Why Controlling Time Matters Cyber Security Dispatch
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An Interview with Arun Sood, CEO of SCIT LabsCyber Security Dispatch: Season 3, Episode 2Show Notes:
Welcome back to the Cyber Security Dispatch. This is the first in the new series of interviews focused on innovative technology in cyber security where we talk about new solutions to protect our data and systems. Today on the show we welcome Arun Sood, CEO of Self Cleansing Intrusion Tolerance (SCIT) Labs. He is the co-inventor of all six SCIT technology patents that are based on the research undertaken at his research center. In this episode, we are setting the clock on why controlling time matters. Arun is an expert on moving target defense and building resilience systems. He offers a refreshing perspective on how controlling time can give security teams a key advantage in stopping attacks and limiting the impact of those attacks. It is a really fascinating perspective and one that can help you see things differently. For all this and much more be sure to tune in!
Key Points From This Episode:
Understanding moving target defense.
The resilience requirement: continuity of operations.
Providing higher levels of security through diversity and redundancy.
How redundancy can be used to achieve a dual goal.
Understanding the concept of diversity.
How complexities affect cost: the additional expense.
Why you can’t change the implementation in a redundancy based approach.
Dwell time: a measure of how the server is performing.
Steps of a cyber-kill chain.
Understanding the SCIT system.
Thinking of data in three different ways.
Recovery systems in the cyber security space.
How to think about measuring success: what does it mean?
Two principle things to start with as a small user.
Choosing your throttle time.
And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Arun Sood — http://scitlabs.com/about-us/team
Arun on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunsood/
SCIT Labs — http://scitlabs.com/
George Mason University — https://www2.gmu.edu/
Drupal — https://www.drupal.org/
WordPress — https://wordpress.com/
Introduction:
Welcome back to the Cyber Security Dispatch. This is the first in the new series of interviews focused on innovative technology in cyber security where we talk about new solutions to protect our data and systems. Today on the show we welcome Arun Sood, CEO of Self Cleansing Intrusion Tolerance (SCIT) Labs. He is the co-inventor of all six SCIT technology patents that are based on the research undertaken at his research center. In this episode, we are setting the clock on why controlling time matters. Arun is an expert on moving target defense and building resilience systems. He offers a refreshing perspective on how controlling time can give security teams a key advantage in stopping attacks and limiting the impact of those attacks. It is a really fascinating perspective and one that can help you see things differently. For all this and much more be sure to tune in!
TRANSCRIPT
[0:01:05.5] AS: I am Arun Sood and I am a professor at George Mason University but currently, research at George Mason has led to six packets and at one stage, we decided to start a university startup, we are a group affiliated to George Mason has equity shares in the company so there is a close relationship between the two things. I’m the founder of this and currently in the CEO but I see we have a chief architect, we have lots of people who are helping with us and how this is going to evolve is only time will tell.
[0:01:46.7] AA: Yeah, I think, you know, one of the things that was so interesting about what you got up to is you’re sort of focusing, you’re focused on moving target def
An Interview with Arun Sood, CEO of SCIT LabsCyber Security Dispatch: Season 3, Episode 2Show Notes:
Welcome back to the Cyber Security Dispatch. This is the first in the new series of interviews focused on innovative technology in cyber security where we talk about new solutions to protect our data and systems. Today on the show we welcome Arun Sood, CEO of Self Cleansing Intrusion Tolerance (SCIT) Labs. He is the co-inventor of all six SCIT technology patents that are based on the research undertaken at his research center. In this episode, we are setting the clock on why controlling time matters. Arun is an expert on moving target defense and building resilience systems. He offers a refreshing perspective on how controlling time can give security teams a key advantage in stopping attacks and limiting the impact of those attacks. It is a really fascinating perspective and one that can help you see things differently. For all this and much more be sure to tune in!
Key Points From This Episode:
Understanding moving target defense.
The resilience requirement: continuity of operations.
Providing higher levels of security through diversity and redundancy.
How redundancy can be used to achieve a dual goal.
Understanding the concept of diversity.
How complexities affect cost: the additional expense.
Why you can’t change the implementation in a redundancy based approach.
Dwell time: a measure of how the server is performing.
Steps of a cyber-kill chain.
Understanding the SCIT system.
Thinking of data in three different ways.
Recovery systems in the cyber security space.
How to think about measuring success: what does it mean?
Two principle things to start with as a small user.
Choosing your throttle time.
And much more!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Arun Sood — http://scitlabs.com/about-us/team
Arun on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/arunsood/
SCIT Labs — http://scitlabs.com/
George Mason University — https://www2.gmu.edu/
Drupal — https://www.drupal.org/
WordPress — https://wordpress.com/
Introduction:
Welcome back to the Cyber Security Dispatch. This is the first in the new series of interviews focused on innovative technology in cyber security where we talk about new solutions to protect our data and systems. Today on the show we welcome Arun Sood, CEO of Self Cleansing Intrusion Tolerance (SCIT) Labs. He is the co-inventor of all six SCIT technology patents that are based on the research undertaken at his research center. In this episode, we are setting the clock on why controlling time matters. Arun is an expert on moving target defense and building resilience systems. He offers a refreshing perspective on how controlling time can give security teams a key advantage in stopping attacks and limiting the impact of those attacks. It is a really fascinating perspective and one that can help you see things differently. For all this and much more be sure to tune in!
TRANSCRIPT
[0:01:05.5] AS: I am Arun Sood and I am a professor at George Mason University but currently, research at George Mason has led to six packets and at one stage, we decided to start a university startup, we are a group affiliated to George Mason has equity shares in the company so there is a close relationship between the two things. I’m the founder of this and currently in the CEO but I see we have a chief architect, we have lots of people who are helping with us and how this is going to evolve is only time will tell.
[0:01:46.7] AA: Yeah, I think, you know, one of the things that was so interesting about what you got up to is you’re sort of focusing, you’re focused on moving target def