Close the door. There is no more room. We resolved the cybersecurity skill gap problem, and it feels damn good! Well, maybe not, but is it really that hard? There are so many smart people out there that would do very well in InfoSec—do they even know this is an option?

In this episode of Tech Done Different, Ted chats with Dr. Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of MIT's cybersecurity research organization, CAMS. She shares insight from her team's research into how companies of all sizes can build a strong security culture, even for little or no cost.

As secure as the mainframe is, it is still another operating system with software running on it. Many information security programs tend to offer these systems special treatment, exemptions, and exceptions — especially when it comes to zero-trust frameworks.

Did we invent computers, robots, and A.I. because we are fundamentally lazy? It may look like it, but that is not the technological driver. On the opposite side, it has to do with doing more, faster, more effectively, and going above and beyond our human capabilities.

Forget about stereotypes of hackers being nefarious masterminds. Hackers are dynamic, young individuals who come from all walks of life — diversity is a big plus for this community — and so it is for the cybercriminals, but they actually are nefarious masterminds.

What happens in society when consumers have little control over their customer service experience? Join us for this episode as consumer advocate, Christopher Elliott, shares some insights into the consumer/business relationship.

As one of the core members in implementing the Julia programming language, Keno Fischer shares the advantages of Julia, behind the scenes of creating a coding language, and his vision for the future.

We are back with another Candid CyberSec podcast with a very amazing guest: none other than Shara Shamban. She's an amazing entrepreneur and information security person and we talked about the things we care about mutually.

Imagine you could experience worlds that you design and build the way you want them to be; alternative realities that you can enter and leave as you wish. Now, Imagine there's no countries, nothing to kill or die for... imagine all the people, livin' life in peace.

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Yes and no, it depends on who you ask. In our case, the answer is a solid FOR SURE. Especially once we consider the squirrels that live in the said forest — the criminal and the ethical ones. Listen up.