Cyber Security Grey Beard®
Cyber security focused discussions geared towards students, early professionals and individuals moving into the cyber security profession. I use my ~30 years' experience in industry and provide examples, stories, suggestions and answer questions. This podcast is designed to help listeners learn, grown and advance in the cyber security profession.
Episodes
53 episodes
S4S3 State of Ransomware in Cyber Security - Interview by AlgoSec
Discussion with AlgoSec around ransomware based off of the Extrahop Cyber Confidence Index 2022. I cover numerous questions about what organizations are ...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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28:40
S4E10 Cyber Security Attacks in the News Summer 2022
In this episode I discuss cyber-attacks in the Summer of 2022. I’ll review who was attacked, its impact, and the aftermath. While I would love to go into the technical details about the attacks, that data becomes harder and harder t...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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16:11
S4E9 Online Cyber Security Tools and Building Lab Environments
This episode covers online tools and lab environments that cyber security students and early professionals can use to learn and increase technical skills. While these environments are usually meant for those that want to get very deep wit...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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17:31
S4E8 Interview with Adrianus Warmenhoven - Cyber Security and NordVPN
In this episode I spend 30-minutes talking with Adrianus Warmenhoven, Defensive Strategist at Nordvpn. We dove into virtual private networks (VPN) and networking. Hear how VPN's work, when to use them and why. We discuss real...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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30:55
S4E7 Red Team, Blue Team, Purple Team in the Cyber Security Realm
Here I talk about different avenues within cyber security. We use terms such as red team, blue team, and purple team when discussing offense, defense, and a merger of the two. I’ll go over different technologies, teams that cover ea...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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24:41
S4E6 Getting More from Your Cyber Security Employer
This episodes has me talking about how employees can get enhanced benefits from their employer. Most people figure salary is the only thing that matters from when it comes to the benefits of working. This is a major mistake.&n...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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26:02
S4E5 Interview with Perry Carpenter of KnowBe4 - Cyber Security Awareness Training
Conversation with Perry Carpenter, C | CISO, MSIA, who currently serves as chief evangelist and strategy officer for KnowBe4, the world’s most popular security awareness and simulated phishing platform. Perry and I talked about the histo...
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S4S2 AlgoSec Interview: Aplication Security for Cyber Security Professionals
Podcast sponsored by AlgoSec where I discuss how applications impact network and security engineers. This was a 1:1 conversation between me as an SME with a marketing leader at AlgoSec. You can find the full video interview
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Season 4
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20:26
S4E4 Getting Deep with Cyber Security Applications
In this episode, I discuss the detail and complexity inherent with software solutions including specific jobs that relate to cyber security applications. Many of us tend to think that software is only skin deep. In reality, applicat...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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19:25
S4E3 Interview with W. Curtis Preston aka Mr. Backup - Backups, HA/DR and Cyber Security
In this episode I step away from my normal monologue style to interview a renowned guest, W. Curtis Preston. Curtis, the Chief Technical Evangalist at Druva, is also known as Mr. Backup....
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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28:00
S4E2 Cyber Security Con Game - Online Scam
This episode goes into great detail about a timeshare scam that directly targeted me. I tell the story along with detailed steps the con artists took to try and make me their victim. I provide steps taken to PROVE they were liars an...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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18:29
S4E1 Starting a New Cyber Security Job
In this episode I discuss how to start a new cyber security job. I talk about emotions associated with starting over, fear, stress, anxiety, excitement, and joy, among others. I touch on topics around people, processes and tec...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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21:20
S4S1 MSS Forum Phoenix - Understanding Today’s Network Security Challenges
Brief introduction to Season 4 - July 2022-Sept 2022 and then the full session I presented at for the MSS Forum in Phoenix on May 12, 2022. The topic covers today's cyber security networking challenges. I offer recommendations for s...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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32:33
S3S4 A Job is Just a Job - The Vaccine Mandate
Many people are threatened with losing their jobs or violating their conscience. This episode talks about how you are not alone. I talk about standing up for what you believe in. Swim upstream if that's for you. Do not "...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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11:28
S3S3 Infosec Inspire Conference: Working with HR, L&D to drive training results
Fireside chat with Garrettson Blight, Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton led by Kate Rodgers, Director of Brand at Infosec virtually on October 19, 2021. We discussed learning and development opportunities in our organizations and how...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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35:45
S3E10 Cyber Security Attacks in the News
In this episode I talk about high profile cyber-attacks in the Spring and Summer of 2021. I’ll review who was attacked, what the attack involved, it’s impact, the aftermath, and how it affected the economy. Sign up for NewsBit...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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21:19
S3E9 Cyber Security Incident Response Planning
In this episode I talk about incident response plans, what they are, why they are important and how to create one. NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has a fabulous document entitled Computer Security Incident Handli...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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22:15
S3E8 Cyber Security Stories - Real World Examples
In this episode I talk about real situations I’ve experienced. I won’t name companies, only industry and relative geography so as not to expose any entities. Some of these are more egregious than others, all are good learning experi...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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23:02
S3E7 Interviewing and Presenting as a Cyber Security Professional
While this podcast focuses on cyber security professionals, this episode provides general and wide-ranging interviewing and presentation tips. The discussion goes into detail about how and why we communicate and then provides examples and...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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25:23
S3S2 Business and Emotional Skills for Tomorrow's CISO - Live at the MSS LA 2021
Audio recording of session at MSS Forum LA on June 30th, 2021. Group discussion lead by Phelim Rowe of CTG Intelligence. We review the top "post holder" and go into depth around who has responsibility for cyber security in an organi...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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39:53
S3S1 Conversation with a Cyber Security Early Professional
In this special episode I'm sharing a real-world conversation I had with an early professional at my company. This individual worked for a couple of years in the healthcare field as an administrator and then moved to an extremely large co...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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35:26
S3E6 Cyber Security Certifications
Discussion on cyber security certifications. Which make sense. Where to focus. How to proceed. I cover certifications from GIAC, ISC2, ISACA, EC-Council, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, CompTIA, and others. This...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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24:52
S3E5 Cyber Security Grey Beard Information Security Book Reviews
Book reviews of four cyber security books published between 2019-2020. Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State by Barton Gellman 2020, The Hacker and The State by Ben Buchanan, 2020, Sandworm by Andy Greenberg, 2019 and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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21:41
S3E4 Cyber Security Grey Beard Financial Guidance
Financial guidance based on my 30 years’ experience, economic degree, financial education, and wonderful direction from my father, a 40+ year professional financial advisor. I veer away from my standard cyber security talks in this episod...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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23:06