Enterprise Security Weekly (Audio)

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Hosted by Adrian Sanabria, Tyler Shields, Katie Teitler, and Sean Metcalf. If you’re looking for advice and information on enterprise security solutions, look no further than Enterprise Security Weekly! We give you an “insider” perspective into security vendors, including coverage on new product announcements, integrations, funding, M&A, and more! Adrian, Tyler, Katie, and Sean have unique perspectives on the enterprise security landscape. All four hosts are former analysts. Adrian has been a consultant, practitioner, founder, and runs Security Weekly Labs. Tyler has spent many years as a marketing executive for security vendors. Katie has also recently moved to a vendor marketing role. Sean is founder and CTO at Trimarc Security, a professional services company which focuses on improving enterprise security. Together they provide valuable resources for protecting the enterprise and following the market each week!

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Understanding KillNet and Recent Waves of DDoS Attacks - Michael Smith - ESW #357

Apr 11 2024 102 mins

In the days when Mirai emerged and took down DynDNS, along with what seemed like half the Internet, DDoS was as active a topic in the headlines as it was behind the scenes (check out Andy Greenberg's amazing story on Mirai on Wired). We don't hear about DDoS attacks as much anymore. What happened? Well, they didn't go away. DDoS attacks are a more common and varied tool of cybercri

Getting Vulnerability Management Back on the Rails - Patrick Garrity - ESW #356

Apr 05 2024 117 mins

NVD checked out, then they came back? Maybe? Should the xz backdoor be treated as a vulnerability? Is scan-driven vulnerability management obsolete when it comes to alerting on emerging threats? What were some of the takeaways from the first-ever VulnCon? EPSS is featured in over 100 security products, but is it properly supported by those that benefit from it? How long do defender

Why cyber hygiene requires curious talent - Clea Ostendorf - ESW #355

Mar 29 2024 105 mins

Many years ago, I fielded a survey focused on the culture of cybersecurity. One of the questions asked what initially drew folks to cybersecurity as a career. The most common response was a deep sense of curiosity. Throughout my career, I noticed another major factor in folks that brought a lot of value to security teams: diversity. Diversity of people, diversity of background, and

Top 5 Myths About API Security and What to Do Instead - Robert Dickinson - ESW #354

Mar 22 2024 105 mins

While awareness and attention towards cybersecurity are on the rise, some popular and persistent myths about cybersecurity have almost become threats themselves. API security requires a modern understanding of the threat landscape, with the context that most API providers desire to be more open and accessible to all. We will debunk the 5 worst myths about protecting your APIs. Segm

Addressing Identity-Related Threats in 2024 - Rod Simmons - ESW #353

Mar 15 2024 117 mins

In this interview, we talk to Rod Simmons, the VP of Product Strategy at Omada. We'll discuss the complex topic of securing identities against ever growing threats. We'll discuss challenges like unnecessary access, accounts with too many permissions, and a threat landscape that is increasingly finding success from targeting identities. Finally, we'll discuss where the Identity Gove

What can we do today to prevent tomorrow's breach? - Michael Mumcuoglu - ESW #352

Mar 07 2024 107 mins

Defenders spend a lot of time and money procuring and implementing security controls. At the heart of SecOps and the SOC are technologies like XDR, SIEM, and SOAR. How do we know these technologies are going to detect or prevent attacks? Wait for the annual pen test? Probably not a good idea. In this segment, we'll talk with Michael Mumcuoglu about how MITRE's ATT&CK framework can

Hacktivism Unveiled: Insights into the Footprints of Hacktivists - Pascal Geenens - ESW #351

Feb 29 2024 119 mins

Pascal Geenens from Radware joins us to discuss the latest research findings relating to hacktivists an other actors using volumetric and other network-based attacks. We'll discuss everything from the current state of DDoS attacks to use in the military and even the impact of cyberattacks on popular culture! You can find the report Pascal mentions here, on Radware's website: https:

Threat Intelligence & Threat Hunting - Chris Cochran - ESW Vault

Feb 22 2024 22 mins

Check out this interview from the ESW Vault, hand picked by main host Adrian Sanabria! This segment was originally published on September 22, 2021. Chris will discuss the relevance of intelligence and threat hunting today and how they work together. He will also talk about his EASY framework for creating impactful intelligence and its relation to hunting! Show Notes: https://securi

Material: cybersecurity word of the year, thanks to the SEC - Amer Deeba - ESW #350

Feb 15 2024 112 mins

In this segment, featuring guest Amer Deeba, we'll explore how the SEC's new breach reporting rules will affect companies. We've got a ton of questions: What behavior has to change? What additional preparation needs to take place? How does this rule affect data security? How does it affect crisis communications? And most importantly, when is an incident "material"? This is almost a

Zero-Trust is Meaningless if Your Cryptography is Flakey - Vincent Berk - ESW #349

Feb 09 2024 98 mins

Legacy systems are riddled with outdated and unreliable cryptographic standards. So much so that recent proprietary research found 61 percent of the traffic was unencrypted, and up to 80% of encrypted network traffic has some defeatable flaw in its encryption No longer can enterprises take their cryptography for granted, rarely evaluated or checked. Knowing when, where and what typ