Ep. 172 - Security Awareness Series - Creating Psychological Salt with Ted Harrington
Episode description
This month, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by Ted Harrington. Ted is the author of HACKABLE: How to Do Application Security Right and the Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), the company of ethical hackers famous for hacking cars, medical devices, and password managers. Ted has been named both Executive of the Year by the American Business Awards and an SD Metro 40 Under 40 entrepreneur. Ted has been featured in more than 100 media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Forbes. [June 20, 2022]
00:00 – Intro
00:56 – Intro Links
- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
02:32 – Ted Harrington Intro
03:21 – How did you start off in this industry?
06:15 – Explain it like I'm 12 years old
07:59 – The origins of ISE
09:32 – Is there a "perfect" Password Manager?
14:11 – How to communicate at the executive level
16:54 – The right and wrong ways of investing in security
25:17 – Responsible Disclosure
29:04 – The challenges of the Medical Device field
32:39 – The problem with legislation driving security
34:20 – The manufacturers' role in safety and security
36:00 – Who is the book "Hackable" for?
38:05 – Find Ted online
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/securityted
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/securityted
- Website: https://www.tedharrington.com
38:37 – Book Recommendations
41:04 – Who is your biggest mentor?
- Business Partner – Steve Bono
45:35 – Wrap Up
46:17 – Outro