Technado (Archived)

This week’s guest joined the show from over 10,000 miles away (yes, we measured). ISACA’s Jo Stewart-Rattray shared her IT journey and talked about her experience working with the UN on behalf of ISACA and SheLeadsTech. Back in the Northern Hemisphere, Peter, Justin, and Don talked about the week’s news including the fallout from CenturyLink’s massive outage and a string of ransomware attacks plaguing Texas towns.

Don is out in Las Vegas at CompTIA’s ChannelCon event, so he grabbed Zach Hill from IT Career Questions to chat about what he’s been up to and what he’s seen at the conference. Don also roped in Daniel Lowrie to look at the week’s major stories, including the AT&T bribery scandal and North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking windfall.

Daniel Lowrie stopped by the studio ahead of his presentations at CompTIA’s ChannelCon conference to give Justin and Peter a sneak peek at his sessions. He also hung out as they looked back at the week’s news, including the Capital One data breach and John McAfee’s recent escapades as a fugitive from the law.

On this week’s Technado, our hosts chat with Rocco Donnino from TitanHQ about how they help MSPs secure customer data. In the news, they talk zip bombs, an update to the Zoom issue on Mac, and a new laptop that will never need a dongle. Finally, they have some fun with FaceApp while giving all their facial data to the Russians.

It was another busy week in tech, but rest assured, the Technado crew had it covered. They tackled an OpenPGP attack, bricked Raspberry Pi 4's, Canonical’s GitHub hack, and the sale of an Instagram star’s used bath water. Then, Linux Training Architect Ross Brunson joined the team in studio to geek out on all things Linux.

With the shortened work week due to the holiday in the US, Peter, Justin, and Don still found time to get together and discuss the week’s big news stories. Don was excited to hear news on Microsoft’s potential Linux distro, while everyone on the panel was happy to see people actually being held accountable for major data breaches. Finally, they look back at the Windows logos of the past for a Stranger Things promotion.

With Peter out on vacation, Don and Justin were able to cut loose a little. They covered a big Verizon BGP route leak and a laptop that claims to be un-hackable. Then, John Dickson of Denim Group called in to discuss building resilient software that will withstand attacks.

Deb Armstrong & Clem Craven flew all the way from the UK to join the Technado crew. Well, not exactly. But the pair from BT (British Telecom) did come on the show to talk about their unique approach to security training. Then, Peter, Justin, and Don recap the week’s news, including some hefty fines for a couple of companies that mishandled data.

The Technado team was joined by CompTIA’s Chief Technology Evangelist, James Stanger, this week. Peter, Don, and special guest Wes Bryan talked with him about CompTIA’s roadmap, future predictions, and their upcoming ChannelCon event. Then Justin rejoined to talk about the week’s news, including some Windows 10 stories and an update on the Target outage.

On this week’s Technado, the team looks at a busy week in cyber security. From European data being rerouted through China to a hack of US Customs images to government sites being redirected to porn sites, it certainly was a busy week. Then Peter and Don talked with John Prisco of QuantumXC about protecting encryption keys in transit.