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In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Scott Algeier, Founder, President and CEO, Conrad, Inc. Cybersecurity Consulting. “Scott C. Algeier works at the intersection of cybersecurity policy and operations. He is the Founder, President and CEO of cybersecurity consulting firm Conrad, Inc., Executive Director of the Information Technology – Information Sharing and Analysis...

The latest episode of Nerd Out feels like one of the first with the return or Travis Moran to the pod. Travis came on to talk about the energy sector and his new work to help make sure that his critical infrastructure is positioned for the number of threats facing the industry. Travis goes into detail about his role and the role of security practitioners and some of the ways that they can be succe...

After a drawn out thank you for the success of episode 19 (and 18), The Cybersecurity Evangelist is back to chatting about the human side of cyber in this summer PSA on travel-related scams. Resources mentioned in this episode: Threat Actors Prepare Travel-Themed Phishing Lures for Summer Holidays Avoid Scams When You Travel ReportFraud.ftc.gov

It started off with sweaty shirts and Jen's big announcement and ended with Dave wondering about green tea. But in-between the latest episode of the risk roundtable saw Andy, Jen and Dave talk about familiar topics - namely persistent threats. Unfortunately for all the times we have talked about them, these threats hang around and continue to strike at individuals and organizations. Whether they a...

Leigh is the founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, where she helps companies protect their employees from online harassment. She was previously a Technology Fellow at the ACLU’s Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, and also worked at Slack, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, and Symantec. She has co-founded two hackerspaces - HackLabTO in the Kensington Market area in Toronto, and a feminist space called...

In the latest Nerd Out podcast, Dave is joined by Bridget Johnson to talk about the hostile event at the Top's Supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Looking at the attack through the lens of Gate 15's Hostile Events Attack Cycle (HEAC), Dave and Bridget talked about all the planning and preparedness that went into the attack as documented by the attacker's manifesto. Bridget went into length about the...

This month, Jen tries to put the “evangelize” in The Cybersecurity Evangelist by spreading the word on some great work in the ICS cybersecurity community. Resources evangelized in this episode: @BEERISAC OT/ICS Security Podcast Playlist https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beerisac-ot-ics-security-podcast-playlist/id1459741251 Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE) https://inl.gov/cc...

In the latest episode of the Risk Roundtable, in a nod to Jen, the team goes full nerd about a series of new cybersecurity products and reports. Starting off with CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Jen can barely contain her excitement about the importance of the report while also addressing the challenges organizations face. Dave, clearly out of his element, tries to counter with his...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Ben Taylor, Executive Director for the Cannabis ISAO. Ben Taylor is the Executive Director of the Cannabis-ISAO. Ben also serves as a Risk Analyst to several Information Sharing & Analysis Centers and has previous security and operations experience as an Army Officer as well as working through the Department of Homeland Securit...

There was no shortage of topics for the Nerd Out gang to get into this month as Dave, Bridget and Joe dug into recent events. Starting off with some follow ups to hurricane predictions, outdoor festivals, and Piers Morgan (is it marketing or misinformation), the team batted around some of some of the challenges with these areas and some recent publications that can help teams plan for moving forwa...

A chat with Erin Miller, Executive Director of Space ISAC, from the 37th Space Symposium Have you ever thought about just how much reliance there is on space systems and how satellites – tons of them – are actually flying computers with IP addresses? In an episode that is out of this world, the Gate 15 Podcast Channel welcomes back a very special guest – Erin Miller, Executive Director of Space IS...

Little did Andy know when he let Dave take the controls that he would turn it into a mini-McLaughlin Group (those in the DMV know). In this format Andy and Jen talked about four key questions around Ukraine while Dave attempted to moderate. This discussion dove deep into concerns around the current conflict in the Ukraine, Russian capabilities and organizational defenses, as well as key areas for...

The gang is back together as Bridget Johnson and Joe Levy join Dave on the podcast to catch up on what they've missed while turning their attention to Ukraine and outdoor events. Within Ukraine, the nerdites talked about the effects of the current conflict, TikTok and the evolving information wars to include disinformation and misinformation campaigns on all sides, and what some outcomes may be lo...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Gary Warner, Director of Research in Computer Forensics’ for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Director of Threat Intelligence for DarkTower. From his LinkedIn bio, “Gary is the ‘Director of Research in Computer Forensics’ for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In this role, which brings together the...

This month, The Cybersecurity Evangelist chats with a couple of budding podcasters. For the third appearance on the Gate 15 Podcast Channel, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC) joins me for episode 17. I got to put my ISAC analyst hat on and talk with the heart of Health-ISAC – the dynamic duo of Zach Nelson (Threat Operations Center Manager) and Joshua Justice (Senior Cybe...

In the latest Risk Roundtable, Andy, Jen, and Dave talk about the war in Ukraine and what it means for preparedness. Sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade and not allow personal, political or other bias to affect your organization’s analysis or preparedness. While Andy and Dave throw flags on their previous predictions, Jen brings us back to reality and talks about being aware, being pre...

Why Scammers Love Love Too! On Episode 16, The Cybersecurity Evangelist talks about love! Well, more specifically romance scams. I talked about the social engineering component of romance scams, a few fraud reports and financial losses due to romance scams, red flags that could indicate someone you know is caught in a romance scam, some common and practical steps to defeating romance and other typ...

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Joseph Marks, Washington Post reporter for The Cybersecurity 202. From his Washington Post bio, “Joe Marks writes The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter focused on the policy and politics of cybersecurity. Before joining The Washington Post, Marks covered cybersecurity for Politico and Nextgov, a news site focused on government technolog...

Dave goes solo again to handle some common questions he faces, but only after sharing some of his thoughts on the Olympics and his favorite t.v. shows. But then getting down to business Dave talked about three questions - starting your security plan (now), getting into the business (be flexible and get your foot in the door), and the security shortage (invest in your people). Security is a challen...

In the first Risk Roundtable of 2022 - the gang is finally back in the same country again to talk about the latest security issues. Not that they went back in time, but harkening back to the Cold War, the roundtable talked about the current tensions between Ukraine and Russia. Highlighting the differences form that bygone era, Jen talked about the global reach that Russia has to target organizatio...

In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave starts off by talking about his recent quarantine experience in Costa Rica (21 days!) before welcoming in a panel to discuss the Colleyville, Texas synagogue attack. Bringing in Mayya Saab, Seth Ozer, and Ed Heyman the panel went through the hostile event and looked at initial reactions, what can be learned from this situation, and some of the key takeaways....

Please enjoy this episode of The Gate 15 Interview podcast on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google, as well as other locations accessible via the Anchor link or almost anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts. In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Ronnie Tokazowski, Principal Threat Advisor at Cofense. Ronnie is a recognized expert cybersecurity researcher with success...

This first TCE episode of 2022 ( and first video - on Spotify ) includes a few gentle and some not-so-gentle reminders on cybersecurity best practices and practices for better cyber hygiene. I start with a few cybersecurity controls for businesses to buckle down on this year, including identifying assets, vetting vulnerabilities, and pursuing more potent password policies. Then, I actually persist...

The Gate 15 Interview: RILA Perspective on Organized Retail Crime, plus Mama’s Meatballs, Country Music and Jersey Rock n’ RollIn this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with two leaders from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), Ms. Lisa LaBruno, RILA’s Senior Executive Vice President of Retail Operations, and Mr. Michael Hanson, RILA’s Senior Executive Vice President...

The last Nerd Out episode of the season comes out strong talking about retail crime as Bridget shared stories of her busting out shoplifting trends, and then talking about the larger security issues at play (specifically overwhelming security) with the latest smash and grab incidents during the holidays. Joe then talked about the ways that these type of issues could spread to other sectors and enc...