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Join us TOMORROW, Friday [03-05-21], for "Hacking Systemic Risk"

Our discussion will be 

"Hacking Systemic Risk: An hour of critical thinking around the inherent risk in running a digital business".

It all begins at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET on Friday, March 5 with guests Mike Wilkes, CISO, SecurityScorecard, and Krista Arndt, deputy CISO, Customers Bank. We'll have fun conversation and games, plus at the end of the hour (11 AM PT/2 PM ET) we'll do our Icebreaker (AKA "cybersecurity speed dating").

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Thanks to our video chat sponsor, SecurityScorecard

Defense in Depth

How Much Log Data Is Enough?

On this week's Defense in Depth, co-host Steve Zalewski, deputy CISO, Levi Strauss, and I welcome guest Naomi Buckwalter, director of information security and IT at Beam Technologies. Here are a few of the highlights of our discussion:

• What is the sweet spot for retaining log files? 90 days? 1 year?

• Should you categorize according to business criticality?

• How do you separate the "junk" from the valuable data?

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Thanks to our podcast sponsor, TrustMAPP

Overheard on Defense in Depth 

“There’s a problem with retaining all this data. If it’s not serving a purpose to the business, and you’re not able to monetize it, and you have no regulatory or legal requirement to be holding it, you’re just holding liability.”

Frank Milia, partner, IT Asset Management Group 

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Data Destruction

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 Cyber Security Headlines - Week in Review 

We're live tonight and every Thursday at 4pm PT/7pm ET for a short 20-minute discussion of the week's cyber news. Here are a few of the stories we'll be discussing on the show:

• SolarWinds CEO blames intern for password leak

• Tom Cruise deepfake videos rattle security experts

• U.S. unprepared for AI competition with China, commission finds

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 Highlights from CISO Series Video Chat "Hacking Fraud" 

Here are six minutes of the best moments from "Hacking Fraud" with Dan Woods, vp of the Shape Intelligence Center, F5, and Matt Crouse, CISO, Taco Bell.

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blog post

you can watch the video, read the best bad ideas, and best quotes from the chat room.

Thanks to our video chat sponsor, F5

Overheard on CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast 

“The sales team that unlocks the code for establishing trust and demonstrating value in a time-pressed virtual world is the team that’s going to win.”

John Overbaugh, vp, security, CareCentrix

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Please Accept This Not-a-Bribe Gift as an Act of Desperation

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