Tag: Government

Episode 231: Solving the US’s Endemic Cybersecurity Worker Shortage

Rodney Petersen, the director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) talks about the massive shortage of information security workers at the United States – estimated at more than 400,000 workers.

Episode 229: BugCrowd’s Casey Ellis On What’s Hot In Bug Hunting

We talk with Casey Ellis, founder and CTO of BugCrowd about how the market for software bugs has changed since the first bug bounty programs emerged nearly 20 years ago, and what’s hot in bug hunting in 2021.

Episode 228: CISA’s Eric Goldstein on being Everyone’s Friend in Cyber

Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), says the agency is all about helping companies and local government to keep hackers at bay. But are organizations ready to ask for help?

Spotlight: When Ransomware Comes Calling

With the attention given to the threats posed by ransomware, why do organizations still fall victim to these attacks? Max Henderson, the Manager of Incident Response at Pondurance joins us to talk about what companies get wrong in responding to ransomware and other threats.

Spotlight: Is There A Cure For InfoSec’s Headcount Headache?

In this Spotlight Podcast, Lyndon Brown, the Chief Strategy Officer at Pondurance joins host Paul Roberts to talk about how changes in both the threat landscape and the workplace are driving demand for managed detection and response (MDR) services, in which companies hire outside security talent to help keep sophisticated cyber adversaries at bay.