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Cyber Security Weekly Podcast

MySecurity Media
Without trust, society stagnates, economies decline, and businesses fail. This podcast series keeps abreast of the latest trends and challenges in cyber and physical security with interviews, event updates, industry suppliers & government initiatives.

Episodes

Episode 441 - Space Medicine for Earthlings - Special Virtual Series - Episode 1

Transforming healthcare through innovations in extreme environments. Humans operating in extreme environments often conduct their operations at the edges of the limits of human performance. Sometimes, they are required to push these limits to previously unattained levels. As a result, their margins for error in execution are much smaller than that found in the general public. These same small margins for error that impact execution may also impact risk, safety, health, and even survival. Thus, h...

Feb 13, 20251 hr 3 min

Episode 440 - ZTW25 - Zero Trust World - Revolutionizing Incident Response

In the lead up to Zero Trust World 2025 we speak with Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer, ThreatLocker. ThreatLocker protects endpoints and data from zero-day malware, ransomware, and other malicious software, and provides solutions for easy onboarding, management, and eliminates the lengthy approval processes of traditional solutions. Visit https://www.threatlocker.com/why-threatlocker ZTW provides plenty of opportunity to learn, develop your skills, and network. Visit https://ztw.com/ #ztw #ztw2...

Jan 22, 202514 min

Episode 439 - Deepfake fraud threats to financial institutions

Group-IB has released a fascinating case investigation on deep fake fraud. Group-IB’s Fraud Protection team published a report on how threat actors use deepfake technology to bypass biometric security in financial institutions, including facial recognition and liveness detection. It also details how they recently assisted a major Indonesian financial institution in identifying over 1,100 deepfake fraud attempts. Criminals used AI-generated deepfake photos to bypass the institutions digital KYC p...

Jan 20, 202513 min

Episode 438 - Hack the Hacker Series - Release of ITMOAH 2024

Learn what ethical hackers can teach us about the next era of artificial intelligence. We speak with Michael Skelton, VP of Operations and Sajeeb Lohani, Global TISO for Bugcrowd on the latest edition of 'Inside The Mind Of A Hacker'. We're also joined by CJ Fairhead who is a Senior Penetration Tester, OSCP Certified, Security obsessed and tinkerer of things. Passionate about combining years of Internal IT experience with his security knowledge for Red Team engagements, CJ is involved in the Bug...

Jan 17, 202522 min

Episode 437 - How the data center industry and its ecosystems are adapting to AI

We speak with Paul Tyrer, Global VP of IT Channel Ecosystem, Schneider Electric about the impact of AI on Data Centers in the coming years. Generative AI is expected to grow by US$158.6 billion by 2028, according to #canalys The growth of AI presents data center companies with opportunities to innovate, expand their service offerings, and cater to the evolving needs of AI-driven applications and enterprises. However, it also comes at a cost. Global data center capacity is projected to grow by ov...

Jan 15, 20257 min

Episode 436 - Unified SASE with increasing focus on channels in the APAC region

We speak with Craig Patterson, Senior Vice President of Global Channels at Aryaka Networks, where he leads the company's channel strategy worldwide, enabling alignment across partner sales and marketing teams and programs in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC). Patterson joined Aryaka Networks as Channel Chief and Vice President of Sales - Americas in September 2021 where he led go-to-market strategies within the agent, reseller and distribution chann...

Jan 13, 20256 min

Episode 435 - CISO Perspectives - Interview with CISO of Carvana

We speak with Dina Mathers, Chief Information Security Officer, Carvana alongside Nick Mckenzie, Chief Information & Security Officer with Bugcrowd. Dina Mathers, who leads Information Security at Carvana - was recently awarded the CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Award which recognizes leaders who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Carvana engages Bugcrowd for bug bounty and vulnerability assessments, with Dina giving candid insights into the scalability, business value and assurances ...

Jan 10, 202542 min

Episode 434 - Global IT market intelligence and analytics with expansion into APAC region

Context is a B Corp™ Certified market intelligence and analytics service provider for the technology industry. CONTEXT forecasts, analytics and data-management solutions are embedded in the information systems of the world's major technology companies. They track over $200 billion of sales transactions for the global ITC channel every year. Their team of more than 400 staff operates from locations including London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Warsaw, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Dubai, Chicago, Bue...

Jan 07, 20257 min

Episode 433 - Bug Bounty Leadership Series - Interview with CEO of Bugcrowd

As part of our Bugcrowd Leadership Series, we speak with Dave Gerry, Chief Executive Officer of Bugcrowd on his most recent visit to Sydney and the region. His visit for Cybercon in Melbourne also follows with the company recently securing a USD50 million capital growth facility from the Silicon Valley Bank and also appointing Trey Ford, as chief information security officer for the Americas. We also refer to the latest edition of ITMOAH, which dives inside the minds of 1,000 hackers and the lat...

Jan 06, 202513 min

Episode 432 - Cyber Security Protections for Critical Infrastructure

Are you prepared for a cyber-attack? Whether you’re managing a national or state-wide critical infrastructure organisation, or you’re a small rural provider with a lean team, the stakes are higher than ever for Australia’s Energy and Utility operators. Recorded on 20 November 2024 this webinar discusses the SOCI Act 2018 and the Essential Eight Framework, equipping you with practical strategies to strengthen your organisation's cyber resilience. Speakers: Tony Campbell - Principal, Security Cons...

Dec 18, 202458 min

Episode 431 - New cybersecurity laws to have implications and expectations on Australian industry

Fortifying Australia’s Data Resilience and Security Luncheon held 31 October 2024 at the National Press Club in Canberra gathered industry leaders, government officials and cybersecurity experts to explore Australia’s pressing cyber security challenges. As one of the most attacked countries in the world, Australia faces significant threats that demand urgent attention and innovative solutions. This event will focus on the sovereignty of Australian cyber and data residency, emphasising the need f...

Dec 16, 20247 min

Episode 430 - Legal framework changes for Australia's national cybersecurity

Fortifying Australia’s Data Resilience and Security Luncheon held 31 October 2024 at the National Press Club in Canberra gathered industry leaders, government officials and cybersecurity experts to explore Australia’s pressing cyber security challenges. As one of the most attacked countries in the world, Australia faces significant threats that demand urgent attention and innovative solutions. This event will focus on the sovereignty of Australian cyber and data residency, emphasising the need f...

Dec 13, 202410 min

Episode 429 - Fortifying Australia’s Data Resilience and Security

Fortifying Australia’s Data Resilience and Security Luncheon held 31 October 2024 at the National Press Club in Canberra gathered industry leaders, government officials and cybersecurity experts to explore Australia’s pressing cyber security challenges. As one of the most attacked countries in the world, Australia faces significant threats that demand urgent attention and innovative solutions. This event will focus on the sovereignty of Australian cyber and data residency, emphasising the need f...

Dec 10, 20246 min

Episode 428 - Australian cloud and cybersecurity changes underway

Fortifying Australia’s Data Resilience and Security Luncheon held 31 October 2024 at the National Press Club in Canberra gathered industry leaders, government officials and cybersecurity experts to explore Australia’s pressing cyber security challenges. As one of the most attacked countries in the world, Australia faces significant threats that demand urgent attention and innovative solutions. This event will focus on the sovereignty of Australian cyber and data residency, emphasising the need f...

Dec 09, 20246 min

Episode 427 - Phishing, Voice Clones, Deepfakes

Jane Lo, MySecurity Media Singapore Correspondent sat down with Syed Ubaid Ali Jafri, Head of Cyber Defense and Offensive Security at Habib Bank Limited (HBL), at Tech Week Singapore, to get his insights on the sophistication of these threats. We delved into: Motivations for Attacks on Financial Institutions: Financial gain and data exploitation are prime motivations behind phishing and cyber attacks targeting banks. Attackers seek customer data, card details, and account balances, which they ca...

Dec 05, 202418 min

Episode 426 - New Standard for Machine Identity Security

We speak with Venafi's Chief Innovation Officer, Kevin Bocek following the acquisition by Cyberark, effective as 1 October, 2024. Given Kevin’s role over a decade with Venafi, he gives insight into what the acquisition of Venafi means for the customers of both companies and the market. We also discuss how the IAMs compliment each other and reflect the preference of customers to reduce the number of vendors, as well as responding to the state of play in terms of companies securing machine identit...

Dec 03, 202418 min

Episode 425 - AI & Quantum: The next legal frontiers

We sat down with Mr. Yeong to delve into the rising tensions around AI ownership, the need for more transparency, and the importance of human oversight in this rapidly changing field. Our chat took us into the fascinating convergence of quantum tech and law—paving the way for a whole new frontier in tech law. Here is a summary of the conversation under four key areas: Copyright: Cases like Getty vs. Adobe and Shutterstock are testing the limits of fair use as AI scrapes data to create new conten...

Dec 02, 202423 min

Episode 424 - The focus of communicating cybersecurity to company directors

We speak with Chirag Joshi, Founder and CISO at 7 Rules Cyber – an innovative cyber security advisory and thought leadership company. He is a multi-award winning, seasoned cyber security executive with extensive experience leading cyber security and risk management programs in multiple countries across various industries. These include financial services, government, energy, higher education, and consulting. Chirag is the author of the two-bestselling books – “7 Rules to Become Exceptional at Cy...

Nov 28, 20246 min

Episode 423 - Hacking the sky and uncovering the vulnerabilities of satellites

We speak with Shahmeer Amir, CEO & Co-Founder of SpeeQR and his activities in hacking satellite transmissions. Shahmeer stands as a globally recognized Entrepreneur, world renowned public speaker and Ethical Hacker, awarded Entrepreneur of the year 2024 for founding multiple startups including Speeqr and also ranking as the third most accomplished bug hunter globally. Shahmeer has been invited to speak at 130 international conferences including Blackhat, DefCON, GiSec, National Security Summ...

Nov 27, 20248 min

Episode 422 - Keeping to the basics in the Shadow World of cybersecurity

We speak with Craig Ford who has over 20+ year ICT and Cyber professional with experience in all three Blue team, Red team and Purple teams across my career with more recently senior consulting and CISO engagements. He is the Head Unicorn (Cofounder and Director) for Cyber Unicorns. Cyber Unicorns is a cyber security consultancy with a big difference; we are on a mission to educate everyday people on how to be safer in this online world we all live in. Yes, we offer the usual cyber security cons...

Nov 25, 20245 min

Episode 421 - Introducing inaugural Asia International Security Summit & Expo 2025

We speak with Anita Jacobson, Managing Director and Marina Yahya, Business Advisor at Alpine Integrated Solution Sdn Bhd in the lead up to the Top Women in Security ASEAN Region Awards 2024, Malaysia Awards Dinner. The Inaugural Asia International Security Summit & Expo (AISSE) 2024 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) will be held from 20th to 22nd January 2025. AISSE 2025 is rapidly shaping up to become one of the world's most vital internal security events. It is hosted...

Nov 22, 20246 min

Episode 420 - State of Cybersecurity 2024 report insights with ISACA

In response to new questions asked by the annual study, sponsored by Adobe—which showcases the feedback of more than 1,800 global cybersecurity professionals on topics related to the cybersecurity workforce and threat landscape—security teams in Oceania noted they are primarily using AI for: Automating threat detection/response (36 percent vs 28 percent globally) Endpoint security (33 percent vs 27 percent globally) Automating routine security tasks (22 percent vs 24 percent globally) Fraud dete...

Nov 19, 202421 min

Episode 419 - Facing the challenges and achieving benefits of AI - CxO Perspectives Series

We speak with Dina Mathers, Chief Information Security Officer, Carvana alongside Nick Mckenzie, Chief Information & Security Officer with Bugcrowd. Dina Mathers, who leads Information Security at Carvana - was recently awarded the CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Award which recognizes leaders who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Carvana engages Bugcrowd for bug bounty and vulnerability assessments, with Dina giving candid insights into the scalability, business value and assurances ...

Nov 11, 2024

Episode 418 - Scoping and managing a Bug Bounty with Bugcrowd - CxO Perspectives Series

We speak with Dina Mathers, Chief Information Security Officer, Carvana alongside Nick Mckenzie, Chief Information & Security Officer with Bugcrowd. Dina Mathers, who leads Information Security at Carvana - was recently awarded the CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Award which recognizes leaders who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Carvana engages Bugcrowd for bug bounty and vulnerability assessments, with Dina giving candid insights into the scalability, business value and assurances ...

Nov 11, 2024

Episode 417 - CISO insights into working with Bugcrowd - CxO Perspectives Series

We speak with Dina Mathers, Chief Information Security Officer, Carvana alongside Nick Mckenzie, Chief Information & Security Officer with Bugcrowd. Dina Mathers, who leads Information Security at Carvana - was recently awarded the CISOs Top 100 Accelerated CISOs Award which recognizes leaders who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Carvana engages Bugcrowd for bug bounty and vulnerability assessments, with Dina giving candid insights into the scalability, business value and assurances ...

Nov 11, 2024

Episode 416 - OT ISAC - Singapore Operational Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Summit 2024

We had the privilege of speaking with Steven Sim, Chair of the OT-ISAC Executive Committee, during the recent summit in Singapore. As a seasoned expert in operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, Sim shared valuable insights into the importance of information sharing, the growing threat of ransomware, and the transformative role of AI in cybersecurity. Kicking off the podcast, Steven introduced the Executive Committee and its pivotal role in driving OT-ISAC’s mission to foster a collaborative ...

Nov 08, 2024

Episode 415 - The Risk Story – Software Supply Chain Security

We sat down with Cassie Crosley to explore the complexities of supply chain risks, particularly within the realm of operational technology (OT). Comprehensive Supply Chain Security - Crosley detailed the various stages in the supply chain—design, development, and fabrication—where both deliberate and accidental abuses can occur. Each stage presents unique risks, such as compromised design specifications, development flaws, or issues during fabrication. She emphasized that securing the software s...

Sep 26, 202422 min

Episode 414 - Winning the OT Security Battle

We sat down with Tim Conway and Robert Lee, two leading cybersecurity experts, to discuss pressing issues in OT cybersecurity. CrowdStrike Lessons Learned Tim and Robert began by examining the CrowdStrike incident from July 2024. They highlighted the dangers of over-relying on trusted technology without sufficient testing and verification, and the importance of integrating resilience into systems and avoiding a one-size-fits-all security approach. Cyber Threat Landscape Robert discussed the rise...

Sep 24, 202428 min

Episode 413 - Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity - Episode 4

This episode dives into OT Cybersecurity and discusses: SCADA, ICS & IIoT Cybersecurity How do we define an OT-related cyber incident? What are the leading standards and guidelines for managing OT Cybersecurity and resilience? Threat intelligence and suitable ISAC models Vendor platform insights and cyber maturity landscape Speakers include: Daniel Ehrenreich, Secure Communications and Control Experts Lesley Carhart, Director of Incident Response - Dragos Ilan Barda, Founder - Radiflow Rahul...

Sep 22, 20241 hr

Episode 412 - AI, ML & Automation | Aligning Safety & Cybersecurity - Episode 6

In March 2024, the Australian Senate resolved that the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) be established to inquire into and report on the opportunities and impacts for Australia arising out of the uptake of AI technologies in Australia. The committee intends to report to the Parliament on or before 19 September 2024. More than 40 Australian AI experts made a joint submission to the Inquiry. The submission from Australians for AI Safety calls for the creation of an AI Safe...

Sep 08, 20241 hr 3 min