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A contestant in the DEFCON Car Hacking Village's Kidnap Challenge. Photo by Paul Roberts.

Episode 108: DEF CON’s Car Hacking Village and is the Open Source Model Failing on Security

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:40 — 38.5MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSIn this week’s podcast (#108), sponsored by CA Veracode: hacker summer camp wrapped up on Sunday, as the 26th annual DEF CON conference concluded at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Hacks of connected and smart vehicles were a big theme again this year. We sat down with the organizers of DEF CON’s Car Hacking Village to see what was news at this year’s show.  Also: open source software has revolutionized the way software gets made, and turbo charged the growth of companies like Facebook and Uber. But is the open source model failing us when it comes to security? We’re joined by OWASP founder Mark Curphey of CA Veracode to discuss it.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSS on why Crypto Agility is the Key to Securing Internet of Things Identities

Spotlight Podcast: CSS on why Crypto Agility is the Key to Securing Internet of Things Identities

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:12 — 39.1MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSSIn this Spotlight Edition of the Security Ledger Podcast: identity is at the root of many of the security problems facing the Internet of Things, from vulnerable and “chatty” endpoints to a lack of robust update and lifecycle management features. To figure out how we might start to build a more secure IoT ecosystem, we invited Judah Aspler, the Vice President of IoT Strategy at Certified Security Solutions, or CSS Security in to talk about how more agile PKI infrastructure is one element in scaling the Internet of Things without creating a giant security mess. 

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