7 episodes

Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for Cybersecurity Solutions at Microsoft, talks with cybersecurity thought leaders and influential industry experts about the trends shaping the cyber landscape and what should be top-of-mind for the C-suite and other key decision makers. Ann and her guests explore the risk and promise of tools and systems powered by AI, IoT, machine learning, and other emerging technology, as well as the impact on how humans work, communicate, consume information, and live in this era of digital transformation.

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Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President for Cybersecurity Solutions at Microsoft, talks with cybersecurity thought leaders and influential industry experts about the trends shaping the cyber landscape and what should be top-of-mind for the C-suite and other key decision makers. Ann and her guests explore the risk and promise of tools and systems powered by AI, IoT, machine learning, and other emerging technology, as well as the impact on how humans work, communicate, consume information, and live in this era of digital transformation.

    Thoughts From The Edge: Leveraging A Hacker Mindset 

    Thoughts From The Edge: Leveraging A Hacker Mindset 

    Ann talks with security expert and co-founder of Veracode, Chris Wysopal about the changing scale and stakes of hacks. Their conversation delves into how cybercriminals monetize attacks, the rise of attacks by nation states, and what hacktivists are up to these days. They also look at vulnerabilities in election infrastructure in the U.S. through the lens of vendor expectations and supply chain security. Hear Ann and Chris' perspectives on the main types, motivations, and targets of threat actors and how governments and organizations can tailor their security strategy to the threats they face. 

    Links:

    L0phtCrack - https://www.l0phtcrack.com 

    L0pht Heavy Industries testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 1998 - https://youtu.be/VVJldn_MmMY 

    • 22 min
    Peak, Plateau or Plummet? Cyber Trends that Are Here to Stay... and Fading Away

    Peak, Plateau or Plummet? Cyber Trends that Are Here to Stay... and Fading Away

    Kevin Beaumont, a thought leader in the cybersecurity industry on incident detection and response, joins Ann to talk about the security trends that are peaking, plateauing, and plummeting. They trade insights on how organizations can examine the dynamics of an attack and effectively monitor their logs and landscape to prevent or recover from one.

    Listen for guidance and an insider's perspective on the threats facing businesses, the destructive impact of the monetization of cybercrime, and how security professionals can optimize their strategies to keep their businesses safe.

    • 26 min
    Cybersecurity and IoT: New Risks and How to Minimize Them

    Cybersecurity and IoT: New Risks and How to Minimize Them

    This week, Ann chats with Dr. Andrea Little Limbago, a cybersecurity researcher, writer, keynote speaker, quant analyst, national security wonk, and computational social scientist at Virtru. Ann and Andrea pull the threads on how IoT can empower businesses to enrich and leverage AI, machine learning, and automation to achieve their goals, develop more predictive and analytics-based capabilities, satisfy customer demand, and fine tune operations in an era when both security risks are significant as cybercriminals can apply the same technology to their attacks. Listen in on their conversation about how CISOs and other business leaders can detect bad actors and defend their organizations - and themselves - against them. 

    IoT Signals report: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/iot/signals/  

    • 31 min
    Building Operational Resilience In A Digital World

    Building Operational Resilience In A Digital World

    Ann hosts a conversation with Ian Coldwater, a Kubernetes container and cloud infrastructure specialist, penetration tester, DevOps engineer, and cybersecurity consultant bridging the gaps between teams. Ann and Ian talk about how CISOs can prepare for an cyberattack to minimize its impact, master the magic and complexity of containers, and encourage collaboration between engineering and security to find and fix vulnerabilities. Listen to hear how the highest security priorities may not be tools or process, but communication within the organization and remembering the basics.

    Links:

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2019: 
    https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/events/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2019 

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon keynote: "Hello from the Other Side: Dispatches from a Kubernetes Attacker": 
    https://sched.co/UdIL 

    • 30 min
    From Threat Intelligence to Chatbots: A Look at AI in Cybersecurity

    From Threat Intelligence to Chatbots: A Look at AI in Cybersecurity

    Ann chats with CISO advisor, author, speaker and champion for women in cybersecurity Jane Frankland. In this episode, Ann and Jane explore how companies incorporate AI into their security tools and processes, the promise and risk of chatbots, their own paths to successful careers in cybersecurity, and how to encourage more women to get into the industry. Listen to hear what organizations need to know to make the best use of AI now, while preparing for a vastly more intelligent future.

    • 31 min
    The State of Cybersecurity: How did we get here? What does it mean?

    The State of Cybersecurity: How did we get here? What does it mean?

    Ann talks with Marc Goodman, global security strategist, futurist, and author of the book FUTURE CRIMES: EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, EVERYONE IS VULNERABLE AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. 

    In this episode, Ann and Marc discuss the scale of cyberthreats - past, present, and future - and how authorities and experts at local, national, and global levels defend against them. They also explore the security risk posed by billions of connected devices and the implications of a multi-dimensional attack for governments, cities, businesses, and human beings. Listen in on their conversation about the evolution of cybercrime and cybersecurity to learn about the possibilities and vulnerabilities of our increasingly connected world.
     
    Show Links:

    * Cities are easy prey for cybercriminals. Here's how they can fight back, WEF: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/our-cities-are-increasingly-vulnerable-to-cyberattacks-heres-how-they-can-fight-back 

    * Future Crimes, Marc Goodman: http://www.futurecrimesbook.com 

    * IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018, IBM: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/MKJOL3DG 

    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

Oziel Hernández Salgado ,

Great podcast for anyone interested in cyber security

This a must for anyone interested in cyber security, short and concise episodes with high caliber guests and a great host.

Ryan Radford MSFT ,

Thanks Ann

Continually providing great content.

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