Cybersecurity Where You Are (audio)

In episode 95 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson is joined by Randy Rose, VP of Security Operations & Intelligence at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss AI augmentation in terms of how cyber defenders are using generative artificial intelligence to enhance their capabilities. Here are some highlights from our episode: 01:16 . How artificial intelli...

In episode 94 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Tony Sager is joined by the following guests from the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®): Carlos Kizzee, SVP of Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) Strategy & Plans Karen Sorady, VP of MS-ISAC Strategy & Plans Greta Noble, Director of Community Engagement Together, they discuss how the ISAC Annual Meeting supp...

In episode 93 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined once again by John Cohen, Executive Director of Countering Hybrid Threats at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss a whole-of-society approach to help make the U.S. public resilient against multidimensional threats in our connected world. Here are some highlights from our...

In episode 92 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by John Cohen, Executive Director of Countering Hybrid Threats at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss "Enhancing Safety in the Connected World — A National Framework for Action," a multi-year project to help law enforcement and security professionals better contextualize and...

In episode 91 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson is joined by Charity Otwell, Director of the CIS Critical Security Controls® (CIS Controls®) at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss what you need to know about the release of CIS Controls v8.1. Here are some highlights from our episode: 01:17 . What you can expect to see in version 8.1 of the Control...

In episode 90 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by the following guests: Charity Otwell, Director of the CIS Critical Security Controls® (CIS Controls®) at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) Mia LaVada, Product Manager of CIS Benchmarks and Cloud at CIS Don Freeley, VP of IT Services at CIS Together, they discuss how you can use CIS re...

In episode 89 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by the following guests: Rian Davis, Elections Cyber Threat Intelligence Intern at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) Timothy Davis, Sr. Elections Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at CIS Together, they discuss how cyber threat actors (CTAs) are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an enabler of...

In episode 88 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson discusses the evolving role of a chief information security officer (CISO). Here are some highlights from our episode: 02:47 . Why communication is a core competency for CISOs 08:35 . How to take a balanced approach when evaluating an organization's implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) 11:47 . T...

In episode 87 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by the following guests: Charity Otwell, Director of the CIS Critical Security Controls® (CIS Controls®) at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®) Philippe Langlois, Senior Principal, Security Risk Management and Author of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Theodore "TJ" Sayers, Director of Intelligence...

In episode 86 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is live once again from Booth 4319 at RSA Conference (RSAC) 2024.  00:57 . Sean chats with Mat Everman, Information Security Operations Manager, about his talk, " Shades of Purple: Getting Started and Making Purple Teaming Possible ." They discuss some of the questions Mat received following his talk and how they can put purp...

In episode 85 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are live from Booth 4319 at RSA Conference (RSAC) 2024. Together, they discuss how events like RSAC 2024 reenergize collective action in the cybersecurity industry. They begin by noting how resources such as the CIS Community Defense Model (CDM) bring more data and transparency to security recommendations for the c...

In episode 84 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Brian de Vallance, Senior Advisor at Cambridge Global Advisors; and Phyllis Lee, VP of Security Best Practices (SBP) Content Development at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss the notion of reasonable cybersecurity. They begin by providing some background about reasonableness in cybersec...

In episode 83 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by nearly 20 employees at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss the value of meeting in person to CIS workplace culture. With the company's 2024 Annual Full Staff Meeting in Orlando, FL, as their backdrop, they explore how personal relationships create a foundation for building effective teams,...

In episode 82 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by John Gilligan, President and CEO at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®); and Gina Chapman, Chief Operating Officer at CIS. Together, they discuss the importance of in-person team building events. They use the pandemic as a frame to understand how events such as the 2024 Annual Full Staff Meeting...

In episode 81 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Daniel McIntyre, Identity and Access Management (IAM) Manager at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they acknowledge Identity Management Day 2024 with a discussion of IAM. They begin by looking at how IAM as a concept has changed over the years. They then explore current challenges in the modern envir...

In episode 80 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is once again joined by Philip Reitinger, President and CEO of Global Cyber Alliance. Together, they continue their discussion around Common Good Cyber . Tony and Philip begin by recapping the events of the Common Good Cyber Workshop on February 26–27, 2024. From there, they explore the perspective of IT companies and governments in...

In episode 79 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Philip Reitinger, President and CEO of Global Cyber Alliance. Together, they discuss the Common Good Cyber cybersecurity initiative. Tony and Philip begin by sharing the paths that brought them to the nonprofit sector. From there, Philip recounts the events and needs that led to the formation of Common Good Cyber. They e...

In episode 78 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Lisa Young, Senior Metrics Engineer at Netflix. Lisa is a long-time practitioner in the cybersecurity risk, risk quantification, and metrics field. She has a rich career and experience of putting resources towards practices that will protect, sustain, make organizations resilient over time. In her cur...

In episode 77 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4. Together, they discuss how to use data to inform your decision-making in cybersecurity. They begin by discussing the cybersecurity industry's lack of maturity in its use of data. From there, they explore the risks of not using data to make cyber...

In episode 76 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Julie Morris, CEO and Co-Founder of Persona Media. Together, they discuss the role of thought leadership in cybersecurity. They begin by discussing misconceptions surrounding the notion of thought leadership. Next, they explore what thought leadership looks like in the context of an industry like cybersecurity and a comp...

In episode 75 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager discuss how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) continues to reshape cybersecurity. They begin by using Episodes 48, 49, and 56 to consider the ongoing impact of GenAI on confidence, trust, and consistency as elements of a mature cybersecurity program. After reflecting on how confidence has shaped the work o...

In episode 74 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Brian de Vallance, Senior Advisor at Cambridge Global Advisors; and Carlos Kizzee, Senior Vice President (SVP) for Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) Strategy & Plans at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). In recognition of Data Privacy Week on January 21-27, 2024, they discuss t...

In episode 73 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager use our 2023 cybersecurity predictions to understand how the industry changed last year. They discuss progress and challenges around Artificial Intelligence (AI), zero trust, and other key trends they and others brought up in our blog post, " Our Experts' Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023 ." They also promise...

In episode 72 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Phyllis Lee, VP of Security Best Practices (SBP) Content Development at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they discuss " Cybersecurity: Practice What, and While, We Teach ," a keynote panel where they discussed cybersecurity in education during Tech Tactics in Education: Data and IT Security in the New...

In episode 71 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by Carlos Kizzee, SVP for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®) Strategy & Plans at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®); Dr. Bhargav Vyas, Assistant Superintendent for Compliance and Information Systems as well as Data Protection Officer at Monroe-Woodbury Central S...