After last week’s BSOD on Brad’s laptop…
We were 50+ minutes into last week’s podcast when Windows said no more. The operating system crash brought episode 68 to a dead halt before we had a chance to cover the last part of our Roles and Responsibilities series. So, instead of two parts, we’re doing three. This is how it all worked out:
- Episode 67 Roles and Responsibilities – Part One – Macro
- Government(s)
- Business(es)
- School(s)
- Consumer(s)/citizen(s)
- Episode 68 Roles and Responsibilities – Part Two – At Work
- Executives
- CISO (or similar)
- Legal
- Employees
- Episode 69 (this one) Roles and Responsibilities – Part Three – At Home
- Information security, privacy, and safety cannot be separated.
- Parent
- Spouse
- Children
I’m excited about this episode because it hits close to home. It should hit close to home with everyone!
RSA Conference
We’ll also talk about last week’s RSA Conference in this show. SecurityStudio sent seven people to the conference this year, and here are some highlights we will discuss:
- The theme for the conference this year was “Human Element”.
- Roughly 36,000 attendees this year.
- San Francisco’s State of Emergency, mid-conference
- The money grab was alive and well (literally).
- SecurityStudio’s first appearance as a sponsor.
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- Gave away 1,000 free, signed copies of UNSECURITY.
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- We became known as counterculture (which was super cool).
- The theme “Mission before $” was born and etched onto each book.
- We made (at least) 961 new friends.
Overall, the RSA Conference was a great experience for everyone and a huge success for SecurityStudio.
On to this week’s show notes…
SHOW NOTES – Episode 69
Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Show Topics:
Our topics this week:
- Opening
- What’s up?
- One thing.
- RSA Conference
- Information Security Roles and Responsibilities (Part 3 of 3)
- Last week, quick recap of roles and responsibilities (at work).
- People are creatures of habit.
- SIMPLIFY – What are things we can do?
- At home:
- Information security, privacy, and safety cannot be separated.
- Parent
- Spouse
- Children
- What should every “normal” person know about information security?
- The importance of definition, formality, and communication.
- News
Opening
[Evan] Hi again UNSECURITY podcast listeners! My name is Evan Francen and this is episode 69. The date is March 2nd, 2020. Joining me in studio is my co-host, Brad Nigh. Good morning Brad!
[Brad] Rumor has it, he’s been working hard on some IR work. Let’s see if he’s in the mood to talk this morning.
[Evan] It’s great to be back in the office and good to be here. We have a really good show for our listeners this week, but before we dive in, let’s catch up. Brad, tell me about your week.
Catching up
Some back and forth happens here.
[Evan] I’m behind on just about everything. Hoping for a good catch-up week!
RSA Conference
[Evan] So, there was this RSA Conference thingy last week. Let’s talk about it.
RSA Conference discussion. What we learned and what we wish we hadn’t.
[Evan] We’ll invite some of the interesting people from RSA to join us a future guests.
Information Security Roles and Responsibilities (Part 3 of 3) – Micro Level (at home)
[Evan] OK. So last week, we had a nice visit from the BSOD genie. Probably a good thing because we were going sort of long anyway. We originally planned two episode for Roles and Responsibilities, but instead we’ve got three now. No big deal. I’m looking forward to this talk with you Brad! What do you think about the series thus far?
[Brad] His opinions…
Last week, quick recap of roles and responsibilities (at work).
[Evan] We’ve talked about roles and responsibilities at a macro level and we’ve talked about roles and responsibilities within an organization. Now, let’s talk about roles and responsibilities at home. I know that you and I both are very conscious of information security at home.
Roles and Responsibilities at Home:
- People are creatures of habit.
- SIMPLIFY – What are things we can do?
- Information security, privacy, and safety cannot be separated.
- Roles
- Parent
- Spouse
- Children
- What should every “normal” person know about information security?
- The importance of definition, formality, and communication.
[Evan] Great conversation. These things will all be covered in our book, and I’m really looking forward to finishing it with you. This book could help tons of people! Alright, as usual, let’s get to some news.
News
[Evan] Here’s what we’ve got for news this week:
- Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables – https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/98710/intelligence/russia-spies-undersea-cables.html
- New Kr00k vulnerability lets attackers decrypt WiFi packets – https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-kr00k-vulnerability-lets-attackers-decrypt-wifi-packets/
- Google Released a Patch for Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability That Actively Exploited in Wide – https://gbhackers.com/chrome-version-80/
Bonus, maybe a future episode; This breast cancer advocate says she discovered a Facebook flaw that put the health data of millions at risk – https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/health/andrea-downing-facebook-data-breach-wellness-trnd/index.html
[Evan] There you have it. Episode 69. It’s good to be home this week.
[Evan] Thank you to our listeners, we love hearing from you. If you’ve got something to say, email us at unsecurity@protonmail.com. If you would rather do the whole social thing, we tweet sometimes. I’m @evanfrancen, and Brad’s @BradNigh. Check out @studiosecurity and @FRSecure frequently. They’re always posting good things! Is FRSecure out at SecureWorld North Carolina this week? Lots going on and lots of chatter!
That’s it. Talk to you all again next week!