Jack Daniel – Emerging from the Quarantine Cocoon
TechSpective Podcast Episode 066 It has been a rough year and a half since COVID-19 hit at the beginning of 2020. Thankfully, we are rolling out vaccines at a blistering pace and it seems like there is light at the end of the tunnel and that things will begin to ... Read More
Ron Gula – Innovation and Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity
TechSpective Podcast Episode 065 Cybersecurity is constantly evolving. The threat landscape continues to expand and new technologies shift and extend the attack surface–both of which require new and innovative tools and practices to address. Ron Gula, co-founder and President of Gula Tech Adventures, joins me for this episode of the ... Read More
Jayson Street – Hacking and Social Engineering and Why There are No ‘Black Hat’ Hackers
TechSpective Podcast Episode 063 What is a hacker? This is a question that has been debated for decades in the cybersecurity arena. Media conflated hacker and cybercriminal very early on, and it has been challenging to correct that error and separate the terms. I even wrote as far back as ... Read More
Qualys Helps Organizations Manage Risk with Cybersecurity Asset Management
You can’t protect what you can’t see. Yes, it is a tad trite at this point. As vendors have focused on comprehensive visibility in recent years, the phrase has almost become something of a buzzword. That in no way changes the truth of the statement, though. It is a simple ... Read More
Jack Danahy Discusses Why “Cybersecurity-as-a-Service” Makes the Most Sense
Jack Danahy joined me for this episode of the TechSpective Podcast. I had the opportunity to work with and for Jack during our time together at Alert Logic, which acquired Barkly, a company he had co-founded. Prior to Barkly, Jack had been involved in launching other successful cybersecurity startups. Currently, ... Read More
Richard Stiennon Talks about Security Yearbook 2021 and Getting Through the Pandemic
TechSpective Podcast Episode 059 If you have worked in or near cybersecurity in the last 20 years or so, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with Richard Stiennon. Richard is a former Gartner analyst who has established himself as a leading independent analyst–as well as an author and speaker in ... Read More
Sam Curry Discusses Privacy, Data Ownership, and Business Continuity
TechSpective Podcast Episode 057 We frequently see data referred to as the “new oil” or the “lifeblood of business.” Hyperbolic catch phrases aside, though, data is everywhere. All of the things are data. As the rate of data creation skyrockets exponentially, we are struggling as a global community with how ... Read More
Frank Duff Chats about Latest MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation
TechSpective Podcast Episode 056 MITRE ATT&CK has quickly become an invaluable, third-party assessment that the cybersecurity industry and customers can reference as an objective demonstration of how the tools and platforms perform in real-world conditions. MITRE just released the results of the third MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation. 29 vendors participated in ... Read More
Shashi Prakash Chats about Cryptocurrency and NFT Fraud
TechSpective Podcast Episode 055 One of the hot trends right now is the NFT. NFT–pronounced by some as “nifty” because it is catchier than saying N-F-T–stands for “non-fungible token”. NFTs exist in a world that few truly understand (and I don’t claim to be one of them)–a mix of trendy ... Read More
Exploiting Embedded Linux Devices Through the JTAG Interface
With the explosion of internet-of-things (IoT) and connected, industrial IoT (IIoT), and connected, smart home devices, it is getting harder and harder to find things that don’t have some sort of embedded operating system and connectivity today. While connected devices can streamline productivity and provide a variety of benefits, they ... Read More
