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Security Insights

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A podcast that takes a deeper look at today’s most important issues in cyber security, and beyond.

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Cybercrime and healthcare: exploiting the pandemic

Security Insights ·

2021/06/23

The healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors are leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. But, even as doctors work to treat seriously ill patients, and researchers develop and refine treatments and vaccines, there are others who are setting out to disrupt medical facilities, steal clinical and R&D data, spread disinformation and commit fraud. Why is healthcare now in the cybersecurity front line, and what can security professionals, governments, and even individuals do to protect it? Andrew

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Defending against email compromises

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2021/06/08

Phishing, attacks on email servers and business email compromise are all very real threats. Yet email infrastructure often attracts less attention from security teams than other applications. Despite the growth of other collaboration tools, including video conferencing and tools such as Slack and Teams, email remains central to most organisations' operations. And, as statistics on phishing show, it can be a weak link in cybersecurity. In this episode, Matt Bromiley, senior principal consultant at

29:55

Critical infrastructure, and new norms for cyber

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2021/05/18

Critical infrastructure is on the front line of cybersecurity. An attack on power, sanitation, healthcare, or even the banking system, could be catastrophic. But it could happen. Back in the 1990s, ethical hacker Joe Carson was already concerned about how a power outage could disrupt medical services. Then, it was the Y2K bug that worried the experts. Today it is state sponsored actors. As chief security scientist and advisory CISO at Thycotic, Carson has pitted himself against CNI’s defences, and

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Cyber: A new Cold War?

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2021/05/04

Is cyber a new war zone? Nation states account for a growing percentage of cyber attacks. And some experts warn that state-sanctioned hacking could spill over into an all-out cyber conflict, or worse still, outright war. But is that overstating the risk? Will state actors hold back from attacks on sectors such as energy, or healthcare? Will they stop short of causing civil unrest, or is that their goal? Cyber is now firmly part of the "grey zone" between peace and war, where norms and behaviours are

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Special Report: Red Teams

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2021/04/20

It's no longer a question of if you will be hacked. It's when. This makes rigorous security testing all the more important. And Red Team exercises, testing defences against an adversary in real time, is one of the most effective methods. But Red Teaming can be demanding. How should CISOs engage a red team, and what is the best way to make the exercise effective? In this special report, we speak to Gemma Moore, of Cyberis and CREST, David Benson, of Pen Test People, and Richard Hughes of A&O IT

29:55

Security Priorities for 2021: Forrester's Outlook

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2021/04/06

Priorities for information security professionals in 2021 include insider threats, privacy, the risks posed by state actors and, of course, the aftermath of the pandemic. In this episode, we speak to Forrester analyst Enza Iannopollo about her firm's latest security predictions - and how CISOs should deal with them.

29:55

Making the Switch: a New Career in Cyber

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2021/03/23

The information security industry faces an ongoing skills shortage: globally, over 3m jobs are unfilled. How, then, can we close the skills gap? One answer could be encouraging more career changers to consider the profession. In this episode, we catch up with two people who have done just that: ex British Army communications specialist, turned pentester, Holly Grace Williams, and former professional cricketer, now security engineer, Charlie Shreck.

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Secure remote working: a year on, with Amar Singh

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2021/03/09

At the start of the pandemic, businesses started out on a journey that would transform the world of work for millions. We invited CMA founder and CEO Amar Singh to discuss the steps organisations should take, to make that transformation as secure as possible. A year on, how have organisations fared? Which measures have worked well, and which less well? And what steps should CISOs take now to ensure organisations stay secure as, hopefully, we start to exit lockdowns? One year on, Security Insights

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Special report: Zero Trust

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2021/02/23

Could the internet be safer if we trust no-one? Trust and identity are bedrocks of security. But the erosion of a clear perimeter threatens conventional ways to secure data, applications and devices. Zero Trust looks to replace reliance on perimeter defences with a more flexible, less intrusive and more effective form of security. But how does it work, and does it bring risks as well as benefits? We ask Elliot Rose, of PA Consulting, Ian Pratt, from HP Personal Systems, Iben Rodriguez of Gigaom and

30:00

People and security: Part 3: security culture expert...

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2021/02/09

Security training and security awareness only goes so far. Instead of annual tick box exercises, organisations should aim for a permanent shift in attitudes to security, argues our guest for this episode. They need to create a security culture. Kai Roer is an author and security expert, and founder of security culture advisory firm CLT.re, now part of KnowBe4. He talks to host Stephen Pritchard about how we can make that shift.

30:00

People and Security: Part 2: Melanie Oldham, Bob's...

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2021/01/26

Just one per cent of security spending goes on training and human factors, says Melanie Oldham. Oldham is the founder of Bob's Business. Her security training company is best known for the eponymous Bob, a put-upon business exec who battles to secure his operation. But Bob is not alone. This industry, Oldham argues, needs to strip away the complexity that too often surrounds cyber security. And we need to focus less on hardware and technology, and more on the people who handle data. Non-technical

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People and Security: Part 1: Vivida's Simeon Quarrie

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2021/01/12

If security is about people, process and technology, people are often the weakest link. In this first of three episodes looking at security training, awareness and culture, Security Insights meets Simeon Quarrie, founder of Vivida, a company that uses virtual reality and storytelling to make security training more engaing.

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2020: Year in Review with CIISec's Amanda Finch

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2020/12/31

In Security Insights' End of Year Review, editor Stephen Pritchard discusses 2020's key trends in information security, and the outlook for 2021, with Amanda Finch, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Information Security, CIISec.

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Closing the cloud security gap

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2020/12/15

Security is not always top of mind when it comes to cloud computing. The problem has only worsened recently, as organisations of all sizes have scrambled to put business processes online. The result is a growing “cloud security gap” — and this is the theme of the latest cloud threat report, compiled by Oracle and KPMG. Security Insights invited Oracle’s senior director for cloud security, Greg Jensen, to discuss the report, and how to make the cloud more resilient.

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Insight Interview: Philippe Courtot, Qualys

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2020/12/01

Philippe Courtot is one of the longest-serving CEOs in the cyber security business, with close to two decades at the helm of cloud-based security vendor Qualys. In this Insight Interview, editor Stephen Pritchard asks Courtot about the ever faster evolution of cyber threats, the need for industry collaboration and the role of governments and law enforcement in reducing cyber crime – as well as the role of the cloud.

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August 2020, Episode 2: Neurodiversity and the cyber...

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2020/11/27

The cybersecurity industry faces a growing skills gap, with as many as 3.5m unfilled positions. And the problem is set to grow. Could recruiting neurodiverse staff be part of the solution? Neurodiverse people, often have skills – including pattern matching and attention to detail – that lend themselves to cybersecurity roles. Security Insights spoke to Gemma Moore, co-founder of consultancy Cyberis, and board member at CREST, about how this can work.

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The Grey Zone: cybersecurity on the front line

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2020/11/17

For military strategists sub-threshold conflicts, hybrid warfare or the "grey zone" is where future battles might be fought, and won or lost. Technology threats are right at the heart of the grey zone. Robotics, drones, disinformation and of course, cyber, are all part of a fluid landscape that is hard for armed forces, governments, and businesses to navigate. Security and defence company QinetiQ recently published a paper, which breaks these threats. Security Insights invited CTO Mike Sewart to

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The problem of online fraud, with RSA Security's...

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2020/11/03

As business moves online, so does fraud. Online fraud is already a multi-billon dollar problem, and it shows little sign of easing off. RSA Security's Daniel Cohen explains why fraud should be on the CISO's agenda.

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Security and the pandemic Part 4: Beyond Covid, with...

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2020/10/20

In this fourth, and final, part of our series on information security during the pandemic, we examine how the cybersecurity world might look, after Covid. We ask Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the Information Security Forum, for his view of where we are now, where cybersecurity might be heading, and choices that asks of CISOs.

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Security and the pandemic, part 3: changing...

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2020/10/06

In the third part of our series on information security during the pandemic, we look at how the changing threat landscape is not just a response to Covid. Rather, it is being driven by the longer-term trends in how businesses use technology. Our guest Paolo Passeri, cyber intelligence principal at Netskope, explains how cyber attacks on the workforce were on the rise even before the pandemic.

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