Building the Best Me is an initiative rooted in a relentless drive for growth, community, and love for the modern woman of color. This podcast will explore all things related to the uplift and kinship of our listeners.
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Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building is an influential podcast led by housing industry expert Mollie Carmichael, Principal, Advisory, of Zonda. Each episode features an insightful personal conversation with a key thought leader in the housing industry. Join Mollie as we get to know these top leaders—what inspires them, what drives them, and how they build communities. Tune in below and follow @ZondaHome on social media for the latest updates. Learn more about Zonda at http ...
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Are you a cyber defender looking to keep up on the newest tools, technology, and security concepts? Then BLUEPRINT is the podcast for you! Tune in to hear the latest in cyber defense and security operations from blue team leaders and experts. With a focus on learning, BLUEPRINT includes interviews with today’s top security practitioners defending the world’s most respected brands, and in-depth explanations on the newest technologies, protocols, and defensive tools. BLUEPRINT, is a podcast ho ...
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Ep. 27 - Jeremy Laster, Rancho Mission Viejo
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In the latest episode of the Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building podcast Mollie Carmichael sits down with Jeremy Laster, President of Rancho Mission Viejo. Over the past 22 years, Mr. Laster has overseen the development and operation of more than 2.0 million square feet of commercial real estate assets, over 2,500 apartment unit…
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Ep. 26 - Margaret Whelan, Whelan Advisory Capital Markets
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In the latest episode of the Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building podcast Mollie Carmichael sits down with Margaret Whelan, Founder and CEO of Whelan Advisory Capital Markets – a boutique investment bank and broker-dealer focused on M&A and capital-raising advisory exclusively for the residential housing and construction industry…
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Ep. 25 Liesel Cooper, Century Communities
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The latest episode of Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Homebuilding features an interview with Liesel Cooper, National President of Century Communities. Liesel shares with Mollie the ins and outs of her career, how she got her start, and how her legacy will continue in the future leaders she inspires today. About the podcast Inspirational …
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The latest episode of Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Homebuilding features an interview with Gene Myers, Owner and CSO of Thrive Home Builders. Learn how Gene became one of the most influential green builders in the industry. About the podcast Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building is an influential podcast led by housin…
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Episode 23 -John Martin, Martin & Associates
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The latest episode of Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Homebuilding features a very special interview with John Martin, owner of Martin & Associates. With over 50 years of experience in home building, product design, market research, community planning, land development, sales and marketing, John Martin brings a lot of skill and a legendar…
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Episode 22 - Tony Avila, Builder Advisor Group & Encore Capital Management
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Episode 21– Gregg Nelson & Michael Maples, Trumark
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Hear from Trumark co-founders Gregg Nelson and Michael Maples. The dynamic duo struck up a friendship while studying business at San Jose State University. Their shared faith strengthened their friendship, and ultimately led the pair to go into business together. About the podcast Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building is an influe…
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Bonus Episode: What does it take to author a cybersecurity book?
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to write and publish an information security book? In this special bonus episode following season 4, John discusses with Kathryn, Ingrid, and Carson the challenges and rewards of self-publishing, and the kind of effort that goes into producing a book like "11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations …
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Strategy 11: Turn up the Volume by Expanding SOC Functionality
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"This final chapter of the book is no simple closer! "Turn Up the Volume by Expanding SOC Functionality" covers testing that your SOC is functioning as intended through activities such as Threat Hunting, Red and Purple Teaming, Adversary Emulation, Breach and Attack Simulation, tabletop exercises and more. There's even a discussion of cyber decepti…
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Strategy 10: Measure Performance to Improve Performance
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"Metrics, is there any more confusing and contentious topic in cybersecurity? In this episode the authors cover their advice and approach to measuring your team so that issues can be quickly identified and performance can continuously improve! This special season of the Blueprint Podcast is taking a deep dive into MITRE’s 11 Strategies of a World-C…
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Strategy 9: Communicate Clearly, Collaborate Often, Share Generously
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"Research has shown that communication is one of the most important factors for success in security incident response teams. In this chapter, the authors discuss the critical types of information that must be shared within the SOC, with the constituency, and with the greater cybersecurity community. SANS Cyber Defense Discord Invite - sansurl.com/c…
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Hear from Toll Brothers Chairman and CEO, Doug Yearley, about his career in home building and who inspires him. About the podcast Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building is an influential podcast led by housing industry expert Mollie Carmichael, Principal, Advisory, of Zonda. Each episode features an insightful personal conversation…
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Strategy 8: Leverage Tools and Support Analyst Workflow
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Tool choice can be a make-or-break decision for security analysts, driving whether getting work done is a struggle, or an efficient, stress-free experience. How can we select the right tools for the job? Which tools are most important? Answers to these questions and more are in this week's episode of Blueprint! This special season of the Blueprint …
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Blueprint Live at the SANS Blue Team Summit 2023
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In this special live recording from the SANS Blue Team Summit 2023, Kathryn Knerler, Ingrid Parker, and Carson Zimmerman joined John Hubbard they share their insights and expertise with attendees by answering their pressing questions. From discussing the most effective strategies for building a successful SOC to sharing tips on how to stay ahead of…
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Strategy 7: Select and Collect the Right Data
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There's no denying that the average security team is completely overwhelmed with options for data to collect. With a deluge of endpoint, network, and cloud data sources to collect, how to do we identify and collect the most useful data sources? That's the topic of this episode. Join Kathryn, Ingrid, Carson, and John in this episode for a discussion…
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Strategy 6: Illuminate Adversaries with Cyber Threat Intelligence
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Every security team has limited budget and time, how do you know where to focus? Cyber Threat Intelligence provides those answers! In this episode, Ingrid, Carson and Kathryn describe how we can use CTI to focus our defensive efforts to understand our most likely attacks and attackers and move towards prioritizing what truly matters. This special s…
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Strategy 5: Prioritize Incident Response
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No security team is perfect, so in this episode, authors Carson, Ingrid, and Kathryn discuss what it takes to prepare for fast, effective incident response capability. Covering preparation, planning and execution, Strategy 5 will teach your team how to jump into action at the earliest sign of problems. This special season of the Blueprint Podcast i…
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Strategy 4: Hire AND Grow Quality Staff
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In this episode we dive deep on the "People" factor of the SOC. Who should you hire, what skills should you hire for, what backgrounds are most likely to lead to success for your team? We also get into what happens after the hire - training, growth, and supporting your team in their skill and career development. This one is a must-listen for all th…
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Strategy 3: Build a SOC Structure to Match Your Organizational Needs
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In this episode we discuss how to decide on the right org structure and capabilities of your SOC. This includes questions like tiered vs. tierless models, which capabilities the SOC should focus on, centralized vs. distributed SOCs, outsourcing of duties and staff augmentation considerations, and also where the SOC might sit in the larger chart of …
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Rick Severance is President of Wellen Park. Learn more about how the mastermind behind one of America’s largest master planned communities is fostering great leadership skills in the next generation. About the podcast Inspirational Leadership with the Best in Home Building is an influential podcast led by housing industry expert Mollie Carmichael, …
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Strategy 2: Give the SOC the Authority to Do Its Job
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Though a SOC is responsible for protecting your organization's assets, it is not the owner of those systems. If the SOC is not established with a clear charter and authority to act, it may quickly become difficult to be effective. Who should the SOC report to, what should be in a SOC charter, and how can we make these tough decisions? Those are the…
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Strategy 1: Know What You Are Protecting and Why
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As the saying goes, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there!" - an approach that is disastrous to a SOC. In order to succeed, the SOC must have a clear understanding of where they are going, how they're going to get there, and why. In this episode of our "11 Strategies" season we discuss chapter 1 of the book - "Know Wha…
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11 Strategies of a World-Class Security Operations Center: Fundamentals
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Welcome to a brand new season of Blueprint! In this intro episode we discuss "Fundamentals" chapter of the "11 Strategies of a World Class Cybersecurity Operations Center" with the authors. We get into the motivation behind updating the book and why its lessons are more important than ever in 2023. This chapter includes discussion of the functions …
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Get Ready, A Very Special Season 4 Is On the Way!
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Hello Blueprint listeners! We’re excited to announce that the release of season 4 of Blueprint is just around the corner, and we’ve got something very special cooked up for you. We’ve teamed up with the authors of MITRE’s “11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center” and over the next few months, we’ll be releasing episodes walki…
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Episode 18 - Shravan Parsi, American Ventures
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Shravan Parsi is the CEO and founder of American Ventures, a commercial real estate and multifamily development, operating and investment company. Inspired by the desire to build amazing communities and provide quality lifestyles, he says, “It’s not about the money, it’s about what kind of impact you’re leaving.” Get to know Shravan, who inspires h…
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Spencer Rascoff is the former CEO and co-founder of Zillow, the co-founder of Hotwire, and many other successful ventures, including his newest, Pacaso. Sit down with Spencer and Mollie Carmichael and hear about the birth of Hotwire and Zillow, what Spencer is most proud of in his achievements, and what he would have changed. Learn about his leader…
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Joan Webb is the retired Chief Marketing Officer for the New Home Company. She championed the way for women in the workplace—challenging home builders to check their biases, and encouraging women to lead difficult conversations and push for what they wanted. Learn more about Joan’s incredible career accomplishments, her niche talents, and her advic…
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Mike Forsum is a third-generation Swedish carpenter and home builder. Although home building wasn’t his original dream, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Today, Mike is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Landsea Holdings Corporation. He has been in the home building industry for over 30 years. He co-founded Land Ventures in 2008 an…
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Eric Lipar is the CEO and chairman of LGI Homes, who boasts a unique business model: they build move-in ready homes targeted specifically to first-time home buyers who are currently renting. Like many in the industry, homebuilding was not Eric’s original career trajectory. He grew up in rural Michigan in a town with a population of just 500 people.…
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Episode 13 - Ross Perot, Jr., Hillwood
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Ross Perot Jr. is the chairman of The Perot Group and Hillwood and is well known for a great number of achievements—such as developing Alliance, Texas, and making the first circumnavigation around the world in a helicopter at the age of 23—just to name a few. Despite his father's success and growing up in the company of giants such as Steve Jobs, F…
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Ryan Marshall is the president and chief executive officer of Pulte Homes, one of the largest national home builders. While he lives in the city now, his roots run deep in small town rural Utah. Growing up, Ryan wanted to be a cowboy—inspired by his dad who ran a cattle ranch and later became a veterinarian. Ryan’s upbringing impressed upon him the…
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Episode 11 - Sheryl Palmer, Taylor Morrison Homes
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Sheryl Palmer is not only the president and CEO of Taylor Morrison homes, she is a beloved, inspirational leader in the home building industry. She was a 2021 winner of the Heathstone Humanitarian award, and it is easy to see why. Palmer is a people-centric leader who knows the importance of building a strong team, and stepping back to let them shi…
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Episode 10 - Doug Bauer & Tom Mitchell, Tri Pointe Homes
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Doug and Tom founded Tri Pointe Homes at the height of the 2008 recession. Their focus on design, innovation, and their premium lifestyle brand has lead to inspiring success. Hear Doug and Tom's story today on the inspirational leadership podcast. »Get housing industry news & updates: https://bit.ly/ZondaNews »Learn more: https://www.zondahome.com …
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Brandon Evans: Cloud Security - Threats and Opportunities
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Ever wonder how a cloud and application security expert views risks of cloud workloads? Well, wonder no more because on this episode we have Brandon Evans - SANS Certified Instructor and lead author of SEC510: Public Cloud Security. We cover the why and how of moving their applications to the cloud, the key considerations for a successful cloud sec…
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Episode 9 - Tommy Beadel, Thomas James Homes
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Tommy is the founder of a young and thriving luxury custom home building company. He is a business-minded lover of math who is motivated by his desire to make a difference in the lives of others. Get to know him today on the latest episode of the inspirational leadership podcast with Mollie Carmichael. »Get housing industry news & updates: https://…
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Joe Lykowski: Building a Transparent, Data-Driven SOC
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In this episode we speak with Joe Lykowski - Cyber Defense Lead at a major manufacturing company on what it takes to build a mature, transparent, and effective SOC. Joe brings years of experience to the table in running a large organization’s security team and in this interview he draws out some of his favorite tips, strategies and more on metrics,…
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Rob Lee: Training and Reskilling in Cyber Security
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Many of us are either looking to start a cyber security career, improve our knowledge and skills to further our career, or hire a team that has the most skilled and promising candidates. In this special episode with Rob Lee, Chief Curriculum Director of the SANS Institute, we discuss strategies for building, improving, and testing your cyber securi…
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Episode 8 - Brent Herrington, DMB Development
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Today Mollie Carmichael interviews Brent Herrington, president and CEO of DMB Development. Listen in to hear how Brent forged his home-building career, and why he thinks it's the most meaningful thing someone can do. »Get housing industry news & updates: https://bit.ly/ZondaNews »Learn more: https://www.zondahome.com »Follow us on LinkedIn: https:/…
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In this episode of the Blueprint Podcast, we cover monitoring and securing macOS in an enterprise environment at scale with Jaron Bradley, Threat Detection lead at Jamf. We discuss the ups and downs of Apple's approach to macOS data collection over the years, the data sources and types that are accessible to defenders, what 3rd party agents bring t…
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Alexia Crumpton: MITRE ATT&CK for Defenders
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One of the best frameworks that showed up within the last 5 or so years is undoubtedly the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. Many of us may know about it in passing and even reference from time to time, but very few people seem to know the true depth of knowledge contained - everything from analytics to threat groups, specific mitigation and detection oppor…
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Episode 7 - Howard Englander, The Englander Company
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Today Mollie Carmichael interviews Howard Englander, owner and principal of The Englander Company. Learn about Howard’s creativity and passion, and how his poetry skills lead to his first job in real estate. »Get housing industry news & updates: https://bit.ly/ZondaNews »Learn more: https://www.zondahome.com »Follow us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/Z…
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Ever wonder why there’s so little information regarding macOS and Linux-oriented attacks? In this episode, we get the answer from the multi-talented Cat Self - an Adversary Emulation Engineer at MITRE, Cyber Threat Intelligence Team Leader on ATT&CK Evaluations and macOS/ Lead on MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise. We discuss defense tools, attacker TTPs, and…
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Corissa Koopmans and Mark Morowczynski: Azure AD Threat Detection and Logging
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Nearly every organization is using Microsoft Azure AD services in some respect, but monitoring Azure AD for threats is a significantly different skill that traditional Windows logging. In this episode we have 2 experts from Microsoft, Corissa Koopmans, and 3rd time returning guest Mark Morowczynski, to tell us about the important work that’s been d…
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Today Mollie Carmichael interviews Bert Selva, President and Chief Executive Officer of Shea Homes, the largest privately-held home builder in the U.S. Bert's passion and drive for his work stem in part from his parent's immigrant dreams, their faith, and his mother's effervescent positivity. Learn more about Bert's life, his journey into home buil…
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Tony Turner: Securing the Cyber Supply Chain
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John and Fortress Vice President of Research and Development Tony Turner share their wisdom on trends they are seeing in the cyber industry and offer advice as to how we should be looking at the Cyber Supply Chain in 2022 and beyond. Follow Tony Turner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyturnercissp/ Web: https://www.fortressinfosec.com/team/…
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Mark Orlando: Building a Stronger Blue Team
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There are many technical factors that contribute to the success of a security operations team, but you need more than just tech skills for mounting a solid defense. In this episode of Blueprint we bring back previous guest Mark Orlando to talk about his BlackHat 2022 presentation with Dr. Daniel Shore (PhD in workplace psychology) . We discuss team…
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Blueprint Live at SANSFIRE 2022: A panel with Heather Mahalik, Katie Nickels and Jeff McJunkin
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Host John Hubbard, Blueprint host and SANS Cyber Defense Curriculum Lead, moderated a panel of cyber security experts including Heather Mahalik, Katie Nickels and Jeff McJunkin for this powerful discussion. John and guests share their wisdom on trends they are seeing in the cyber industry and offer advice as to how we should be looking at cyber def…
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David Hoelzer: Threat Detection with Machine Learning and AI
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Many of us with the typical IT and security backgrounds might not have the slightest idea what to expect when we hear the terms “this product uses advanced machine learning…”, but that claim certainly conjures up a lot of skepticism due to the opaque nature of the algorithms in many of these products. In this episode we discuss what AI and ML are b…
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James Rowley: Creating and Running an Insider Threat Program
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While malicious insiders are a threat that most of us would like to imagine we might never have to deal with, it’s still one of the cyber threats you must realistically consider and plan for. But how do you identify malicious intent and potential attacks from those already inside our network that have legitimate access to our data? Check out this e…
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Dean Parsons: Cyber Security for OT and ICS
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With ransomware and other highly disruptive attacks on the rise, there are few systems more important to defend than our critical infrastructure and ICS equipment. How should we think about defending these systems vs our typical IT network though? In this episode, Dean Parsons is here to give us that answer. Our Guest - Dean Parsons Dean brings ove…
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