Stefano Zanero, Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at Politecnico Milano, sat down with ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton to discuss Queercon at Black Hat. Tune in to hear about the largest social network of LGBT hackers from around the world, the importance of having professional role models who “look” like you, the difference between European and American hacking conferences when it comes to minorities and women, and why just not rejecting someone isn’t enough when it comes to inclusion.

Co-founder and CEO of Distil Networks Rami Essaid sat down with ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton at Black Hat to discuss how it takes a village to tackle diversity.

Tune in to hear about Distil Network’s new Women Forward in Technology Scholarship Program, how the U.S. travel ban has impacted Rami personally, his company and the cyber industry, the importance of three white male leaders constantly challenging each other to create a diverse and inclusive organization, and how to tackle an unconscious bias that you aren’t aware of – in humans and AI.

This podcast is a post live panel conversation, following “Power To The People - Knowledge Is Power,” during Black Hat 2017 in Las Vegas.

Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli invited Chris Roberts - Chief Security Architect at Acalvio Technologies - and Dr. Christopher Pierson - Chief Security Officer and General Counsel at Viewpost - to hang out with us and have a chat. 

It is an interesting conversation. We invite you to listen to it.

We started discussing the status of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in today's cybersecurity solutions. What is possible, what is not, and what is “marketing” making appear today’s reality? I took the bullet for that. You are welcome, marketers! 

We also spoke about what is happening with all this big data collection executed by different kind of IoT devices, and what it takes to TRULY turn this into a positive thing for the final users. Privacy and security are concepts that cannot just be built in the products; they have to be built in the companies. It is TRUST. 

There is much more than just convenience in technology nowadays; there are inconveniences too and the only way for the users to be safe - for the time being - is to stay informed and empower themselves. At least enough to understand the basics.

Get ready; this is just the beginning of the Cyber Society. 

The best - or worst - has yet to come.

HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding your medical information but the act only within the U.S. This means that there's nothing to stop a U.S. genetic testing company from passing that data on to non-U.S. companies. Rusty Sailors, chairman and CEO of LP3-SecurIT, explains what's going on.

HIPAA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act

LP3-SecurIT

https://itspmagazine.com/company-directory/lp3-securit

Rusty Sailors

https://itspmagazine.com/meet-the-experts/rusty-sailors

ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton caught up with Niloo Howe, Chief Strategy Officer of RSA, at Black Hat to discuss why a diversity of perspectives is required for innovation. Tune in to hear how different perspectives and experiences drive better top- and bottom-line outcomes, why we should embrace being uncomfortable rather than making the safe choice, why the hell no one knows that Hedy Lamarr wrote the base patent for CDMA technology for secure communications, and steps you can take to bring more diversity to your company.

From the halls of Black Hat USA 2017, Debra Farber, host of The Privacy Pact on ITSPmagazine, talks with Chad Holmes, Partner/Principal and Cyber Chief Technology, Strategy and Innovation Officer from EY about filling the cybersecurity talent gap. They also discuss trends in privacy and security that EY sees in the industry and Chad also describes innovation around cyber safety in society.

In our last episode, we learned about how we got from slide rules to cell phones. We talked about the origins of the Internet; this week, we talk about it’s rise. Our guest is 25-year information security veteran Gabriel Lawrence, and he told us that as ease of use and access changed, so did the threat model. How do we secure Pandora’s Box?

As an industry, we often focus on information technology and information security. And, while the media as a whole covers stories of denial of service attacks and power grid shut-downs, as a general rule, the industry seems to be obsessed with protecting information - protecting the traditional IT systems that manage that data - intellectual property, customer data, financials, and more. However, based on a conversation I had with Paul Myer, CEO of Veracity Industrial Networks, that needs to change - we need more attention paid to the operation technology - or “OT” space. Listen in as I catch up with Paul during Black Hat 2017 - I suspect you’ll look at cybersecurity in a different way after hearing what he has to say.

In this podcast, Sean Martin, co-founder and editor-in-chief at ITSPmagazine, spent some time with Byron Rashed, VP of advanced threat intelligence at InfoArmor during Black Hat 2017. One of the most intriguing parts of the conversation was the focus on moving beyond protecting the business information and customer information, but also protecting the privacy and security of the employees within a business. Organizations have a responsibility to their employees to make sure they are safe - and they also have risk associated with an employee being compromised. This is where threat intelligence comes into play - but not at the expense of human intelligence, warns Rashed. Listen in to hear how Byron recommends CISOs approach this challenge.

Years after working with them at eEye Digital Security, I connected with Yuji Ukai and Pablo Garcia, now working for Tokyo-based endpoint security company, FFRI. Yuji is the founder and CEO and Pablo is heading up all of the North American operations for FFRI. During our conversation. we discuss some of the challenges small and medium sized businesses face, with the pair offering some suggestions and tips for this massive group of organizations to consider.