Cyber Security – Détails, épisodes et analyse

A presentation special from the AVAR conference in Singapore, December 2022!

• What is the attack chain?
• Why is it good to test using full attack chains?
• And what are some of the alternative approaches, with their pros and cons?

Security Life Hack from Simon Edwards (SE Labs)!

(Full Show Notes available on our website.)

We explore how testers behave, or misbehave. And the different ways, some more honest than others, that security vendors engage with testing. 

• Can you trust security tests?
• What do their results actually mean?
• How honest are the testers and the security companies they test?

 Guests on this month's Cyber Security DE:CODED podcast include Richard Ford (Praetorian).

Plus a full bonus interview with Richard Ford.
Security Life Hack from Siggi Stefnisson (Gen)!

(Full Show Notes available on our website.)

In this episode we’re going to look at what a computer breach, or hack, actually looks like. From both the attacker and defender’s points of view.

We welcome special guest St. John Harold, a cyber security veteran of 20 years experience in the armed forces, governmental organisations and commercial companies.

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

In this episode Simon and Marc focus on the basics of understanding and managing risk. They discuss insurance, how to assess the risk of anything (from dropping a cup of tea on an expensive server to animal attacks!) and touch on ransomware.

We look at the issues from the perspective of executives in large organisations and founders setting up their own startups.

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

Companies spend trillions on cyber security each year. But how do they decide which products and services are the best?

We dig down into the sometimes shady world of cyber security sales, market analysis and product testing. How do the relationships work between clients, salespeople, analysts, testers and the media?

Simon Edwards (SE Labs) talks to special guests Allison Elizondo (ex-NSS Labs, now SentinelOne) and Nabil Khokhar (ex-Glencore, now DarkGuard)

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

We continue our first series on cyber security by looking at the most basic concepts.

• Why can't we just lock everything up in a safe?
• Is cyber security for large businesses more complicated than it needs to be?
• How do governments and spy agencies approach the problem?
• How can we use these concepts to secure our businesses and our families?

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

Anti-virus seems to keep dying! Simon Edwards looks at why people keep repeating the claim and why it's important to understand the issues, even if you don't agree with them.

• What is "anti-virus" anyway?
• Naughty marketing claims
• Opinionated researchers with inside knowledge
• Outdated opinions
• Grumpy software developers

And the briefest history of computer anti-virus that we could manage.

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

Where can large and small businesses find good, basic cyber security advice?

We look at the options and discuss the UK's Cyber Essentials programme. Is it a good start or a non-starter?

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

How do attacker attack? We look at their tactics and explore your options to help recognise and evade them. We examine social engineering in a cyber security and physical context, as well as technical exploits.

(Full Show Notes available on our website.) 

Small business and Managed Service Provider special!

• Do small businesses face the same cyber threats as large organisations?
• Are your security solutions 100% effective? And how do you pick a good one?
• Where are the opportunities for MSPs to add value and make more money?

In June 2022 we set up a panel of security experts to help and advise companies selling managed security services. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) need to choose a set of security solutions that they can use or possibly resell to their small business clients, known as SMBs.

The clients face the same cyber threats as large organisations, but they’re far less equipped to handle them.

We answer all of these questions and more with special guests Martin Lee from Cisco, Chad Skipper from VMware, and Luis Corrons from Avast.

Security Life Hack from John Hawes (AMTSO)!

(Full Show Notes available on our website.)