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Emagine the Future is a cybersecurity and technology podcast aimed to offer ambitious technology and national security professionals with actionable insights and unique stories from proven industry leaders. Each week, we release conversations with experts from the intelligence, defense, civilian, and private sectors where we discuss current events, career and skill development, technology and national security, and the future. Obtain the edge you need to stay current, to accelerate your development, and to elevate your impact. 

  1. 04/30/2024

    43 - GPT-4 Exploits 87% of Vulns, New CISA Requirements, VPNs Under Attack, and NIST Issues Digital Identity Updates

    Welcome to Episode 43 of Emagine The Future, our 4th of our "This Month in Cyber" series - April 2024 edition. March Catchup (Things we missed):   NIST Unveils New Consortium to Operate its National Vulnerability Database https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-unveils-new-nvd-consortium/ A New Roadmap for FedRAMP  https://www.fedramp.gov/2024-03-28-a-new-roadmap-for-fedramp/ Review of the Summer 2023 Microsoft Exchange Online Intrusion https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/CSRB_Review_of_the_Summer_2023_MEO_Intrusion_Final_508c.pdf. Incidents & Breaches:  Cisco Warns of Global Surge in Brute-Force Attacks Targeting VPN and SSH Services https://thehackernews.com/2024/04/cisco-warns-of-global-surge-in-brute.html?&web_view=true. GPT-4 Can Exploit Most Vulns Just by Reading Threat Advisories https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/gpt-4-can-exploit-most-vulns-just-by-reading-threat-advisories Regulatory & Government:   New CISA Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Requirements Proposed for Critical Infrastructure Companies https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/03/cisas-proposed-framework-cyber-incident-reporting-rules-includes-subpoena-power/395275/?oref=ngfcw_alert_nl&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nextgov/FCW%20Alert%20-%20March%2027%2C%202024&utm_term=newsletter_ng_alert Formal Update: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06526/cyber-incident-reporting-for-critical-infrastructure-act-circia-reporting-requirements NIST issues digital identity update allowing agencies to use synced passkeys , https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/04/nist-issues-digital-identity-update-allowing-agencies-to-use-synced-passkeys/ Events That Occurred & Events 60 Days Away:  RSA Conference (May 6-9)  - San Francisco  45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (May 20-22, 2024 Security and Privacy Workshops will be held on May 23, 202 San Francisco Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (National Harbor, MD June 3-5)  GRC Summit 2024 Baltimore, June 17 & 18  Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EITisCyber Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emagine-it-inc-/posts/

  2. 04/02/2024

    40 - NIST 2.0, Memory-Safe Tech, Conversation Overflow, Phobos Ransomware Insights

    Welcome to Episode 40 of Emagine The Future our 2nd of our "This Month in Cyber" series - March 2024 edition. February Catchup (Things we missed):  NIST 2.0 Cybersecurity Framework: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/02/nist-releases-version-20-landmark-cybersecurity-frameworkUS Press release on Future Software should be Memory-Safe: https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community Released 2/5/2024: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24475399-unclassified-threat-assessment-us-government-2024Microsoft and OpenAI publish a report on Nation-State Hackers using AI for cyber-attacks: https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/microsoft-openai-warn-of-nation-state.htmlIncidents & Breaches:  Credential-stealing emails  and Conversation Overflow:  https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/conversation-overflow-cyberattacks-bypass-ai-securityNIST National Vulnerability Database Disruption Sees CVE Enrichment on Hold: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-vulnerability-database/Regulatory & Government:  In continuation of last month, FBI and CISA release details on the tactics and techniques threat actors are using to deploy the Phobos ransomware strain on target networks: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fbi-cisa-release-iocs-for-phobos-ransomwareNSA's Zero Trust Guidance: https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3695223/nsa-releases-maturity-guidance-for-the-zero-trust-network-and-environment-pillar/Yearly US Intelligence Congress Testimony: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/11/four-things-we-learned-when-us-spy-chiefs-testified-to-congress/DHS AI Roadmap Plans: https://fedscoop.com/dhs-ai-roadmap/?utm_content=286478443&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-1097874Events That Occurred & Events 60 Days Away:  Philadelphia Cybersecurity Conference, Virtual and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: April 4 SANS New2Cyber Summit 2024–Central US, Virtual: April 4 – 15 Cybersecurity Implications of AI Summit: North America West Summit, Seattle, Washington: April 16 Google Cloud Next ’24, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 9 – 11  Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EITisCyber Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emagine-it-inc-/posts/

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Emagine the Future is a cybersecurity and technology podcast aimed to offer ambitious technology and national security professionals with actionable insights and unique stories from proven industry leaders. Each week, we release conversations with experts from the intelligence, defense, civilian, and private sectors where we discuss current events, career and skill development, technology and national security, and the future. Obtain the edge you need to stay current, to accelerate your development, and to elevate your impact.