To The Point - Cybersecurity

Back from the archives! This week we're spotlighting one of our favorite episodes in Summer 2021 with The New York Times journalist Nicole Perlroth where she shares insights from her decade long research for her book "This is How They Tell Me the World Ends". (FORMERLY EPISODE 138) This week Nicole Perlroth, award-winning journalist for The New York Times and best-selling author of "This Is How Th...

This week Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry join the podcast to share perspective from the security threat frontlines. We explore zero day vulnerabilities and information stealers, differing risk appetites across organizations of every size, the criticality of information sharing to mitigate emerging threats, and breaking down the security basics tha...

This week John Zangardi, President and CEO of Redhorse Corporation joins us on the podcast to talk about his remarkable career starting with his time in the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, his many years on the frontlines of security - including his favorite professional role in government as Department of Homeland Security CIO – and shares perspective on bridging the security talent gap in govern...

This week we welcome Adam Levin to the podcast. He is a long-time consumer affairs advocate with more than 40 years of experience, author of the book Swiped and formerly Chairman and founder of CyberScout as well as co-founder of Credit.com. Adam joins us at the apex of the consumer security awareness time of year as holiday shopping, COVID, flu, RSV and many other health concerns run rampant in a...

This week we welcome Adam Levin to the podcast. He is a long-time consumer affairs advocate with more than 40 years of experience, author of the book Swiped and formerly Chairman and founder of CyberScout as well as co-founder of  Credit.com . Adam joins us at the apex of the consumer security awareness time of year as holiday shopping, COVID, flu, RSV and many other health concerns run rampant in...

Joining the podcast this week is Maria Roat, who has had an impressive career in both government and the private sector for more than 35 years. She shares insights from her time in government, among the many roles she held included Deputy Federal CIO and Small Business Administration CIO, and the opportunities she helped identify to change the system from the inside out. She shares perspective on...

In honor of November as Infrastructure Awareness Month, we wanted to bring back this episode from our 2021 archives with Rob Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of Dragos. In this episode, Rob breaks down the OT challenge that many businesses are facing today including a lack of clarity on who within the business owns OT and defining what acceptable OT risk means within the business. He also shares perspectiv...

Joining the podcast this week is Eric Mill, Senior Advisor on Technology and Cybersecurity to the Federal CIO in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). We discuss some of the latest and impactful security initiatives, policies and technologies in U.S. Government today – and highlights from some that OMB is helping to drive. We cover topics spanning the Executive Order on Improving the Nation's...

Joining us this week is Peter W. Singer, a New York Times bestselling author of books including Ghost Fleet, LikeWar and the techno-thriller Burn In. He shares details on the New America volunteer, non-profit organization and its awesome #SharetheMicinCyber program helping to bring diversity of thought to the cybersecurity front lines. We also discuss the future of social media, what defines a cyb...

This week we officially welcome Petko Stoyanov as the new co-host for the To The Point podcast. Petko shares perspective on how he found his way to cyber, the origin of the name "Petko", and differences in working in government and the private sector. We also discuss the state of cybersecurity landscape and the ongoing challenge of attribution – which is really asking the question, "Who is smarter...

We're excited to welcome back Derek Weeks, recognized as the world's foremost researcher on the topic of DevSecOps and securing software supply chains, to the podcast! Derek shares insights on just how little has changed relative to securing software supply chains and using SBOMs in the two years since we last caught up with him. For those new to SBOMs, they are like the nutritional label on a cer...

Joining the podcast this week is Eva Galperin, Director of Cybersecurity for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). She is also the co-founder of the Coalition Against Stalkerware and has long been a champion for providing privacy and security for vulnerable populations around the world. "What is stalkerware?" many may ask. Stalkerware is considered a more personal way of invading someone's pri...

Joining us this week are Richard Grabowski, Acting Program Manager for CISA's CDM Program, and Jonathan McBride, Chief of Adversary Pursuit for CISA's Threat Hunting Subdivision. We dive into the hot topics of threat hunting, adversary pursuit, the evolution of CISA over the years including the growth and maturity of the organization, the power of public/private partnerships, and the drive for inn...

Joining us this week is Christian Folini (@chrfolini), co-lead of the OWASP Core Rule Set project, co-author of the second edition ModSecurity Handbook and one of the few teachers on this subject. And he brings a first to the podcast – a discussion on ModSecurity and the OWASP project! For those that are new to these topics, Christian shares many insights on the OWASP volunteer organization missio...

Closing out Insider Threat Awareness Month with us is Maria Bada, Ph. D, a Lecturer in Cyberpsychology at Queen Mary University in London and a RISCS Fellow in cybercrime. Maria shares insights on the insider threat challenge through a human-centric lens and the criticality of educational awareness, transparency and training (note: check out AwareGo!) to better mitigate the threat. When 98% of org...

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...

Joining the podcast this week is Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter for The Washington Times, and shares insights into the ongoing conflict between China and Taiwan. Ellen provides perspective on the much publicized Pelosi trip to Taiwan and why the timing of that trip raised concerns in China as well as the complicated relationships the two countries have with international governments a...

Joining the podcast this week is Tony Sager, Senior Vice President and Chief Evangelist for the Center of Internet Security and shares insights from his 45+ years on the security front lines, including 34 years at the NSA. Risk was a big theme of the discussion particularly looking at risk through a similar lens as we view other risky domains, such as the great work being done with the Cyber Safet...

Joining the podcast this week is Stefan Soesanto, Senior Researcher in the Cyberdefense Project with the Risk and Resilience Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich. He recently authored the excellent research report "IT Army of Ukraine" that examined in detail how it was stood up out of necessity for what many have called the 'first cyberwar'. Yet for an IT army that is neithe...

Joining us this week is Brian Knappenberger, a producer and director renowned for such documentaries as Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, and Turning Point: 9/11, to name a few. He shares insights from his recent documentary series Web of Make Believe (currently available on Netflix!) a...

We go deep into the dark web and ransomware with this week's guest Tom Hofmann, SVP, Intelligence at Flashpoint. He tracks ransomware from its beginnings in 1989 through to present day ransomware gang shenanigans including Maze double extortion tactics that attackers have enthusiastically embraced. He also gets real on what's happening on the dark web – and the things that you can't unsee. But it'...

John Shier, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, joins the podcast this week for a deep dive into today's ransomware threat landscape and insights uncovered in the recent Sophos research reports, including the "2022 State of Ransomware Report" and "Active Adversary Playbook". We explore future state themes of ransomware such as the geopolitics of ransomware, simultaneous attack and dwell time trends...

This week Rob McDonald, SVP of Platform at Virtru joins the podcast to double-click into the privacy and data discussion. We explore subsidizing the pain of giving personal data in exchange for 'free' services, informed consent, regulation alone isn't a silver bullet, and what outcomes we could we drive when we combine user decisions with regulation. And he shares insights on behaviors that come w...

We have two guests joining the podcast this week to talk about election security - Marci Andino, Senior Director of the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC) at the Center for Internet Security, and Trevor Timmons, chairperson of the Executive Committee of the EI-ISAC and CIO for the Colorado Secretary of State. We cover everything from the history of election s...

We're back with part-two of our discussion with Jill Aitoro, SVP for Content Strategy at CyberRisk Alliance where we pick the conversation up on privacy today and efforts by big tech and government to protect sensitive information. We also dive into the slippery slope of consumer apps and health information used for convenience and, for some, entertainment and the realization of how that informati...