Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Just because you’re not paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not tracking you! And just because you feel that you have nothing to hide doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be worried about privacy. In today’s edition of my Castle Defense 101 series, I spell out why privacy matters and why companies and governments are hell bent on violating it. I’ll also explain the myriad ways by which your web habits are tracked and then give you several simple ways you can protect yourself.

Have you ever used the CCleaner app on your computer? If so, you’ll want to hear about a recent hack of this app’s installer and how to fix it.

For Further Insight: 

Want to see what just one company knows about you? https://aboutthedata.com/

Why Privacy Matters: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters

How easy are you to track on the web? https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Will the robots rise up and take over? Or will Artificial Intelligence usher in a Utopian future? These concepts may have seemed like science fiction just 10-20 years ago, but visionaries like Elon Musk are warning us to take the notion of true AI very seriously. Like any powerful tool, the impact of AI will depend on how we develop and use it. In this week’s episode, I discuss the good, the bad and the ugly implications of AI and machine learning with technologist Albert Stepanyan.

We’ve learned more about the Equifax debacle since last week - I’ll catch you up on everything you need to know, including another important tip on how to monitor your credit and protect yourself from identity theft.

Albert Stepanyan is an A.I. Evangelist and Entrepreneur who loves code. He hasan entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for coding. Currently, he acts as the CEO and lead strategist at Develandoo, a software accelerator that is changing the way companies build products. His experience includes acting as CTO of a Munich-based Startup accelerator, lead engineer at various enterprises, and lead engineer or technical co-founder on more than 50 high-profile projects..

For Further Insight:

Web site: www.cyberhulk.net

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertcyberhulk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyberhulk/

Further Reading:

Equifax hack and response: http://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/equifax-hack-identity-theft/

Free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Great article on what we need to do: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/on_the_equifax_.html

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Will the robots rise up and take over? Or will Artificial Intelligence usher in a Utopian future? These concepts may have seemed like science fiction just 10-20 years ago, but visionaries like Elon Musk are warning us to take the notion of true AI very seriously. Like any powerful tool, the impact of AI will depend on how we develop and use it. In this week’s episode, I discuss the good, the bad and the ugly implications of AI and machine learning with technologist Albert Stepanyan.

We’ve learned more about the Equifax debacle since last week - I’ll catch you up on everything you need to know, including another important tip on how to monitor your credit and protect yourself from identity theft.

Albert Stepanyan is an A.I. Evangelist and Entrepreneur who loves code. He hasan entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for coding. Currently, he acts as the CEO and lead strategist at Develandoo, a software accelerator that is changing the way companies build products. His experience includes acting as CTO of a Munich-based Startup accelerator, lead engineer at various enterprises, and lead engineer or technical co-founder on more than 50 high-profile projects..

For Further Insight:

Web site: www.cyberhulk.net

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertcyberhulk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyberhulk/

Further Reading:

Equifax hack and response: http://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/equifax-hack-identity-theft/

Free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Great article on what we need to do: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/on_the_equifax_.html

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Will the robots rise up and take over? Or will Artificial Intelligence usher in a Utopian future? These concepts may have seemed like science fiction just 10-20 years ago, but visionaries like Elon Musk are warning us to take the notion of true AI very seriously. Like any powerful tool, the impact of AI will depend on how we develop and use it. In this week’s episode, I discuss the good, the bad and the ugly implications of AI and machine learning with technologist Albert Stepanyan.

We’ve learned more about the Equifax debacle since last week - I’ll catch you up on everything you need to know, including another important tip on how to monitor your credit and protect yourself from identity theft.

Albert Stepanyan is an A.I. Evangelist and Entrepreneur who loves code. He hasan entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for coding. Currently, he acts as the CEO and lead strategist at Develandoo, a software accelerator that is changing the way companies build products. His experience includes acting as CTO of a Munich-based Startup accelerator, lead engineer at various enterprises, and lead engineer or technical co-founder on more than 50 high-profile projects..

For Further Insight:

Web site: www.cyberhulk.net

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertcyberhulk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyberhulk/

Further Reading:

Equifax hack and response: http://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/equifax-hack-identity-theft/

Free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Great article on what we need to do: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/on_the_equifax_.html

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, was hacked - over 143 million U.S. accounts may have been leaked, making them much more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud. In this episode, I help you understand the potential impacts of this breach and give you several important actions you can take to protect yourself, including instituting a credit freeze on your account. Chris Romeo, CEO and Founder of Security Journey will help us understand the severity of this major news story and what we need to do to protect ourselves moving forward!

Is there such a thing as a good hacker? We will tackle what it takes to be a hacker - and why you actually might want to become one! Hackers are not all bad guys in hoodies hunched over a laptop. The hacker mentality is much more about a desire to tinker and solve puzzles, just applied to computers - and we need good hackers to help us combat the bad ones.

Chris Romeo is CEO and co-founder of Security Journey. His passion is to bring security belt programs to all organizations, large and small. He was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco Systems for five years, where he guided Cisco’s Security Advocates, empowering engineers to “build security in” to all products at Cisco. He led the creation of Cisco’s internal, end-to-end security belt program launched in 2012. Chris has twenty years of experience in security, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, penetration testing, and incident response. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP.

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

For Further Insight:

Website, www.securityjourney.com

Follow on Twitter, @SecurityJourney

Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/SecJourney/

Additional Resources:

Freeze your credit at all three credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Get your free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, was hacked - over 143 million U.S. accounts may have been leaked, making them much more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud. In this episode, I help you understand the potential impacts of this breach and give you several important actions you can take to protect yourself, including instituting a credit freeze on your account. Chris Romeo, CEO and Founder of Security Journey will help us understand the severity of this major news story and what we need to do to protect ourselves moving forward!

Is there such a thing as a good hacker? We will tackle what it takes to be a hacker - and why you actually might want to become one! Hackers are not all bad guys in hoodies hunched over a laptop. The hacker mentality is much more about a desire to tinker and solve puzzles, just applied to computers - and we need good hackers to help us combat the bad ones.

Chris Romeo is CEO and co-founder of Security Journey. His passion is to bring security belt programs to all organizations, large and small. He was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco Systems for five years, where he guided Cisco’s Security Advocates, empowering engineers to “build security in” to all products at Cisco. He led the creation of Cisco’s internal, end-to-end security belt program launched in 2012. Chris has twenty years of experience in security, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, penetration testing, and incident response. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP.

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

For Further Insight:

Website, www.securityjourney.com

Follow on Twitter, @SecurityJourney

Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/SecJourney/

Additional Resources:

Freeze your credit at all three credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Get your free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, was hacked - over 143 million U.S. accounts may have been leaked, making them much more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud. In this episode, I help you understand the potential impacts of this breach and give you several important actions you can take to protect yourself, including instituting a credit freeze on your account. Chris Romeo, CEO and Founder of Security Journey will help us understand the severity of this major news story and what we need to do to protect ourselves moving forward!

Is there such a thing as a good hacker? We will tackle what it takes to be a hacker - and why you actually might want to become one! Hackers are not all bad guys in hoodies hunched over a laptop. The hacker mentality is much more about a desire to tinker and solve puzzles, just applied to computers - and we need good hackers to help us combat the bad ones.

Chris Romeo is CEO and co-founder of Security Journey. His passion is to bring security belt programs to all organizations, large and small. He was the Chief Security Advocate at Cisco Systems for five years, where he guided Cisco’s Security Advocates, empowering engineers to “build security in” to all products at Cisco. He led the creation of Cisco’s internal, end-to-end security belt program launched in 2012. Chris has twenty years of experience in security, holding positions across the gamut, including application security, penetration testing, and incident response. Chris holds the CISSP and CSSLP.

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

For Further Insight:

Website, www.securityjourney.com

Follow on Twitter, @SecurityJourney

Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/SecJourney/

Additional Resources:

Freeze your credit at all three credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Get your free annual credit reports: https://www.ftc.gov/faq/consumer-protection/get-my-free-credit-report

Do you have backup copies of all your family photos and home videos? What about your tax documents and other financial data? Maybe you have a collection of priceless family history information that you’ve painstakingly compiled over many years. Unless you’re keeping copies of those files in multiple places (including at least one place outside your home!), you’re flying without a net. You’re one minor or major disaster away from losing them forever. Luckily, there are several simple and cost-effective solutions for automatically backing up all your files, photos, music and movies. In today’s show, part two of the Castle Defense 101 series, I’ll lay out a foolproof strategy for protecting your most precious digital data!

For Further Insight:

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Backblaze offers an affordable, easy-to-use cloud backup solution - try it for free!

For complete step-by-step help with backups and over 100 other tips, check out my book, Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons.

Do you have backup copies of all your family photos and home videos? What about your tax documents and other financial data? Maybe you have a collection of priceless family history information that you’ve painstakingly compiled over many years. Unless you’re keeping copies of those files in multiple places (including at least one place outside your home!), you’re flying without a net. You’re one minor or major disaster away from losing them forever. Luckily, there are several simple and cost-effective solutions for automatically backing up all your files, photos, music and movies. In today’s show, part two of the Castle Defense 101 series, I’ll lay out a foolproof strategy for protecting your most precious digital data!

For Further Insight:

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Backblaze offers an affordable, easy-to-use cloud backup solution - try it for free!

For complete step-by-step help with backups and over 100 other tips, check out my book, Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons.

Do you have backup copies of all your family photos and home videos? What about your tax documents and other financial data? Maybe you have a collection of priceless family history information that you’ve painstakingly compiled over many years. Unless you’re keeping copies of those files in multiple places (including at least one place outside your home!), you’re flying without a net. You’re one minor or major disaster away from losing them forever. Luckily, there are several simple and cost-effective solutions for automatically backing up all your files, photos, music and movies. In today’s show, part two of the Castle Defense 101 series, I’ll lay out a foolproof strategy for protecting your most precious digital data!

For Further Insight:

Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

Backblaze offers an affordable, easy-to-use cloud backup solution - try it for free!

For complete step-by-step help with backups and over 100 other tips, check out my book, Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons.