Coffee Talk with SURGe

Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, Audra Streetman
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Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news and Mick and Ryan will compete in a 60 second charity challenge. You don’t want to miss it!

  1. 12/19/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: The Interview Series featuring Kirsty Paine

    Join Ryan Kovar and special guest Kirsty Paine, Field CTO and Strategic Advisor at Splunk, for a conversation about her career in cybersecurity, including with her work on technical standards and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, IoT, and quantum computing.  Links:  - Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs) & The Quantum Threat  - Quantum-Safe Cryptography & Standards: QSC, PQC, QKD & More! - The Quantum Threat: Options for Migrating to Quantum Safe Cryptography  - Kirsty’s Blog Posts - Cyber Security for Consumer Internet of Things (ETSI EN 303 645) - Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and Their Role in Attack Defence (RFC 9424)

    31 min

  2. 12/12/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: 12-DEC-2023 Kyivstar Cyberattack, Water Utilities Hacked, Log4j Exploited

    Grab a cup of coffee and join Mick Baccio, Katie Brown and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including:  - Ukraine’s top mobile internet company is down, blames Russian cyberattack - IRGC-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit PLCs in Multiple Sectors, Including U.S. Water and Wastewater Systems Facilities - North Korean hackers using Log4J vulnerability in global campaign Audra and Katie also competed in a charity challenge to share what they consider to be the largest cyber incident of 2023.

    29 min

  3. 12/05/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: The Interview Series featuring Eric McGinnis

    Join Audra Streetman and special guest Eric McGinnis, Senior Threat Researcher at Splunk, for a conversation about Detection as Code and how it helps to streamline the threat detection process, especially at scale.    Links:  https://github.com/splunk/attack_range https://atomicredteam.io/ https://github.com/splunk/attack_data https://github.com/splunk/security_content https://github.com/splunk/contentctl

    22 min

  4. 11/28/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: NCSC Annual Review, ENISA Threat Landscape, Netherlands Cyber Assessment

    Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Kirsty Paine, and Floris Ladan for a special EMEA edition of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will compare highlights and similarities across recent cyber threat reports, including:  - UK NCSC Annual Review 2023 - ENISA Threat Landscape 2023 - Cyber security assessment of the Netherlands 2023  Ryan and Floris also competed in a 60 second charity challenge to explain the importance of red teaming.

    38 min

  5. 11/21/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: The Interview Series featuring Cat Self

    Join David Bianco and special guest Cat Self, Principal Adversary Emulation Engineer at MITRE and macOS/Linux Lead for ATT&CK, for a conversation about Cat’s career journey from military intelligence to cybersecurity along with her current work at MITRE.  Links:  - Mitre Engenuity CTID Project - Blog: "A Deep Dive into the OceanLotus Adversary Emulation for macOS & Linux" - Defensive guidance in an enterprise environment: OBTS v6 presentation, “Dropping Lotus Bombs: ATT&CK in macOS Purple Team Operations” by Cat Self & Megan Carney - CTID Adversary Emulation Library

    45 min

  6. 11/14/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: 2023-NOV-14 ICBC Ransomware, Sandworm Cuts Power in Ukraine, Volt Typhoon

    Grab a cup of coffee and join Mick Baccio, Ryan Kovar, and Audra Streetman for another edition of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including:  - LockBit says ICBC paid ransom over hack that disrupted US Treasury market  https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/icbc-paid-ransom-after-hack-that-disrupted-markets-cybercriminals-say-2023-11-13/ - Sandworm Disrupts Power in Ukraine Using a Novel Attack Against Operational Technology https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/sandworm-disrupts-power-ukraine-operational-technology - The NSA Seems Pretty Stressed About the Threat of Chinese Hackers in US Critical Infrastructure https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-china-hacking-criticial-us-infrastructure/ Mick and Ryan will also compete in a charity challenge to explain what constitutes an influence operation, and why network defenders should care.

    40 min

  7. 11/08/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: The Interview Series featuring John Hultquist

    Join Mick Baccio and special guest John Hultquist, Chief Analyst at Mandiant Intelligence, for a conversation about John’s career in cybersecurity, his advice for aspiring CTI analysts, and what to expect at CYBERWARCON 2023 on Nov. 9. The link to register is: https://lnkd.in/gsDkmy2u.

    50 min

  8. 10/31/2023

    Coffee Talk with SURGe: 2023-10-31 SEC SolarWinds Complaint, Biden’s Executive Order on AI

    Grab a cup of coffee and join Mick Baccio, Ryan Kovar, and Audra Streetman for a spooky Halloween edition of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news, including:  - SEC Charges SolarWinds and Chief Information Security Officer with Fraud, Internal Control Failures - President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Mick and Ryan also competed in a charity challenge benefitting World Central Kitchen to share the lessons learned from Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

    42 min
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Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. The team from Splunk will discuss the latest security news and Mick and Ryan will compete in a 60 second charity challenge. You don’t want to miss it!

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    Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, Audra Streetman
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