The Abricto Podcast Brent Brackin & Cornel Du Preez

In this episode of the Abricto Security Podcast, we meet with Chris Mitchiner, Executive Director for Cyber at the University of North Georgia. Cornel and Chris discuss the value of earning a degree in Cyber, how to stand out from the competition when landing your first role, and what private companies can do to make an impact in the Cyber community. Other questions we'll explore include:What can students do outside the classroom to prepare themselves for careers in Cyber? What is UNG do...

In this episode, we meet the young and emerging star in cybersecurity, 5pider. We explore a new Command and Control framework by the name of Havoc. This is a powerful and flexible architecture that is capable of huge scalability. Havoc is open-source and is being used by nation-state threat actors. How does someone so young get into cybersecurity creating C2s and malware? What is it like creating modern malware avoiding detection? Where does the inspiration for Havoc come from?...

In this episode, we meet with David Levine, Vice President, Executive Partner at Forrester and former CISO at Ricoh USA. In this discussion we dive into the world of risk management. Specifically, David explains how he was responsible for protecting Ricoh’s assets and what approaches he used to accomplish that goal. Some questions we answered include:How do large companies track and manage the risk of their internet-facing digital footprint? What are some data privacy and ownership conce...

In this episode, we meet with two of Abricto Security’s Junior Security Consultants, Dre Porter and Daniel Cornett. Led by one of our Senior Security Consultants, Rob Waltman, we unpack the hurdles faced by folks trying to break into offensive security and the value these team members have to offer. Questions we discuss include: What did our Junior Security Consultants think hacking would be like before they started? What’s it like being a Junior Security Consultant here at Abricto?...

In this episode, we sit down with two of Abricto’s Senior Security Consultants to discuss all things password-related. Anthony Ralston and Rob Waltman share their perspectives of why strong passwords are so critical to the security of both your corporate and personal accounts. We cover common yet effective attacks cybercriminals use to crack or bypass your credentials altogether to hack their way in. Specific topics we explore include:Why does your password suck?Practical implications of pass...

In this episode, we meet with DJ Goldsworthy, a thought-leader in enterprise security and cloud adoption. DJ shares his perspective regarding the benefits and efficiencies enabled by cloud adoption. We dig into product security and best-practices for automating secure code development. Some questions we explore include:How are organizations benefiting by migrating development efforts to the cloud? Are cloud-native applications and workloads susceptible to ransomware?How do you embed secu...