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Segment 1 - Interview with Helen Patton: Introducing the Cybersecurity Canon

Did you know that there's a hall-of-fame for cybersecurity books? Over the past decade, the Cybersecurity Canon has published reviews on dozens of cybersecurity books and established a hall of fame. Hall of fame books are defined as titles that all cybersecurity professionals should read - a great short list for those new to the field and overwhelmed by choices.

Helen Patton, co-founder and Chief of Staff for the Cybersecurity Canon joins us to tell us all about the Canon, how it came to be, and its transformation into a more visible and active organization.

We'll also discuss Helen's own book, "Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path", and an upcoming second book she's working on as well!

Segment Resources:

• Helen's personal website
• The Cybersecurity Canon website

Segment 2 - Topic: Does the SOC 2 need to die?

AJ Yawn thinks so.

The TL;DR is that he thinks industry-specific frameworks are more appropriate and effective.

You can check out some more of his thoughts on LinkedIn, or on the Alice in Supply Chains podcast.

• Ayman recommends checking out https://mvsp.dev/ as a potential alternative (or as a complementary process to actually get secure)

Segment 3 - This Week's Enterprise Security News

And finally, in the enterprise security news,

1. a bit of funding with a side of layoffs
2. McDonald's applicants are not lovin' it
3. a WILD story about a vulnerability in the US train system
4. Meta still on the hook for $8B in privacy violations
5. What is Agentic Misalignment?
6. Using AI when coding is… slower?
7. Auth Omnibus
8. Pop some popcorn - AI acquisitions are getting crazy

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-416

Existential Dread and Seawater, MCP, Cloudflare, ESxi, QR Codes, Salt Typhoon, Aaran Leyland, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-495

In the security news:

• The train is leaving the station, or is it?
• The hypervisor will protect you, maybe
• The best thing about Flippers are the clones
• Also, the Flipper Zero as an interrogation tool
• Threats are commercial and open-source
• Who is still down with FTP?
• AI bug hunters
• Firmware for Russian drones
• Merging Android and ChromOS
• Protecting your assets with CVSS?
• Patch Citrixbleed 2
• Rowhammer comes to NVIDIA GPUs
• I hear Microsoft hires Chinese spies
• Gigabyte motherboards and UEFI vulnerabilities
• McDonald's AI hiring bot: you want some PII with that?

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-883

Are you running SAP? The clock is ticking... Standard maintenance end-of-life is set for the end of 2027. Migration to S/4HANA must be completed by then (or 2030 if you buy into SAP's special three-year reprieve). While that may appear to be enough time, companies currently working toward an S/4HANA transition are finding the journey challenging, and that's not including the security challenges.

Chris Carter, CEO at Approyo, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss your SAP options, including:

• ERP Strategy: Stay with SAP or migrate to other solutions?
• S/4HANA Architecture: All cloud or cloud/on-premise?
• Security Challenges: Cloud vs. on-premise
• SAP Migration: Recommendations for success

In the leadership and communications section, Where cybersecurity maturity meets confidence in C-suite and board leadership, Has CISO become the least desirable role in business?, How Radical Transparency Is Revolutionizing Leadership, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-404

AI meltdowns, Gigabyte, NCSC, Rowhammer, Gravity Form, Grok, AsyncRat, Josh Marpet and more on the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-494

What are some appsec basics? There's no monolithic appsec role. Broadly speaking, appsec tends to branch into engineering or compliance paths, each with different areas of focus despite having shared vocabularies and the (hopefully!) shared goal of protecting software, data, and users.

The better question is, "What do you want to secure?"

We discuss the Cybersecurity Skills Framework put together by the OpenSSF and the Linux Foundation and how you might prepare for one of its job families. The important basics aren't about memorizing lists or technical details, but demonstrating experience in working with technologies, understanding how they can fail, and being able to express concerns, recommendations, and curiosity about their security properties.

Resources:

• https://cybersecurityframework.io
• https://owasp.org/www-project-cheat-sheets/
• https://blog.cloudflare.com/rfc-8446-aka-tls-1-3/
• https://aflplus.plus/
• https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-339

From Diagram to Cloud: Rethinking Cloud Security in an Age of Uncertainty

Episode Summary: In this month's episode of CISO Stories, we dive deep into cloud security with cybersecurity veteran and cloud innovator Yogi Parulekar, founder of InviGrid. Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and tightening budgets, we explore how organizations can move from reactive security to proactive resilience. Yogi introduces the concept of "diagram to cloud" as a smarter, more efficient alternative to traditional "shift left" approaches, emphasizing secure-by-design principles powered by automation. We also unpack how governance, agility, and cost efficiency play a critical role in cloud strategy—especially when business survival is on the line.

Show Notes: https://cisostoriespodcast.com/csp-214

Segment 1: Interview with Monzy Merza - There is a Right and Wrong Way to use AI in the SOC

In the rush to score AI funding dollars, a lot of startups build a basic wrapper around existing generative AI services like those offered by OpenAI and Anthropic. As a result, these services are expensive, and don't satisfy many security operations teams' privacy requirements.

This is just the tip of the iceberg when discussing the challenges of using AI to aid the SOC. In this interview, we'll dive into the challenge of finding security vendors that care about security, the need for transparency in products, the evolving shared responsibility model, and other topics related to solving security operations challenges.

Segment 2: Topic Segment - How much AI is too much AI?

In the past few weeks, I've talked to several startup founders who are running into buyers that aren't allowed to purchase their products, even though they want them and prefer them over the competition. Why? No AI and they're not allowed to buy.

Segment 3: News Segment

Finally, in the enterprise security news,

1. We cover the latest funding
2. The Trustwave saga comes to a positive end
3. Android 16 could help you evade law enforcement
4. Microsoft is kicking 3rd party AV out of the kernel
5. Giving AI some personality (and honesty)
6. Log4shell canaries reveal password weirdness
7. Denmark gives citizens copyright to their own faces to fight AI
8. McDonald's has an AI whoopsie
9. Ingram Micro has a ransomware whoopsie
10. Drama in the trailer lock industry

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-415

Tapjacking, ZuChe, PerfektBlue, McHacking, OT in the IT, Add Ons, Josh Marpet, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-493

This week in the security news:

• Citrixbleed 2 and so many failures
• Ruckus leads the way on how not to handle vulnerabilities
• When you have no egress
• Applocker bypass
• So you bought earbuds from TikTok
• More gadgets and the crazy radio
• Cheap drones and android apps
• Best Mario Kart controller ever
• VSCode: You're forked
• Bluetooth earbuds and vulnerabilities
• Do you remember Sound blaster cards?
• NFC passport chips
• Whack-a-disk

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-882