Episodes

While large language models such as ChatGPT can be used to write malicious code, AI tools are increasingly used to proactively detect and thwart cyber-attacks. There is growing recognition of AI’s potential to fight cybercrim...

Cloud migration and remote work requirements are forcing organizations to modernize their applications and identity systems. Making the transition is both time-consuming and expensive using traditional software development pr...

Recent cybersecurity workforce study reports reveal that a) there’s still a global shortage of 3.4 million workers in this field, and b) only 25% of the global cybersecurity workforce are women. In this episode, I had an enga...

Research finds that there was a 44% increase in insider threat incidents across all types of organizations, and 56% of the reported incidents were due to negligence. Equally alarming is that the average annual cost to remedia...

Significant fines in excess of $2 billion have been levied on organizations in the financial services sector for failing to capture, retain and supervise communications. This crackdown on non-compliant communications is the ...

Traditional authentication methods are outdated and need many layers of code, which can take time and resources away from developer teams. If developments like FIDO2, WebAuthn, and passkeys are to be the cornerstones of a pa...

It is well known that a proactive intelligence-driven approach to cyber governance is the way to go. But it is easier said than done. Embracing and sustaining such an approach requires high commitment, preparedness, and disci...

“While developed markets may today bear the brunt of cyber breaches, emerging markets are no less vulnerable. Their risks arise from weak processes and governance, the complexity of global supply chains, the need to remain lo...

In this episode, Pamela Senegal, President, Piedmont Community College , shares several best practices, including having an information technology presence in each of the college-wide committees. I had the pleasure of meeting...

In this episode, Brian Penders, Chief Information Security Officer, at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School , shares his exciting but challenging journey from working as an engineering lab technician in...

Clinical psychologist Beatrice Cadet, Scientist Integrator at Netherland's Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) , draws upon multiple concepts such as 'learned helplessness' to explain why people still fall for ...

In this episode, Patricia Muoio, Ph.D., Partner at SineWave Ventures and Former Chief of Trusted Systems Research Group, National Security Agency , sheds light on the cybersecurity technology landscape and emphasizes the need...

Threat modeling is an intrinsic part of information security governance and needs to be done well. However, research finds that many organizations don't do it well, some are pretty haphazard or chaotic in their approach. In t...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently (Oct 31, 2022) released fact sheets urging all organizations to implement phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA). In this episode, George Gerc...

A recent Global SMB Ransomware survey finds that nearly half of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have experienced a ransomware attack, yet the majority aren't sure they are a target, and most are not confident they ca...

In this episode, Kal Sambhangi, Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy and Architecture at Truist , shares his vision of the future of cyber governance. According to him, the leadership mindset needs to change whereby ...

Comprehensive asset discovery is foundational to robust and proactive cybersecurity governance. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently issued a directive (BOD 23-01) requiring federal enterprises (civil...

In a highly engrossing and in-depth discussion, Tej Patel, Vice President, and CIO at Stevens Institute of Technology sheds light on the various information security challenges that plague academic institutions and how best t...

As more organizations embrace cloud-based services, securely migrating to the cloud is becoming an important capability. Keith Weller , former Vice President, Enterprise Technology Services, American Cancer Society (ACS), sp...

 Insider threats are often considered the biggest risk for organizations because they can cause the most destruction. Survey reports, and studies, have found that organizations have spent millions of dollars to recover from ...

The Security Operations Center (SOC) is at the heart of an organization's cyber defense system. Highly skilled and motivated personnel must work in these centers. James Risler, Senior Manager, Cisco Learning and Certification...

Daniela Almeida Lourenco, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Tinka , firmly believes that CISOs have the very best of intentions -- "we all mean the best; we all want to protect the organization, and that is all we ...

With the growing move towards a hybrid and remote work environment, more and more people are relying on their smart devices to get work done. Keeping track of all of these devices, and ensuring that they are being used in a v...

With increasing digitization and the use of cloud-hosted assets, managing attack surfaces continues to be a major challenge. A recent survey report on the state of attack surface management (ASM) finds security teams drownin...