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To Click or Not to Click? Oct 04, 2023

Show notes

The ground floor for corporate cybersecurity awareness begins with the users. Or does it begin with corporate safeguards?
In this episode of Wait Just an Infosec, join SANS Certified Instructor Lodrina Cherne for a debate on one of the top Cybersecurity Awareness Month topics.
Later in the show, SANS Author and Certified Instructor Dean Parsons joins the broadcast to talk Security Awareness. Dean will discuss the SANS Security Awareness Maturity Model, the top risks to organizations today and where we go to reduce these risks in industrial environments

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Threat Actor Tool Analysis at Enterprise Scale Sep 22, 2023

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"The more we learn about the tools that threat actors use — from discovery/enumeration tools all the way through ransomware payloads — the better we can understand how to detect, hunt, and prevent these actors from accomplishing their goals.
In this episode of Wait Just an Infosec, join hosts Ryan Chapman and Mari DeGrazia as they welcome reverse engineer and threat hunter Silas Cutler for a heated discussion. Have your physical notepad and/or notepad.exe ready to go, as this chat will provide an informative session on how you and your organization can become more proactive in the identification and analysis of these threats."

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You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

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Detection Engineering: The Blue Team Cheat Code Sep 13, 2023

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Detection engineering requires a unique combination of technical skills, threat research, and scientific method. Done properly, it allows us to better sift through the noise and identify information we can use to save time and manual effort.

In this episode of Wait Just an Infosec, SANS Certified Instructor Mark Orlando welcomes Zack Allen and Scott Foley for a discussion on common challenges in detection engineering, what it takes to get started, and why detection engineering done well can be your blue team “cheat code!”

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

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Inside SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2023 Aug 30, 2023

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Ed Skoudis, President of SANS.edu, joins us as host for another episode of Wait Just an Infosec, this time focusing on the infamous SANS Holiday Hack Challenge – SANS’s annual gift to the cybersecurity community.
Ed is joined by special guests to share about the history of this free festive cyber challenge, showcase how this year’s challenge is coming together, and offer insight from past winners that could put you ahead of the competition to succeed in the 2023 Holiday Hack Challenge.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

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In Hot Pursuit: Tracking Ransomware Actors Aug 23, 2023

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Join Ryan Chapman, Mari DeGrazia, and their special guest, Will "BushidoToken" Thomas in an informal, freeform, and most of all, fun conversation on tracking ransomware actors over time. In this in-depth conversation, learn how tracking darknet forum posts, alias pivoting, correlating TTPs, identifying affiliations, and performing blockchain analytics lead to insights used by the InfoSec community to track ransomware actors and operators alike.
Then listen to SANS MGT433 Instructor John Scott discuss the psychological and societal impacts of ransomware.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

If you enjoy the Wait Just an Infosec live, weekly show covering the latest cybersecurity trends and news and featuring world-renowned information security experts, be sure and become a member of our community. When you join the SANS Community, you will have access to cutting edge cyber security news, training, and free tools you can't find anywhere else.  

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Your Cloud Security Journey: Key Trends, Capabilities, & Skills Aug 17, 2023

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"Cloud security continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and you need to stay abreast of the latest trends and services to ensure that you have the most up to date skills.
SANS Fellow Frank Kim hosts this episode of Wait Just an Infosec, talking about the different cloud journeys that you can take.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

If you enjoy the Wait Just an Infosec live, weekly show covering the latest cybersecurity trends and news and featuring world-renowned information security experts, be sure and become a member of our community. When you join the SANS Community, you will have access to cutting edge cyber security news, training, and free tools you can't find anywhere else.  

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The Five Critical Controls for ICS Aug 02, 2023

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Operational Technology (OT) security has never been more important. When beginning the work of securing your Industrial Control System (ICS) environment, there are five key controls you should consider.
In this episode of Wait Just an Infosec, ICS security pioneer and expert Robert M. Lee takes the chair as host, exploring which key controls to focus on in your OT environment but through the lens of Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR).

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

If you enjoy the Wait Just an Infosec live, weekly show covering the latest cybersecurity trends and news and featuring world-renowned information security experts, be sure and become a member of our community. When you join the SANS Community, you will have access to cutting edge cyber security news, training, and free tools you can't find anywhere else.  

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Should Countries Ban Ransom Payments? Jul 26, 2023

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Ransomware actors continue to perpetrate their heinous crimes because, in aggregate, the attacks are lucrative. But what if ransomware became non-lucrative? What if that change came by way of sweeping regulations and mandates from governments around the world?
This episode of Wait Just an Infosec is hosted by ransomware subject-matter experts Ryan Chapman, who invites on Mr. Allan "Ransomware Sommelier" Liska, author of "Ransomware: Understand. Prevent. Recover." to discuss what it would look like to ban ransomware payments.
After, SANS Senior Instructor Lance Spitzner discusses the 2023 SANS Security Awareness Report, which was released recently in mid-July.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

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Strategies of a World-Class SOC Jul 19, 2023

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This week on Wait Just an Infosec, join host John Hubbard, who welcomes his guests from the ongoing special season of the Blueprint Podcast for an in-depth discussion of key points coming from MITRE’s book: 11 Strategies of a World-Class Cybersecurity Operations Center.
The book's authors Kathryn Knerler, Ingrid Parker, and Carson Zimmerman have been exploring top strategies for taking your security operations center to the world-class level all season long. As the team prepares to wrap up this especially popular season of Blueprint Podcast, they come together to share some bonus gems of wisdom and added insight that you won’t want to miss.
After, SANS Senior Instructor Erik Van Buggenhout and SANS Offensive Ops Marketing Manager Randall Jones chat about an Offensive Ops Tap takeover at Network Security 2023 in Las Vegas.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

If you enjoy the Wait Just an Infosec live, weekly show covering the latest cybersecurity trends and news and featuring world-renowned information security experts, be sure and become a member of our community. When you join the SANS Community, you will have access to cutting edge cyber security news, training, and free tools you can't find anywhere else.  

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Skill vs. Background: The Great Cyber Hiring Debate Jul 12, 2023

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In this episode of Wait Just an Infosec hosted by SANS editor Thomas Wolfe, SANS contributors Stacy Dunn and Rich Greene discuss their personal journeys into cybersecurity and the importance of skill versus background.
Join Stacy and Rich as they explore questions like; should employers dare to invest in potential over pedigree? Why did you choose cybersecurity? What was your profession before diving into cybersecurity? And would you hire a candidate based on their skill, regardless of background?
After, Ashish Rajan and Megan Roddie come on the show to talk about the upcoming SANS Cloud Security Exchange 2023, where Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and AWS will join together for a riveting discussion.

Wait Just an Infosec is produced by the SANS Institute. 



 

You can watch the full, weekly Wait Just an Infosec live stream on the SANS Institute YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook channels on Tuesdays at 10:00am ET (2:00pm UTC). Feature segments from each episode are published in a podcast format on Wednesdays at noon eastern.  

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