Cybersecurity Where You Are (video)

In episode 45 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by Valecia Stocchetti who is a Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer on the CIS Critical Security Controls team here at CIS. Valecia and Sean discuss how their mentorship took shape and how it worked as a partnership from the very beginning. Together with Tony, they go over mentorship vs. career counseling and note...

In episode 44 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Scott Hall, Security Architect at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Together, they identify resources and buy-in as some of the key elements for implementing a zero trust framework. So begins a journey that evolves with your organization's changing business processes and functions. To be successful, it's importa...

In episode 43 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager are joined by Amanda Flynn, Manager of Admin Services and Board Relations at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), and Elijah Cedeno, Sr. Account Management Specialist at CIS. Together, they discuss the work of CIS CARES, a CIS program that gives back to the community every year through campaigns focused on commu...

In episode 42 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Mat Everman, Information Security Operations Manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Together, they discuss the topic of advocating for the underserved. Both agree that there's no silver bullet that a person or business can use to minimize all cyber risk. In the absence of a cure-all solution, however, ther...

In episode 41 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Valecia Stocchetti, Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer of the CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls); Megan Stifel, Chief Strategy Officer for the Institute for Security and Technology; and Davis Hake, Co-Founder and Vice President of Policy at Resilience Insurance. Together, they discuss their collaboration as members...

In episode 40 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Murray Kenyon, Vice Cybersecurity Partnerships Executive at U.S. Bank. Together, they discuss the human dimension of cybersecurity, that is, bringing people with different talents together to understand common problems and help both organizations and individuals make informed choices. This is the philosophy behind Cybers...

In episode 39 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, CIS's Chief Information Security Officer Sean Atkinson discusses the importance of scaling in relation to cybersecurity. A business needs to be able to manage growth without risking security, while also managing security without hindering growth. Atkinson offers guidance on how to go about this and highlights the benefits organizations will see when sc...

In episode 38 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Theodore "TJ" Sayers, Manager of the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team at the Multi-State and Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (MS-ISAC and EI-ISAC), and Aaron Zaleski, Sr. Cyber Incident Response Team Analyst at the MS-ISAC. Together, they discuss how the cyber threat landscape is...

In episode 37 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Carlos Kizzee, SVP of CIS Stakeholder Engagement Operations at the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). Together, they discuss how the 15th Annual ISAC Meeting – held recently in Baltimore – gives an opportunity for representatives of U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territoria...

In episode 36 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Marci Andino, Sr. Director of the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC), and Trevor Timmons, EI-ISAC Executive Committee Chair and Chief Information Officer at Colorado Department of State. Together, they discuss Cyber STRONG, a campaign launched by the EI-ISAC that encourages elec...

In episode 35 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Bobbie Stempfley, Board Chair at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Together, they remember the late Alan Paller, a CIS co-founder and former Board member. Each of them recalls when they first met Alan, and exchange stories of how his passion for bringing people together and solving big challenge...

In episode 34 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson and Chris Elgee, a senior security analyst and Core NetWars Tournament design lead for Counter Hack, look back at how Hollywood has portrayed hacking over the years. They cover long-standing crowd favorites like Hackers, Sneakers, and Mr. Robot along with some lesser-known gems. The overarching trend? Viewers are getting more comp...

In episode 33 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson and Ben Carter, IoT Specialist for CIS’s Chief Technology Officer, discuss the need to secure IoT devices at the vendor level. This is impossible without taking a high-level view and ensuring that all protocols used by IoT devices and vendors are taken into account. Only by ensuring security by design can organizations in healthca...

In episode 32 of Cybersecurity Where You Are , co-hosts Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager discuss RSA 2022 — which is always a highlight of our conference calendar. Tony gives a preview of three sessions in which he'll present on cybersecurity nonprofits, incentivizing the adoption of cybersecurity best practices, and securing the supply chain. He also provides tips and best practices that can help RSA...

In episode 31 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Karen Sorady, VP for Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Member Engagement at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). Their discussion focuses on industrial control system (ICS) security, some of the threats they're susceptible to, and what goes into making a good operational technology (OT)...

In episode 30 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager is joined by Philip Reitinger, President and CEO of the Global Cyber Alliance. Their discussion focuses on the role that nonprofits play in solving cybersecurity problems at scale. In today's mutually dependent technology landscape, nonprofits' resources and expertise remove the need for enterprises to solve cybersecurity issues on t...

In episode 29 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Chris Cronin, ISO 27001 Auditor and Partner at HALOCK, a leading information security consultancy. Their discussion focuses on "reasonableness" as it relates to cybersecurity risk management. This topic isn't just about proving to regulators, litigators, and others that security controls were in place...

In episode 28 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Brian Ray, Director of the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection, and Leon and Gloria Professor of Law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. Together, the three discuss the convergence of cybersecurity and public policy with an emphasis on the concept of 're...

In this episode of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by Stacey Wright, former CIS employee and current Vice President of Cyber Resiliency Services at the Cybercrime Support Network. The discussion focuses on the common cyber scams malicious actors have been using for decades and offer advice for dealing with them. Resources Cybercrime Support Network How...

Resources Follow Brian Hajost on LinkedIn Prioritizing a Zero Trust Journey Using CIS Controls v8 Webinar | Align and Achieve CMMC Compliance Utilizing CIS Best Practices Episode 11: Remote Attestation Helps Zero Trust CIS Critical Security Controls v8 Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Mapping Where Does Zero Trust Begin and Why is it Important? In episode 26 of Cybersecurity Where You Ar...

In this episode of Cybersecurity Where You Are , co-host Sean Atkinson is joined by Lou Smith, a Senior Information Security Intrusion Analyst at the Center for Internet Security. Smith has a background in Digital Forensics and previously worked for New York State's Cyber Command Center. The two discuss building digital forensics and incident response capabilities in-house. Tune in to learn about...

Resources Follow Guest Linnie Meehan on Twitter and Twitch US Cyber Challenge (USCC) CyberStart America Career Opportunities at CIS 11 of the Coolest Technical Jobs at CIS In episode 24 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, co-host Tony Sager poses the question that many people interested in the industry ask: How do I start a career in cybersecurity? To offer some insight, co-host Sean Atkinson joins cy...

In Episode 23 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, hosts Tony Sager and Sean Atkinson are joined by our Vice President of Operations and Security Services, Josh Moulin. Together, the three share their thoughts on some of the topics that were discussed in our recent blog post, 2022 Cybersecurity Predictions to Watch Out For. Resources 2022 Cybersecurity Predictions to Watch Out For Log4j Zero-Day Vulner...

Resources: Information on Log4j CIS Critical Security Controls Essential Cyber Hygiene  In early January, the cybersecurity world was introduced to a new foe when researchers discovered a vulnerability in the code of a software library called Log4j. In the latest episode of Cybersecurity Where You Are, CIS CISO, Sean Atkinson, and CIS Chief Evangelist, Tony Sager, were joined by two colleague...

In this edition of Cybersecurity Where You Are, CIS CISO, Sean Atkinson, and CIS Senior VP and Chief Evangelist, Tony Sager are joined by two members of the CIS podcast production team, Jason Forget, VP of Communications, and Chad Rogers, Digital Media Program Manager. Together they discuss this past year in cybersecurity, creating this podcast, and their favorite episodes.