Mon, 18 April 2022
![]() This month, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by Patrick Laverty. Patrick is the Senior Team Lead at Social Engineer, LLC, working with an incredible team of professional social engineers. He was previously a senior penetration tester at Rapid7 and a member of the CSIRT at Akamai. He is a co-organizer of the Layer 8 Conference and is the host of the Layer 8 Podcast on social engineering and OSINT. He lives in Rhode Island with his daughter, dog and two cats. [April 18, 2022] 00:00 – Intro 00:50 – Patrick Laverty intro 02:19 – Intro Links 04:38 – Security Awareness in the world today 05:25 – Malicious Domain Registrations 06:58 – Protecting yourself from false domains 11:24 – CISA Alert / Shields Up 12:36 – Lowering Reporting Thresholds 13:33 – Empowering Security Information Officers 16:50 – Tabletop Exercises 19:20 – Planning for Continuity 21:09 – Beyond the Financial Effects of Ransomware 24:29 – Trying to protect the Healthcare Sector 25:27 – Backup & Recovery Process 28:38 – The source of Ransomware 30:03 – Planning for a Ransomware attack 31:51 – Why your site will be attacked 33:41 – 3 Actionable Tips 35:30 – Book Recommendations 38:20 – Wrap Up 39:18 – Outro
Direct download: Ep._168_-_Security_Awareness_Series_-_Lessons_Learned_From_the_Attacks_on_Ukraine_with_Patrick_Laverty.mp3
Category:Security Awareness -- posted at: 2:00am EDT |
Mon, 11 April 2022
Today we will be talking with Vanessa Bohns. Vanessa is a social psychologist and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and an AB from Brown University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, and her research has been widely featured in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, and on NPR’s Hidden Brain. Her first book, You Have More Influence Than You Think, was just published in September 2021. [April 11, 2022] 00:00 – Intro
01:53 – Vanessa Bohns intro 02:43 – How did you make Social Influence your field? 05:48 – Why do we assume people will be negative when we make a request? 08:01 – The surprising results of asking for things 11:12 – We are wired to be agreeable 13:34 – What are the security implications of our default attitudes? 16:59 – What are the consequences of underestimating your own influence? 19:32 – Understanding how the situation can influence ethics 21:05 – What would you say is your favorite find? 21:48 – Enlisting someone to influence their ethics 24:00 – Paying attention to the human side of security 25:04 – What is your next study? 27:11 – The importance of a predefined script 28:54 – Will "keywords" change a person’s sense of agreeability? 30:10 – Recognizing your own influence 31:41 – Who would you consider some of your biggest mentors?
33:39 – Book Recommendations:
35:47 – Guest Wrap Up 36:17 – Find Vanessa Bohns on the web
36:49 – Outro
Direct download: Ep._167_-_Human_Element_Series_-_Paying_Attention_To_The_Human_Side_with_Vanessa_Bohns.mp3
Category:Human Element Series -- posted at: 1:00am EDT |