Podcasts by Security Nation
Security Nation is a podcast dedicated to celebrating the champions in the cybersecurity community who are advancing security in their own ways. We also cover the latest developments in infosec that you should know about.
Further podcasts by Jen Ellis and Tod Beardsley
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Episode 2: How to Start a Security Program from Scratch Without Your Initiatives Getting Cut from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.766010
In this episode of Security Nation, we catch up with Lee Brotherston, director of security at IoT startup ecobee, to chat about what it takes to launch a security program and get buy-in from leader...
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How Beau Woods and Meg King Promote Collaboration Between Policymakers and the Cybersecurity Community from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.764076
In this episode, Beau Woods of I Am the Calvary, the Atlantic Council, and Stratigos Security and Meg King of the Wilson Center discuss their mission to improve collaboration between policymakers a...
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How to Create a Security Champion Program Within Your Organization from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.753533
In this episode of Security Nation, we talk with Mark Geeslin of Asurion about his Security Mavens program and how it has improved his organization's internal approach to building security into app...
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Discovering a New Path in Asset Discovery: An Interview with Metasploit Founder HD Moore from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.750693
In honor of the 10-year anniversary of Rapid7’s acquisition of Metasploit, our latest episode of Security Nation features an interview with its founder, HD Moore. In it, HD gives his opinion on Met...
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Shifting Security Conferences to Virtual: The New Face of Events in 2020 and Beyond with John Strand from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.744180
On this week’s episode of Security Nation, we spoke with John Strand, CEO of Black Hills Information Security, about how his team works remote, how they created a virtual event in just three days a...
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Advocating for Tech Literacy and Transparency: A Discussion with I Am The Calvary’s Josh Corman and Audra Hatch from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.741025
On this week’s episode of Security Nation, Josh Corman and Audra Hatch of I Am The Cavalry share insights into the software bill of materials (SBoM) and software transparency. Stick around for our ...
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Developing Sustainable Vulnerability Management with Katie Moussouris from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.740070
Katie Moussouris, CEO and Founder of Luta Security, joins us on this week’s episode of Security Nation to discuss vulnerability disclosure, bug bounties, and building systems that support sustainab...
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From the Dorm Room to the White House: How Researcher Jack Cable Works to Ensure Election Security from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.733952
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we are joined by a rising star in Stanford University’s junior class: Jack Cable. We discuss everything from hacking the Pentagon in high school to ensurin...
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Nontraditional Paths Into Security, Part 2: How Steve Ragan Innovates at the Intersection of Journalism and Tech from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.727485
In our latest episode of Security Nation, Steve Ragan joined the podcast to discuss his unlikely journey from reluctant security expert to journalist. For Steve, having the tech knowledge is import...
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Jeff Man goes to bat for PCI DSS from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.683979
Jeff Man takes a break from his podcast, Security & Compliance Weekly, to chat it up with Jen and Tod about the oft-maligned PCI DSS and how it should actually be used to inform your security progr...
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Jonathan Cran on growing a cybersecurity startup from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.681799
Jonathan Cran talks with Jen and Tod about his fresh new startup, Intrigue.io. He offers some great advice on navigating the alien shores of venture capital funding as well as growing a business fr...
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Richard Kaufmann on Cybersecurity in Home Healthcare from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.661802
Jen and Tod are joined by Richard Kaufmann, the CISO at Amedisys, a leading provider of home healthcare.
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Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth on Securing Colorado from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.660297
Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth talk with Jen and Tod about their experiences in securing the cyber infrastructure of Colorado.
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Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso of the UK Cabinet Office on Their Cybersecurity Culture Competition from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.656183
Summary: Pete Cooper and Irene Pontisso from the UK Cabinet office discuss their brand new Small Business Research Initiative with Jen and Tod, in this special drop-in episode.
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John Rouffas on Building a Security Function from 2022-02-22T11:10:13.652569
In this episode of Security Nation, Jen chats with John Rouffas, CISO at intelliflo, about his experience building out a security function and team at a young and growing SaaS company.
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Amit Serper on Finding Leaks in Autodiscover from 2022-02-16T20:00
In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Amit Serper, Director of Security Research at Akamai, on his work uncovering a flaw in the Autodiscover protocol within Microsoft Exchange ...
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Mike Hanley of GitHub on the Log4j Vulnerability from 2022-01-19T21:45
In our first episode of Security Nation Season 5, Jen and Tod chat with Mike Hanley, Chief Security Officer at GitHub, all about the major vulnerability in Apache’s Log4j logging library (aka Log4S...
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Chris John Riley on Minimum Viable Secure Product (MVSP) from 2021-11-24T19:00
In the final installment of Season 4 of Security Nation, Jen and Tod sit down with Chris John Riley, senior security engineer at Google, to chat about Minimum Viable Secure Product (MVSP), a set of...
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Michael Powell on Being a Cyber Envoy from 2021-11-10T19:00
In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Michael Powell about his work as specialist cyber representative to North America for the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT).
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Jack Cable on Ransomwhere from 2021-10-27T19:30
In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Jack Cable, security architect at the Krebs Stamos Group, about Ransomwhere, a crowdsourced ransomware payment tracker.
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Michael Daniel on the Cyber Threat Alliance from 2021-10-13T17:34:18
In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Michael Daniel about his work as president and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance.
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Rob Graham on Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium from 2021-09-29T18:23:59
Rob Graham from Errata Security discusses his experience at Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium. Spoiler: There were no pcaps.
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Craig Williams of Cisco Talos on Proxyware from 2021-09-15T20:00
Jen and Tod chat with Craig Williams, recently of Cisco Talos, about proxyware and integrating security acquisitions the right way.
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Daniel Crowley on running a cybersecurity internship from 2021-08-18T18:09:32
Daniel Crowley, Research Director of IBM X-Force Red, discusses the ins and outs of running a cybersecurity internship program, and also offers some hints on where to start with research projects. ...
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Philipp Amann on No More Ransomware from 2021-07-28T19:34:08
Philipp Amann of Europol talks to Jen and Tod about No More Ransomware (NMR), a 5-year mission from Europol to help people escape ransom demands and recover their material on their own.
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Brian Honan on creating Ireland's first CERT from 2021-07-21T19:05:57
Jen and Tod chat with Brian Honan about his experience as a founder of Ireland's first CERT, the continuing scourge of ransomware, and cyber warranties. Also, we talk about the under-the-radar Wifi...
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Episode 9: The Week in Breaches from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.643500
This week has been one for the record books in terms of data breach news and password hygiene. From Dropbox to the voting booth, the news has been full of different exploits, breaches, and leaks ar...
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Episode 10: Raise a Glass to Liberty Wines from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.642545
Even the smallest IT security team can make a big impact in any organization, a statement proven by Tom Brown's experience as the IT manager at European wine supplier Liberty Wines. On this episod...
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Episode 13: Sales and Security Buyers — A Love Story? from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.640279
On this episode of Security Nation, we look at an often ignored part of the security industry: the sales people and processes that drive our companies. Host Kyle Flaherty sat down with John Green, ...
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Episode 17: Partnerships in Security from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.637107
Special edition of Security Nation with Ashley Seamans, who works in Global Partner Program Strategy & Enablement for Rapid7, on the heels of the recent Intel FOCUS event. Host Kyle Flaherty and As...
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Episode 22: Why Pen Testing and Being Flexible Are Two Sides of the Same Coin from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.633148
Pen testing is no longer a new phenomenon, and neither is security assessments, but they live in a world that changes every day and within industries that have unique needs and demands. Chris Littl...
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Episode 24: All Things IoT—From Creepy to Cool from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.604442
In episode 24 of Security Nation we talk all things IoT—not just security, but the surprising industries of growth in the market, how large companies are literally restructuring themselves to win t...
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Episode 25: Building, Managing, or Hiring a SOC? Communicate! from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.603518
Episode 25 not only means Security Nation is old enough to rent a car, but it also brings Joel Cardella and Wade Woolwine back onto the podcast ... together! The topic was security operations cente...
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Episode 27: Tas Giakouminakis, Founder of Rapid7 from 2021-07-21T01:03:26.601474
When you founded a security company nearly 20 years ago and have been in the industry for even longer, you have a LOT of stories. On this episode of Security Nation Kyle sits down with Tas Giakoumi...
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Don Spies and Kim Grauer on tracking illicit Bitcoin transactions from 2021-06-23T16:57:57
In this episode of Security Nation, we’re joined by Don Spies and Kim Grauer of Chainalysis. They discuss the relationship between ransomware and cryptocurrency and how Chainalysis leverages unique...
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Robert Black discusses misdirecting and gaslighting attackers in your network from 2021-05-26T19:58:06
In this episode, Jen and Tod talk to Robert Black, Deputy Director of the National Cyber Deception Laboratory, which is exactly as cool a job as it sounds.
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Megan Stifel and Ciaran Martin discuss the sticky issue of ransomware payments from 2021-05-12T16:29:01
Jen and Tod are joined by Megan Stifel and Ciaran Martin in an exploration of the legal, practical, and ethical issues surrounding ransomware payments.
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Marina Ciavatta and int eighty Put the Fun into Hacking With Hacking Esports and Dual Core Music from 2021-04-28T20:00
In this episode of Security Nation, we are joined by Marina Ciavatta and int eighty to talk about Hacking ESports, their "quarantine project that got out of control."
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How Philip Reiner Created the Ransomware Task Force from 2021-04-14T15:09:25
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk to Philip Reiner about his work with the Ransomware Task Force. Stick around for our Rapid Rundown, where Tod talks about a recently released bulle...
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Beau Woods and Fotios Chantzis Discuss Their New Book, "Practical IoT Hacking" from 2021-03-31T14:37:11
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we speak with Beau Woods and Fotios Chantzis about their newly released book, "Practical IoT Hacking." Stick around for our Rapid Rundown, where Tod encour...
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Nontraditional Paths into Cybersecurity, Part 3: Starburst Data's Katie Ledoux from 2021-03-17T15:15
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk with Katie Ledoux about her unconventional journey into the cybersecurity industry—from her marketing agency days to her time at Rapid7, to her cur...
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The CyberPeace Institute's Adrien Ogee Talks Launching a Nonprofit Amid COVID-19 and the Importance of Healthcare Security from 2021-03-10T19:54:32
In this week's episode of Security Nation, we interview Adrien Ogee, COO of the CyberPeace Institute.
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How Santander’s Mark Carney and Daniel Cuthbert Are Working to Demystify Quantum Cryptography from 2021-01-21T15:47:37
Featuring more censor beeps than all of Security Nation’s episodes combined, our most recent episode features Mark Carney and Daniel Cuthbert of Santander as they discuss their work with quantum te...
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Nontraditional Paths Into Cybersecurity, Part 1: Akamai’s Kathryn Kun from 2021-01-21T15:46:53
In our latest episode of Security Nation, Kathryn Kun of Akamai kicks off our series on nontraditional paths into cybersecurity with her story of how she went from a career in automotive engineerin...
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Cub Llewellyn-Davies Discusses the U.K.'s Cyber Aware Campaign and Quick Tips to Shore Up Security from 2020-12-17T17:56:06
In this episode of Security Nation, Cub Llewellyn-Davies of the National Cyber Security Centre discusses the recent launch of "Cyber Aware," a national campaign that gives six actionable things peo...
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How Rick Holland's Diverse Experience Helps Him Find Security Talent in Unique Places from 2020-11-18T15:18:58
In our latest episode of Security Nation, Rick Holland joined the podcast to discuss how his past informs his present, particularly when it comes to sourcing and hiring the best talent. Rick elabor...
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How to Combat the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation Ahead of the Election from 2020-10-29T14:53:36
In our most recent episode of Security Nation, we spoke with Maria Barsallo Lynch, Executive Director of the Defending Digital Democracy Project (D3P) at the Belfer Center for Science and Internati...
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How Entrepreneur Christian Wentz Takes On Identity Authentication and Data Integrity One Line of Code at a Time from 2020-09-25T13:46:21
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we are joined by Christian Wentz, CEO, CTO, founder of Gradient, and multiple Ph.D holder. From an electrical-engineering-applied-to-neuroscience backgroun...
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How Security Pro Dave Kennedy Keeps His InfoSec Skills Sharp While Telecommuting from 2020-08-14T14:01:54
In our latest episode of Security Nation, Dave Kennedy, founder of the cybersecurity firms TrustedSec and Binary Defense, stopped by to discuss how he’s staying busy while working from home during ...
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Joe FitzPatrick on the Future of Hardware Security Training Sessions from 2020-07-29T09:00:18
On this week’s episode of Security Nation, Joe FitzPatrick, a lead researcher at securinghardware.com, discusses what it takes to run a successful hardware training session virtually—from organizin...
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Citizen Science and Medical Consumerism: Confronting the Tech Wisdom Gap in Modern Healthcare from 2020-07-13T15:11:40
Biohacking Village Executive Director Nina Alli joins the Rapid7 team this week to discuss the intersection of tech and medicine on our latest episode of Security Nation. Stick around for our Rapid...
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Advancements in Vulnerability Reporting in the Post-PGP Era: A Conversation with Art Manion from 2020-06-22T13:17:18
This week’s episode of Security Nation features Art Manion, Vulnerability Analysis Technical Manager at CERT Coordination Center. Join us as we discuss common API, network topologies, and the quick...
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Where Tech Meets Legal: Discussing Crowdsourced Security Testing with Bugcrowd’s Casey Ellis from 2020-04-24T17:20:03
On our latest episode of Security Nation, we caught up with Casey Ellis, founder and CTO at Bugcrowd. Joining us during the 2020 RSA Conference, he takes the time to discuss normalizing vulnerabili...
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How the MassCyberCenter Helps Elevate Cybersecurity Initiatives in Municipalities from 2020-04-16T14:31:40
In this week’s episode of Security Nation, we talk with Stephanie Helm, director of the MassCyberCenter, about her work helping municipalities improve their cybersecurity efforts.
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Proactive Security Is the New Black: Lessons from the Trenches of Building a Security Product from 2020-03-24T14:44:35
On this week’s episode of Security Nation, we spoke with Alex Kreilein, CISO for RapidDeploy, a back-end SaaS service for 911 and emergency communication systems. In it, he talks about the importan...
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How Nick Percoco Built Chicago Security Conference THOTCON from the Ground Up from 2020-03-10T12:03:31
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk with Nick Percoco about how he founded Chicago-based security conference THOTCON, along with some of the challenges and successes he encountered al...
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How Chris Hadnagy and the Innocent Lives Foundation Use OSINT Skills to Bring Online Predators to Justice from 2020-01-28T14:18:22
Please be advised the following podcast contains sensitive subject matter.
In this week’s episode of Security Nation, we sit down with Chris Hadnagy, CEO and founder of the Innocent Lives ...
How Todd Beebe Used the MITRE ATT&CK Framework to Build His Own Automated Threat Simulation System from 2019-12-17T07:30:19
In our latest episode of Security Nation, we talk to Tod Beebe, the Information Security Officer for an oil and gas company in Texas. Todd breaks down how he leveraged the MITRE ATT&CK framework to...
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How to Get Your Engineering Team to Take On Security Initiatives (Without Even Realizing It) from 2019-11-15T15:02:38
In this episode of Security Nation, Oliver Day runs through his experiences with embedding security into his organization's engineering team.
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From BlackICE to Typed Advice: Rob Graham Talks What It Takes to Write a Cybersecurity Textbook from 2019-10-11T14:47:22
In this episode of Security Nation, we speak with Rob Graham, founder of Errata Security Consultancy, well-known security blogger, and soon-to-be book author. In it, he talks about the process of c...
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How MITRE and the Department of Homeland Security Collaborate to Validate Vulns from 2019-09-27T14:53:36
Security Nation returns this week with a new episode that's all about collaboration. We are joined by Katie Trimble of the Department of Homeland Security and Chris Coffin of MITRE for a discussion...
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Digitizing Cybersecurity in Healthcare with Richard Kaufmann from 2019-09-13T14:08:47
In this episode of Security Nation, Richard Kaufmann discusses what it took to drive digital transformation and improve security approches at Amedisys, a home health, hospice, and personal care pro...
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How Wendy Nather Is Fighting Back Against the Security Poverty Line from 2019-08-23T13:53:37
In this episode of Security Nation, we chat with Wendy Nather, head of advisory CISO services at Duo Security, about her work bringing awareness around the unspoken issue of the Security Poverty Li...
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How David Rogers’ IoT Security Standards Earned Him Royal Recognition from 2019-07-19T13:55:49
In this podcast, David Rogers breaks down his journey into the world of security, and how his IoT security standards got him recognized by the Queen of England. Tod and Jen also zoom through the re...
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Episode 1: Great Barrier Grief: How to Break Through Bottlenecks with Automated AppSec from 2019-06-21T13:30:24
In this episode of Security Nation, we sit down with Zate Berg, senior manager of security at Indeed.com, to discuss how he and his team avoided becoming a bottleneck in their software engineering ...
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Episode 1: Great Barrier Grief: How to Break Through Bottlenecks with Automated AppSec from 2019-06-21T13:30:24
In this episode of Security Nation, we sit down with Zate Berg, senior manager of security at Indeed.com, to discuss how he and his team avoided becoming a bottleneck in their software engineering ...
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Episode 1: Great Barrier Grief: How to Break Through Bottlenecks with Automated AppSec from 2019-06-21T13:30:24
In this episode of Security Nation, we sit down with Zate Berg, senior manager of security at Indeed.com, to discuss how he and his team avoided becoming a bottleneck in their software engineering ...
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Episode 26: WannaCry Special Edition from 2017-05-15T18:32
Today's news is filled with the WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware and, ahem, FUD. On this special edition of Security Nation, host Kyle Flaherty sits down with Josh Feinblum, VP of information securit...
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Episode 23: The RSA Recap You've Always Wanted from 2017-02-24T15:25
RSA is a week behind us and it felt like enough time had passed to talk about what the crew saw in San Francisco, from the show floor to the best sushi dinners. Joining Kyle once again were Matt Ha...
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Episode 21: The Passion of Security Pros Is Undeniable from 2017-01-26T05:02
On this episode of Security Nation, host Kyle Flaherty talks with Jack Voth, Senior Director IT/Infosec at Algenol Biotech. If there was a theme for this episode it's PASSION. From his early days g...
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Episode 20: UBA, UEBA and SUBA, Oh My! from 2017-01-20T05:02
On this week's episode of Security Nation, host Kyle Flaherty welcomes in Matt Hathaway and Eric Sun to break down the alphabet soup that is UBA, UEBA, SUBA...you get the point. The conversation qu...
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Episode 19: What Pen Testing Teaches You, for 40 Years Strong from 2016-12-16T05:02
Security Nation is about the people who make up our community, and Bo Weaver has been a strong part of that community since his days in the Navy and hacking computers back in the 1970s. Bo is a pen...
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Episode 18: Automotive Hacking in a Connected World from 2016-11-17T05:02
On this episode of Security Nation, host Kyle Flaherty talks automotive hacking with Rob Barrett and Jack Vaughn of Underwriters Laboratories (UL), who are leading an initiative to help auto manufa...
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Episode 16: Deception Inception, LLC from 2016-10-28T12:45
Justin Pagano, Information Security Lead at Rapid7, heads onto Security Nation to talk with both host Kyle Flaherty and Matt Hathaway about deception technologies. What are they? What do they do? H...
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Episode 15: Detections, Deceptions, and Analytics by Any Other Name from 2016-10-21T04:02
Episode 15 is all about detections, analytics, machine learning, behaviors, and why the definitions around these matter. During the pod, Kyle talks with Matt Hathaway about what analytics actually ...
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Episode 14: Security Industry Best Practices, from SANS to FUD from 2016-10-13T04:02
On this episode of Security Nation, host Kyle Flaherty is joined by Jen Ellis, who is not only the VP of Communications for Rapid7 but also a longtime proponent of security pros, along with Matt Ha...
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Episode 12: How to Build and Lead a Security Team from 2016-09-29T04:02
Whether your business has an established security program that's looking to grow or you're starting from scratch, having the right people and processes in place is essential. On this episode of Sec...
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Episode 11: Security Products vs. Services from 2016-09-15T04:02
What’s the difference between managed services and consulting services? How can you get the most from a security consultant, or measure your security maturity? On this episode of Security Nation, h...
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Episode 8: Talking Security Across the Organization from 2016-08-25T04:01
When it comes to the relationship between an organization’s security team and the rest of the business, speaking the same language is paramount. On this episode of Security Nation, Kyle is joined b...
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Episode 7: Bob Rudis on Data Science—What's Buzz and What's Real? from 2016-08-18T14:30
Chances are you’ve heard the term “data science” being thrown around, but what is it and how does it impact you? On this episode of Security Nation, Kyle asks Rapid7’s Chief Security Data Scientist...
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Episode 6: Recapping Black Hat 2016 from 2016-08-12T14:05
The security world descended on Las Vegas last week for the trifecta of Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSidesLV. These events covered more topics than could possibly be mentioned all at once, from ATM hac...
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Episode 5: Security is a Global Concern from 2016-07-28T04:01
No matter where you are in the world, security is a big topic, and that was especially evident at the recent InfoSec Europe show where vendors attempted to outshine one another and show off their s...
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Episode 4: Moving Beyond SIEM - or Not? from 2016-07-21T13:15
The amount of alerts streaming out of security tools can easily lead infosec professionals down the wrong path. But what’s the solution? Is there a better way to analyze user behaviors and identify...
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Episode 3: State of Threat Intel from 2016-07-14T04:00
The term “Threat Intelligence” has become buzzword in the industry. In this episode Kyle speaks with Rapid7’s threat intelligence guru Rebekah Brown to take a step back and talk about what threat i...
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Episode 2: Understanding Ransomware from 2016-06-30T04:01
The swift rise of ransomware has led many companies to evaluate the risk it presents to their business. In this episode, host Kyle Flaherty explores some of the more common concerns around this att...
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Episode 1: Building, Accelerating, and Measuring an Incident Response Program from 2016-06-13T13:00
Over the course of his career Wade Woolwine has served as threat detection and incident response analyst at a number of government agencies. In this episode he and Kyle discuss how organizations ca...
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