Podcasts

Hosted by Paul Roberts, The Security Ledger podcast features interviews with leading minds in the area of cyber security, threats and attacks. The Security Ledger is an independent security news website that explores the intersection of cyber security with business, commerce, politics and everyday life. Security Ledger provides well-reported and context-rich news and opinion about computer security topics that matter in our IP-enabled homes, workplaces and daily lives.

Joe Weiss on Grid Attacks and Critical Infrastructure Security

Could a cyber attack darken US cities for days? weeks? months? The Security Ledger talks with Joe Weiss, a noted expert on the cyber security of the electric grid and critical infrastructure. Joe says that the means to achieve a long term power outage is there. All that’s missing is the motive.

Podcast: Michael Daniel on Cyber Diplomacy in the Age of Trump

In-brief: In an interview with The Security Ledger, former Obama Cybersecurity Advisor Michael Daniel weighs in on the changing US-Israel relationship, promoting cyber security talent in the U.S. and the future of the intelligence community’s ‘vulnerability equities’ program. 

Michael Daniel of Cyber Threat Alliance

Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Michael Daniel, President of the Cyber Threat Alliance and Cybersecurity Coordinator under President Barack Obama about the evolving US-Israel relationship as it relates to cyber security. The two spoke on the sidelines of Tel Aviv University’s Cyber Week Conference on June 26th.

Podcast: The Internet of Things’ Entropy Problem and why it matters

In-brief: Governments may worry about the democratization of strong encryption. But a bigger problem may be that the encryption we think is strong really isn’t, says Richard Moulds of the firm Whitewood. In this podcast, we talk about the.growing difficulty of generating truly random numbers in cloud environments and on the Internet of Things and how ‘entropy as a service’ may be the answer.

The Internet of Things has an Entropy Problem

Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts speaks with Richard Moulds of the firm Whitewood about the struggle to produce truly random numbers that are needed to generate strong encryption keys.