In Episode S3E7 our guest is Zack Schuler. Zack is the founder and CEO of NINJIO – a global cybersecurity awareness company that teaches employees and their families how not to get hacked. Zack is an authority on cybersecurity, employee engagement, and related tech issues. He has written for Forbes, HR Dive, Dark Reading, and many other outlets. In this fun and entertaining episode, we discuss where the idea for NINJIO came from and how it got started. Zack gives us an overview of the various cybersecurity training programs NINJIO offers. They cover more essential topics than you might think. We spend some time talking about the importance of developing a culture of cybersecurity awareness within companies, and Zack offers some great ideas about how leaders can accomplish just that.  If you'd like to learn more about cybersecurity awareness training and how it can help you at work and home, don't miss this episode of the Brilliance Security Magazine Podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Cybersecurity Awareness Training - Why It Works

In Episode S3E6 our guest is Brian Hajost, President and Founder of SteelCloud, a company that develops technology for automated remediation of endpoints to effectively meet compliance mandates.  In this fun and informative conversation, Brian delves into what it means for organizations to meet the various compliance mandates they are subject to. He addresses the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and how enterprises can automate remediation of their endpoints.  A little about our guest: Brian Hajost is the President & CEO of SteelCloud, a company that develops technology for automated remediation of endpoints to various security benchmarks. Brian’s technical career has spanned over thirty years, primarily with leading-edge technologies in regulated industries.  He holds eight patents in IT security and two patents in mobile security.  He is an active contributor to the DC Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), currently serving a board member. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Automated Remediation

In Episode S3E5, we talk with Purandar Das, CEO and Co-Founder at Sotero - Sotero offers the first field-level, universal data protection platform. We talk about the importance of data, the data lifecycle, and why it is essential to encrypt data at each stage of the lifecycle. We discuss the idea of data time-to-value, and why it is important, and the current state of today's encryption technologies. Join us for a fascinating conversation. Purandar Das is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of success in the information technology and services space. He is skilled in Technology & Business Development. He is experienced in Enterprise Software, Enterprise Architecture, Agile Methodologies, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). He was formerly the CTO at Infogroup, MobileMessenger, and Epsilon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Importance of Encryption in Today’s Data-dependent World

In Episode S3E4, we talk with Abhay Bhargav, founder of we45 - an Application Security Company and he is also the Chief Research Officer of AppSecEngineer - a hands-on online training platform for AppSec, Cloud-Native Security, Kubernetes Security, and DevSecOps. We talk about why it's important to foster a culture of collaboration between security and engineering teams, and what can happen if you don't collaborate. We discuss the role of automation in DevSecOps and how it can be implemented. Finally, we touch on Infrastructure as Code (IaC).  Please join us for an interesting conversation. Abhay Bhargav started his career as a breaker of apps, in pen testing and red-teaming, but today is more involved in scaling AppSec with Cloud-Native Security and DevSecOps He is a pioneer in the area of DevSecOps and AppSec Automation, including the world’s first hands-on training program on DevSecOps, focused on Application Security Automation. In addition to this, Abhay is active in his research of new technologies and their impact on Application Security, specifically Cloud-Native Security.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Application Security: the Importance of Collaboration, Automation, and Infrastructure as Code

In Episode S3E3, we talk with Kim Loy, Chief Product Officer at ACRE, a global networking and security solution leader. We probe whether cloud-based physical access systems have lived up to their expected adoption by end-users. We look at some of the potential cybersecurity risks associated with exposing physical access data and controls to the internet and discuss how these concerns have been addressed. Kim offers a view of the Cloud Security Shared Responsibility model from a physical access control perspective. Join us for a fascinating and informative discussion with Kim Loy, who has more than 25 years of security industry senior management experience and has achieved significant success within a wide variety of global enterprises. As Chief Product Officer for ACRE, Kim is responsible for overseeing the company’s brands, strategic product planning, and cybersecurity strategy. In addition, Kim provides direction for messaging strategy and communications development. Prior to her role at ACRE, she served as the Director of Technology and Communications for Vanderbilt International in Dublin, Ireland, where she managed the global R&D, Product Management, and Marketing Communications teams. Kim has held senior positions with GE Security, G4S, Xtralis, and Pelco by Schneider Electric. These global positions have provided her with extensive international experience, including time living in England, France, Belgium, and Ireland. Kim also serves on the Security Industry Association Board of Directors. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cybersecurity for Physical Access Control in the Cloud

In Episode S3E2 we talk with Jasen Meece, CEO at Cloudentity — a cloud-based provider of dynamic fine-grained authorization and governance solutions. We dive into zero trust for open banking APIs and uncover some of the threats associated with that market. We look at a new partnership just announced between Cloudentity and Axway, a leading API integration platform provider. With previous roles at Oracle, KPMG, and IBM, Jasen has 20+ years of leadership experience in IT driving both internal and external facing organizations. Jasen is a dynamic, results-oriented executive who leverages technology products and services to achieve business value-based transformation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Zero Trust for Open Banking

In Episode S3E1 we talk with Greg Wendt, Executive Director of Security at Appsian. The focus of the conversation is data and compliance as it relates to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. We uncover some of the potential security risks associated with legacy databases and what can be done to protect sensitive data in a post-COVID world.  Greg Wendt is an Oracle® PeopleSoft security expert. During his 23-year career, he has been recognized as a leader in data security, application architecture, and business operations. He served as an ERP Application Architect at Texas Christian University where he was responsible for TCU’s PeopleSoft system and was Chairman of the Higher Education User Group’s multinational Technical Advisory Group (HEUG TAG). Greg has led criminal justice and cybersecurity courses focusing on hacking techniques. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Potential Security Risks Within Legacy Databases

In this episode, we examine Fast ID Online (FIDO) standards-based authentication that ends reliance on passwords, protects user credentials, and resists phishing attacks. FIDO supports the remote pandemic-era workforce by ensuring critical data residing on home-based systems and mobile devices remains secure and uncompromised. Our guest, Steven Humphreys, CEO of Identiv, answers questions such as: Why are home networks so much more vulnerable to malicious attacks than corporate networks? Why is the use of passwords no longer advisable? What devices are FIDO2 security keys compatible with? Join us for a fascinating conversation that may change how you authenticate online. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Benefits of Using FIDO Authentication

In this episode, we take a look at how companies can protect sensitive data while using modern collaboration tools. Our guest is Devin Redmond, CEO, and Co-Founder of Theta Lake, the recognized leader in collaboration security and compliance for Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, and Zoom. Listen to learn how Theta Lake’s AI helps security and compliance teams more effectively scale their risk detection and the workflows for communication security, data loss protection, and supervision of modern video, voice, and unified collaboration systems. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Security and Compliance for Today's Collaboration Tools

In Episode S2E20, we examine the cybersecurity poverty line and its relationship with the industry-wide skills gap. We talk with George Finney, a CISO that believes people are the key to solving our cybersecurity challenges.  We discuss the habits organizations need to create to build a culture of cybersecurity awareness. George talks about his new book, Well Aware: Master the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future. You won't want to miss this fascinating discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Cybersecurity Poverty Line and the Nine Cybersecurity Habits to Protect Your Future

Thousands of virtual appliances are being distributed with known, exploitable, and fixable security flaws and often on outdated operating systems. Organizations depend on virtual appliances for securing cloud workloads, firewalls, secure gateways, and encryption. To help the cloud security industry keep pace with demand, Orca Security released the “2020 State of Virtual Appliance Security Report,” which analyzed 2,218 virtual appliance images from 540 software vendors for known vulnerabilities, to identify risks and provide an objective assessment score and ranking. As the enterprise migrates to the cloud at a rapid pace, the security of virtual appliances has fallen dramatically behind. In this episode, we talk with Yoav Alon, Chief Technology Officer at Orca Security, and examine what went into creating this report and some of its top findings. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

2020 State of Virtual Appliance Security Report

Mobolize, the recognized leader for providing an on-device Data Management Engine that provides security, connectivity, and optimization on mobile devices, recently announced a partnership with Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, to offer security to mobile devices for enterprises. The addition of mobile protection adds an extra layer of proactive security controls and threat protection to quickly and uniformly block malicious web traffic for the growing use of mobile devices as employees work from home. In Episode S2E18 we explore this new partnership as we speak with Colleen LeCount, Chief Revenue Officer at Mobolize, and Tim Knudsen, VP Product for Enterprise Security Products at Akamai. We uncover how this relationship will affect security and device performance for enterprise mobile device users. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mobolize and Akamai Enable Security on Mobile Devices

Episode S2E17 is an informative discussion about how financial institutions are fairing in their quest to converge fraud, risk, and IT teams. We look at the state of the financial industry as it relates to fraud and how the pandemic has affected financial institutions. We examine some of the pain points banks suffer as they attempt to converge risk management solutions as well as the benefits of this convergence. As our guest, we have Matt Tengwall, the General Manager of Verint Fraud & Security Solutions. He shares his unique insight into how technology often leads the way as financial institutions grapple with fraud, risk, and IT convergence.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Converging Fraud, Risk, and IT Teams

In episode S2E16 we talk with Eric Solis, the CEO of MovoCash, and discuss how consumer demand for cashless payment is changing society and how financial institutions can offer competitive digital services while preventing fraud. We examine the "state of the industry" as it relates to cashless payments and bank fraud. We talk about the need for new banking standards and look at whether or not a government-backed digital dollar is a good idea. Eric describes a better way of making cashless payments than just handing over a credit or debit card number that gives merchants access to your entire credit limit or bank balance.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cashless Payment Services and Preventing Fraud

In episode S2E15 we have a fascinating discussion with author and compliance expert, Karen Walsh. We dive into some of the cybersecurity and compliance challenges faced by small to medium-sized businesses.  Karen shares her expert insight into what SMBs need to know to protect their data, stay in compliance, and understand what is really important. In her characteristically charming way, she sorts through some of the industry's hyperbole and rhetoric to expose some simple cybersecurity and compliance truths.  Karen is working on a new book and offers some insights into what we can expect when it is published.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cybersecurity and Compliance Challenges Faced by SMBs, with Karen Walsh

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