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Hacker Valley Blue Episode 1 Sep 01, 2020

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Hosts Ron and Chris welcome you to today’s episode! This episode of Hacker Valley Studio is the start of a new season, Hacker Valley Blue, a series dedicated to threat intelligence, exclusively for listeners.

The episode begins with Ron and Chris sharing their backgrounds in threat intelligence and cybersecurity. Chris picked intelligence as his job field in the United States Marine Corps, and eventually went on to The National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command. He focused on the how, who, and what of all the cyber-attacks happening at the time. Chris then went on to create his own company, and do consulting work in threat intelligence for over a decade.

Ron has always had an interest in cybersecurity, and at 16 he found a mentor who took him under his wing in the trade. After a couple of years working in offensive attacks, he transitioned to a job building intelligence tools that dealt with threat data. While Chris focused more on the operational side of threat intelligence, Ron’s was more technical, and their experience converged well.

Throughout the rest of the episode, you will hear about what threat intelligence can do for businesses. Ron and Chris discuss how analysts can build rapport with the employees and stakeholders using their intelligence, and what questions companies should ask of analysts for the best results. They do this by walking listeners through Chris’ EASY framework.

1:07 - The new season of Hacker Valley Blue is introduced.

3:43 - Chris shares his background in intelligence.

6:15 - Ron shares his background in intelligence

11:43 - What can threat intelligence do for an organization?

17:50 - The EASY Framework

18:41 - Elicit Requirements

21:40 - Asses Collection Plan

26:03 - Strive for Impact

30:24 - Yield the Feedback

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Episode 82 - What is Old is New Again with Brian Romansky Aug 24, 2020

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Hosts Ron and Chris welcome you to today’s episode! This episode of Hacker Valley Studio features Brian Romansky, the Chief Innovation Officer at Owl Cyber Defense. You will hear about his ideas, inventions, and how hardware is helping us in cybersecurity today.

The episode begins with Brian sharing his background, and journey into the cybersecurity space. He always knew he wanted to do something with technology and thought he may go into robotics. The transition into the cyber world was a natural one when he was working on a team that was moving mechanical postage metering to happen electronically. These machines were often trying to be hacked, and the team also began working on e-commerce and shipping platforms. From then, he continued to work on cybersecurity, data, and cryptography.

Today, at Owl Cyber Defense Brian works on cross domain solutions for the US Department of Defense, and other government organizations, as well as commercial customers. It gets him up in the morning because it combines many of the electrical and cryptography space that interests him, with hardware. His hope for the future, is that there is a paradigm shift in cybersecurity, making it less of a cat and mouse game by using hardware enforced mechanisms.

He doesn’t have a lot of free time, but as the episode wraps up, you will also hear about what Brian is interested in, and working on outside of work.

:29 CIO of Owl Cyber Defense, Brian Romansky is introduced to the show.

4:33 Brian shares his journey from electrical engineering to cybersecurity.

6:25 Brian explains the work he does today.

14:16 Brian hypothosizes on the future of cybersecurity

16:58 Brian answers the question “Is there an unhackable system?”

19:55 Advice for organizations relying more on technology during work from home.

27:48 What does Brian do outside of work?

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Episode 81 - Communicating in a Crisis with Christopher Budd Aug 18, 2020

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Security and Privacy Expert and author, Christopher Budd, is welcomed to the Hacker Valley Studio podcast! You will hear some great communication tips and how to handle people who fear worst case scenarios during a crisis. He explains how to showcase your authority and credibility during a tough situation. He talks about traits that make someone great at handling these situations, the importance of temperament, and improvisation.

In this episode, Christopher Budd shares his journey to becoming an expert in crisis communication. He spent ten years with the Microsoft Security Response Center. He has worked with other security and technology companies as a consultant and full-time employee. He says, “...and if I can sum up what it is I do best, I always say, I take awful news and make it just bad.” Christopher gives some examples of his communication approach. 1) He says he is upfront about news being bad news. He recommends getting credibility by leading with the truth. 2) He then explains reasons why it is a bad situation. 3) Finally, he explains reasons why the situation could be better than you think it might be.

He explains that you are not only dealing with the situation itself but also peoples’ fears and projections of the situation. Christopher talks about different personality types and how they handle crisis management. He explains the importance of temperament, the ability to compartmentalize, and thinking about action steps. As the episode draws to a close, Christopher shares some of his thoughts on the workplace today and some of the changes in the COVID environment. He elaborates on topics like privacy and communication. He highlights how technology has allowed us to function as well as it has in the past few months.

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You can reach out to Christopher Budd at unimaginativelychristopher@christopherbudd.com

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Christopher Budd is published in Great Thinkers A-Z

Episode 80 - Leveraging MITRE ATT&CK with Chris Kennedy Aug 09, 2020

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In this episode of the Hacker Valley Studio podcast, hosts Ron and Chris speak with 25-year cybersecurity veteran Chris Kennedy. Chris is the Chief Information Security Officer and the VP of Customer Success for AttackIQ, and he and the hosts discuss various topics related to cybersecurity and Chris’s background, with special focus on the MITRE ATT&CK framework

The beginning of the episode centers on Chris Kennedy himself, as he provides background information on both himself and his company. Chris’s career took many turns preparing him for his current role, with a few especially remarkable highlights: he was one of the first cybersecurity officers in the Marine Corps, worked for the world’s largest hedge fund, and was basically one of the first CISO's in tech. As an executive, he saw how much he depended on the ecosystem of security tech, and he also saw how unreliable this technology was. This realization paved the way for his move to AttackIQ.

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Learn more about Chris Kennedy and contact him at chris.kennedy@attackiq.com.

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Learn more about AttackIQ’s Academy.

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Learn more about MITRE ENGENUITY’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense.

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Episode 79 - Finding our Genius with Laura Garnett Aug 03, 2020

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In this very special episode, we brought back fan favorite Laura Garnett a world-renowned performance strategist, to examine us to see what makes us special. We finds our purpose, our power, and our core emotional conflict in less than an hour! You really see a master at work in this one.

Laura's Website: https://www.lauragarnett.com/

Laura's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragarnett/

Laura's Twitter: https://twitter.com/garnettl

Episode 78 - Explaining Humans with Dr. Camilla Pang Jul 27, 2020

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In this episode, we have the brilliant Dr. Camilla Pang author of the incredible book, "Explaining Humans." We dive into her life, neurodiversity, and her awesome book.

Dr. Pang's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/millie_moonface/

Dr. Pang's Twitter: https://twitter.com/millzymai

Dr. Pang's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241409608/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_ug1hFbATW52TV

Episode 77 - Meeting Life with Grace with Charles Nwatu Jul 19, 2020

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In this episode, we bring back fan favorite Charles Nwatu! His first episode was met with some much praise and we think you will love this one too. We discuss meeting people with grace even if they aren't so kind to us, being black men in tech and in society, and dive into some personal stories as well.

Charles's Twitter: https://twitter.com/charles_nwatu

Charles's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cnwatu/

This episodes sponsor: https://canary.tools/

Episode 76 - A Security Leadership Master Class with Gary Hayslip Jul 13, 2020

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In this episode, we have the powerful Gary Hayslip in the studio to give us a master class on cybersecurity leadership. We talk about his leadership journey, the relationship between the CISO and the rest of the business, and disconnecting with LEGOs.

Gary's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghayslip/

CISO Desk Reference Guide: https://cisodrg.com/

Sponsor for this episode: https://canary.tools/

Episode 75 - Losing Graciously with Graham Cluley Jul 05, 2020

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In this episode, we have fan favorite Graham Cluley back on the mic! We comfort each other after our recent loss at the 2020 Blogger Awards, we talk about the crazy world of content creation, and Graham gives away his podcasting secret sauce.

Graham's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamcluley/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/gcluley

Website: https://www.grahamcluley.com/

Graham's Podcast: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/

This episode's sponsor: https://canary.tools/

Episode 74 - Origins of Deception Technology with Haroon Meer Jun 28, 2020

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In this feature episode, we chat with the founder of Thinkst, Haroon Meer. We Talk about the origins of deception technology and how his technology is changing the way companies around the world are doing detection.

Thinkst Canary Website: https://canary.tools/

Thinkst Canary Love: https://canary.tools/love

Thinkst: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThinkstCanary

Haroon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/haroonmeer

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