This podcast episode is part of our Las Vegas cybersecurity event coverage called “Chats on the Road to Las Vegas”, which, of course, is centered around the extremely popular cybersecurity research and hacker events, Black Hat and DEF CON.

In today’s episode, Sean Martin is joined by co-host, Selena Templeton, and the two have the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Ariel Herbert-Voss and Sven Catell, organizers for this year’s inaugural AI village at DEF CON 26 in Las Vegas.

The AI Village will cover how machine learning and artificial intelligence can be used to protect our data-rich environments and how these models can be attacked.

- What happens when an assumption of anonymity is no longer true?

- What is AI safety?

- What are AI-driven bots?

- How do AI ethics fit in to our world of InfoSec?

- How do we prepare for adversarial AI?

Listen in to learn more about the AI Village and some of the sessions they have designed to answer these questions, and more.

Stay tuned to all of our coverage at this year's Hacker Summer Camp at https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-news-event-coverage

On today’s show, Sean Martin is joined by Dr. Imani Palmer, a researcher at the Information Trust Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Jane Blanken-Webb, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Information Trust Institute at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Today's topic is ethics. More specifically, ethics in technology. And even more specifically, ethics in cybersecurity. We discuss this topic in relation to the Ethics Village being organized at this year’s DEF CON conference in Las Vegas.

It turns out that it’s not just business people and ethics-curious individuals interested in discussing this topic. It seems that engineers - and even hardcore hackers - are eager to explore what ethics "is" and how it plays a role in shaping the technologies we use and the society in which all this amazing, emerging tech lives. In fact, there was such a high submission rate for content as part of the Ethics Village that it turned into a 2-day village.

Join Sean as Imani and Jane touch on topics such as:

- Responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities

- Hacking back

- Diversity in ethics

- Ethics in diversity

- "Asking for a friend"

- ... and so much more

Stay tuned to all of our coverage at this year's Hacker Summer Camp at https://www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-news-event-coverage

In part 2, Steve Cochran, CEO at STEALTHbits, answers the question about taking bets on how funding events for new startups can impact how CISOs make their risk-based decisions. Steve also touches on the security software purchasing environment – including how the sales lifecycle changes and how CISOs become aware of and make decisions to explore new technologies. And, finally, we delve into a topic that is near and dear to my heart: the comparison of feature companies vs product companies vs solution companies.

This podcast episode is part of our Las Vegas cybersecurity event coverage called “Chats on the Road to Las Vegas”, which is part of our Las Vegas 2018 Conference coverage. Our team will be hitting the road, so to speak, to connect with a number of the conference speakers, presenters and panelists to get a sneak peek into what they have planned at these conferences, which include Black Hat, DEF CON, Bsides and Hacking Diversity.

I had the chance to chat with Richard Thieme, author and professional speaker who focuses on the deeper implications of technology, religion, and science for twenty-first century life. He will be giving a talk at DEF CON this year called “The Road to Resilience: How Real Hacking Redeems This Damnable Profession”. (Editor's note: the new title is "The Road to Resilience: Strategies for Playing Through the Pain".)

Two years ago Richard gave a talk at DEF CON called “Playing Through the Pain: The Impact of Dark Knowledge on Security and Intelligence Professionals”. As he says, “it’s not about leaving the profession: it’s about what we can do to thrive and transcend the challenges. It‘s about ‘saving this space,’ this play space of hacking, work and life, and knowing the cost of being fully human while encountering dehumanizing impacts.” And this year’s talk is a follow-up to that, so he’ll be elaborating on those strategies.

During our chat, Richard gives us a great sneak peek (or rather, a sneak stare) at what to expect from his highly anticipated DEF CON talk this year. "The Road to Resilience" defines strategies for managing the “consequences of the profession” and the challenges of cybersecurity and how to thrive, not just survive. As he says, a lot of venues do not want a talk about "moral harms" – the denuding of the core self as a result of constrained behavior at odds with one's core self and ethos – as it suggests that they are not taking care of their people. Well, they're not.

He has said, about the negative effects of being in the InfoSec or hacking space, that “the damage to us does not show up in brain scans. It shows up in our families, our relationships, and our lives.” In this podcast, he discusses some of the signs that can alert a person that he or she is starting to go down this dark path and how to seek help.

He also chats about why he, a white male, was asked to adapt “The Road to Resilience” for the Executive Women's Forum and include strategies for women in particular on dealing with unique challenges. How does he convert his talk from hacking to women? Here's a clue: one of the best compliments he's ever received was from a woman who told him, after hearing him speak, "Don't take this the wrong way, but you are like a lesbian in a man's body."

So without further ado, let’s take a listen – and we'll see you in Vegas!

Stay tuned to all of our coverage at this year's Hacker Summer Camp at www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-…event-coverage

Statistics show that if your company’s data has been hacked, you probably don’t even know it. Yet. Chances are, you’ve been coasting on a false assumption of security and protection; perhaps there’s a hole in some of your safeguards or one of your employees was a victim of social engineering and didn’t even know it. So in order to reduce the devastating damage that a breach can cause, you must be able to identify it quickly and address it thoroughly.

Join us for this need-to-know podcast to learn how to:

- Spot some of the tell-tale signs

- Use the tools to track down the source of the compromise

- Leverage services to assist in this remediation process

YOUR EDUCATORS

Megan Fulton, COO, VioletX

Ryan Spelman, Senior Director, Center for Internet Security (CIS)

Joe Gray, Senior Security Architect, IBM

YOUR MODERATORS

Sean Martin, CISSP, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, ITSPmagazine

Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder, ITSPmagazine

GUEST HOST

Adam Laub, SVP, STEALTHbits

The complete series of webcasts, podcasts, articles, and supporting material can be found on ITSPmagazine at: https://itspmagazine.com/cybersecurity-for-small-medium-business

Enjoy, get involved, and share!

As part of our Las Vegas cybersecurity event coverage “Chats on the Road to Las Vegas,” ITSPmagazine talks with Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO of CyberSN as well as Founder of Brainbabe, and Patrick Ford, Founder of Patrick Ford Leadership Coaching, both of whom are speakers at the Hacking Diversity conference in Las Vegas from August 9-12 in the Caesars Palace Tower.

On this short podcast, both of them share what they’ll be talking about at the conference – Deidre’s talk is Hack Your EQ (as in emotional quotient) and Patrick’s workshop is on allyship, particularly for white men – topics that are near and dear to their heart, and their work.

Stay tuned to all of our coverage at this year's Hacker Summer Camp at www.itspmagazine.com/black-hat-usa-…event-coverage

In case you do not know her, Katie Linendoll is an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, writer, technology expert, global technology consultant and one of the leading women in the field of technology - and let me add, she is a lovely person, and at ITSPmagazine we love to talk to nice people. So, what kind of sorcery is this digital footprint we talk about?

As you should know by now, at ITSPmagazine we care about cyber safety and awareness very much, not just one day or one month out of the whole year; we are on a cyber education and awareness mission 365 days per year. It is quite a demanding and stressful job, as many cybersecurity experts would confirm, but somebody has to do it and we are happy to be part of the good team that meets and operates at the intersection of IT Security and Society.

Despite all the bad news you might read and hear whenever something happens related to the cyber society we live in, there are many incredible, life-changing, positive aspects that a connected society brings to our daily lives.

All we need to do is understand how things work and use them to improve our lives.

All we need for this to happen is knowledge and education.

All we need is to pass such knowledge on to everyone we know and meet.

All we need are experts, technologists, journalists, and educators of all sorts to make it happen.

All we need is society to take an active role in cybersecurity and cyber safety.

In today’s podcast, Sean Martin and I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with one of those people who have been doing this successfully for many years: Katie Lindenoll.

There’s a good chance you already know who she is, but in case you do not know her, Katie is an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, writer, technology expert, global technology consultant and one of the leading women in the field of technology - and let me add, she is a lovely person, and at ITSPmagazine we love to talk to nice people.

So, first of all, what kind of sorcery is this digital footprint we talk about?

Also known as a digital shadow, a digital footprint refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications that are manifested on the Internet or on digital devices.

Why does it matter? Well because this digital footprint is you. It is the digital you online and the bad wolves can smell you, follow you and even hunt you down. Am I kidding? Nope, not even a little bit.

Recently, Allstate published the result of their Digital Safety Survey, which found that there’s a gap between what Americans think they know and what they actually know about managing their digital data footprint.

Here are some fun stats to get the conversation started:

Though the average person has about 150 online accounts, 87% of our survey respondents either thought they had under 50 or had no idea.

Almost half of Americans have had their personal information compromised online (47%). Of those affected, 37% had unauthorized charges on their bank statement and 21% had to delete their account(s).

Those who are younger are at a higher risk of having their information stolen as they tend to be less informed, riskier with the information they share online and take less steps to protect themselves.

Are you surprised? I hope not. 

Am I surprised? Not even a bit. 

Should we all be concerned? Hell yes!

That’s why Allstate partnered with Katie and launched HiddenWorldofData.Allstate.com, an education resource that gives consumers tips and tricks to protect their information while doing everyday things like sharing on social media and shopping online.

Katie, just like us, believes that those who have that knowledge and a platform - any platform, big or small - should do their part in educating people. Especially as journalists, we should carry out that social responsibility that is intrinsic to our profession and behave with the integrity that makes being a journalist such an honor.

I believe you will find this conversation enjoyable, educational, thought-provoking and inspiring.

Full article:

https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/how-many-digital-footprints-are-you-leaving-in-your-cyber-world-a-conversation-with-katie-linendoll

As you should know by now, at ITSPmagazine we care about cyber safety and awareness very much, not just one day or one month out of the whole year; we are on a cyber education and awareness mission 365 days per year. It is quite a demanding and stressful job, as many cybersecurity experts would confirm, but somebody has to do it and we are happy to be part of the good team that meets and operates at the intersection of IT Security and Society.

Despite all the bad news you might read and hear whenever something happens related to the cyber society we live in, there are many incredible, life-changing, positive aspects that a connected society brings to our daily lives.

All we need to do is understand how things work and use them to improve our lives.

All we need for this to happen is knowledge and education.

All we need is to pass such knowledge on to everyone we know and meet.

All we need are experts, technologists, journalists, and educators of all sorts to make it happen.

All we need is society to take an active role in cybersecurity and cyber safety.

In today’s podcast, Sean Martin and I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with one of those people who have been doing this successfully for many years: Katie Lindenoll.

There’s a good chance you already know who she is, but in case you do not know her, Katie is an Emmy Award-winning TV personality, writer, technology expert, global technology consultant and one of the leading women in the field of technology - and let me add, she is a lovely person, and at ITSPmagazine we love to talk to nice people.

So, first of all, what kind of sorcery is this digital footprint we talk about?

Also known as a digital shadow, a digital footprint refers to one's unique set of traceable digital activities, actions, contributions and communications that are manifested on the Internet or on digital devices.

Why does it matter? Well because this digital footprint is you. It is the digital you online and the bad wolves can smell you, follow you and even hunt you down. Am I kidding? Nope, not even a little bit.

Recently, Allstate published the result of their Digital Safety Survey, which found that there’s a gap between what Americans think they know and what they actually know about managing their digital data footprint.

Here are some fun stats to get the conversation started:

Though the average person has about 150 online accounts, 87% of our survey respondents either thought they had under 50 or had no idea.

Almost half of Americans have had their personal information compromised online (47%). Of those affected, 37% had unauthorized charges on their bank statement and 21% had to delete their account(s).

Those who are younger are at a higher risk of having their information stolen as they tend to be less informed, riskier with the information they share online and take less steps to protect themselves.

Are you surprised? I hope not. 

Am I surprised? Not even a bit. 

Should we all be concerned? Hell yes!

That’s why Allstate partnered with Katie and launched HiddenWorldofData.Allstate.com, an education resource that gives consumers tips and tricks to protect their information while doing everyday things like sharing on social media and shopping online.

Katie, just like us, believes that those who have that knowledge and a platform - any platform, big or small - should do their part in educating people. Especially as journalists, we should carry out that social responsibility that is intrinsic to our profession and behave with the integrity that makes being a journalist such an honor.

I believe you will find this conversation enjoyable, educational, thought-provoking and inspiring.

Full article:

https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/how-many-digital-footprints-are-you-leaving-in-your-cyber-world-a-conversation-with-katie-linendoll

One of the more poignant points that NPower's Matt Velez, who educates underserved communities in the fields of technology and cybersecurity, shares with Sean Martin is: “always be a pro.” Matt is certainly a pro and, as his students passionately confirm, a “life changer” and mentor.