Cracking Cyber Security Podcast From Teiss

On this episode of the teissPodcast, we talk to Martin Littmann, CTO & CISO of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas, about his organisation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how his security team is coping with the increase in remote working.Martin talks about his efforts to replicate the "office experience" for his security team, as well as how they have adapted their phishing tests in response to the pandemic to match what they were seeing in the wild.Presenter: Russell LawsonMusic: Late Night (Loop), Joseph McDade

On this episode of the teissPodcast, we talk to Richard Cassidy, Senior Director Security Strategy EMEA at Exabeam about threats and threat hunting in a post-COVID-19 world.Attackers know that there are going to be configuration weaknesses which leave your users open to social engineering attacks.  The tools may be the same, but the techniques have developed.Richard also gives advice to Infosec Leaders on where exactly to start with your threat hunting.  With cyber criminals needing credentials, it's no surprise where he says you should start hunting...Presenter: Russell LawsonMusic: Late Night (Loop), Joseph McDade

On this episode of the teissPodcast, we talk to Mick Jenkins, CISO of Brunel University, about Advanced Persistent Threat actors, espionage and the targeting of Intellectual Property.Mick talks about the University's 5 year strategy to improve their cyber security, and how this has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mick shares how he communicates cyber security messages to the wider university community, who might not realise that their data is the target of nefarious actors.Presenter: Russell LawsonMusic: Late Night (Loop), Joseph McDade

On this week's teissPodcast, we discuss how Information Security leaders should be looking to adapt their security awareness training for new starters during the COVID-19 crisis.  We talk to Zari Haji Rasoul, Senior Privacy Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, about the challenges of communicating confidential data remotely - even when using "approved" internal platforms - as well as highlighting the potential risks posed by new employees at this time. Presenter: Anna DelaneyMusic: Late Night (Loop), Joseph McDade

On this week’s teissPodcast we discuss “contact tracing apps” - the smartphone software which - according to the health secretary, Matt Hancock - is to be available in weeks in the UK. The idea is the app alerts users when someone they were recently near becomes infected with Covid-19 - a good way of slowing down the spread of the virus - but at what cost to our privacy?Charity Wright, former NSA Chinese Offensive Operative and Cyber Threat Analyst at global threat intelligence firm, IntSights, joins us this week where she outlines her concerns about this type of data-tracking, what she would like the UK government to be clear on with the use of this tech, and how this might impact the relationship between the state and the citizen.

What’s at the root of most security breaches? Is there a common theme? This week on the teisspodcast, Greg Van Der Gaast, Head of Information, University of Salford, discusses the basic common issues that go unnoticed by security departments which - more often than not - are the cause of major breaches. Greg explains how organisations can improve their security without spending huge sums of money, as well as why he refuses to use metrics with the board and why he feels CISOs need to embrace more “altruism” in their role as security leaders. 

When it comes to cyber security, the supply chain is never too far down on the agenda of potential security threats...and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, on this week’s teissPodcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF), outlines the information and privacy risks to watch out for in the supply chain during our current global crisis. With on-site assessments not possible, and existing security evaluations no longer accurate, we discuss the challenges that might arise now.

Without a doubt, the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting businesses - both small and large. So in these unsettling times, what should board members be focusing on and how should leadership respond to the crisis as it unfolds? On this week’s teissPodcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the Information Security Forum (ISF), offers advice on how leadership should engage with shareholders, customers and their employees, as well as why he thinks there’s no better time than the present to reassess how we operate - both as businesses and as individuals.In Steve’s view, the pandemic will have long-term implications on the way we operate as businesses, so this is an excellent opportunity for us all to learn. 

How are we all doing? We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - many of us are in lockdown - working from home - uncertain of when we'll be able to roam freely again and when things will return to normal. During these stressful times - it's important that we take care of our mental and physical well-being - so on this week's teissPodcast I speak with the CISO of JUST EAT, Kevin Fielder, who's passionate about well-being and looking out for each other. On the podcast we discuss strategies that can make home working more productive, how to keep physically active during this time, how to deal with the avalanche of news and social media stories, and how to manage your mental well-being. We are all in this together and it's important to talk about it.

This week, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic I thought it appropriate to focus on the cyber security threats brought on by the crisis. What are the threats to your organisation? What are the scams to watch out for? Will there be an increase in insider threat activity?  On this week's teissPodcast Andrew Tsonchev, Director of Technology at Darktrace, outlines the cyber security challenges for us during these uncertain times, as well as sharing some excellent advice we can all adopt now.  

This week we tackle the debate around encryption on the teissPodcast. I hope you’re keeping healthy and sane in these unsettling times triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re cooped up at home, in need of some distraction – then listen to this podcast with Jake Moore, cyber security specialist at ESET.We dissect the debate around encryption and discuss government policy on backdoors, whether government mandated backdoors combined with data protection legislation can work together and find a happy medium and how citizens’ privacy can be protected in this data hungry world.

A bit of a special one for you this week on the teissPodcast – a recording of the live security leaders’ panel at teissLondon2020.The panellists are security researcher, Leigh-Anne Galloway, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Communisis, Michelle Giffrey, and Thom Langford, Founder TL(2) Security.Articles referenced during the discussion include one about hackers exploiting vulnerabilities at petrol station card machines and another on a scam which cost a British housing charity $1 dollars.

 Michele Hanson, CISO at software company Micro Focus, features on the teissPodcast this week. I met Michele at cyber security conference, Cyber Connect UK, where she discussed the value of listening to improve security, the importance of role modelling to drive diversity of talent and learning to run, compromised…She states on her LinkedIn profile that she’s an “advocate in the promotion of bringing a positive and modern culture of cyber security”...So my first question to her was to tell me more about the “positive” and “modern” culture that she promotes.  

This week on the teiss Security Leaders’ Roundtable Podcast former CISO – Thom Langford, Founder, TL(2) Security, and Data Protection Consultant – Bilal Ghafoor, meet head to head. There’s a lot covered in this episode – from the misconceptions about the CISO and DPO roles, to the challenges around privacy and data protection. We talk ethics, language and whether the ICO is all carrot and no stick…Presenter: Anna DelaneyMusic: Light the Fuze, Audio Network and Late Night (Loops), Joseph McDade

It’s back to Nashville, Tennessee this week on the teissPodcast as I speak with Chris Hallenbeck, CISO for the Americas at Tanium, the endpoint security and systems management company.I caught up with Chris at Tanium’s recent annual conference – Converge – where we discussed the industry’s need for critical thinkers, mentors, as well as the challenges around visibility, human nature and the "unchanging" threat landscape.Before joining Tanium in 2016, Chris worked for six years on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team…so I was eager to probe and hear his views on the current the state of cyber security.

What is behavioural economics, and how can it derail successful security training? That’s our topic this week on the teissPodcast with Bridget Kenyon, DIS EMEA CISO and Information Security Programmes, at Thales.I caught up with Bridget at the security conference Cyber Connect UK back in November. Bridget never fails to fascinate me with her ability to talk about any topic in great detail and this time she delved into why security training isn’t working in its current form – instead of working against people’s natural behaviours, we need to work with them. In fact, trying to get people to change their behaviours is, quite frankly, useless.Bridget explains how cyber security can work for and with people, and how this isn’t about win/lose battles…cyber security is an infinite game.Here Bridget is, giving a brief of what behavioural economics is…iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/cracking-cyber-security-podcast-from-teiss/id1378994502?mt=2Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/business-reporter/crac

On this week’s teiss Security Leaders Roundtable Podcast - Shan Lee, CISO, Transferwise and Thom Langford, Founder TL(2) Security Ltd debate whether a CISO can make a significant change to an organisation’s culture in just 18 months (the average time a CISO stays in a company). They also discuss the Travelex breach, the spate of ransomware attacks against US state institutions and their security predictions for 2020! Please note that this was recorded on January 3rd 2020 – before it was confirmed that the Travelex cyber-attack was indeed a ransomware attack. Lots of excellent advice from both Shan and Thom and I hope you enjoy.Music: Light the Fuze, Audio Network and Late Night (Loops), Joseph McDade

On this week’s podcast we speak with Chris Hodson, CISO for cyber security provider, Tanium.I met fellow Brit in Nashville, at the end of last year, at Tanium’s annual conference. Previously CISO at Zscaler, Chris is one of the movers and shakers of the industry – as well as his role at Tanium, Chris is a prolific writer and vlogger about all things security, and he's named as one of the 'Top 10 Cyber Risk Experts to Follow' by Vulcan Cyber. In between conference sessions, I sat with Chris to discuss his cyber security predictions for 2020, how he prevents self burnout, and how he goes about implementing a culture of security in the organisations he works with.Presenter: Anna DelaneyMusic: Light the Fuze, Audio Network

On this week’s teiss podcast I am joined by Helen Rabe, Global CISO for biotech company, Abcam.I met up with Helen at Cyber Connect UK Conference at the end of last year where we discussed resiliency – both personal and for business, the language of security and how not to alienate your end-users, and how to be the constant eye in the storm as a security leader. Helen oozes warmth and charisma and had plenty of advice to divulge in the interview, so I hope you enjoy.Presenter: Anna DelaneyMusic: Light the Fuze, Audio Network

On this week’s teiss Security Leaders Roundtable Podcast - Thom Langford, Founder of (TL)2 Security Ltd and Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, discuss cyber security news stories such as organisations failing to maximize use of Microsoft 365 security, the “people” element in a cyber security strategy, and fake voicemail alerts in suspected whaling campaigns.I hope you enjoy the themes and the all-round bantz.Music: Light the Fuze, Audio Network and Natural Duality, Joseph McDade