mnemonic security podcast

In this episode, we chat with the people in charge of the healthcare and sensitive data collected in what is amongst the world's largest COVID-19 studies to date. The study known as the Corona Study, is lead by the Oslo University Hospital and aims to examine how the coronavirus spreads in Norway. At the time this episode was recorded the study had been available for 19 days and more than 122...

Who should own Identity and Access Management in an organisation? In this episode,  Robby speaks to Espen Skjøld from Sailpoint about the evolution of Identity and Access Management - and he also found some interesting people to discuss this with from Equinor and UCPH on the floor of the Nordic Cyber Series in Copenhagen.  Technical Difficulty: 1/5 SailPoint: Espen Skjøld  Equinor: Deric Stroud UC...

In this episode, we speak with a security expert that is actually willing to pay money to "hackers" - the Product Security Director in Visma, Espen Johansen. As you can imagine, eliminating software vulnerabilities in a company with 5,000 developers is no easy task. Mr. Johansen and his developers always aim to improve the security of their software, among other things through organising...

In this episode, we chat with the former Head of the SOC at the Norwegian National CERT, and current member of mnemonic’s Threat Intelligence team. She also happens to have a personal interest in the "Internet of Things" and medical devices.  In 2011, Marie Moe received a pacemaker to help her heart maintain a consistent beat. As a security researcher, she felt the need to do her homewor...

In this episode, we chat with the CISO of consumer goods conglomerate Orkla - Antonio Martiradonna.  In 2017, he accepted the task of building up a security organisation to secure 300 brands, helping us to keep food in our fridges and beauty products in our bathrooms. In our conversation, we discuss the following: ·       How it has been to build a security organization from the ground up ·       ...

In this episode we pick the brain of a Senior Vice President and CISO for a multinational insurance enterprise – Bjørn Watne of Storebrand.  In our discussions with Mr. Watne, we touch upon the topics of: -          3rd party risk management, -          “Selling” IT-security to the business, and -          Security awareness training & programs Technical level: 1/5 Host: Robby Peralta Producer...

In this episode we chat with two of the main contributors to the #OutofControl report, Finn Myrstad, Digital Policy Director for the Norwegian Consumer Council and Tor Bjørstad, Application Security Lead in mnemonic. The report uncovers how every time we use apps, hundreds of shadowy entities are receiving personal data about our interests, habits, and behaviour. This information is used to profil...

In this episode we chat with a cyber insurance underwriter for one of the largest insurance enterprises in the Nordics - Erlend Hjelle from Gjensidige. We discuss the development of the market, and which types of organizations have been early adapters. Erlend also shares some insight into the types of discussions he has with his clients, and the important considerations which should be taken into...

In this episode we chat with a hacker for hire aka pentester for mnemonic - Harrison Sand. We start out with an update on how it is to work as a pentester these days, where Mr. Sand explains how he works with his customers and what his typical engagements entail. We then move into the concept of crowdsourcing security testing, and Harrison shares his opinions on when an organization should conside...

In this episode we interview one of the founding fathers of the Argus platform - Joakim von Brandis.   He tells us about the background of the platform, why it was created, what it does, and how it is used by security analysts working within mnemonic and its customers. He also touches on the differences between Argus and other security solutions, such as SIEM, IDS and SOAR systems, and how they al...

In this episode we chat with Angel Alonso, a CISO for hire and team lead for the Governance, Risk and Compliance department in mnemonic. He shares his experience and opinions around the topic of "cloud security," and provides insight into what organizations should be doing to avoid the front pages due to a misconfiguration. Technical level: 1/5 Host: Robby Peralta Producer: Paul Jæger Se...

In this interview we interview the boss of the SOC - Stig Nordby in mnemonic.   Stig has worked with dozens of large organizations to build out their cyber defense strategies, and is today a 3rd line security analyst and senior consultant for companies working to build a detection and response capabilities. In this episode, we pick his brain on the following:    - Which types of companies should c...

In this episode we chat with PhD candidate, and former CISO for mnemonic - Siri Bromander.  She’s been dedicating her time the past years on improving threat intelligence, specifically the way we can use automation to enrich security incidents and share analysis without losing context. In our discussion we take a closer look at the ACT (Semi Automated Threat Intelligence) platform, which is an ope...