Nyedis Anarchy Series

We discovered this past week that a Chinese-linked hacker group breached the not-for-profit organization MITRE. MITRE was working with the U.S. government in the field of operating research & development centers. Through a zero-day attack, approximately 100,000 users were compromised including members of the government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (abbreviated as CISA.) We br...

Hakan Yildiz is the Tech Innovation Strategy Manager at Accenture and a subject matter expert in self-sovereign identity (SSI.) He will be speaking at this year's European Identity and Cloud Conference in Berlin, and we get his take on where Europe is at with identity management solutions, and much more.   Learn more about Accenture from their website at https://www.accenture.com/    For full vide...

AI generated voice is no longer robotic sounding and easily distinguishable from real life. In fact, a recent news story out of Baltimore involved a school staffer generating audio clips of a principal going on a racist and offensive rant. Until experts got involved, the public did not buy that these weren't authentic. That's how much this technology has been perfected. We demonstrate this for you...

Recent news was made with the Federal Trade Commission voting to ban noncompete agreements. We break down the impact that this may have on you, and on the U.S. at large.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

We spoke previously on Episode 124 about what Nyedis has in store for this year's Identiverse convention in Las Vegas. Well, we are now only a couple of weeks away, and wanted to show you some of what you can win by participating in the Scavenger Hunt and party we will be hosting. We hope to see you there!   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@ny...

Software company Groq has leaned into AI, and what they've developed is already replacing jobs. Here is what you need to know, as well as a demonstation of how their AI stacks up when compared to Chat GPT-4 and other LLMs.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on...

Josh Benaron is the founder & CEO of Irys. Irys is a company based on the concept of tracing and verifying where data comes from and has branded itself as the world's only provenance layer.     You can learn more at https://irys.xyz/ and they are also on X @irys_xyz and you can follow Josh's own X page @josh_benaron   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtu...

We are joined by Dr. Carsten Stöcker, CEO and co-founder of Spherity, who will also be speaking at this year's European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC) taking place in Berlin, Germany. He gives us some great insight into what Europe is doing with decentralization, and it is fair to say that they are ahead of the U.S. right now. Allow him to explain how on this in-depth interview.   You can lea...

Here's our hot take on Jira Story Points: Hard to define, and hard to execute.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

We said previously on the podcast that Apple's Vision Pro was a bust, and we were proven to be right. This portion of the company has essentially been shut down, and we are not shocked.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Alejandro Mayorkas has launched an A.I. security board that includes top executives from companies like Delta, NVIDIA, and OpenAI. What's interesting is who wasn't included, and if this is actually a good idea.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all...

We are blown away by the capabilities of Meta's Llama 3. This is the best performing A.I. LLM available to the public right now and here is why.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

Today's podcast is for you Identity Management professionals on the use of orchestration and some great tools you can utilize from our partners at Ping Identity.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

If you work remotely and have ever thought about living in Italy, you're in luck, because they've just launched a program that makes it incredibly easy to do just that. Here are the details of their newly launched Digital Nomad Visa.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and fo...

Are you an Identity Management professional who will be attending Identiverse 2024 next month in Las Vegas? You're in for something special, because Nyedis will be holding our very own scavenger hunt with awesome prizes and a heck of a party. Here's what to expect. See you there in May!   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to...

A man named Johnny Yu has uncovered a major exploit on Delinea's server as well as how to fix it. Learn about it here, and stick around at the end of the podcast for a special announcement from Nyedis regarding this year's Identiverse conference in Las Vegas.   Read Johnny Yu's article here: https://straightblast.medium.com/all-your-secrets-are-belong-to-us-a-delinea-secret-server-authn-authz-bypa...

Earlier this month we learned that over half a million user accounts on Roku were breached. Roku downplayed this during first reports, but it's more serious than we thought.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media @Nyedisiam 

On our recent episode, Facebook Hacked Snapchat (Ep. 115), one of our viewers made a comment about private encrypted messages going away as we know them. Adam breaks this down using Telegram as an example.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast platforms and follow us on all social media...

New York Times writer Rob Copeland wrote an in-depth piece titled "The Worst Part of a Wall Street Career May Be Coming to an End." His interviews with high level finance executives from giants in the field like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank demonstrate that there is a plan in place to replace a ton of jobs with AI. We break it down for you on this episode of The Nyedis Anarchy...

Rohan Pinto is the founder and CTO of blockchain-powered identity & authentication company 1Kosmos. He is also a self-described "crypto geek." As you'll hear him explain though, this is not in terms of cryptocurrency; it is in relation to this technology used for decentralized identity management which 1Kosmos has built their business on. Learn about how companies like Bank of America are incorpor...

Over the past year, we've taken some controversial stances on subjects related to tech and identity management that have gotten people pretty heated. What we never would have expected though was that people would be furious at us for daring to suggest saran wrapping your luggage when flying to ensure some level of privacy. Here are some of those comments via TikTok, and our responses.   For full v...

Earlier this month we learned that Yum! Brands, the largest restaurant company according to their website, is going to be adopting AI in almost all aspects of their business. Joe Park, the company's Chief Digital & Technology Officer, plans to embrace AI for all of the companies entities including Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, & The Habit Burger Grill. So look out for these changes in the coming mont...

If you're someone who travels a lot, you may familiar with the rule that in order to fly with a lock on your bag, it needs to be a specific TSA luggage lock. If it's not one of these approved locks, it gets clipped and thrown away. The problem is, this means the TSA has access to all of the stuff you're protecting! Not only that, all of these locks are opened by one of two universal keys that anyo...

There have been some headlines you may have seen about Netflix paying a reported $100 million to access users private direct messages on Facebook, but in going through the source material, there is an even bigger story to be discussed. After reading the class action lawsuit from Bathaee Dunne LLP, there has been some major collision between Facebook and Snapchat that is highly illegal if what is b...

It is April 8th, 2024 if you're one of the early people viewing this, and everyone is amped for the solar eclipse. What you may not be thinking is that this could have an impact on cyberescurity. That probably sounds far fetched, but we explain why.   For full video of this episode, head over to our Youtube channel at http://youtube.com/@nyedisiam   Be sure to subscribe to the show on all podcast...