Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Join us for our last live episode of the year as we navigate the 2023 cybersecurity landscape, covering global initiatives, deepfake concerns in the UK, NordVPN's cyber insurance expansion, China's major cyber attack on US infrastructure, successful ransomware takedowns, and the year's most bizarre scams according to Which Consumer Magazine. It's a rapid-fire exploration of the top stories shaping the digital defense narrative.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-351

Understanding how CyberRatings, NaaS, and SASE combine to make network security easier to buy and deploy. MEF is an industry association, providing standards, certifications, and facilitating community discussions. MEF has teamed up with CyberRatings.org to establish a certification program for SASE services, making it easier for buyers to understand what's included in SASE-related products and services.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.mef.net/news/16-leading-technology-and-service-providers-launch-industrys-first-sase-product-and-services-certification/

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-344

We're excited to give an end-of-year readout on the performance of the cybersecurity industry with Mike Privette, founder of Return on Security and author of the weekly Security, Funded newsletter. This year, this podcast has leaned heavily on the Security, Funded newsletter to prep for our news segment, as it provides a great summary of all the funding and M&A events going on each week.

In this segment, we look back at 2023, statistics for the year, comparisons to 2022, interesting insights, predictions, and more!

Segment Resources:

• Mike's blog; Return on Security: https://www.returnonsecurity.com/
• Mike's newsletter; Security, Funded: https://www.returnonsecurity.com/subscribe

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-344

AI generated description fun: "As the glasses are filled and the mood lightens, our veteran guests, each with a legendary tale or two tucked under their virtual belts, embark on a journey through the complex landscape of supply chain security. These old dogs share war stories, anecdotes, and hard-earned wisdom about the evolving challenges and threats that have shaped their illustrious careers. From the early days of computing to the present era of interconnected systems, our panelists delve into the intricacies of securing the supply chain. Expect insights on the timeless art of social engineering, the ever-expanding attack surface, and the unforeseen vulnerabilities that emerge when least expected."

Talking points:

• Define the different areas of supply chains * Hardware * Firmware / Low-Level Software * Operating systems and applications * Software you develop yourself
• Open-source software supply chains have interesting problems
• Detecting supply chain issues
• Who is responsible for supply chain security?

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-811

Firmware security is a deeply technical topic that's hard to get started in. In this episode of Below the Surface, Xeno will discuss some past work in firmware security, and how he has organized resources such as a low level timeline (with over 300 talks), and free MOOC classes, to help teach people about firmware security.

Segment Resources: https://ost2.fyi https://darkmentor.com/timeline.html

This segment is sponsored by Eclypsium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/eclypsium to learn more about them!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-811

Nagios gets a review from NCC Group, hackers hack some anti-fixing code to fix trains in Poland, abusing OAuth post-compromise, 5Ghoul flaws in 5G networks, MITRE teases a new threat model for embedded systems, a conversation on vuln scoring systems, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-267

In the leadership and communications section, Building an Effective Information Security Strategy, What Makes a Company Great at Producing Leaders?, 80 Fun Meeting Icebreakers Your Team Will Love, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-332

Santa, SEC, Google, Qakbot, VMWARE, AI, Turing, Voight-Kampff, Jason Wood, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-350

Service meshes create the opportunity to make security a team sport. They can improve observability and service identity. Turning monoliths into micro services sounds appealing, but maybe not every monolith needs to be broken up. We'll also talk about the maturity and design choices that go into service meshes and when a monolith should just remain a monolith.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.solo.io/blog/kubernetes-security-cloud-native-applications/
• https://www.solo.io/blog/apis-data-breach-zero-trust/
• https://www.solo.io/blog/api-gateways-productivity-resilience-security-cloud-applications/

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-267

Cyber has been an historically hermetic practice. A dark art. Full of mysteries and presided over by magicians both good and bad. This is a bit of an exaggeration, yet there is some truth to it. Many in our industry knew that the SEC was evaluating the role that cyber risk management and incident disclosure plays in the pricing mechanism for an equity. Many of the participants in GRC, IRM, and Cyber Risk anticipated this before the SEC had even proposed such rules. Boards, C-Suites, and Information security teams within publicly traded companies brought it up occasionally in the year preceding its adoption. Lawyers on K Street actively advocated in the press against enacting such rules, and there is still a hearty back and forth concerning the merits of SEC involvement in cyber risk. But more transparency is a very welcome development. For investors, it's essential.

Industry veterans say that this development hearkens back to Sarbanes Oxley, which had very big implications for Governance, Risk, and Compliance. This is likely cyber risk's SOX moment, and the drop date is December 15th of this year on all 10-K filings. The SEC will not look kindly upon boilerplate disclosures, particularly if a cyber attack with significant losses occurs. So where do you start?

This segment is sponsored by CyberSaint . Visit https://securityweekly.com/cybersaint to learn more about them!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-332