To The Point - Cybersecurity

This week we welcome guest Combiz Abdolrahimi, a national security lawyer and Emerging Technology and Innovation Leader at Deloitte. We deep dive into today's critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and navigating the path forward to address the threat with systems that weren't originally designed with cybersecurity in mind. (Hint: don't approach 21st century cyber challenges with 20th century thi...

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We're excited to welcome to the podcast David Travers, Director of the Water Infrastructure and Cyber Resilience Division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). During our discussion he addresses key themes including, why are water infrastructure systems targeted by ransomware; how cyberattacks on water systems impact the surrounding community; and the role of cyber hygiene in protec...

We're excited to welcome to the podcast Lauren Zabierek, Senior Policy Advisor to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She deep dives into CISA's Secure by Design principles and approaches for secure by design software launched in April 2023 - with version two published on October 17, 2023. Lauren shares insights on the path to creation of CISA's Secure by Design principles...

This week we are joined by Kenneth Bible, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). He breaks down the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (NCSIP) introduced in July and provides great insights on how the plan was developed, the five key pillars of the plan, actioning each of the five elements, and the role government...

Dr. Siwei Lyu, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor at the University at Buffalo Dr. Siwei Lyu received his B.S. degree (Information Science) in 1997 and his M.S. degree (Computer Science) in 2000, both from Peking University, China. He received his Ph. D. degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College in 2005. From 1998 to 2000, he worked at the Founder Research and Development Center (Beijing, Ch...

This week we deep dive into privacy with Mozilla Foundation's Privacy Not Included content creator Zoë MacDonald. She shares fascinating insights from the deep research the *Privacy Not Included team undertakes to assess just how private is your data when using popular apps, driving in your connected car, etc. It was quite eye opening just how little privacy there is for connected car owners – giv...

We're excited to welcome back to the podcast global security expert, speaker and author Mikko Hypponen who currently serves as Chief Research Officer at WithSecure. We dive into his book "If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable"  and how cybersecurity has evolved and changed in the last year since it was published. He also shines a light on the ever-present topic of AI – the opportunity, risks, emerging re...

Andrew Borene, Executive Director at Flashpoint joins the podcast this week. He brings a wealth of insights on today's state of international security affairs gleaned from his many years in the U.S. Intelligence community, and leading private sector intelligence teams. We cover hot topics including collaboration on international cybersecurity policies, NATO's cyber defense capabilities and challen...

This week Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), joins the podcast. He shares insights on the digital inequities that exist across schools and students and the challenges they create at a time when connectivity should be a basic right for all. We also dive into the digital inequity impact on cybersecurity for school districts today – and the free resources and tools suc...

We are excited to welcome back to the podcast Rich Itri, Chief Innovation Officer at ECI. He joined us last year during the commentary period of the new SEC cyber rules to break down what's being proposed and potential implications for businesses. And in this podcast the conversation comes full circle as the new SEC cyber rules are coming online and act as official recognition that the ever-presen...

Dr. Samantha Ravich, Chairman for the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at Foundation for Defense of Democracies joins the podcast this week. She shares insights from her many years on the geopolitical and economic front lines of cyber, and work with many renowned government leaders, on developing a plan of action to address today's cyber threat landscape and looming threat against critica...

Kicking off the 20th Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we welcome back to the podcast Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He shares insights on the exciting new cybersecurity public awareness campaign just launched, "Secure Our World". It features simple ways to protect...

This week, Audra is joined by Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, to discuss how ransomware has evolved from a business nuisance to now a threat to national security. Megan also shares how the United States' overall response to ransomware has the potential to impact the types of attacks faced by its organizations and touches on the need for greater t...

Joining us this week is Dr. David Bader, a Distinguished Professor and founder of the Department of Data Science in the Ying Wu College of Computing and Director of the Institute for Data Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He deep dives into the opportunity to democratize data science tools and the awesome free tool he and Mike Merrill spent the last several years building that can be...

This week we're joined by Julia Fallon, Executive Director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and she shines a light on the appeal of school systems to cyber attackers. (HINT: it is access to PII to open credit cards, mortgages and more in the name of children that often is only detected many years later.) We also discuss the connection between schools and insurance...

Bill Evanina, Founder and CEO of the Evanina Group and former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence, joins the podcast this week to take a deep dive view into insider threat as September is Insider Threat Awareness Month. He shares insights from his many years on the counterintelligence and security front lines on what defi...

We pick back up with Joshua Corman, founder of grass roots organization I Am the Cavalry, for part two of our discussion. Josh shares insights from his many years on the healthcare cyber front lines and provides both a captivating and sobering perspective on the state of healthcare security today. And while there have been many strides forward, we still have a long way to go. Audra and I learned s...

We had so much to talk about with this week's guest that we made it a two-part episode! Joining us this week, and next week, is Joshua Corman, founder of grass roots organization I Am the Cavalry. Josh shares insights from his many years on the healthcare cyber front lines and provides both a captivating and sobering perspective on the state of healthcare security today. And while there have been...

We're excited to welcome back to the podcast Sudhakar Ramakrishna, CEO at SolarWinds. When we first caught up with Sudhakar it was several months into his tenure at the company managing through the Sunburst attack. We were so impressed with how he was helping navigate the company through this time we wanted to check in with him more than a year later for an update on how things are going. He share...

This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mark Montgomery, senior director of the FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation and director of the CSC 2.0. Mark shares about the different physical and cyber threats faced by satellites and space networks. He also shares considerations for classifying satellites as critical infrastructure and what the legislation required to do so might look like...

After nearly 300 episodes we have had some of the most spectacular guests on the podcast! Every once in a while we like to bring back one of our favorite episodes from the archives because we really enjoyed the conversation and think our new listeners will as well. This week we chat on the complexities and opportunities smart cities can deliver in the US and around the globe with guest Chris Teale...

This week we welcome to the podcast Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO at Radiant Logic. He talks about the very interesting and real reality of what is becoming known as the cyber poverty line and the security vulnerabilities that funding and resource inequities can create in a supply chain and elsewhere. He also shares insights for organizations to assess where they fall on the spectrum and...

This week we are so excited to have Nic Chaillan, founder and CEO of http://AskSage.ai join the podcast for a discussion on the explosion AI and the many implications that come with that for government and businesses. He shares insights on AI regulation – both what's underway and considerations that should be undertaken when shaping how AI is regulated – it is no quick and easy fix! And then there...

We absolutely love when we have return guests on the podcast. And we are so excited to have Matt Bianco, President of FedWay Consulting joining us again to talk about one of our favorite topics – electric vehicles (EV). Or, more specifically, the move to electric vehicles across the federal government. The Biden Administration has set a goal of a 100% electrified fleet by 2027. Matt shares insight...