Decipher Security Podcast

Caitlin Condon of Rapid7 joins Dennis Fisher to dive into the juicy tidbits from the Rapid7 Attack iNtelligence Report, including the rise in attacks on zero days, ransomware proliferation, and why network edge devices remain a major problem. Read the report here: https://www.rapid7.com/c/fr-2024-attack-intelligence-report-TY/1/

Chris Langford, Director of Network, Infrastructure, and Cyber Security at the Lewisville Independent School District, talks about how having experience in the classroom has helped him from a cybersecurity perspective, and how we can best educate the next generation of students on cybersecurity best practices.

At RSA Conference 2024, Kelly Shortridge, senior director of portfolio product management at Fastly, talks about the first steps organizations can take toward adopting a Secure by Design mindset and how businesses can approach the challenge of sustaining resilience in complex systems.

In this special episode, Dennis Fisher and Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch are joined by Brian Donohue of Red Canary to preview the RSA conference talks they're excited about and to try to make sense of some of the session titles that are maybe a little indecipherable.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch turns the tables on Decipher editor-in-chief Dennis Fisher in this episode of Memory Safe to find out how his background covering crime prepared him for the cybersecurity beat, why Ferris Bueller's Day Off is his favorite hacker movie, and how much the security world has changed in the last 20 years.

In this week's Source Code podcast, we go over findings from a newly released Ransomware Task Force report and give an update on the types of data accessed in the Change Healthcare ransomware attack.

The Salvation Army’s Lachlan McGill, general manager of cyber risk and compliance, and Euan Moore, security operations manager, talk about their experiences building a strong cybersecurity foundation, navigating the organization’s unique challenges and fostering a culture around security awareness.

In this week’s Source Code podcast, we discuss new reporting from Change Healthcare parent UnitedHealth Group that the massive ransomware attack has cost the company $872 million so far. We also talk about recent research about Sandworm, which has been designated by Mandiant as APT44.

Cody Stokes, a security leader at Procellis Technology, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about his time in the Marine Corps, the challenges of breaking into the cybersecurity field, and the fulfillment he gets from helping to protect users.

In this week’s Memory Safe episode, Sherrod DeGrippo of Microsoft talks about her first experiences with hacker culture, why a Stanley Kubrik movie shows a glimpse of what AI is, and how she makes sure that “threat intelligence hits the right note.”