Johanan (Jo) Dixon talks about life in the Marine Corps, as an MMA amateur fighter, and as a Title boxing instructor, and how these helped prepare him for his journey to cybersecurity and his current role with Halcyon (https://www.halcyon.ai/). And he's starting up a new podcast!

Rogers service interruption, hacking a Honda, the future of certifications, and Monday thoughts.

Marriott breach third in four years, CISA alert for Maui ransomware, SMBs not leveraging MFA, free entry-level cybersecurity training, DoD bug bounty program, the illusion of short cuts, and a disturbing LinkedIn site allegedly distributing copyrighted cybersecurity books without author and publisher authorization.

On this week’s Throwback Thursday from 3/15/22, Ed Carroll joins us to discuss many of the initiatives he's involved with, including Edison Marks to apply AI to help SMBs (https://edisonmarks.com/), the Carolina Cyber Center to help with information security in North Carolina and beyond (https://carolinacybercenter.com/), and an update on the RETR3AT cyber security conference at beautiful Montreat College (https://www.montreat.edu/about/events/retr3at/).

William Birchett, President of Logos Systems and creator of the vCISO Network, discusses the virtual CISO space including elements that make a successful vCISO, the biggest threat to SMBs (it's not ransomware!), and his future plans to help the vCISO field through Logos Systems, the vCISO Network, and other endeavors.

Ransom returned with gains, cyber risks in space, NIST CSF 2.0 coming, HackerOne employee claims bug bounties for themselves, bug bounty programs offer hope for cyber skills gap, and thoughts on another approach to closing that gap.

Microsoft Office 365 Office feature could enable ransomware infection, MedusaLocker alert from CISA, California breach of gun enthusiasts' PII, human error remains the top security issue according to a SANS report, and a tribute to an extraordinary man. 

On this week’s Throwback Thursday from 3/8/22, Craig Sandman of Symbol Security (https://symbolsecurity.com/) and vCISONews (https://www.vcisonews.com/) joins us to discuss the importance of effective security awareness training for SMBs and the virtual CISO role.

Japanese man loses USB stick with citizen data after night of drinking, ransomware more about extortion, MITEL VOIP exploit, "the hateful eight" ransomware groups, new Colorado facia recognition law, and thoughts on the Offensive Security free Kali Linux Twitch stream training after two sessions.