Tag: software

Podcast Episode 120: They Email Ballots, Don’t They?

In this week’s episode (#120): more than 100,000 U.S. voters submitted their ballots in the last presidential election via email in 2016. Despite that: hardly any attention has been paid to the security of email and online voting systems used by 32 states.

Podcast Episode 118: White Hat Eye on the Gaming Guy

In this week’s episode, #118: modern computer games are like mini economies and that makes them a big target for hackers. We talk with four leading researchers from Bug Crowd about how even popular games fall down on security. Also: Srinivas Mukkamala, the CEO of RiskSense about how artificial intelligence and risk based approaches to securing elections systems could pay off.

NotPetya Horror Story Highlights Need for Holistic Security

The NotPetya malware’s ability to cripple even sophisticated, global firms is a cautionary tale about the need for businesses to understand their risk and take a holistic view of security says Fadi Albatal, Chief Strategy Officer at Hitachi Systems Security.*

Podcast Episode 111: Click Here to Kill Everybody and CyberSN on Why Security Talent Walks

In this week’s podcast (episode #111), sponsored by CyberSN: what happens when the Internet gets physical? Noted author and IBM security guru Bruce Schneier joins us to talk about his new book on Internet of Things risk: Click Here to Kill Everybody. Also: everyone knows that cyber security talent is hard to come by, and even harder to keep. But why does precious cyber talent walk? In our second segment, we’re joined by Deidre Diamond of cyber security placement firm CyberSN, who has all the answers.

Collection Management: a Crash-Course

Effective collection management is integral to the success of an intelligence operation. What is it and how does it work? Thomas Hofmann, the Vice President of Intelligence at Flashpoint offers a crash-course in creating an effective collection management program.