ITProTV Podcast 27: Week 51 in Review
As 2017 comes to a close, Don and Peter look at the news from week 51 of the year. Amazon AWS made some announcements and Google tried an end run around Microsoft's policies. All in all, a fun week!

As 2017 comes to a close, Don and Peter look at the news from week 51 of the year. Amazon AWS made some announcements and Google tried an end run around Microsoft's policies. All in all, a fun week!
Kali Linux is a great distro for penetration testing, but some people think it makes a great daily driver. In this episode, Peter and Don talk with Daniel, who has done just that, to get his opinion.
In this episode, Peter and Don take a look at all the news from week 50 of 2017. With KubeCon taking place in Austin, there is more Kubernetes news that anyone working in the cloud will be happy to hear. And there are updates on the High Sierra exploit and Intel Management Engine. Enjoy!
Many people are fine buying a server from Dell as is, but what about when you need something a little beefier? In this episode of the ITProTV Podcast, Don and Peter talk with Ryan from xByte about their unique approach to the custom hardware marketplace.
People are still under attack from the hackers of the world, but AWS was there to bring us some good news this week. Don and Peter also talk about Apple's design process. And I'm not going to sugar-coat it: Don hates facial recognition.
So much to look back at this week. It all started with sales a-plenty on cyber Monday and ended with a slew of announcements from the Amazon AWS conference. In the middle, there was the small issue of a High Sierra root vulnerability, so hide your MacBook and buckle in!
Don and the team took a trip to Delaware for the BSides Security conference. In this episode, Don shares his interviews with the people who helped put on the event and gets their insights into the world of cybersecurity.
There was so much good content from the Wild West Hackin' Fest, and in this episode, Don and Peter look at the interviews that didn't fit neatly into a category. Consider it a potpourri of cybersecurity content.
We've got even more from the Wild West Hackin' Fest. In this episode, Don and Peter take a look at some of the cool emerging tech and techniques shown off at the event, from big data analysis to threat detection and data exfiltration.
Hearing about the latest penetration testing techniques is one thing, but getting to try them out is an entirely different experience. In this episode, Don Pezet tells Peter VanRysdam all about the hands-on labs at the Wild West Hackin' Fest and shares interviews from the events.
Don and the team packed up and headed out west to the first Wild West Hackin' Fest in Deadwood, South Dakota. Despite some travel delays, he was able to bring back a full report. In this episode, he and Peter take a look at a day one recap as well as some of the interviews Don gathered with the speakers.
If you have a website, it's really not a matter of if, but when it will be attacked. For the ITProTV website, when was this past weekend. In this podcast, Peter VanRysdam and Don Pezet take you through the timeline of a massive DDOS attack and discuss lessons learned for when, not if, it happens again.
When you download a mobile app, you understand you'll be sharing some data with them. But do you know who they're sharing your data with? In this episode, Peter VanRysdam and Don Pezet talk with Pradeo's CTO Vivien Raoul about where your data is going and what to do about it.
If you spent this week destroying your wifi routers and dusting off your ethernet cables, you're not alone. With the KRACK vulnerability scaring pants off the Internet, we decided to put together our own crack team of Peter VanRysdam, Don Pezet, and Wes Bryan to put us at ease and help us through this difficult time. And also to focus on the real threat, ROCA.
What organizations say isn't always what they do. When it comes to cybersecurity, that can be catastrophic. In this podcast, Don Pezet talks with IT Pro and ISACA board member Rob Clyde about how organizations can bridge that gap and avoid potential pitfalls.
There has been much talk in the news recently about jobs reports, unemployment, and other riveting statistics. One thing we know for sure is tech jobs are on the rise. In this episode, Peter VanRysdam and Don Pezet break down some of those numbers and look at the specific positions and skillsets IT employers are looking for.
Give hackers and inch and they'll take, well, all your data. That's why it's so important to prevent beachheads, the term for a small stronghold hackers use to mount their attacks on your network. In this podcast, Don Pezet talks with Skyport Systems CEO Art Gilliland about how you can stop hackers before they get in.
Recent breaches have brought the importance of patch testing and modeling to the forefront. In this episode, Don Pezet brings in Pensa CEO Tom Joyce to talk about some of the tools available to help you avoid embarrassing mistakes.
To follow suit with Apple, Microsoft has shifted to giving the O/S away recently. But there had to be a catch, right? In this episode, Don Pezet and Wes Bryan talk about some of the inline ads that are embedded in Windows and how to remove them.
It's been a busy week in the world of IT, but the most notable story is the massive data breach at Equifax. Early reports are blaming a security hole in Apache Struts, so Don Pezet and Daniel Lowrie help us understand just what that means.
RedHat, Manjaro, Slackware, Ubuntu - there are so many Linux distributions available, so how do you choose? In this episode, Don Pezet and Daniel Lowrie talk about all the options and wax poetic about their first distros. They say you never forget.
Up until now, random numbers have actually been anything but. And if you need entropy in your workflow, that's not ideal. Don Pezet talks to Richard Moulds of Whitewood Security about how they've changed the encryption game.
If you're in IT, chances are you've heard a thing or two about ITIL. But what is it? Jo Peacock tells Don Pezet how it's something that could drastically change the way your company works for the better. And she should know...she wrote the book on it!
It's hurricane season, and so far it's been an active one. But regardless of your location, there are natural disasters to contend with. In this episode, Don Pezet and Daniel Lowrie help you understand how to prepare for the worst for your IT infrastructure.
Put your stuff in the cloud, they said. That way, it's always available, they said. Well, what about when cloud services like AWS have outages? In this episode, Don Pezet and Justin Dennison talk all about the importance of cloud redundancy.
In this premiere episode of the ITProTV podcast, Don Pezet and Wes Bryan talk about what they know best: getting certified in IT. With roughly a million certifications between them, they know a thing or two about what certifications to focus on and how to prepare for them.