Protecting People

Do you think you have what it takes to be a cybercriminal? It’s not a profile you might expect: high in people skills… low in tech.   In this episode, we interview Adenike Cosgrove, Director of International Product Marketing at Proofpoint, about skills that cybercriminals need.   What we talked about:   - Ideal places to live for cybercrime   - People skills, not tech skills   - Who criminals res...

Regulatory change can inspire downright terror in many of us. When that happens, the best thing to do is search for insights from experts.   In this episode, the first in our #ExpertInsights series, we interview Guy Levitt, CEO at TeleMessage, and Nigel Cannings, CTO at Intelligent Voice, about the myriad challenges of recording voice calls.   What we talked about:   - Everything can be retrieved...

Privilege is an entity's degree of power within an org.    Think technical access, like a DevOp manager’s ability to manipulate sensitive files and systems.   Or a finance team member’s authority to issue wire transfers on behalf of the org.   We are rounding out our series on risk by interviewing Roie Cohen Duwek, Director of Security Research at Proofpoint, about privilege-based attacks. What we...

If you could send an email as anyone, who would it be? You might pick an executive assistant, the agent of your favorite band, or a payroll employee.   Jumping from persona to persona is the game that hackers are playing now.   In this episode, we interview Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director of Threat Research and Detection at Proofpoint, about the psychology of today’s hackers.   What we talked about...

Just 61% of survey respondents knew what the definition of phishing was — and that was from a multiple-choice list.   This response is a huge indication of the language gap between InfoSec and users, which speaks to the urgent need for security awareness training.   In this episode, we interview Gretel Egan, Security Awareness and Training Strategist at Proofpoint, about the extent of vulnerabilit...

Why would you do something hard when you could do something easy? That’s exactly what attackers are thinking.   99% of attacks rely on duping a human to run malicious code.   In this episode, we interview Ryan Kalember, EVP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint, about why today’s attacks are about people, not infrastructure.   What we talked about:   - Social engineering is at the heart of over...

There are only two types of companies in the world today: companies that are compromised and companies that don’t know they’re compromised. Which one is yours?   In this episode of Protecting People, we interview Prasanna Ramakrishnan, Global Head of Infosecurity Risk at Signify, about the fact that we are all living in a continuously compromised state.   What we talk about:   - Smart devices in y...

The biggest cybersecurity challenges are the wicked problems, the unsolvable, people-based problems.   A lot of security is getting into the “wicked problem” space at this point.   On this episode, we interview Adrian Ludwig, CISO at Atlassian, about how he protects people against people-based risks:   What we talked about:   -Challenges in communicating risk effectively to people   -Creating laye...

85% of execs identified that most cybersecurity breaches are a result of human vulnerabilities. Not because of technology. Because of people.   Listen in to hear 2 ways that companies are responding to protect themselves from people-based threats. On this episode, we interview Robert Powell, Editorial Director Americas and Thought Leadership at The Economist Intelligence Unit:   What we talked abo...

Today’s cyber criminals target regular people. Chief financial officers. Fifth grade teachers. Your grandmother. (You get the picture.)     It’s sometimes hard to find the human perspective behind these attacks and the strategies we use to fight back.     This is why we’re incredibly proud to launch our new podcast, Protecting People: Cybersecurity for the Rest of Us.     What you’ll hear:     - I...