Real CyberSecurity

Dec 14 2023 78 ep. 38 mins 9
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The Real Cybersecurity Podcast decrypts the issues and business of technology security. But instead of just scaring you, these industry veterans provide real advice and analysis for organizations trying to make security real today. Hosted by Greg Young and Bill Malik.

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Ep. 73 - Breach Disclosure Laws, Water Treatment, Faraday, and Walking Around

Dec 14 2023 46 mins  
Greg and Bill discuss how breach disclosure laws could play out while discussing the recent events around SUNBURST, water treatment as targets, and the critical CISO skill of just walking around and talking to people.

Ep. 72 - CISOs & the SEC, Cybersec Digital Fight Club, & Twitter

Nov 17 2023 48 mins  
Bill reports that Mastodon lives on and how awful Twitter is, we talk about the SEC complaint re: the SolarWinds CISO, and Greg reports on his Digital Fight Club experience in Dallas (and how awesome it was)

Episode 71 - Biggest Cybersecurity Tech & Idea Fails in 2023

Oct 30 2023 31 mins  
Bill and Greg nominate their candidates for biggest fails in cybersecurity in 2023 - we focus on the ideas or technologies that were hyped and just didn't deliver.

Ep. 70 - Election Security

Oct 16 2023 33 mins  
Cybersecurity for elections is likely going to be hitting the news more often. Bill and Greg discuss the big picture issues of election security, why governments struggle with election security at all (spoiler: it isn't because technology isn't available), and a brief discussion of rural and small jurisdictions. Here's the link to the poll book systems graphic we discuss during the

Ep. 69 - AI, Breaches, Splunk, and Bears, Oh My

Oct 06 2023 41 mins  
An update of the state of AI cybersecurity (including the hype) and a roundup of noteworthy breaches in the news. Also our thoughts on Splunk.

Ep. 68 - Posture Management in Cybersecurity - A Big Deal

Sep 11 2023 48 mins  
This week Bill and Greg dig into posture management - not the chair - but the posture of assets, people, and identities and such. We discuss why infrastructure and operating system companies won't ever make best in breed security, and why infrastructure isn't self-defending.

Ep. 67 - Guest Jeff Wheatman, GRC, 3rd Party Risk, & More Risk

Sep 05 2023 54 mins  
Discussion on risk, GRC, and 3rd party risk with former Gartner analyst who is now with Black Kite.

Ep.66 - New SEC Cybersecurity Reporting Rules, & Jonathan Frakes

Aug 08 2023 45 mins  
Greg covers the new SEC rules for disclosing cybersecurity incidents, and our celebrity reporter Bill has a brush with greatness in the personage of Jonathan Frakes.

Ep. 65 - National Cybersecurity Strategy, Startup FundingChallenges

Jul 20 2023 40 mins  
This week in Real Cybersecurity we celebrate the 365 day countdown to Skynet, the Guidelines for the National Cybersecurity Strategy, startup funding challenges, & recent hack news including Microsoft and Revolut.

Ep. 64 - Interview with Dr Gene Spafford

Jul 07 2023 53 mins  
A real treat for you today, as Bill brought in his friend Spaff for a great chat. One highlight was hearing about his newest book, Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions: Avoiding the Hazards and Pitfalls that Derail UsAmazon link to his new book: https://a.co/d/3SCd1nGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Spafford