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QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes

Felicia King is an internationally recognized CISO and considered to be one of the top network layer security strategists in the U.S. Since launching in 2004 on the WGTD network, her Breakfast Bytes podcast has focused on information security risk management and the issues business leaders need to be aware of to benefit from the challenges others have faced. Learn about the most effective approaches, what you can do to mitigate risk, and how to protect your most valuable assets, your data, and your

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28:52

What is zero trust cybersecurity?

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/05/13

Welcome to an insightful episode of Breakfast Bytes, featuring an in-depth discussion about Zero-Trust Cybersecurity, a vital approach to modern cybersecurity practices. Understand why this network layer protection strategy is essential to guard your business and residential networks against harmful threats.From a reflective analysis of the cybersecurity landscape four years ago, Felicia highlights the repercussions of a weak cybersecurity posture, emphasizing the necessity of a resilient and

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28:44

Incident response and mitigating supply chain attacks

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/05/13

In this episode of Breakfast Bytes with Felicia King, we navigate the complex but crucial realm of cyber security. We explore the emerging menace of supply chain attacks and underscore the vital need for proactive incident response planning. Felicia reveals the staggering average cost of a cyber-attack, per employee and endpoint, and explains why smaller businesses might suffer even greater losses. King sheds light on the often unnoticed aspect of incident response planning: the critical period

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29:12

K12 Technology and Cybersecurity Challenges and...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/05/08

In today's episode of Breakfast Bytes, hosted by Felicia King, we delve into the pressing issue of cybersecurity in K-12 education with special guest, Chris Rule, a Technology Director with 25 years of experience. We discuss the urgent need for tangible action in this area and explore operational maturity practices like third-party information security risk management, vendor risk management, vulnerability management, and password management. A focus of the episode is the need to translate

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28:20

Practical example of how operational maturity...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/05/02

In this episode of Breakfast Bytes, vCISO Felicia King of QPC Security uses an example of dark web data and how it can be leveraged. She describes how operational maturity in an organization can make that organization more competitive, lower risk, improve collaboration, improve culture and employee retention, while reducing risk.She explores why actioning relevant, specific data is more critical than simply having it available. Learn how the combination of constant training and right data can

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01:16:18

Unlocking Strategic IT Investments and Information...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/04/11

"Unlocking Strategic IT Investments and Information Security: Expert Insights with Gina King" dives into the critical aspects of IT investments and infrastructure. Felicia King, host of 'Breakfast Bytes', engages in a captivating conversation with Gina King, a leading Chief Information Security Officer. The extensive dialogue sheds light on necessary expenditures on Information Systems and Technology, managing and optimizing security investments, and realigning perceptions of IT as a valuable

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58:52

Domain/DNS hosting, account ownership, security...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/04/07

Join us in this insightful episode of Breakfast Bytes with Felicia King, along with our guest Kyle Wentworth of the Wentworth Group. We delve into a balanced exploration of business needs vs IT security needs, demonstrating the magnitude of this issue with a case study of a massive spam operation hijacking over 8000 trusted brand domains.https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/8000-subdomains-of-trusted-brands.html In this detailed conversation, our experts elucidate steps towards prevention and

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01:25:57

Cyber Insurance versus Cyber Warranty

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/03/25

In today's episode of Breakfast Bytes, we are delighted to have Joe Brunsman from Brunsman Advisory Group as our special guest. Known for his extensive knowledge on the intersecting worlds of insurance and cybersecurity, Joe offers beneficial insights on the evolving sphere of insurance exclusions and how businesses can navigate these changes amidst the increasing threats of cyber warfare. Tune in as we explore the importance of adopting risk mitigation strategies with tangible security investment

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33:45

Demystifying IT Services and the Shared...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/03/01

Welcome to another eye-opening episode of Breakfast Bytes hosted by Felicia King. In this episode, we dissect prevalent misconceptions in the IT industry particularly regarding services like NOC, SOC, XDR, and SOAR. Explore the conundrum between cybersecurity checkbox exercises and the pivotal need for legitimate risk reduction efforts. Moreover, discover potential pitfalls of co-managed IT and strategies to sidestep them.We delve extensively into co-managed IT services, illustrating their

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29:51

How establishing requirements properly results in...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/02/02

Felicia is joined by fellow CISO Dawn Montemayor, partner at PureCyber, which is a security minded business consulting firm. Learn from two CISOs about how vital it is to use operationally mature processes in requirements definitions in order to achieve effective outcomes while avoiding toxic behavior in complex entities.the importance of vulnerability assessment and management requirements in contracts It is imperative for resource owners to be designated and held accountable to outcomes. Exit

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02:01:30

Operational Maturity is required to have Information...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/01/29

Felicia is joined by Laura Conrad, a Security Architect with 30 years of experience in enterprise environments. Laura currently reports directly to a CISO, and has been an integral part of the information security program at two large enterprises. Felicia has consulted with 26 large enterprises and numerous SMB organizations in the last 30 years. She finds that the same problems occur in every organization that lacks operational maturity. Are you a person working in information security frustrated

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29:43

Managing the impact of changing IT service providers

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/01/19

Felicia shares insights on the pitfalls of changing IT service providers or MSPs for both clients and the IT service providers themselves. This content is based upon a number of questions that other MSPs have posed to Felicia asking for advice as well as numerous first hand experiences on the subject. This podcast is primarily for IT service providers or MSPs, but business decisions makers who are considering making a change would also benefit from the content.

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29:25

CMMC and latest DoD memo implications and far...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2024/01/18

Special guest Tobias Musser of MNS Group generously shares with the Breakfast Bytes audience his wisdom and insight into what is a challenging and nuanced regulatory landscape that has far reaching business implications. https://mnsgroup.com/ A vigorous discussion of the implications of the latest DoD memo about DFARS 7012 FedRAMP or FedRAMP moderate. FedRAMP Compliance Challenges and Hybrid Approach Tobias and Felicia discussed the implications of a DOD memo mandating FedRAMP compliance for all

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29:38

Why the ship has sailed on BYOD

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/12/09

Tom Dean of Consulting Adventures joins Felicia for part three of the analysis on mobile devices and the problems with them. OKTA breach, IT admin’s password getting stored in gmail password synced manager Two-way problems. Personal on business and business on personal Lack of clarity around device wipe, device use policies, apps running on devices Compliance is easier when business owns the asset and delineation of ownership of asset and data is clear. If the configurations are not managed, the

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29:47

Threats to mobile devices and how to manage them, part 2

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/11/29

Part 2 of a series on threats to mobile devices and through mobile devices. Tactics and techniques to deal with those threats. Cohost: Tom Dean – Consulting Ventures Tom has decades in capital goods manufacturing industry (fortune 500 scale) Years of experience in marketing, sales & interfacing with independent dealers/distributors (small/medium scale) Current focus is strategy & risk management consulting Lifelong learner and an interest in technology. Strategy + risk management --->

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29:34

Physical threats to mobile phones, SIM hijacking, out...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/10/30

Part 1 of a two-part series on threats to mobile devices and through mobile devices. Tactics and techniques to deal with those threats. Cohost: Tom Dean – Consulting Ventures Tom has decades in capital goods manufacturing industry (fortune 500 scale) Years of experience in marketing, sales & interfacing with independent dealers/distributors (small/medium scale) Current focus is strategy & risk management consulting Lifelong learner and an interest in technology. Strategy + risk management

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29:28

How to analyze workloads and decide how they should...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/10/05

The process of determining how workloads should be hosted is very complex and not a decision that should be abdicated to the IT service provider. Business decision-makers must be involved in those decisions as only they are able to define the key criteria that all other factors are dependent upon.

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29:37

How a lack of understanding of business processes...

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/09/01

CTO Kyle Wentworth joins Felicia for a discussion about how businesses can avoid adverse financial impacts. Lack of understanding of the language of technology It changes so incredibly fast that it takes a sea of people who understand the pieces Complete perspective of how the business of technology should be run Understand what governance and compliance standards your business is held to That dictates how you do business. Some tangible examples of how things can and should be

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29:17

Email security management and monitoring is critical

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/08/04

Why it is critical to have an email security expert managing and monitoring email security configurations and delivery of email on an ongoing basis. Instructions from marketing automation platforms are not adequate. It matters A LOT what you are trying to do with email. Getting these items configured is an art form. Vendors are continually failing vendor risk management analysis and losing business over their email not being properly configured. New website resource:

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29:37

CISO, CTO, CIO, what’s the difference?

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/06/16

Kyle Wentworth of Wentworth Consulting Group joined Felicia to compare/contrast three C-suite level IT/IS related roles. Kyle has 35 years of business experience and has been working on computers since 1976. He is a: Fractional CTO Business coach Business process modeler Kyle has a great resource on his website to help people understand the differences between these C-suite roles. https://wentworthconsultinggroup.com/cto-cio-ciso-consulting/ Listen to the podcast for some Kyle truth bombs such

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29:34

Zero trust fundamentals

QPC Security - Breakfast Bytes ·

2023/06/02

Zero trust is not a product you buy. The problem that most organizations have is that they are still not doing the fundamentals well. CIS has a community defense model. I did a detailed webinar on it where I covered a lot of these fundamentals. https://www.qpcsecurity.com/2023/02/16/addressing-information-security-fundamentals-with-cis-and-community-defense-model/ Let's look at inventory management, asset management, change management, onboarding and offboarding. You must have checks and balances

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