Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Oleria, Vicarius, and Secret Double Octopus raise funding (NOTE: Secret Double Octopus is a real company that chose Secret Double Octopus as their name, I'm making none of this up). Rumors about Zscaler's next 9-digit acquisition, 2 new security vendors and demystifying public cybersecurity companies.

Chrome gets AI features, security teams have TOO much data, and a new threat intel database from Wiz. Is bootstrapping a cybersecurity startup a realistic option? Finally, remember Furbies? NSA's furby docs just dropped, and they are HILARIOUS. Thanks to Jason Koebler from 404Media for that.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-347

We interview the co-founder and CTO of Fleet to understand why good, cross platform MDM/EMM has been such a challenge for so many years. Want good Windows device management? You're probably going to compromise on MacOS management. Ditto for Windows if you prioritize your Macs. Want good Linux device management? It doesn't exist.

Hopefully, Fleet can change all that in 2024, as they aim to complete their support for all major platforms, using the open source OSQuery project as their base.

Segment Resources:

• Zach's GitHub
• Zach's Conf42 DevSecOps Presentation on Securing the endpoint with open source software
• GopherCon 2022: Collect First, Ask Questions Later
• Glitches in the Matrix, or Taming Agent Chaos

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-347

In the Security News: Don't expose your supercomputer, auth bypass and command injection FTW, just patch it, using OSQuery against you, massive credential stuffing, backdoors in Harmony, looking at Android, so basically I am licensing my printer, hacking Tesla, injecting keystrokes over Bluetooth, and remembering the work of David L. Mills.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-814

Matt Coose is the founder and CEO of cybersecurity compliance firm Qmulos, previously the director of Federal Network Security for the National Cyber Security Division of the (DHS).

CISOs carry the ultimate burden and weight of compliance and reporting and are often the last buck. Says Coose, best-of-breed is better described as best-to-bleed-the-budget: it's a bottom-up, tech-first, reactive approach for acquiring technology as opposed to managing risk. Coose shares his top considerations below for how CISOs can navigate the crowded market of cybersecurity tools when cost is highly scrutinized, but regulations keep growing.

Platforms are what every vendor dreams of being called, but no platform does it all, says Coose.

Coose shares what smart CISOs and mature organizations understand, that others don't:

• There's no "buying their way out of security issues or into a better risk posture." They understand the need to evolve to a top-down, risk-driven, inherently business-aligned, dynamically adaptable, and evidence-based security management strategy.

• That looking at technology choices through the lens of risk controls (and the related data provided by technology that implements those controls) enables credible and transparent strategic tech portfolio management decisions that are immune to vendor preferences or the latest market(ing) fads.

• The need for meaningful security and risk measurement and the difference between leading and lagging indicators.

• The original intent of security and regulatory compliance as a model for proactive and consistent risk management (leading indicator), not just a historical reporting and audit function (lagging indicator).

• That managing risk, compliance, and security as distinct and separate functions is not only wasteful and inefficient, but denies the enterprise the ability to cross-leverage significant people, process, and technology investments

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-814

RoboJoe, Apple, VMWARE, AI Vision, Confluence, Scarcruft, Microsoft, Jason Wood, and more on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-356

Vulns throw a wrench in a wrench, more vulns drench Atlassian, vulns send GitLab back to the design bench, voting for the top web hacking techniques of 2023, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-270

Where apps provide something of value, bots are sure to follow. Modern threat models need to include scenarios for bad bots that not only target user credentials, but that will also hoard inventory and increase fraud. Sandy shares her recent research as we talk about bots, API security, and what developers can do to deal with these.

Segment resources

• https://www.forrester.com/blogs/avoid-a-bot-waterloo/
• https://www.forrester.com/blogs/are-your-bot-management-tools-up-to-date-to-handle-the-holiday-season/
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/05/swedish-criminal-gangs-using-fake-spotify-streams-to-launder-money

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-270

Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO. How will the new SEC regulations impact the role for both organizations and individuals?

In part 2, we get our hands dirty by addressing CISO hiring from the individual CISO. What should you look for in a CISO role? What questions should you be asking during the interview process? What are the non-negotiable items that must be part of the offer?

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-335

Google, Pax, LeftOverlocals, Mint Sandstorm, DJI, Colossus, JelloRain, Aaran Leyland, and More News on the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-355

On this segment, we talk a lot about AI, new technologies, and the future from a personal and consumer standpoint. Not a lot of enterprise-relevant stuff in the news today, but consumer products and AI will have a HUGE long-term impact, so that's how we're justifying today's topical focus ;)

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-346