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What does a security engineer do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
25 April 2022 at 07:00

Security engineers are responsible for implementing, and continuously monitoring security controls that protect computer assets, networks and organizational data. They often design security architecture and develop technical solutions to mitigate and automate security-related tasks. Technical knowledge of network/web protocols, infrastructure, authentication, log management and multiple operating systems and databases is critical to success in this role.

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0:00 - What is a security engineer? 
3:39 - How do I become a security engineer? 
4:52 - Studying to become a security engineer
5:47 - Soft skills for security engineers
7:05 - Where do security engineers work? 
9:43 - Tools for security engineers
12:10 - Roles adjacent to security engineer 
13:15 - Become a security engineer right now

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Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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What does an information risk analyst do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
18 April 2022 at 07:00

Information risk analysts conduct objective, fact-based risk assessments on existing and new systems and technologies, and communicate findings to all stakeholders within the information system. They also identify opportunities to improve the risk posture of the organization and continuously monitor risk tolerance.

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0:00 - Information risk analyst career
0:30 - Day-to-day tasks of an information risk analyst
2:09 - How to become an information risk analyst
4:00 - Training for an information risk analyst role
5:42 - Skills an information risk analyst needs
9:24 - Tools information risk analysts use
10:51 - Jobs for information risk analysts 
13:08 - Other jobs information risk analysts can do
18:05 - First steps to becoming an information risk analyst

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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The importance of cyber threat research | Guest Moshe Zioni

By: Infosec
11 April 2022 at 07:00

Moshe Zioni of Apiiro talks about threat research and how to properly report discovered code vulnerabilities. We discuss the ways that vulnerabilities can find their way into code despite your best intentions, the difference between full disclosure and responsible disclosure, and being in the last generation to still grow up before the internet changed everything.

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0:00 - Cybersecurity threat research 
2:21 - Getting interested in computers
3:25 - Penetration testing and threat research 
6:15 - Code vulnerabilities 
10:58 - Research process for vulnerabilities 
17:05 - Proper reporting of threats
23:11 - Full disclosure vs proper disclosure
25:53 - Current security threats
30:20 - Day-to-day work of security researchers 
32:02 - Tips for working in pentesting 
35:32 - What is Apiiro?
39:11 - Learn more about Moshe Zioni 
39:42 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Security awareness and social engineering psychology | Guest Dr. Erik Huffman

By: Infosec
4 April 2022 at 07:00

TEDx speaker, security researcher, host of the podcast MiC Club and all-around expert on security awareness and social engineering, Dr. Erik Huffman, is today's guest. Huffman spoke at the 2021 Infosec Inspire virtual conference, and for those of you who were captivated by his presentation, prepare for another hour of Dr. Huffman’s insights on why we need to teach security awareness from insight, rather than fear or punishment, how positive name recognition in an email can short-circuit our common sense and how to keep your extrovert family members from answering those questions online about your first pet and the street you lived on as a child.

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0:00 - Clicking on phishing attacks
3:13 - First getting into cybersecurity
5:00 - Higher education and cybersecurity 
7:41 - Cybersecurity research projects
10:05 - Impacting a cybersecurity breach 
11:14 - Security awareness and social engineering
15:45 - Common social engineering tricks 
23:00 - Changing security habits
30:15 - Cybersecurity communication avenues
33:30 - Getting family members cyber safe
38:00 - Harvesting info via social media
42:13 - Working in security awareness and threat research
44:54 - Importance of white papers and documentation 
55:04 - Learn more about Erik Huffman
56:00 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Better cybersecurity practices for journalists | Guest Marcus Fowler

By: Infosec
28 March 2022 at 07:00

Marcus Fowler, senior vice president of strategic engagement and threats at DarkTrace, talks about attack vectors currently facing embedded journalists, their need to be available at all times for potential sources and how that openness makes them, their company and their confidential sources potential attack vectors for cybercriminals. Fowler talks about security hardening strategies that don’t compromise journalistic availability, the work of threat research and why people with natural interests in cybersecurity will have their career path choose them, not the other way around.

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0:00 - Cybersecurity threats to journalists 
3:00 - Getting into cybersecurity 
5:50 - CIA cybersecurity training
7:18 - Joining DarkTrace in engagement threat roles
10:22 - Tasks with engagement threat jobs
13:22 - Cybersecurity work balance
17:49 - Advanced persistent threats against media
23:33 - Attack vectors journalists face
26:14 - Journalist cybersecurity savvy 
28:08 - A truly secure journalism source 
32:58 - Damage from a compromised source
36:05 - Main cybersecurity threats right now
38:37 - Qualifications needed to work as a threat researcher
42:52 - Safe cybersecurity jobs 
47:05 - What is DarkTrace?
49:06 - Learn more about Marcus Fowler
50:11 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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What makes a good cyber range? | Guest Justin Pelletier

By: Infosec
21 March 2022 at 07:00

Justin Pelletier is the director of the cyber range program at the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Infosec Skills has some great cyber ranges, but Pelletier shows the organization’s massive, immersive simulations. Because they’ve also included cyber range technology for beginning cybersecurity pros transitioning from other jobs, we cover what’s involved in making a good cyber range, how to break down those early barriers of fear and self-doubt and how quickly you can move into a cyber career after hands-on training.

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0:00 - Immersive cyber ranges
3:13 - Getting into cybersecurity
5:06 - Studying data breaches
11:03 - Cybersecurity at the Department of Defense
14:02 - Cyber range education at the RIT
16:20 - Work of the Global Cyber Range
24:20 - Cyber range scenarios 
38:30 - What makes a good cyber range? 
42:00 - Successfully getting into cybersecurity
45:33 - Cyber range upskilling 
48:47 - Cybersecurity hiring changes
51:30 - Learn more about the cyber range center
52:30 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Cybersecurity and all things privacy | Guest Chris Stevens

By: Infosec
14 March 2022 at 07:00

Today's podcast highlights implementation privacy, policy privacy and all things privacy with privacy expert and Infosec Skills author and instructor Chris Stevens. From his years in the government’s office of national intelligence to his multiple IAPP certifications, Stevens is happy to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about careers in privacy, around privacy and careers that would be better with a helping of privacy skills on top!

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0:00 - Cybersecurity privacy 
3:30 - Getting interested in cybersecurity
4:40 - Cybersecurity in the Department of Defense
6:00 - Computer science studies 
8:50 - Cybersecurity research
11:05 - Information privacy and privacy professionals
14:48 - What does U.S. privacy cover?
19:10 - Privacy certifications and more
21:36 - Privacy differences across countries
24:50 - Difference in privacy certifications
27:16 - Learning about privacy
30:16 - Positions available for information privacy 
33:50 - Educational steps to work in privacy
36:00 - Getting a job in privacy
37:57 - Entry-level work in privacy roles
42:44 - How to stay on track in lifelong learning
46:37 - Cybersecurity education in the future
48:19 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Working in DevOps | Guest Steve Pereira

By: Infosec
7 March 2022 at 08:00

Steve Pereira of Visible Value Stream Consulting discusses DevOps, SecOps, DevSecOps and his own lifelong love of streamlining projects. You’ll hear how his dad’s job with Bell Telephone facilitated his early explorations, the intersections of DevOps and Agile, the ever-important security component of it all and why following your interests and not the big money payouts might not work in the short run, but ultimately will get you where you want to go in the end.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:35 - Cybersecurity origin story
6:02 - Build and release engineering
9:27 - Tech and business
11:20 - DevOps projects
12:10 - Automating yourself out of your job
13:44 - What is DevOps?
23:45 - Method for DevOps success
31:47 - Development team vs security team
36:03 - DevOps history and Agile
44:50 - How do I work in DevOps?  
52:09 - Visible Value Stream Consulting 
54:42 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Working as a digital forensics analyst | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
3 March 2022 at 08:00

Digital forensics analysts collect, analyze and interpret digital evidence to reconstruct potential criminal events and/or aid in preventing unauthorized actions from threat actors. They help recover data like documents, photos and emails from computer or mobile device hard drives and other data storage devices, such as zip folders and flash drives, that have been deleted, damaged or otherwise manipulated. Digital forensic analysts carefully follow chain of custody rules for digital evidence and provide evidence in acceptable formats for legal proceedings.

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0:00 - Intro 
0:26 - What is a digital forensics analyst? 
0:57 - Digital forensics specialties
1:24 - How to become a digital forensics analyst
2:17 - Skills needed to be a digital forensics analyst 
3:34 - Common tools for a digital forensics analyst 
4:42 - Using digital forensics tools 
5:17 - Digital forensics analyst jobs
6:30 - Moving from digital forensics to new roles
7:17 - Get started in digital forensics
8:18 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Three foundational cybersecurity certifications | Guest Mike Meyers

By: Infosec
28 February 2022 at 08:00

Infosec Skills author Mike Meyers of Total Seminars joins me to discuss three foundational certifications that will start you on just about any path you want to go. Specifically, the CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications. Meyers dispenses tough love for people who want someone else to map their career for them, talks up the benefits of vendor-neutral certs and blows my mind by comparing certs with car windshield wipers. Intrigued? You should be! That’s all today, on Cyber Work!

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0:00 - Intro 
3:00 - Beginning in cybersecurity 
3:23 - Why teach cybersecurity? 
5:54 - Why CompTIA?
6:57 - Start vendor neutral with cybersecurity certification 
12:10 - Being diverse in cybersecurity is essential 
13:35 - Why A+, Network+ and Security+?
25:53 - Guiding your cybersecurity career
30:05 - Where to learn cybersecurity skills
42:02 - Cybersecurity job dilution 
44:20 -  Where do I begin my cybersecurity career?
48:32 - Using the Infosec Skills platform
49:38 - Mike Meyers' next projects
51:30 - What is Total Seminars?
52:12 - Learn more about Meyers and Total Seminars
53:23 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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What does a security architect do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
21 February 2022 at 08:00

Security Architects are responsible for planning, designing, testing, implementing and maintaining an organization's computer and network security infrastructure. Security Architects develop information technology rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures and support enterprise mission needs.

Advanced technical knowledge of network/web protocols, infrastructure, authentication, enterprise risk management, security engineering, communications and network security, identity and access management, and incident response, is critical to success in this role.

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0:00 - Intro 
0:31 - What is a security architect? 
1:07 - How to become a security architect
2:15 - What certifications should a security architect get? 
3:07 - Skills a security architect needs
4:07 - Learning as a security architect
7:06 - Security architect tools
7:58 - Where do security architects work 
9:28 - Private vs federal security architects
11:09 - Related roles to security architect
12:12 - Start working toward security architect
13:23 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Data backup in ransomware situations | Guest Curtis Preston, aka “Mr. Backup”

By: Infosec
14 February 2022 at 08:00

Curtis Preston, aka “Mr. Backup,” has been in the backup and recovery space since 1993. He’s written four books, hosts a podcast called “Restore it all,” founded backupcentral.com and is a tech evangelist for SaaS data protection company Druva. We talk about disaster recovery, the role of good backup in ransomware situations and why the data recovery person and the information security person in your company need to become fast friends and start sharing notes. Also, why we’ve all been completely wrong about tape backup systems.

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0:00 - Cyber Work intro 
2:40 - Mr. Backup origin story
4:01 - How backup and recovery has changed
7:44 - Data duplication during a disaster
9:45 - Speed of data recovery changes
12:47 - Benefit to physical data backups
15:37 - Common long-term data backup mistakes
19:04 - Other issues with data recovery
23:22 - Limits of disaster recovery
34:16 - Encryption options 
39:44 - Jobs in data backup and recovery
44:54 - Benefit to learning data backup and recovery
46:53 - Data backup and recovery outlook
52:52 - What is the Restore It All podcast?
56:15 - What is Druva? 
59:45 - Where can I learn more about Mr. Backup? 
1:00:32 - Cyber Work outro 

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Long-term cybersecurity career strategies | Guest Maxime Lamothe-Brassard

By: Infosec
7 February 2022 at 08:00

Maxime Lamothe-Brassard, founder of LimaCharlie, has worked for Crowdstrike, Google X and Chronicle Security before starting his own company. This episode goes deep into thinking about your long-term career strategies, so don’t miss this one if you’re thinking about where you want to go in cybersecurity in two, five or even 10 years from now.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:56 - First getting into cybersecurity 
6:46 - Working in Canada's national defense
9:33 - Learning on the job
10:39 - Security practices in government versus private sector
13:50 - Average day at LimaCharlie
16:40 - Career journey
19:25 - Skills picked up at each position 
23:57 - How is time length changing? 
27:53 - Security tools and how they could be
31:34 - Where do security tool kits fail? 
34:04 - Current state of practice and study
37:10 - Advice for cybersecurity students in 2022
38:21 - More about LimaCharlie
39:50 - Learn more about LImaCharlie or Maxime
40:08 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Avoiding hardware-based cybersecurity threats | Guest Jessica Amado

By: Infosec
31 January 2022 at 08:00

Jessica Amado, head of cyber research at Sepio Systems, discusses hardware-based cybersecurity threats. We’ve all heard the USB in the parking lot trick, but Amado tells us about the increasingly complex ways cybercriminals bypass hardware safeguards, and lets you know how to make sure that the keyboard or mouse you’re plugging in isn’t carrying a dangerous passenger.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:30 - Initial cybersecurity draw
6:30 - Day-to-day work as head of cybersecurity research
8:44 - How Amado does research
9:37 - Amado's routine 
10:35 - Hardware-based ransomware
13:00 - Other hardware threat factors
17:54 - Security practices with USBs
20:10 - How to check hardware
21:52 - Recommendations on security protocols
23:57 - The future of ransomware and malware
27:20 - How to work in hardware security 
31:35 - Cybersecurity in other industries
32:33 - Advice for cybersecurity students 
34:11 - Sepio Systems 
35:58 - Learn more about Sepio or Amado
36:23 - Outro 

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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What does a cloud security engineer do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
27 January 2022 at 08:00

Cloud security engineers design, develop, manage and maintain a secure infrastructure leveraging cloud platform security technologies. They use technical guidance and engineering best practices to securely build and scale cloud-native applications and configure network security defenses within the cloud environment. These individuals are proficient in identity and access management (IAM), using cloud technology to provide data protection, container security, networking, system administration and zero-trust architecture.

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0:00 - Intro 
0:25 - What does a cloud security engineer do? 
1:55 - How to become a cloud security engineer? 
2:55 - How to gain knowledge for the role
4:43 - Skills needed for cloud security engineers
6:00 - Common tools cloud security engineers use
7:43 - Job options available for this work
8:35 - Types of jobs
9:16 - Can you pivot into other roles? 
11:03 - What can I do right now?
12:33 - Outro 

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Cybersecurity project management: Your career starts here | Cyber Work Live

By: Infosec
24 January 2022 at 08:00

Are you great with details? Do you like juggling multiple projects at once? Is your organization system the topic of awed discussion between your co-workers? Or are you just interested in getting into cybersecurity from a different angle? If so, you might already be a top-notch project manager and not even know it!

Join a panel of past Cyber Work Podcast guests as they discuss their tips to become a project management all-star:
– Jackie Olshack, Senior Program Manager, Dell Technologies
– Ginny Morton, Advisory Manager, Identity Access Management, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory

If you’re interested in project management as a long-term career, Jackie and Ginny will discuss their career histories and tips for breaking into the field. If you plan to use project management as a way to learn more about other cybersecurity career paths, we’ll also cover how to leverage those skills to transition into roles.

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The topics covered include:
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Meet the panel
3:12 - Why we're talking project management
6:27 - Agenda for this discussion
6:55 - Part 1: Break into cybersecurity project management
7:45 - Resume recommendations for project managers
12:35 - Interview mistakes for project managers
19:22 - Creating your elevator pitch
23:10 - Importance of your LinkedIn page
25:05 - What certifications should I get?
30:38 - Do I need to be technical to be successful?
34:20 - How to build cybersecurity project management skills
38:28 - Part 2: Doing the work of project management
40:47 - Getting team members to lead themselves
44:50 - Dealing with customer ambiguity
47:30 - Part 3: Pivoting out of project management
47:48 - How do I change roles in an organization
51:50 - What's the next step after cybersecurity project manager?
53:43 - How to move from PMing security teams into leading them?
59:05 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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What does a SOC analyst do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
20 January 2022 at 08:00

Security operations center (SOC) analysts are responsible for analyzing and monitoring network traffic, threats and vulnerabilities within an organization’s IT infrastructure. This includes monitoring, investigating and reporting security events and incidents from security information and event management (SIEM) systems. SOC analysts also monitor firewall, email, web and DNS logs to identify and mitigate intrusion attempts.

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0:00 Intro 
1:20 - What is a SOC analyst? 
1:58 - Levels of SOC analyst
2:24 - How to become a SOC analyst
2:53 - Certification requirements
3:29 - Skills needed to succeed
4:38 - Tools SOC analysts use
5:32 - Open-source tool familiarity 
6:05 - Pivoting from a SOC analyst
6:50 - What can I do right now?
7:32 - Experience for your resume 
8:07 - Outro  

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Top cybersecurity breaches of 2021 | Guest Keatron Evans

By: Infosec
17 January 2022 at 08:00

Infosec’s Principal Security Researcher, instructor and cybersecurity renaissance man Keatron Evans returns to the show for the first in a series of once-quarterly episodes breaking down big stories in the news and cybersecurity trends for the future! We talk Solarwinds, Colonial Access Pipeline, Oldsmar, Keatron’s origin story and why, just like practicing your scales makes you a better musician, master pentesters and security pros got where they did by mastering the art of repetition in learning.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:30 - How did you get into cybersecurity? 
4:00 - What skills did you have early on? 
6:10 - First interaction with Infosec
10:34 - Work as a principal security researcher
13:20 - Machine learning in cybersecurity 
14:14 - Infosec classes
17:28 - Equity in cybersecurity 
20:25 - You don't need a technical background
21:36 - Major security breaches of 2021
22:15 - SolarWinds breach
24:56 - What job roles help stop these breaches?
27:50 - Water treatment plant breach
31:42 - Infrastructure security 
34:30 - President Biden and cybersecurity
39:22 - Supply chain security 
43:20 - Security trends for 2022
49:00 - Projects to keep an eye on
50:52 - Learn more about Evans
51:44 - Outro

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What does a security manager do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
13 January 2022 at 08:00

Security managers develop security strategies that align with the organization's goals and objectives. In addition, they direct and monitor security policies, regulations and rules that the technical team implements. Knowledge in areas like information security governance, program development and management, incident response and risk management are important to success in any security management role.

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0:00 - Intro 
0:26 - What does a security manager do? 
3:15 - How do you become a security manager?
4:54 - What education is required for security managers?
5:55 - What certificates are required for security managers?
7:23 - What skills does a security manager need to have?
9:58 - Common tools security managers use
11:48 - Where do security managers work?
13:45 - How well do security managers pivot into other roles?
15:36 - What step can someone take now to become a security manager?
17:27 - Outro 

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Predictions for cybersecurity in 2022 | Guest Andrew Howard

By: Infosec
10 January 2022 at 08:00

Andrew Howard, CEO of Kudelski Security, returns to give us his cybersecurity predictions for 2022! How will cybersecurity protect the supply chain, why is quantum computing on all of his clients' minds, and how would Andrew rewrite security from the ground up if a genie granted him three wishes?

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0:00 - Intro 
3:00 - Getting into cybersecurity
4:00 - How has the cloud evolved?
6:46 - The past year in cybersecurity
8:20 - The next cybersecurity innovation 
8:57 - Where quantum computing is going
10:15 - Concerns about encryption data
10:54 - The state of ransomware
12:57 - Cybersecurity supply chain issues. 
16:18 - Hybrid work cybersecurity
18:42 - The year of cyber insurance
20:35 - DOD directive to close security gaps
22:15 - What would you change in cybersecurity?
25:45 - What would put phishing out of mind? 
28:10 - Advice to 2022 cybersecurity students 
29:37 - Kudelski Security 
30:58 - Blockchain security in 2022
31:57 - Learn more about Kudelski
32:10 - Outro   

About Infosec
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What does a penetration tester do? | Cybersecurity Career Series

By: Infosec
6 January 2022 at 08:00

Penetration testers, or ethical hackers, are responsible for planning and performing authorized, simulated attacks within an organization’s information systems, networks, applications and infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Findings are documented in reports to advise clients on how to lower or mitigate risk. Penetration testers often specialize in a number of areas such as networks and infrastructures, Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems, embedded computer systems, web/mobile applications, supervisory control data acquisition (SCADA) control systems, cloud systems and internet of things (IoT) devices.

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0:00 - Intro 
0:26 - What does a penetration tester do? 
1:10 - Levels of penetration testers
1:50 - How to become a penetration tester
3:08 - Education needed to be a pentester
3:50 - Skills needed to pentest
4:24 - Common tools of the pentester
5:07 - Training with the tools
5:42 - Job options for pentesters
6:36 - Work duty expectations
7:45 - Can you move to a different role?
9:09 - What can I do to become a pentester?
9:54 - Outro 

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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Security risks facing streamers on Twitch and YouTube | Guest Roderick Jones

By: Infosec
3 January 2022 at 08:00

Roderick Jones of Concentric talks about security risks facing content creators, influencers, gamers and streamers on Twitch, YouTube and elsewhere. Online harassment is often seen as “part of the package” if you’re going to work in a public-facing streamer community, but Jones knows that this isn’t inevitable, and it is fixable. A future without a shrug-shoulders approach to online abuse?

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0:00 - Intro 
3:37 - How did you get into cybersecurity?
5:30 - Were you scouted for your role? 
6:44 - How did the landscape change?
8:40 - Security intelligence to private sector
11:50 - Daily work at Concentric 
13:25 - Staying up on trends
15:09 - Gaming, streaming and security issues
21:31 - Desentization and online personalities 
25:42 - The future of online access
27:37 - How to protect streamers
31:40 - Censoring on streaming platforms with AI
35:06 - Safeguards streams should have in place
40:06 - Cybersecurity jobs related to streaming security 
41:58 - Being courteous online 
42:43 - More about Concentric
43:58 - Learn more about Jones
44:35 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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High-tech hacking tools and how to defend against them | Guest Bentsi Ben-Atar

By: Infosec
20 December 2021 at 08:00

Bentsi Ben-Atar of Sepio Systems talks about some truly scary high-tech hacking weapons and techniques, from Raspberry Pis in your mouse or keyboard to charging cables that can exfiltrate data from a mile away. What do we do? How do we prepare?

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0:00 - Intro 
3:18 - Getting into cybersecurity
4:30 - Career highlights 
5:50 - Co-founding two companies 
7:22 - Typical work day at CTO and CMO
11:29 - New stealthy hacking tools
13:08 - Hacking a smart copy machine
17:46 - Stealing data with a Raspberry Pi
26:01 - The ninja cable 
32:11 - Security awareness while traveling 
35:20 - How to work battling high-tech cybercrime
36:35 - Exploring cybersecurity 
37:47 - More about Bentsi’s companies
39:31 - Find more about Bentsi 
39:57 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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How to work in cloud security | Guest Menachem Shafran

By: Infosec
13 December 2021 at 08:00

On today’s podcast, Menachem Shafran of XM Cyber talks about cloud security. Menachem tells us about the work of project manager and product manager, how the haste to migrate to the cloud can unnecessarily leave vulnerabilities wide open and why a cloud security expert also needs to be a good storyteller.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:40 - Getting into cybersecurity
5:47 - Project manager in cybersecurity
9:12 - Identifying pain points
10:24 - Working as a VP of product
14:09 - Data breaches
16:30 - Critical versus non-critical data breaches
18:19 - Attacker’s market 
19:38 - How do we secure the cloud?
22:45 - A safer cycle of teams
24:40 - How to implement cybersecurity changes
28:50 - How to work in cloud security
30:48 - A good cloud security resume 
33:02 - Work from home and cloud security
34:30 - XM Cyber’s services 
37:21 - Learn more about Menachem
38:00 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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How to get started with bug bounties and finding vulnerabilities | Guest Casey Ellis

By: Infosec
6 December 2021 at 08:00

On this week’s Cyber Work Podcast, BugCrowd and disclose.io! founder Casey Ellis discusses how to think like a cybercriminal, the crucial need for transparent vulnerability disclosure, the origins of BugCrowd and why mentorship is a gift that goes in both directions.

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0:00 - Intro 
3:15 - Getting into cybersecurity
4:30 - Criminal mindset in cybersecurity
5:49 - Ellis’s career to date 
9:10 - Healthcare cybersecurity
11:47 - Mentoring others 
13:52 - Mentorship as a two-way street
16:12 - Bugcrowd and bug bounty
19:18 - Vulnerability disclosure project
21:30 - Bug bounty popularity 
24:52 - U.S. sanctions on hacking groups
26:52 - Hiring hackers 
31:52 - Pursue specialization 
33:51 - Cyber threats flying under the radar
39:17 - Working from home safely
40:48 - How to get into bug bounties
42:18 - How to report vulnerabilities
44:04 - Advice to begin ethical hacking 
45:23 - Learn more about Ellis 
45:56 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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How to begin your own cybersecurity consulting business | Guest Kyle McNulty

By: Infosec
29 November 2021 at 08:00

On today’s podcast, Kyle McNulty of Secure Ventures talks about interviewing the people behind the most up-and-coming cybersecurity startups. We discuss the best advice he’s received on the show, how to get your own podcast off the ground and his own security startup, ConsultPlace.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:40 - Getting into cybersecurity
6:00 - McNulty’s education and career
9:50 - Getting into consulting and startups
14:08 - Secure Ventures podcast
17:45 - Best insight from a podcast guest
20:13 - Startup stories 
22:10 - Startups during COVID
23:42 - Advice for startups
25:22 - How to begin a podcast 
33:25 - Tips for cybersecurity newcomers
35:04 - Upcoming podcasts
36:15 - ConsultPlace work 
38:00 - Find more about McNulty
38:42 - Outro

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How to disrupt ransomware and cybercrime groups | Guest Adam Flatley

By: Infosec
22 November 2021 at 08:00

On today’s podcast, Adam Flatley of Redacted talks about 14 years spent with the NSA and working in global intelligence. He also delineates the process of disrupting ransomware and cybercrime groups by dismantling organizations, putting on pressure and making the crime of ransomware more trouble than it’s worth!

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0:00 - Intro 
3:13 - Getting into cybersecurity 
4:27 - Why work for the DoD?
6:37 - Average work day in threat intelligence
9:28 - Main security threats today
11:53 - Issues cybersecurity is ignoring
16:12 - Disrupting ransomware offensively 
23:00 - How to handle ransomware 
25:07 - How do I fight cybercriminals 
27:15 - How to convey self learning on a resume
28:24 - Security recommendations for your company 
31:40 - Logistics of changing security 
34:40 - Cybercrime in five years
36:57 - Learn about Redacted
39:18 - Learn more about Adam
40:00 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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How to become a cyber threat researcher | Guest John Bambenek

By: Infosec
15 November 2021 at 08:00

On today’s podcast, John Bambenek of Netenrich and Bambenek Consulting talks about threat research, intelligence analytics, why the same security problems are so evergreen and the importance of pitching in a little extra bit of your time and talents to make the world a bit better than you found it.

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0:00 - Intro 
2:45 - Getting into cybersecurity 
9:40 - Threat researcher versus security researcher and threat analyst
12:05 - How to get into a research or analyst role
16:32 - Unusual types of malware
19:03 - An ideal work day
23:06 - Current main threat actors
28:50 - What cybersecurity isn’t addressing
31:38 - Where can I volunteer?
36:02 - Skills needed for threat researchers
40:53 - Adjacent careers to threat research
45:11 - Threat research in five years
48:55 - Bambenek Consulting 
49:35 - Learn more about Bambenek
50:26 - Outro

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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How to become a great cybersecurity leader and manager | Guest Cicero Chimbanda

By: Infosec
8 November 2021 at 08:00

On today’s podcast, Cicero Chimbanda, Infosec Skills author and lecturer, discusses his cybersecurity leadership and management courses. We discuss the many paths of a cybersecurity leadership role, the soft skills that separate a good information security manager from a great one and why a baseline of cybersecurity knowledge can enhance any job, even if you don’t plan to pivot into the industry.

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0:00 - Intro 
3:37 - Getting into cybersecurity 
6:43 - First learning cybersecurity
7:54 - Skills needed to move up 
10:41 - CISM certification
13:00 - Two tracks of technology
15:13 - Are certifications important?
18:50 - Work as a college lecturer 
22:43 - Important cybersecurity soft skills
27:40 - Cybersecurity leadership and management 
32:33 - Where to go after security leadership 
35:26 - Soft skills for cybersecurity managers
37:23 - Benefits to skills-based education
39:40 - Tips for lifelong learning
43:46 - Cybersecurity education’s future
45:21 - Outro  

About Infosec
Infosec believes knowledge is power when fighting cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and privacy training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. It’s our mission to equip all organizations and individuals with the know-how and confidence to outsmart cybercrime. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

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