Cyber Security Agony Uncles

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation or need any advice related to cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:"I made a mistake that I'm still losing sleep over. We got an alert that looked like routine noise, a similar pattern to...

In this episode of Cyber Security Agony Uncles, Uncle Rich and Uncle Ross (stepping in for Uncle Stephen) dive into the UK's Online Safety Act, a law designed to protect children on the internet. But how effective is it really? And more importantly: Would you trust government officials to morally safeguard your child’s digital life? Rich and Ross explore: What the Online Safety Act actually covers...

Our monthly cyber security podcast, with experts Rich Benfield and Ross Eastman. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is: We are getting closer to launching our product, and as a startup without a dedicated security team, it's tough to know which ex...

In this month's episode, have a listen to our experts, Stephen and Rich, as they work through a really interesting listener's question: I work at a large company with a substantial Security Operations Centre (SOC). Recently, there's been a lot of talk about moving the SOC offshore and replacing our Level 1 SOC roles with AI. Management is saying this is a good thing for the company, but I’m seriou...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I work for a decent-sized retail company. We have a few hundred stores selling all sorts of products. I am fairly senior in the c...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm a security analyst with 4 years experience. Prior to that, I worked in IT infrastructure for 3 years after years of help...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is: "I work as a security engineer for a company that has put out a massive RFP for cybersecurity services. On the surface, it looks lik...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:Here goes, "I'm the Head of IT in a reasonably large company in Birmingham. The execs hired a cyber security team last summer, and th...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:"Dear Agony Uncles (favourite podcast), I work in a SOC delivering SecOps to public sector clients, but I'm increasingly...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:"Loving the show, fellas, I could really do with some advice. I was head of cyber security at a fairly well-known company, but I was...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm head of security operations at a retailer I'm absolutely myself all the time I don't have incontinence issues I'm not literally c...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm responsible for budget at one of your competitors hush hush I'm responsible for allocating security practitioners onto projects f...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:How can someone with decades of tech industry experience as a software developer, engineering manager, advisor, etc., transition into...

One-time only special episode featuring our CEO, Eliza-May Austin and Head of Strategic Solutions, Rosie Anderson. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm the head of it for a tech company in the UK and I've been tasked with getting everyone back in the...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm Head of our IT department, and I'm constantly getting pushback from the development team about our security protocols being too r...

Welcome to this Cyber Security Agony Uncles Podcast episode. Have any industry problems and need advice from experienced cyber security professionals aka our agony uncles? Email us info@th4ts3cur1ty.company if you have any questions that you would like to be answered anonymously. This episode's question:I'm a consultant working in various vCISO roles for multiple companies. Recently, I've noticed...

Have any industry problems and need advice from experienced cyber security professionals aka our agony uncles? Listen to our podcast on the first Tuesday of every month at 1pm. Email us info@th4ts3cur1ty.company if you have any questions that you would like to be answered anonymously. This month's question: "I work in IR, I'm absolutely burnt out, have lost all desire to keep abreast...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's topic is:It's massively kicked off on LinkedIn and Twitter. Do you have to have technical experience to be a CISO? Does a CISO need to be...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation or need any advice related to cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:Firstly, I’m so glad that this is anonymous! I'm a CISO across the pond (in the States), I have a relatively high profile, a t...

Have any industry problems and need advice from experienced cyber security professionals aka our agony uncles? Listen to our podcast on the first Tuesday of every month at 1pm. Email us info@th4ts3cur1ty.company if you have any questions that you would like to be answered anonymously. In this episode, Stephen and Rich offer some advice to one of our listeners with the following problem: Dear Agony...

In this episode of Cyber Security Agony Uncles, Stephen and Rich tackle a desperate question from a Head of Information Security at a company supplying to the public sector. Stephen and Rich answer our viewers' questions. This month... I am the Head of Information Security at a company that supplies to the public sector. It is large enough that people should know who we are but dull enough tha...

Stephen and Rich answer our viewers' questions. This month... "I'm the Head of Information Security. It's a title in name only because quite frankly I don't have any authority. I'm just the person people point at when things go wrong or when something scary or unrelated crops up int the news. I love my job though but I do find I have a repeat issue, in that I don't seem to get a sign off for any b...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Eliza-May Austin (standing in for Stephen Ridgway) and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This weeks question is:Dear Agony uncles I hope you can help me navigate a challenging situation at work I've been in...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm new to a company as a head of it it's my second head of IT role but it's the first time I've had cyber security within my remit t...

Monthly cyber security podcast, with our experts Stephen Ridgway and Rich Benfield. If you are in a sticky situation, or need any advice to do with cyber security answered anonymously and on the podcast, email us at info@th4ts3cur1ty.company. This week's question is:I'm currently in a head of IT role it sounds bigger than it is it's a small company we have 50 employees in the office an...