CISO Tradecraft®

CISO Tradecraft®

Hosted by: G Mark Hardy & Ross Young

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#159 - Refreshing Your Cybersecurity Strategy

Episode #159

In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G. Mark Hardy guides listeners on how to refresh their cybersecurity strategy. Starting with the essential assessments on the current state of your security, through to the...
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#158 - Building a Data Security Lake (with Noam Brosh)

Episode #158

Discover the key to a more effective cybersecurity strategy in the newest episode of CISO Tradecraft! We're talking SOC tools, building a data lake for security, and more with guest Noam Brosh of Hunters. Don't miss...
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#157 - SOC Skills (with Hasan Eksi) Part 2

Episode #157

In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, G Mark Hardy and Hasan Eksi from CyberNow Labs continue the discussion about the vital skills needed for an effective incident responder within a Security Operations Center (SOC)....
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#156 - SMB CISO Challenges (with Kevin O’Connor)

Episode #156

In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy talks to Kevin O'Connor, the Director of Threat Research at Adlumin. They discuss the importance of comprehensive cybersecurity for Small to Medium-sized...
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#155 - SOC Skills (with Hasan Eksi) Part 1

Episode #155

In this episode of CISO Tradecraft we have a detailed conversation with Hasan Eksi from CyberNow Labs. G Mark and Hasan discuss the top 20 skills required by incident responders, covering the first 10 in part 1 of...
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#154 - Data Protection (with Amer Deeba)

Episode #154

In this episode of CISO Tradecraft, host G Mark Hardy welcomes special guest Amer Deeba, CEO and co-founder of Normalyze. They focus on the importance of data security in today's cloud-centric, multi-platform tech...
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#153 - Game-Based Learning (with Andy Serwin & Eric Basu)

Episode #153

On this episode we talk about the differences between Gamification and Game-Based Learning. We think you will enjoy hearing how Game-Based learning gets folks into the flow and creates novel training that resonates. ...
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#152 - Speak My Language (with Andrew Chrostowski)

Episode #152

Learn the language of the board with Andrew Chrostowski. In this episode we discuss the 3 major risk categories of opportunity risk, cybersecurity risk and complex systems. We highlight intentional deficit and what to...
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#151 - Cyber War

Episode #151

On this episode we do a master class on cyber warfare. Learn the terminology. Learn the differences and similarities between kinetic and cyber warfare. There's a lot of interesting discussion, so check it out. Big...
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#150 - Measuring Results

Episode #150

On this episode we discuss the measuring results cheat sheet from Justin Mecham.  Key focuses include: Defining SMART Goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, & Time-Bound) Identifying KPIs (Key...
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#149 - Board Perspectives

Episode #149

On this episode we discuss the four key roles Boards play in cybersecurity. Setting the company's vision and risk strategy Reviewing assessment results Evaluating management cyber risk stance Approving risk management...
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#148 - Threat Modeling (with Adam Shostack)

Episode #147

On this episode we bring on the leading expert of threat modeling (Adam Shostack) to discuss the four questions that every team should ask: What are we working on? What can go wrong? What are we going to do about...
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