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How do you convince senior management to stop seeing cybersecurity as an afterthought, but rather as a business enabler? We also get a look at cybersecurity practices in the Middle East, a region most of us have never been to or worked in. Tune in to this episode of Ask A CISO to also hear: 👉 Varun's strategy on getting management buy-in at organizations where cybersecurity is an afterthought 👉...

Surprise, surprise! A passion for cybersecurity is not on the list of top 5 qualities for success in tomorrow's cybersecurity industry. Find out what employers are actually looking for today from Emil Tan, COO at Red Alpha and Founder of Infosec In The City. Tune in to this episode of Ask A CISO to hear: 👉 The three different generations of cybersecurity professionals and the challenges facing ea...

Attackers will always target the weakest link on a software supply chain, as in the case with SolarWinds. How can you secure your software supply chain? On this week's Ask A CISO podcast, we go developer-first and talk about all things DevSecOps and AppSec, and find out more about Application Security Posture Management. Tune in to this episode of Ask A CISO to hear: 👉 How to actually pronounce "...

The evolution of backup systems moving from tapes to disks exposed backups to cyber threats, including ransomware, according to Mr. Backup, our guest this week. The job of making backups is usually given to the most junior IT staff because not many want to do the job. As a result, the function and importance of backups are often not given enough attention or totally overlooked. That can no longer...

Startups should deem having a healthy, business-enabling cybersecurity posture as a priority, not an afterthought. In this snippet, Anand Nirgudkar, CTO of CardUp and guest on the latest episode of the Ask A CISO podcast, explains why CEOs and founders of startups should think differently about cybersecurity given the changing threat landscape. Tune in to the full episode to hear: What misconcepti...

What is Cloud Fluency and why is it important to have that in an organization when moving from on-premise to cloud? In this snippet from Episode 9 of the Ask A CiSO podcast, Ned Lowe, Head of Engineering at Singlife with Aviva, joins host Paul Hadjy to talk about how cloud fluency is incredibly important for organizations moving to the cloud, how that can be achieved, and the one major advantage o...

Identity is the thing that ties everything together. Lose control of that, and on the one hand, you see IT help desks and security teams inundated by requests; on the other, you worry about getting hit by attacks from account takeovers. So what exactly is the balance? In Episode 8 of the Ask A CISO #podcast, Gill Langston, Senior Product Manager, MSP at JumpCloud talks about access control securit...

50 percent of all corporate data is stored in the cloud, according to Statista. That's a lot of data in the cloud, given how much data is collected and produced daily. Most of this data is stored in Amazon S3 buckets, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, and a host of different storage options available on cloud platforms.  The question then, is how do we secure the data stored in these storage...

We celebrate International Women's Day with our first female guest on the show - Linda Nguyen Schindler, Program Head at Innovation Cybersecurity Ecosystem (ICE71).  More women are needed in cybersecurity, but where are the opportunities, and what factors will attract more women to join the cybersecurity industry?  In this special episode of the Ask A CISO podcast, Linda shares her insig...

Industri blockchain, yang identik dengan mata uang crypto, sangat berkembang di Indonesia. Banyak perusahaan baru yang bermain di industri ini muncul, begitu juga dengan penggunanya. Perkembangan yang begitu pesat tentu menimbulkan ancaman yang juga terus tumbuh. Di episode ini, Asih Karnengsih, Ketua Asosiasi Blockchain Indonesia akan berbagi cerita soal perkembangan industri blockchain di Indone...

Aesop's Fables are a favorite through generations - we love learning valuable lessons from stories.  Sometimes, you may even have that lightbulb moment before the story ends. On this new episode of the podcast, we hope to give you at least two lightbulb moments as cybersecurity veteran Jeremy Snyder relates a shocking war story and one that's humorous (on hindsight of course). He also shares...

Many Security Leaders today are burned out from having to overcome challenges like the misalignment of cybersecurity programs with organizational strategy and answering the question of where cyber really lies within the organization. What can you do to get buy-in from the Board for your security programs? Mathew Sharp and Kyriakos “Rock” Lambros had very different starting points to their cybersec...

Greg Edwards, the CEO of CryptoStopper , walks us through the history of ransomware, what accelerated the use of ransomware by cybercriminals, how Ransomware-as-a-Service and ransomware gangs work, and how you can protect yourself and your organization from an attack. About The Guest: Greg Edwards Greg Edwards is the founder and CEO of CryptoStopper, a company offering ransomware detection softwar...

No Experience? No Problem. Dr. Gerald Auger, the co-author of Cybersecurity Career Master Plan and Host of Simply Cyber, walks us through some things you can start doing today to improve your chances of starting on or making a switch to a career in Information Security, and how employers can retain good cybersecurity staff. About The Guest: Dr. Gerald Auger Dr. Gerald Auger is the host and chief c...

Cloud Technology Makes Life Easier for Cloud Security People In Reality. How? Listen in as Lucas Kauffman, Security Consultant with AWS Singapore chats with CEO and Co-Founder of Horangi, Paul Hadjy, about his experience in Asia and how improving your cloud security posture is not that difficult, but within REA&H .

On this episode of Ask A CISO, Raphaël Peyret, Horangi's VP of Product, took the opportunity to ask Jeremy Snyder, a veteran cloud security practitioner, about the evolution of cloud security - how it became what we have today from its early, simpler days. Jeremy also gives us a glimpse of where cloud security is heading and three practical tips on how you can get started on your cloud security jo...

Ask A CISO host Mark Fuentes sits down with Manggala Eka Adideswar (Adi), Senior Head of Cyber Operations, Indonesia, to talk about ISO 27001, what it is, and the misconceptions surrounding achieving certification. They even include a protip for organizations looking to start on the certification journey! Click here to get more information about how you can start on your journey to ISO 27001 certi...

In this podcast, Horangi  Principal Cybersecurity Consultant and resident MAS TRM expert Vincent  Lim speaks to Director of Cyber Operations Mark Fuentes about the ins  and outs of the Singapore regulation, plus the ways in which Horangi has  helped many customers meet these regulatory requirements.

In this episode of Ask A CISO, Paul Hadjy interviews author of Android Apps Security Sheran Gunasekera to find out more about his new book that shows you how to best design and develop Android apps with security in mind.

In this podcast, Horangi CTO and Co-Founder Lee Sult joins Yang Teo to talk about recent ransomware attacks and ransomware strains, evaluating how organizations hit by ransomware ought to respond to attackers.

In this podcast, special guest Gregory Barbaccia joins Paul Hadjy to talk about the new reality for organizations, the evolving risk of insider threat, and general cyber hygiene.

In this episode, Horangi Customer Success Manager Cherie Sim along with Cyber Operations Consultant Natasha Amadea talk about a changing compliance landscape in Indonesia, including OJK and Data Protection Law.

In Episode #4 of Ask A CISO, Horangi Director of Cloud Security Engineering Steve Teo joins Horangi Deputy Director of Cyber Operations Mark Fuentes to delve into the nature of cloud data breaches today and how organizations in the cloud can adapt to this growing risk.

We welcome former NASA engineer George Do, CISO of one of our top partners Gojek! Tune in as Horangi CEO and Co-Founder Paul Hadjy reaches into George’s 23-year security career to debunk the biggest security myths today.

From disparate data to managing data discrepancies, the inundation of poorly managed security tools is a common problem. So how can organizations take a different approach?