Decipher Security Podcast

Jeremy Kennelly of Mandiant joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the spike in ransomware infections in health care organizations and how ransomware operators are evolving their tactics. Support the show

Kurtis Minder, CEO of GroupSense, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the delicate process of ransomware negotiations and how enterprises are dealing with infections today. Support the show

Larry Cashdollar, a senior security researcher at Akamai, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about 20 years of vulnerability research and the many different ways that things can go sideways. Support the show

Dennis Fisher is joined by Jennifer Leggio, CMO of Claroty, to talk about her career path from journalist to executive and the challenges of learning the intricacies of security in OT environments.  Support the show

Dennis Fisher is joined by Robert Hansen, CTO of Bit Discovery, to talk about finding forgotten network assets, breaking things, and building a business. Support the show

Dennis Fisher is joined by Brian Donohue, Chris Brook, and Mike Mimoso to discuss the experience of watching the Black Hat talks online this year and what progress the industry has made in keeping people secure. Support the show

Dennis Fisher, Zoe Lindsey, and Pete Baker got tired of waiting for Hollywood to make sequels to some of our favorite hacker movies, so we came up with some pitches for the sequels we'd like to see. Support the show

Katie Moussouris, hacker and CEO of Luta Security , joins Dennis Fisher for a long overdue conversation about vulnerability management, bug bounty programs, and assessing risk.  Support the show

Zoe Lindsey and Peter Baker join Dennis Fisher to break down the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola paranoid classic The Conversation , a film that predicted today's surveillance culture and is a master class is social engineering and hacking. Support the show

Melanie Ensign, CEO and founder of Discernible Communications, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about what effective security and privacy communications look like, how executives can empower security teams to communicate, and the importance of preparing for bad things. Support the show

Alex Pinto from Verizon Enterprise joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the findings of the 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report. Support the show

Ping Look, senior director of Microsoft's Detection and Response Team, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about her team's work helping enterprises recover from intrusions, the massive spike in ransomware infections, and understanding attacker behavior. Support the show

Andy Ellis, CSO of Akamai, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the process of planning to move tens of thousands of employees to remote work securely, the increased stress on Akamai's network, and what things might look like from a security perspective on the other side of the quarantine. Support the show

Jeremy Oddo, director of technology at The Third Floor , a premier Hollywood visualization studio, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the security and logistical challenges of moving to a fully remote workforce while protecting the intellectual property of clients such as Disney, Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios. Support the show

David Brumley , professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of ForAllSecure , joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the importance of software security and the software supply chain as well as the need for better cooperation between developers and security teams. Support the show

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Ferris Bueller is a master of social engineering and possibly the witness protection identity of David Lightman from WarGames . Dennis Fisher, Zoe Lindsey, and Pete Baker five into a 1980s classic to discover what makes Ferris tick and why everyone loves him. Except Jeannie. This is Deciphering Ferri...

Rich Mogull, CEO of Securosis and a longtime paramedic and disaster medic, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the mindsets required to prepare for and respond to both physical disasters and security incidents. Listen to Rich's own podcast, the Cloud Security Mindset . Support the show

Wade Baker and David Severski of Cyentia Institute join Dennis Fisher to discuss the findings from their new Information Risk Insights Study into the risk and cost of security breaches across industries. Read the full IRIS study here .  Support the show

Jo Van Bulck of KU Leuven joins Dennis Fisher to discuss his team's recent research into load value injection attacks on some Intel processors.  Support the show

Dennis Fisher is joined by Chris Brook and Brian Donohue to revisit Enemy of the State , the 1998 techno-paranoia thriller that foretold much of what's happening in today's surveillance society. Support the show

Wendy Nather, head of advisory CISOs at Duo, joins Dennis Fisher to discuss her RSA keynote speech on democratizing security and making security more usable and collaborative.  Support the show

Rick Altherr of Eclypsium joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the new research the company published this week on the dangers of unsigned firmware in a wide range of peripherals used in enterprises and home networks. Support the show

Riana Pfefferkorn of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University joins Dennis Fisher to discuss the EARN IT Act's potential effects on encryption and individual privacy and security. Read Riana's analysis of the bill here .  Support the show

Kenn White joins Dennis Fisher to dig into the details of the Windows crypto bug (CVE-2020-0601), how exactly it works, what the practical attack scenarios are, and what the dangers are for enterprises.    Support the show

Die Hard may not be your standard hacking movie, but it is the standard against which all subsequent action movies must be measured. It introduces Bruce Willis to the world as a major movie star, establishes the prototype of the wisecracking action hero in John McClane, and gives us some of the most memorable lines in movie history. While Theo is "cracking" Mr. Takagi's password and...