To The Point - Cybersecurity

Michael C. Theis uses his 25+ years as a Counterintelligence Special Agent supporting the US Intelligence Community along with his 30+ years of concurrent computer systems engineering experience to aid the CERT© Insider Threat Center further its research and development of socio-technical controls to prevent, detect and respond to insider threats. He is also a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Previously, Theis was the first-ever Chief of Cyber-Counterintelligence for the National Reconnaissance Office, where he served as the Chief for Cyber-CI investigations and operations for over six years. In 2006, he was named one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders in the nation by Computerworld magazine. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e59

For organizations, managing threats is a journey, as they steadily build up their capabilities to effectively mitigate risk. Toby Ryan, VP of Analytics Engineering at Forcepoint, discusses how to develop a smarter, more comprehensive approach that combines business and compliance processes so that the level of protection keeps pace with an ever-expanding and evolving digital threat space. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e58

Dave Egts, Chief Technologist for Red Hat, discusses the power of open source security automation. Dive into the benefits of removing human error and slowness to respond to the advent of short-lived ephemeral cloud workloads that spin up very quickly and

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, is the next stage in the Department of Defense's (DoD) efforts to properly secure the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). In the simplest of terms, the DoD announced that it is creating a cybersecurity assessment model and certification program. Roger Bache, Chief Operating Officer at Forcepoint, discusses the ins and outs of CMMC.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, is the next stage in the Department of Defense's (DoD) efforts to properly secure the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). In the simplest of terms, the DoD announced that it is creating a cybersecurity assessment model and certification program. Roger Bache, Chief Operating Officer at Forcepoint, discusses the ins and outs of CMMC.

Phil Goldstein, Senior Editor of FedTech and StateTech joins the podcast this week to discuss government cybersecurity challenges including election security, artificial intelligence and ransomware attacks.

Mikel Gruss, Editor of Fifth Domain and C4ISRNET joins Eric and Arika this week to discusses how cybersecurity messaging gets lost, the impact of fake twitter account on national security and shamrock shakes (you have to listen to the end).

In celebration of our 52nd episode Eric and Arika recap some of their favorite episodes over the past year.

This week Army Strategist and Lt. Colonel Arnel David joins us from the UK to discuss the intersections between people, connectivity and cybersecurity.

Dr. Zero Trust Chase Cunningham joins the podcast this week to discuss how after 30 years organizations are finally approaching cybersecurity strategy the right way.