Real CyberSecurity

Bill and Greg report on what Bill saw at AWS ReInvent, and what they've heard from Black Hat/DEFCON (spoiler - nothing earth shattering). The security nonsense continues in the cryptocurrency world. Greg talsk why Continuous Assessment is the most important trend.

ICS security course tales, hacking factories, the current state sponsored landscape.

The Real CyberSecurity podcast talks suspected state-sponsored eavesdropping using equipment providers,  famous incidents involving tampered devices in embassies. Privacy and cybersecurity seem to be diverging and that has to stop. And how awesome the cybersecurity vibe in the US Northeast.

Bill and Greg discuss why even though blockchains have great inherent security, the businesses and applications that are using them for cryptocurrency are not. They then explore why we are planning now for Quantum Crypto, and what "Quantum Safe" means.

Bill gives a post event report on the RSA Conference.

Bill files his report from his trip to Halifax, how not all cybersec issues are technology, how outsourcing is best as a balanced approach, and how the most complex cybersecurity conversations are actually the business ones.

Bill discusses the great Microsoft report on the revealed details of the cyberwar aspects of Ukraine & Russia war, and The Countdown to Zero Day book about Stuxnet. And Greg discusses why security conferences need to change.

Greg and  Bill review two pieces - Top reasons cybersec people leave their jobs by SecurityMagazine.com, and the Top 7 CyberSecurity Trends by Gartner as reported on by VentureBeat. Kudos to Peter Firstbrook for his comments that clarified the article and press release. Bill gives a really good description of the issues around Identity of Things. Greg opines we're about to enter the golden ag...

Hacked traffic enunciator boards, the reports of the top passwords from a hack, how poor communications security is in the news for the Ukraine war,  security education, and internet of things chat. And a tutorial on Mesh Cybersecurity.

Bill and Greg discuss the impact should Russia disconnect form the internet, Pi Day, Conti Ransomware group messages, and the dynamic of Ransomware - how does the war in Ukraine change ransomware now that state sponsored entities are busy?

Will Bill (not to be confused with Kill Bill, because we really like Bill) be going to prison for tax evasion? Maybe, if you believe the sketchy letter he got in the snail-mail from "The Federal Tax Authorities".  Scammers continue to evolve. They haven't gone away because they are still making money.  In this episode we discuss some recent  scam trends, and a case from last week of...

We're in a strange place in the cycle of Data Privacy. We give it away, but seem most concerned about it. Greg and Bill pull on some threads including social media, encryption, VPNs, and how we got here. Happy Data Privacy Week!

I think the Union of Cybersecurity Workers Local 404 says we have to talk about Log4J. except we'll discuss some different aspects of it. Avoiding holiday scams and talking to your families about them. Some positive comments about Australian cybersecurity culture.

We dip into some history of hacking and spying where the technical security and physical security were both involved.  The Thing, U2 and SR71 planes, ransomware as a service, bugged embassies, ... so much to discuss! Cybersecurity companies with poor physical security are not to be trusted. Why embedding security in silicon is and will continue to be bad.

This episode we roast the continuing  awfulness of companies and politicians who accuse vulnerability researchers of hacking, Bill gives a history lesson on tarry substances used on crypto boards, and how the Morris Worm changed history. 

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is October! In this special week 4 of 4 (the finish line!)  of  NCSAM episode we are speaking to consumers and individuals about social media security. A lot of security professionals have zero social media presence, but that's not the reality for most people. You can engage without undertaking high risk.  And being respectful of the privacy and...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is October! In this special week 3 of 4 of  NCSAM episode we are speaking to consumers and individuals about passwords - those security things we all love to hate. But still, we have to protect them. Greg and Bill talk about some ways to make them easier to manage, and how to choose them. We also say the word entropy a lot, because it makes us sound m...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is October! In this special week 2 of 4 of  NCSAM episode we are speaking to consumers and individuals about device security. All your phones, TVs, and routers and such. protect yourself, and not just this month.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is October! In this special week 1 of 4 of  NCSAM episode we are speaking to consumers and individuals about surfing (the web) safely.

Some reality about security startups, the fool's gold and FOMO-stress of fame in social media and conferences for cybersecurity, some career advice, Bill has some great advice about what makes a good organization and some criteria for buying companies, and Greg points out that the difference in cybersecurity companies who have  stock market success vs those whose target is making the best cyb...

Greg and Bill talk some cybersecurity history about the Orange Book, and how fundamentally the approach to what we put security into has changed.  Big IT vendors have trouble with security because it isn't their core business.

Bill and Greg cover the history of app security testing,  why it is neglected, web application firewalls, code scanners, and how the devsecops loop is still mostly aspirational. Some thoughts on Zero Trust, and ... The Zachman Framework! DEFCON is here, trade show giveaways, and the most memorable celebrity keynotes.

Greg and Bill discuss, if in charge for a day, what they would change in cybersecurity to break the cycle we are in. Greg has big issues about that meeting of CEOs concerning cybersecurity at the White House. Bill talks defect analysis. How challenging the CISO job is in government, and we salute you. AI and security clearances!

We start out with a few presentation tips, and do a status check on these unprecedented pajama-bottom wearing times. How the cybsersecurity culture in companies will be different in 2022. Complexity in the new hybrid telework/in-person will be exploited. SASE as a good tool to accommodate new business processes. What the near term of Ransomware as a service is. The biggest impact on Ransomware wou...

Balancing security education with security technology. Real risk: livestock are a bigger threat than sharks, and what about self-driving cars. The role of federal governments in tamping down ransomware activity. Small and Midsize Organization security. The dark arts of the Common Criteria and Formal Methods. Bill drives the Trolley Car in the Trolley Car Problem.