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CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast

We Recommend a “Know the Right People” Certification

Mike Johnson and I welcome guest Jesse Whaley, CISO, Amtrak to discuss:

• The importance of knowing someone on the inside.

• Should cybersecurity professionals “hack back?”

• Do vendors need better communication skills?

• What percentage of all the ideal skills are hirers willing to accept?

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Overheard on CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast 

“Sometimes you forget those workstation endpoints still need to talk to something on prem.”

Travis Hoyt, managing director, exec cybersecurity technology, TIAA

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Patches? Yes, We Need Stinkin’ Patches!

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Cyber Security Headlines 

Top headlines for Tuesday, April 6, 2021:

• SCOTUS rules in favor of Google in Oracle Java API case

• Microsoft reports on firmware cyber attacks

• University of California warns about Accellion attack

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NOTE: There is no video chat this Friday [04-09-21] as we will be on Spring Break 

Join us next WEDNESDAY [04-14-21] for a special video chat event with Capsule8.

This

special event

will be a video chat with Capsule8 as part of the Cloud Native Security Summit, a virtual event that will bring together top senior security and operations professionals and industry innovators to discuss the changing security requirements for the cloud-native world. It begins at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET on Wednesday, April 14.

Our portion of the event, entitled "Hacking Failure: Resilience and Preparing for the Inevitable" starts at 11:15 AM PT/2:15 PM ET. Join us!

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The Cloud Is Less Secure than On Premises and More Myths of Cloud Security

I spoke with Mark Nunnikhoven, vp, cloud research, Trend Micro chat about the granddaddy of myths of moving to the cloud, that the cloud is inherently less secure than on premise computing. We talk about why that myth has endured so long plus we talk about other myths around cloud security.

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Overheard on Defense in Depth 

“What’ s the definition of cloud? Six years ago we couldn’t agree on it. We still can’t agree on it.”

Steve Zalewski, CISO, Levis

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Cloud Security Myths

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