Return of the Mac

Apr 25 2024 13 ep. 50 mins 4
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Demystifying cybersecurity, one episode at a time. Join MacKenzie Brown, VP of Security at Blackpoint Cyber and former incident manager, as she welcomes expert guests to get real about breaches, incident response, and the people in the middle of it all. Whether you're a security professional, MSP business owner, or just dipping your toes in, they'll break down the complexity of infosec with minimal buzzwords and maximum offbeat candor.

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013: Privileged Access and the Vendor Playground, with Wes Spencer

Apr 25 2024 31 mins  
Organizations often struggle most with privileged access control, which is the root cause of many breaches—and they also often lack monitoring capabilities to detect those breaches. Mac welcomes Wes Spencer of CyberFox to discuss how these deficiencies enable live-off-the-land tradecraft, and the challenge facing MSPs: Identifying security vendor solutions that compensate for the

012: Putting the Intelligence Back Into Threat Intel

Apr 11 2024 66 mins  
In cyber, we often hear the term "threat intelligence-driven," but what does that actually mean? James McCarter’s intelligence background as a Marine gives him a very unique view of what threat intel is—and what it is not. A former cryptologic linguist, James is President and CEO of Shadowscape, which provides intelligence-driven cybersecurity, training and analytics. To hear

011: So You Think You Can Stack, with Kevin Lancaster

Mar 27 2024 62 mins  
The tech stack: It’s a constant conundrum for MSPs. From pricing to bloat to vendor relationships, there are lots of questions around the technologies you use to serve and protect your clients. As CEO of Channel Program, Kevin Lancaster vets innovative products to guide MSPs in curating an optimized stack. Kevin joins Mac to discuss MSPs’ overwhelming task of choosing technol

010: After-Action on Right of Boom, with Ryan Weeks

Mar 13 2024 36 mins  
Right of Boom has come and gone and it was another fantastic conference, unique in the MSP world for educational content rather than sales pitches. Mac is joined by Ryan Weeks, the mastermind behind content curation for Right of Boom, to recap the con and discuss the behind-the-scenes of planning the event and the decisions that went into attendees’ learning journey. Listen as Ry

009: One Phish, Two Phish, Red Phish, Blue Phish

Feb 16 2024 49 mins  
Security awareness training is an important part of user education—but no matter how aware of threats users are, they can still be caught off-guard. So can the problem of end user behavior actually be solved? Mac is joined by Connor Swalm, the CEO and founder of Phin Security, which provides phishing simulation and security awareness training for MSPs. Phin's approach to traini

008: Shedding Light on the Dark Web

Feb 08 2024 45 mins  
The so-called Mother of All Breaches recently made headlines with its sheer number of records leaked—26 billion. And while it's not necessarily as earth-shattering as the headlines make it seem, it brings up important questions about the cryptic ecosystem where this kind of breached data circulates: the dark web. What is the dark web and how did it come to be? Who hangs out the

007: Beyond a Buzzword: AI Joins the Mainstream MSP

Jan 23 2024 43 mins  
AI-based services have popped up in everything from content development to personalizing the customer experience to coding. But can AI enable MSPs and help them solve their maturity problems? How can security teams leverage AI capabilities for defense? Mac welcomes Jimmy Hatzell, CEO and co-founder of Hatz AI, to talk about AI as a service for MSPs, what it means for threat actors

006: New Year, Same Defenses: CIS Affirmations, with Phyllis Lee

Jan 11 2024 46 mins  
If you've been in the cybersecurity industry for any length of time, you’ve probably heard about the CIS Controls. But what is this framework all about, and why should you care? Mac is joined by Phyllis Lee, VP of Content Development at the Center for Internet Security, to break down the CIS Controls, why so many organizations find them so useful, and how they can help your busin

005: Rebounds, Response and Resolutions: Wrapping Up 2023 and Getting Minds on Glass for 2024

Dec 22 2023 53 mins  
In a special year-end wrapup episode, Mac looks back on the year in cyber and learns how to make a Vegas bomb that packs a serious punch. First, it’s a recap of 2023’s top attack types. She’s joined by Jason Rathbun, technical director of threat ops at Blackpoint Cyber, who shares the Blackpoint SOC’s “Save of the Year” and mixes up a mean cocktail. Mac shares the Top C

004: Here Comes the Boom, with Andrew Morgan

Dec 12 2023 60 mins  
The MSP community loves nothing more than to get together at a good conference, and Right of Boom has fast become a favorite. With Right of Boom ‘24 coming up, Mac is joined by its founder, Andrew Morgan, to discuss how the event came to be, what makes it so special, and what to expect in Vegas. Andrew, who’s been in the MSP world since before they were called MSPs, shares some