To The Point - Cybersecurity

After nearly 300 episodes we have had some of the most spectacular guests on the podcast! Every once in a while we like to bring back one of our favorite episodes from the archives because we really enjoyed the conversation and think our new listeners will as well. This week we chat on the complexities and opportunities smart cities can deliver in the US and around the globe with guest Chris Teale...

This week we welcome to the podcast Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO at Radiant Logic. He talks about the very interesting and real reality of what is becoming known as the cyber poverty line and the security vulnerabilities that funding and resource inequities can create in a supply chain and elsewhere. He also shares insights for organizations to assess where they fall on the spectrum and...

This week we are so excited to have Nic Chaillan, founder and CEO of http://AskSage.ai join the podcast for a discussion on the explosion AI and the many implications that come with that for government and businesses. He shares insights on AI regulation – both what's underway and considerations that should be undertaken when shaping how AI is regulated – it is no quick and easy fix! And then there...

We absolutely love when we have return guests on the podcast. And we are so excited to have Matt Bianco, President of FedWay Consulting joining us again to talk about one of our favorite topics – electric vehicles (EV). Or, more specifically, the move to electric vehicles across the federal government. The Biden Administration has set a goal of a 100% electrified fleet by 2027. Matt shares insight...

Joining us this week is Brian Knappenberger, a producer and director renowned for such documentaries as Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, and Turning Point: 9/11, to name a few. He shares insights from his recent documentary series Web of Make Believe (currently available on Netflix!) a...

Joining the podcast this week is Dmitry Bestuzhev, senior director of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) at Blackberry. He gives Petko an inside look into the key types of CTI and how the insights can be used to build context and determine response in specific circumstances, such as in the recent case of attempted targets at NATO. Dmitry also turns our attention to the risks posed by public charging...

Joining the podcast this week is Dmitry Bestuzhev, senior director of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) at Blackberry. He gives Petko an inside look into the key types of CTI and how the insights can be used to build context and determine response in specific circumstances, such as in the recent case of attempted targets at NATO. Dmitry also turns our attention to the risks posed by public charging...

Juhani Hintikka, President and CEO of WithSecure joins the podcast this week to discuss Finland's status as the newest member of NATO as of April 4, 2023. As many know this is a significant geopolitical move in the region, particularly when we remember Finland shares an 832-mile border with Russia, the longest of any European Union member. He provides perspective on speculation that such a move co...

Joining the podcast this week is Ilona Cohen, the Chief Legal Officer, Chief Policy Officer, and Corporate Secretary at HackerOne. We dive into hot topics including the National Cyber Strategy, how government organizations can manage priorities, what lessons can be learned from the past and the "voluntary" reporting and compliance approach, along with breaking down the myriad funding pathways and...

Back from the archives! We loved our discussion with Dr. Andrew Hammond, Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum so much that we brought it back for your enjoyment this week! Hammond takes us through the classic period of espionage and the reliance on physical data and spycraft techniques to transport through to the modern day battlefield of cyber intelligence and espionage. And he p...

For this week's episode of the podcast, we're joined by Patrick Vandenberg, director of product marketing at Invicti Security. Patrick helps us unpack the reasons behind why 70% of security incidents start from web applications and talks us through the importance of application security and dynamic application security testing (DAST). Patrick also touches on where the future of application securit...

Joining us this week is Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4. We cover an array of themes including the need to "protect the seams", understanding where risks are moving, how small interventions can deliver quick security wins, understanding people in the security equation and the importance of cybersecurity training, the AI debate, smishing attacks, and more! Javvad Malik is a Sec...

Joining the podcast this week is Katie Arrington is the founder of LD Innovations, LLC Cybersecurity and the former Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisition and Sustainment (CISO(A&S)) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)). We cover many interesting themes in our lively discussion including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), the impa...

Joining the podcast this week is Katie Arrington is the founder of LD Innovations, LLC Cybersecurity and the former Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisition and Sustainment (CISO(A&S)) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)). We cover many interesting themes in our lively discussion including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), the impa...

Joining the podcast this week is Katie Arrington is the founder of LD Innovations, LLC Cybersecurity and the former Chief Information Security Officer for Acquisition and Sustainment (CISO(A&S)) to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)). We cover many interesting themes in our lively discussion including Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), the impa...

Joining the podcast this week is Canauri founder and CTO, Greg Edwards. He gives us a deep dive view into deception technology including decoys, canaries, watcher files, deception technology defense, and how it helps organizations fare against ransomware attacks. We also discuss the growing ransomware problem and its recent designation by the White House as a "national security threat". And we hit...

Joining us this week is Jonathan Knudsen, Head of Global Research for the CyRC, cybersecurity research center, at Synopsys Inc. To understand the vulnerability landscape in software, you have to first understand how software is made. Jonathan shares insights on software development and where vulnerabilities (or many, many vulnerabilities) can be integrated in the final product. (Although software...

Joining us this week is Jonathan Knudsen, Head of Global Research for the CyRC, cybersecurity research center, at Synopsys Inc. To understand the vulnerability landscape in software, you have to first understand how software is made. Jonathan shares insights on software development and where vulnerabilities (or many, many vulnerabilities) can be integrated in the final product. (Although software...

We're excited to welcome back to the podcast Maria Roat, founder of MA Roat Consulting and former U.S. Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer. For our discussion we double click into the cyber workforce gap and how to attract diverse skillsets to the industry, introducing STEM earlier in education, understanding how to nurture non-traditional learners and the awesome experience veterans bring to...

We are excited to welcome back to the podcast Maria Roat, founder of MA Roat Consulting and former U.S. Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer. For our discussion we double click into the cyber workforce gap and how to attract diverse skillsets to the industry, introducing STEM earlier in education, understanding how to nurture non-traditional learners and the awesome experience veterans bring t...

Joining the podcast this week is Mishi Choudhary, SVP and General Counsel at Virtru. Mishi shares with us some legal perspective on the privacy discussion including freedom of thought, the right to be forgotten, end-to-end encryption for protecting user data, finding a middle ground between meeting customer privacy demands and complying with legal requirements, getting to a federal privacy regulat...

Joining the podcast this week is Mishi Choudhary, SVP and General Counsel at Virtru. Mishi shares with us some legal perspective on the privacy discussion including freedom of thought, the right to be forgotten, end-to-end encryption for protecting user data, finding a middle ground between meeting customer privacy demands and complying with legal requirements, getting to a federal privacy regulat...

Joining us this week is Jennifer Cook, Senior Director of Marketing at the National Cybersecurity Alliance and we discuss all the hot and trending online scams facing consumers today including the growing prevalence of romance scams ($1.3B in losses last year!), job seeker scams, tax fraud scams, sextortion, and the latest scam making the rounds – pig butchering scams. Jennifer shares insights on...

This week joining the podcast is Anton (Tony) Dahbura, executive director of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute of Assured Autonomy. We deep dive into the realm of AI/ML technology and the exponential applications for it across every aspect of our lives. And the criticality of building trust, implications of bias, the realitie...

Joining the podcast this week is Brian Hajost, the founder and COO of SteelCloud. Brian shares insights on his concept of a Compliance Bill of Materials (CBOM). For those that have heard of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) it's a similar concept. In addition to CBOM's, Brian also breaks down the challenges and opportunities in automating compliance as well as well frameworks organizations can lev...