Info Risk Today Podcast

Info Risk Today Podcast

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Info Risk Today Podcast episodes

  • Addressing DDoS in Risk Assessments
    In assessing the risk of a distributed-denial-of service attack, organizations must think beyond shoring up systems' perimeters and concentrate on analyzing cyberthreat intelligence, Booz Allen Hamilton's Sedar Labarre says.
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  • Using Big Data to Fight Phishing
    Today's spear-phishing campaigns are localized, small and can slip through typical spam filters. As a result, detection practices have to evolve, says researcher Gary Warner of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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  • NIST Unveils Security, Privacy Controls
    NIST's Ron Ross, a big NASCAR fan, likens new security controls guidance to the tools race-car builders use to prevent drivers from breaking their necks when crashing into a brick wall at 200 miles an hour.
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  • Mandiant on Nation-State Threats
    Security firm Mandiant recently released a widely publicized report detailing cyber-espionage activity originating in China. Mandiant Director Charles Carmakal discusses the latest nation-state threats.
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  • Spamhaus DDoS Attack Called Preventable
    The massive distributed-denial-of-service attack in Europe that targeted Spamhaus could easily have been prevented if information service providers followed a 13-year-old industry best practice, ENISA's Thomas Haeberlen says.
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  • Growing the Global Security Community
    When Richard Nealon first sat for his CISSP exam, he was struck by how U.S.-centric the questions were. Since then, he has strived to promote greater awareness of global information security concerns.
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  • 240 Ideas to Secure Critical IT
    NIST's Donna Dodson is leading a federal government effort to take hundreds of suggestions from the private sector to create an IT security best practices framework that critical infrastructure operators could voluntarily adopt.
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  • Utah Breach: The Potential Costs
    Although there have not yet been any confirmed reports of financial fraud associated with a major data breach at the Utah Department of Health last year, the potential for costly fraud is huge, contends Al Pascual of Javelin Strategy and Research.
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  • Truth About 2-Factor Authentication

    In light of evolving fraud threats, financial institutions increasingly are turning to two-factor authentication solutions. Alex Doll, CEO of OneID, offers advice to help institutions make the right choices.

    In an interview about the myths and realities of two-factor authentication, Doll discusses:

    • The current threat landscape;
    • How organizations are successfully deploying two-factor solutions;
    • How to keep customer experience top-of-mind in a two-factor rollout.
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    • Cyber-Attacks: The New Maturity
      It isn't just the quantity of cyber-attacks that's staggering; it's the quality. The average hacker now has access to nation-state-level attack capabilities, says James Lyne of Sophos. How can organizations defend?
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