Cyber Frontiers Podcast

The Evolution of Cyber Talent Screening with Franz Payer, CEO Cyber Skyline–CF067 from 2022-05-13T17:07:15

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim catch up with Franz Payer, CEO of Cyber Skyline (related episodes: CF059, CF012). We explore the growth and development of the Cyber Skyline platform,...

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Guest Ashton Webster and New Compliance Rules for Critical Infrastructure Reporting–CF066 from 2022-04-07T00:52:10

This week on Cyber Frontiers we are joined by special guest Ashton Webster. Ashton is now a software engineer at Capital One and has worked on several teams over the last 4 years that focused on fr...

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2021 Cybersecurity Headlines and a Look Ahead at 2022–CF065 from 2022-03-03T00:10

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim provide a 2021 replay of the headlines that captured the cybersecurity world by storm and look ahead to trends that will shape the direction of securi...

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Liviu Arsene from Bitdefender talks Bitdefender Box and Bitdefender Premium VPN–CF064 from 2020-10-19T19:41:35

We sat down with Liviu Arsene, a Global Cybersecurity Researcher for Bitdefender, Liviu has a strong background in security and technology and talked with us about both the Bitdefender Box and Bitd...

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Zero Trust Security In a Pandemic Mindset–CF063 from 2020-09-05T11:46:46

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim talk about the zero trust security paradigm and how COVID-19 has drawn this security model into focus for the enterprise. As corporations accelerate t...

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Identity Theft Protection in 2020–CF062 from 2020-04-23T01:44:24

This week on Cyber Frontiers Jim and Christian explore how identity theft monitoring services continue to evolve in 2020 to include protection beyond traditional monitoring capabilities. We evaluat...

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COVID-19 Data Analytics–CF061 from 2020-03-26T00:10:50

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim tackle the technology shaping society amidst the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We dive into the health (and growth) of the internet backbone, working from h...

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Adversarial Machine Learning–CF060 from 2020-02-15T02:06:18

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim dive into ‘jedi mind tricks’ of AI, better known as adversarial machine learning. We narrate stories that tell tales of fooling the common systems tha...

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Security Education with Cyber Skyline–CF059 from 2019-12-17T01:05:44

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim interview Franz Payer, CEO of Cyber Skyline (cyberskyline.com) to discuss their platform for training and developing the next generation of security p...

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Quantum Supremacy and the Cryptology Time Machine–CF058 from 2019-11-10T04:02:43

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim recap the latest major development in quantum research with Google’s “Quantum Supremacy” milestone. We review the headline narratives and compare toda...

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Cyber Anecdotes: A Tale of Worms, Shared Security, and More–CF057 from 2019-08-22T23:41:02

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim recap security highlights from the past six weeks. We take a dive into the latest security challenges facing Windows 10, review the buzz around the Ca...

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The Manifestation of New Exploitation–CF056 from 2019-06-22T17:13:20

This week on Cyber Frontiers we catch up on some of the latest exploitations and availability drops on the web. We kick off with a discussion of the release of the TCP SACK panic as a new mechanism...

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Data Breach SecOps, Reputations, and IoT Security–CF055 from 2019-05-04T00:50:13

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim catch up on cyber anecdotes from our listeners! We start with a deep dive on the data breach website haveibeenpwned.com — and discuss ways users...

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Quantum, Cyber, Oh My! The Best of RSA 2019–CF054 from 2019-03-13T02:08:30

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim dive into recapping some of the best content from RSA 2019! We pack in a lot of content this show — ranging from a deep-dive into the most perva...

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Containers Gone Wild–CF053 from 2019-02-23T14:07:28

This week Christian and Jim dive into the “doomsday” (dramatic much?) cyber event of 2019 — escaping Docker containers! Formally known as CVE-2019-5736, we dive deep on the technical research...

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AI Rising–CF052 from 2019-02-09T02:28:56

This week on Cyber Frontiers we catch up on the lingo defining the technology frontier word cloud in 2019. Everyday we increasingly hear the phrase “we can do this now because of artificial intelli...

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Crypto and Blockchain: Enablers of the Future–CF051 from 2018-11-17T17:30:35

This week on Cyber Frontier Christian dives into the state of affairs in the cryptocurrency battle for adopters and the ultimate future of blockchain. We discuss some of the origins of what made Bi...

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Computing Without the B.S.–CF050 from 2018-10-17T00:21:18

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim discuss the computing industry without the bachelor’s degree (B.S.). We discuss the recently increasing trend of major tech companies doing away with ...

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Kill The Ancient Authenticator!–CF049 from 2018-09-27T01:38:18

This week Christian is joined by Jim to talk about killing off password security on web and communication platforms, a.k.a. the era of the hardware authenticator! We dive deep into the release of t...

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AI In Everyday Life: Is It Ready for the Limelight?–CF048 from 2018-09-15T16:44:51

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian is joined by Jim to discuss common AI applications influencing everyday life. We take a look at the latest learning technology in discerning fake news, facial...

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Highlights from DEFCON 26–CF047 from 2018-08-21T20:56:06

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim get together to talk about the highlights from DEFCON 26. We dive deep into how voicemails and SMS-unlocks are being used to bypass two-factor authent...

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The Modern Turing Test: A Brief History in ML and Some Cyber Anecdotes–CF046 from 2018-07-11T02:11:58

This Week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim jump back into the world of machine learning and AI — a comprehensive conversation started on show 045 for those who missed it. We jump back in ...

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Difference between AI and ML, and How Does IoT Fit In Again?–CF045 from 2018-06-27T01:39:40

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim explore the commercialization of artificial intelligence and machine learning. We explain the overlapping use of terms that the buzzword industry has ...

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GDPR–What You Need to Know, RSA Conference Recap and Crypto Mining Update–CF044 from 2018-06-16T01:17:49

We’re back! This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim catch up on the avalanche of GDPR and separate fact from hype. We also take a dive into where we are with cryptocurrency security, weighin...

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An Update on Meltdown and Spectre, ATM JackPotting and Christian Talks Crypto Currency–CF043 from 2018-02-10T10:32:18

This week on Cyber Frontiers we jump into and update on the public disclosures of the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities. We also chat about the latest hardware hacking efforts with ATMs and Jack...

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Meltdown and Spectre: A Tear at the Foundation of Computer Security–CF042 from 2018-01-09T23:50:02

This week on Cyber Frontiers we jump into full coverage of the 6-day old public disclosures of the meltdown and spectre vulnerabilities. With some issues mitigated, the news is a gravitational forc...

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2018 Frontier Trends in Cybersecurity and Data Science–CF041 from 2017-12-22T00:43:20

This week on Cyber Frontiers Jim and Christian discuss the upcoming predictions for where the cybersecurity and data science communities trend in 2018. What trends are new on the horizon, and which...

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Mobile Security Matters: Dissecting the Dangers of Mobile Malware–CF040 from 2017-11-29T04:42:23

Christian is joined by Jim and special guest Kevin Schoonover to talk about mobile device security. Which predominant platforms are winning over consumer trust and adding value? What design and mar...

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DEFCON 2017 Recap and Macbook Wizardry–CF039 from 2017-08-17T04:20:50

This week on Cyber Frontiers Christian and Jim recap some of the highlights from the DEFCON security conference. We discuss the overall statistics from this year’s conference, and call out a few de...

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