CISO Tradecraft®

CISO Tradecraft®

Hosted by: G Mark Hardy & Ross Young

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#39 - Stressed Out? Find your Ikigai and 6 Invaluable Factors

Episode #39

Being a CISO has been described as the "toughest job in the world."  It comes with a lot of stress, which can lead to early burnout as well as a number of health and relationship problems.  Well, we're going to tackle...
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#38 - CMMC and Me

Episode #38

This episode of CISO Tradecraft discusses CMMC.  The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), is the US government response to the massive amounts of defense-related information compromised over the years...
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#37 - Cyber Security Laws & Regulations

Episode #37

On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, you will hear about the most prominent Cyber Security Laws and Regulations: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) advocates the security and privacy of...
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#36 - IPv6 Your Competitive Advantage (with Joe Klein)

Episode #36

This episode of CISO Tradecraft is all about IPv6, featuring Joe Klein.  IPv6 is becoming the dominant protocol on the Internet, and CISOs should understand the implications of how their enterprise is potentially...
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#35 - Setting Up an Application Security Program

Episode #35

On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, you can learn how to build an Application Security program.  Start with Key Questions for Security IT Operations Application Development/Engineering Groups Identify Key...
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#34 - Metrics that Matter

Episode #34

What is measured gets done.  However before you measure you need to think about how best to measure.  On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, we provide you new insights into optimizing metrics that matter.   What is a...
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#33 - 10 Steps to Cyber Incident Response Playbooks

Episode #33

On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, you can learn the 10 steps to Incident Response Planning: Establish a Cyber Incident Response Team Develop a 24/7 Contact list for Response Personnel Compile Key Documentation of...
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#32 - Brace for Incident (with Bryan Murphy)

Episode #32

Special Thanks to our podcast Sponsor, CyberArk.   Experienced CISOs know that it's not a matter of if, but when.  Incidents happen, and there is an established response strategy nicknamed PICERL that...
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#31 - Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity

Episode #31

On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, you can learn about the new Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cyber Security.  The episode provides a brief background on three security incidents which have influenced the...
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#30 - Cloud Drift (with Yoni Leitersdorf)

Episode #30

This episode is sponsored by Indeni.   On this episode of CISO Tradecraft, G Mark Hardy discusses with Yoni Leitersdorf (CEO and CISO of Indeni) the risks which can occur in a cloud environment after it has been...
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#29 - Identity and Access Management is the New Perimeter

Episode #29

Identity is the New Perimeter.  On this episode of CISO Tradecraft you will increase your understanding of Identity and Access Management.  Key topics include: Audit Trail Authentication Authorization Identity...
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#28 - AI and ML and How to Tell When Vendors Are Full of It

Episode #28

Have you ever heard a vendor has software features such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML)?   What does that mean?  On this episode we answer those questions so you know when vendors are full of...
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