.

Kilian Englert supplemented Mike’s advice with this suggestion: “If you look at some of the standards that come out, like the NIST standards. A lot of them recommend having some type of plan in place…some plan, any plan.”

And don’t be deterred because Forrest Temple reminds us, “You don’t see the successes; you only see the failures…That’s how data security is. Maybe there are a million successful for every failure, you just don’t know.”

Click play to hear the rest of the show and why Kilian isn’t a fan of Barcelona Football. There’s a point! We promise!

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