About the show
Security Conversations covers the business of cybersecurity, from the lens of veteran journalist and storyteller Ryan Naraine. Thoughtful conversations with security practitioners on threat intelligence, zero trust, securing cloud deployments, penetration testing, bug bounties, advancements in offensive research and targeted malware espionage activity.
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Episodes
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Sounil Yu, Cyber Defense Matrix
March 17th, 2020 | 35 mins 48 secs
cybersecurity, infosec, security framework
Former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America, Sounil Yu, explains why he created the Cyber Defense Matrix framework and how organizations are using it to drive visibility and security decisions in multiple places. We discuss securing "cattle vs pets," the next era of security innovation, and the increasing security poverty line that hurts small- and medium-sized businesses.
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Andy Ellis, Chief Security Officer, Akamai Technologies
March 11th, 2020 | 32 mins 8 secs
diversity, inclusion, recruiting
In an industry where 10-15% of staff are women, Akamai's security team is 40% women and growing. Chief security officer Andy Ellis joins the podcast to share lessons on practical things -- some subtle, some major -- that pushed real diversity on Akamai's security team.
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Costin Raiu, Global Director, GReAT, Kaspersky Lab
September 3rd, 2018 | 51 mins 21 secs
apt, ics-scada, targeted-attacks, threat-intel
Veteran malware hunter Costin Raiu talks about writing his own an anti-virus program as a teenager in Romania, his work tracking advanced threat actors globally, and why he assumes his computer is compromised by at least three APT groups.
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Josh Lefkowitz, Founder and CEO, Flashpoint
August 28th, 2018 | 32 mins 10 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Flashpoint chief executive Josh Lefkowitz talks about how his previous work as a counter-terrorism analyst underscored the value of contextual threat-intelligence, his company's approach to gathering and analyzing data, and his mission to be an extension of a client's security team.
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Christine Gadsby, Director of Product Security Operations, BlackBerry
August 6th, 2018 | 27 mins 32 secs
patching, pentesting, red-teaming, threat-modeling
BlackBerry security response executive Christine Gadsby joins the podcast to talk about tough decisions around shipping secure software, the challenges of securing supply chain dependencies, BlackBerry's new ransomware recovery feature, and her upcoming Black Hat 2018 presentation.
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Chad Loder, co-founder and CEO, Habitu8
July 31st, 2018 | 53 mins 28 secs
patching, pentesting, red-teaming, threat-modeling
Cybersecurity industry veteran Chad Loder talks about his time as co-founder of Rapid7, the decision to acquire Metasploit, lessons learned from moving to the CISO chair and why the industry still struggles with security awareness training.
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Chris Castaldo, Senior Director of Cybersecurity, 2U
July 26th, 2018 | 39 mins 44 secs
careers, cisos, decisionmaking
Chris Castaldo, senior director of cybersecurity at 2U, Inc., joins Ryan on the podcast to talk about building a threat model for digitizing the education sector, his top priorities as a defender, new solutions that impress him, and why it's important to get independent third-party security assessments.
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Wim Remes, CEO and Principal Researcher, Wire Security
July 23rd, 2018 | 40 mins 42 secs
patching, pentesting, red-teaming, threat-modeling
Founder and CEO of Wire Security Wim Remes discusses the intricacies of penetration testing, red-teaming, bug bounties, and calls for defenders to embrace continuous pen-testing.
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Dan Hubbard, Chief Security Architect, Lacework
July 16th, 2018 | 38 mins 12 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Lacework Chief Security Architect Dan Hubbard joins the podcast to discuss his new research on container security, the challenges of securing cloud deployments, and why technological advancements have widened attack surfaces.
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David Weston, Principal Security Engineering Manager, Microsoft
June 24th, 2018 | 46 mins 23 secs
exploits, microsoft, mitigations, windows
David Weston manages the Windows Device and Offensive Security Research teams at Microsoft. He joins the podcast to talk about how proactive red-team exercises push major mitigations to Microsoft's products and the current state of security in the Windows ecosystem.
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Rich Seiersen, SVP and CISO, Lending Club
June 18th, 2018 | 37 mins 28 secs
careers, cisos, decisionmaking
SVP and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Lending Club, Rich Seiersen, digs into the nuts and bolts of defending a financial services firm, his approach to finding quality cybersecurity talent, and the importance of confronting security with data. (Recorded during fireside chat at SecurityWeek's CISO Forum)
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Andrew Morris, Founder and CEO, GreyNoise Intelligence
May 31st, 2018 | 37 mins 19 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Founder and CEO of GreyNoise Intelligence Andrew Morris talks about his anti threat-intelligence company, the ways SOCs are using it to filter through scanning noise and the trials and tribulations of bootstrapping a start-up.