We’re just over 2 weeks away from this year’s conference and we’re bringing you another episode featuring one of our upcoming speakers, Thomas Pace! Tom chats with Michael and Sam about the relevance of college degrees in the cybersecurity industry, the big gap he saw in industrial control systems leading to the founding of Netrise, building a start-up in the middle of a global pandemic, and of course his upcoming talk. He’s developed a part 2 to last year’s very popular talk “The Vulnerability Disparity of ICS and OT Devices – There are many more than we think!”. 

Things Mentioned:

• You can read the article “Experiment: IT Companies Eager to Hire Self-Taught Pros” here
• You can read the article “Apple CEO Tim Cook explains why you don’t need a college degree to be successful” here
• You can find conference logistics here
• You can find Tom’s talk from last year here
• Tickets are sold out!

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• Host: Michael Farnum
• Host: Sam Van Ryder
• Guest: Thomas Pace
• Editing by: Lauren Andrus
• Music by: August Honey

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We’re back with another HOU.SEC.CON. speaker! Justin “Hutch” Hutchens met with Michael and Sam to discuss some of the latest black hat tools powered by AI, Hutch’s new book that is scheduled for 2024, and of course talk for this year’s conference.   

Things Mentioned:

•  You can read the Article “New AI Tool 'FraudGPT' Emerges, Tailored for Sophisticated Attacks” here
• You can check out the RSnake show here
• Get your tickets HOU.SEC.CON. Tickets here

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• Host: Michael Farnum
• Host: Sam Van Ryder
• Guest: Justin “Hutch” Hutchens  
• Editing by: Lauren Andrus
• Music by: August Honey

This week Michael and Sam are joined by ReliaQuest VP, CISO, Office of the CISO Rick Holland to chat about his upcoming talk “Cybercrime finds a way”. Tune in for today's top cybercrime trends, the latest on ransomware, and how cybercriminals are using artificial intelligence. 

Things Mentioned:

• Check out the article “How disjoined threat intelligence limits companies — and what to do about it” here
• Check out the HOU.SEC.CON. Featured Authors:
  • Arthi Vasudevan - Cyberama
  • Mark Crudgington – The Coming Cyber War: What Executives, the Board, and You Should Know
  • Phillip Wylie – The Pen Testers Blueprint
  • Justin “Hutch” Hutchens – The Language of Deception, Weaponizing Next Generation AI
• Get your tickets HOU.SEC.CON. Tickets here

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• Host: Michael Farnum
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• Guest: Rick Holland
• Editing by: Lauren Andrus
• Music by: August Honey

Workshops are back at HOU.SEC.CON.! In this special bonus episode Michael and Sam chat with Professor Deniz Gurkan to discuss her move from University of Houston, her ongoing projects, and what to expect in her October 11th workshop.  

Things Mentioned:

• Sign up for Deniz’s workshop “In-Network Defense: Detection and Mitigation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Attacks” here
• Get your conference tickets here

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• Guest: Deniz Gurkan
• Editing by: Lauren Andrus
• Music by: August Honey

This week Sam and Michael sit down with Allthenticate CEO & founder - and returning HOU.SEC.CON. speaker - Chad Spensky! They discuss why he moved his company halfway across the country to Houston (and why more startups should consider Houston!), the need for less passwords, and his talk at this year’s conference. 

Things Mentioned:

• Check out the article "Thousands of images on Docker Hub leak auth secrets, private keys" here 
• Buy your HOU.SEC.CON tickets here

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Host: Sam Van Ryder

Guest: Chad Spensky

Editing by: Lauren Andrus

Music by: August Honey

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To support an organization’s ability to react to incidents you need a few key elements: strong security staffing, defined repeatable processes, and the right tools. This week Michael and Sam sit down with Cisco’s Global Advisory CISO and HOU.SEC.CON. closing keynote Dave Lewis to discuss his  security article and his upcoming talk at this year’s conference. 

Things Mentioned:

• Check out the article "RAM-ramming Rowhammer is back - to uniquely fingerprint devices" here
• You can read Dave’s blog post here
• You can get HOU.SEC.CON Tickets here

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Host: Sam Van Ryder

Guest: Dave Lewis

Editing by: Lauren Andrus

Music by: August Honey

Mark Weatherford has led a unique and impressive career. He’s been a CISO in both the public and private sector, sits on advisory boards for some of the latest and greatest technology, works with multiple venture capital firms, and will be kicking off HOU.SEC.CON. 2023 as our opening keynote! Michael and Sam sat down with Mark to discuss his wealth of experience and his upcoming talk on the state of generative AI. 

Things Mentioned:

• Buy HOU.SEC.CON. tickets here
• Submit your abstract here
• Check out the article “New Research: 6% of Employees Paste Sensitive Data into GenAI tools as ChatGPT” here

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In this episode:

• Host: Michael Farnum
• Host: Sam Van Ryder
• Guest: Mark Weatherford
• Editing by: Lauren Andrus
• Music by: August Honey

When it comes to your organization cybersecurity is not limited to a single person or division – all business units need to understand best practices. At this year’s conference international speaker/best-selling author/podcast host/tech evangelist/top ethical hacker Phillip Wylie will break down the difference in offensive security concepts to help educate consumers in any role.   

In this episode Phil also discusses his latest projects, upcoming cybersecurity conferences, and how community events like HOU.SEC.CON. can help your career. 

Things Mentioned:

·      Buy tickets here

·      Submit your abstract here

·      Check out nearby hotels here

·      Check out the article “New Mockingjay Process Injection Technique Could Let Malware Evade Detection” here

·      Listen to the Phillip Wylie Show here

·      Learn more about the TAB Cyber Foundation here

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In this episode:

Host: Michael Farnum

Host: Sam Van Ryder

Guest: Phillip Wylie

Editing by: Lauren Andrus 

Music by: August Honey