A Look Back at Foolish Security Policies of Past and Present

A Look Back at Foolish Security Policies of Past and Present

May 17, 2022

CISO Series

  • On this week's episode of CISO Series Podcast we take a look back at some foolish security policies of yesteryear.

  • Cyber Security Headlines you need to know include the Linux foundation pledging $150 million to improve security, Costa Rican ransomware somehow gets uglier, and NSA chief says no backdoors in quantum encryption standards.

  • On this week's Super Cyber Friday we look at better understanding, preventing, and dissecting malicious software.

CISO Series Podcast

A Look Back at Foolish Security Policies of Past and Present

A Look Back at Foolish Security Policies of Past and Present

Mike Johnson and I welcome guest Dr. Diane M Janosek, deputy director of compliance, NSA and senior legal advisor for Women in Cybersecurity to discuss:

  • We highlight obsolete security policies to steer clear of

  • We examine security in space and how can others who are not directly involved in these industries create some type of positive impact

  • And we ask how we can improve inclusion by decrypting the lack of diversity in our industry

Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Code42

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What I love about cyber security.

"What I love about cyber security is of course the people who are totally amazing. But what I also love about cyber security is that it’s constantly changing, and constantly evolving, and so it just causes us all to keep learning. I just love learning. And so the flipside to that is you can’t rest on your laurels. You got to keep learning and learning. So, if you’re not a high learner and committed to constantly improving yourself, it’s not the field for you. But if you are, it is the best field ever with the best people." --Dr. Diane M Janosek, deputy director of compliance, NSA and senior legal advisor for Women in Cybersecurity

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CISO Series is hosting an "Ask a CISO Anything" AMA on the r/cybersecurity subreddit. All the CISO Series will be there (Geoff Belknap, Mike Johnson, Andy Ellis, Steve Zalewski) and me! Go ahead and ask questions on topics such as:

  • Improving cybersecurity leadership skills (Working with the business)

  • Becoming a CISO

  • Breaking into cybersecurity

  • How vendors can better engage with CISOs

  • How to level up your cybersecurity skills

  • And of course, anything else

Plus, we can also answer questions you have about cybersecurity media.

This AMA is running from 5-16-22 to 5-22-22.

Cyber Security Headlines 

Top headlines for Tuesday, May 17, 2022:

  • Linux foundation pledged $150 million to improve security

  • Costa Rican ransomware somehow gets uglier

  • NSA chief says no backdoors in quantum encryption standards

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Super Cyber Fridays!

5 Explanations of Malware in 90 Seconds

Hacking Malware

Here I am with Aviv Grafi, CTO and founder, Votiro who is smartly defining malware and it’s impact on our real and cyber environments in a multitude of ways.

It’s all a tease for this Friday’s, May 20th, 2022, Super Cyber Friday.

Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking Malware: An hour of critical thinking about understanding, preventing, and dissecting malicious software.”

Also joining me and Aviv will be Thomas Doughty, vp and CISO, Prudential Financial.

It all starts at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. At the end of the hour [2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific] we’ll switch gears to our meetup where everyone will get a chance to chat face to face.

Thanks to our Super Cyber Friday sponsor, Votiro

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