Hybrid Identity Protection Podcast

In this time of constant cyber-attacks and increased cybersecurity reporting requirements, a CISO's job is no easy task and typically has a short Tenure. In this episode, Sean sits down with Allan Alford, 5 time CISO to talk about his experience as a CISO across several prominent organizations and how identity is always at the center of a CISOs responsibility.

How is IAM—and the role of the identity security professional—adapting to meet the challenges of today's threat landscape? In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean talks with Joe Kaplan, Security Delivery Associate Director at Accenture, to discuss the future of IAM and identity security, the path to passwordless authentication, breaking down silos between IT and InfoSec, the emerging role of the...

Microsoft describes its Detection and Response Team (DART) as the "cybersecurity team we hope you never meet." In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean speaks with Shiva P, a Senior Consultant with Microsoft DART. Together, they delve into the tactics used by threat actors and share best practices for minimizing risk. Drawing from his extensive experience in incident response at Microsoft, Shiva t...

Following a cyber incident that compromises Entra ID, an inability to recover critical objects and conditional access policies can bring your business recovery to a standstill. In this episode, Sean talks with Tuna Gezer, Senior Product Manager for Semperis Disaster Recovery for Entra Tenant (DRET), about how Entra ID data recovery differs from on-premises Active Directory. Microsoft is responsibl...

This week, the HIP Podcast revisits HIP Global 2023! Listen in as our hybrid identity protection experts present lessons learned in the field, helping some of the world’s largest organizations remediate and recover from cyberattacks that targeted Active Directory. Joining Sean in this expert panel: · Benjamin Cauwel, Security-Senior Manager, Accenture · Jeff Wichman, Director of Incident Response,...

Anyone who has dealt with the technological side of a merger or consolidation can tell you: Years of technical debt in Active Directory can turn the process into a real headache. In this episode, Michael Masciulli (Managing Director for Migration Products and Services, Semperis) talks with Sean about the necessary steps to keep Active Directory secure during a migration, consolidation, or moderniz...

Cyberattacks against K-12 schools have soared, tripling between 2018 and 2021 and continuing to climb. With many school districts balancing legacy technology, budget restrictions, and limited staff, fighting off cyber threats can be a daunting challenge. This week, Sean speaks with BJ Welsh, Director of Tech Services for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. CFBISD comprises 2...

What are in-the-trenches pros observing when it comes to Active Directory and identity security in 2023? Ravenswood Technology Group Principal returns to the HIP Podcast to provide updates on current challenges and trends, including Active Directory hardening, PKI, and Tier 0 infrastructure protection.

“[Attackers] don’t hack in, they log in.” In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean talks with Jason Rebholz, Corvus Insurance CISO and host of the TeachMeCyber YouTube channel. Jason and Sean discuss the cyber threat landscape the ins and outs of cyber insurance, including what to do (and what not to do) when applying for and utilizing cyber insurance and how to build a strong incident response pl...

Who really has access to your applications and critical infrastructure? You’ve probably heard that identity is the new security perimeter. But how far does that perimeter extend? The key is knowing which assets are in Tier 0—the critical control plane that must be secured to protect your organization from cyber threats—and which potential attack paths lead to those assets, including Active Directo...

Budgets are tight in 2023. Where should CISOs focus their spending to best promote cyber and operational resilience? In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean Deuby talks with Semperis CISO Jim Doggett about the importance of focusing on the fundamentals, how to optimize cyber insurance, and how best to determine priorities in tight economic conditions.

What are the biggest cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure? And just what do we mean when we talk about “critical infrastructure,” anyway? In this episode, Sean talks with Jerry Cochran, Deputy CIO, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Advisory Council member of the Cloud Security Alliance, about the challenges of maintaining operational resilience across today’s most important ind...

The rapid proliferation of cloud services has opened doors to many advancements in the ways we work. Unfortunately, governance of access to those services has not kept pace. As a result, cyberattackers often have a field day once they gain entry to your hybrid identity environment. In this episode, Sean talks with Garret Grajek, CEO of YouAttest and founder and former CTO and COO of SecureAuth abo...

Join hybrid identity protection experts as they discuss the importance of disaster recovery planning to maintain operational resilience. Where should you start, what should you prioritize—and how can you help business decision-makers understand the importance of a comprehensive, tested plan? This expert panel—including Guido Grillenmeier (Semperis), Ben Cauwel (Accenture), Sylvain Cortes (Hackuity...

What keeps Alan Sugano, President of ADS Consulting Group, up at night? Business email compromise (“way more lucrative than a ransomware attack”), organizations that aren’t implementing strong and global MFA, poor password management… Tune into this episode to learn how what Alan calls the “critical quad” can help protect you from relentless cyberattackers.

In this episode, listen in on the expert panel recorded live at HIP London, the first stop on this year's Hybrid Identity Protection Roadshow in June 2022. At this event, Sean speaks with Simon Hodgkinson (Strategic Advisor, Semperis and former bp CISO), Ria Thomas (Managing Director, Polynia Advisory), and John Craddock (IT Infrastructure and Security Architect, XTSeminars LTD) about the relation...

Do you have a clear picture of your identity security posture—the good and the not-so-great? In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean talks with Maarten Goet, Director for Cybersecurity at Wortell, about the importance of starting any ITDR effort with a clear vision of your current strengths and challenges, the benefits and limitations of security “scores,” passwordless authentication, Microsoft E...

Everyone’s talking about Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) … but what does that mean for people in the IT trenches? In this session, Sean talks with Brian Desmond, Principal at Ravenswood Technology Group, about the various ITDR issues that companies are dealing with today and where the greatest challenges lie for identity pros and organizations alike.

Recent reports indicate a decrease in ransomware attacks. Should organizations breathe a sigh of relief—or batten down the hatches? In this episode, Sean talks with Alix Weaver, Solutions Architect at Semperis, about the ways that ransomware gangs are reinventing themselves and changing tactics and why ransomware as a service is gaining traction.

Is cloud security an oxymoron? In this panel session, originally recorded at the inaugural HIP Europe event, Sean Deuby talks with Semperis Chief Technologist Guido Grillenmeier; Jorge de Almeida Pinto, Lead Identity/Security Consultant, IAM Technologies; Tony Redmond, Owner and Principal at Redmond & Associates; and Jan De Clercq, Senior Security Architect and Distinguished Technologist at He...

How successful are recent efforts to elevate identity security among enterprises across the United States? IDS Alliance surveyed 500+ security and identity professionals to find out. In this session of the HIP Podcast, Julie Smith, Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance, speaks with Sean Deuby about the trends revealed in the Alliance’s new 2022 Trends in Security Digital Ide...

Security architectures depend on identity—the “new security boundary.” Yet despite investment in identity and attempts to drive a sustainable identity culture, significant security breaches and friction still exist, given competing priorities and views on value. In this session of the HIP Podcast, Sean revisits his chat with Denis Ontiveros Merlo, originally recorded during a Hybrid Identity Prote...

The AADInternals toolkit is a powerful resource for administering and hacking Azure AD. In this episode of the HIP Podcast, Sean talks with Dr. Nestori Syynimaa, AADInternals creator and Sr Principal Security Researcher at Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Join them as they discuss how red and blue teams can use the toolkit to explore and improve Azure AD and tenant security—plus the implicat...

Hopefully, your organization has a disaster recovery plan. But do you have a plan for operational resilience? In this HIP Podcast session, Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO at bp and a strategic advisor at Semperis, explains why organizations that focus on operational resilience and disaster recovery are better prepared to weather cyberattacks—and where Active Directory fits into the resiliency pictur...