Information Security Review

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Becky Bace, CEO of Infidel and consultant to information security venture capital company, Trident Capital. Conducted during a break in the all day Black Hat Executive Briefings, this discussion with Kris covers such topics as:

• The state of the security start-up and VC world
• How IT trends are a key component in the direction of the information security industry (ie - cloud computing)
• Lack of a pipeline of strong new security graduates for future research and development of the industry

Read more about The Information Security Start-Up World .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Kris Herrin, Chief Security Officer of Heartland Payment Systems Conducted during a break in the all day Black Hat Executive Briefings, this discussion with Kris covers such topics as:

• The Heartland breach
• Thoughts on a CSO's best reporting structure
• Governance

Read more about The Heartland Breach - From Their CSO .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Col. Michael Convertino, Commander of the U.S. Air Force's 318th Information Operations Group.

Conducted during a break in the all day Black Hat Executive Briefings, this discussion with Col. Convertino covers such topics as:

• How the Air Force is securing themselves in Cyberspace
• How securing the Air Force's 500,000+ user accounts is not a great deal different then how an enterprise would approach it
• What it is they are protecting and it's extreme importance
• Threat & vulnerability monitoring

Read more about A Word About Security from the US Air Force .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Jeff Moss, Founder of Black Hat Briefings and newest member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Conducted during a break in the all day Black Hat Executive Briefings, this discussion with Jeff Moss covers such topics as:

• The change in emerging threats
• Securing Web 2.0
• The Homeland Security Advisory Council
• A look into the cyber criminal mind

 

Read more about Emerging Threats, Web 2.0 Security and a Word About The Homeland Security Advisory Council .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guests Ulf Lindqvist and Zach Tudor, Program Directors in Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International, and Sean McBride, Co-founder, Critical Intelligence on the recent moves by the Obama administration to provide funding for the implementation of SMART grid technology. 

Experts speak on the current state of affairs, research currently being conducted, and the security implications with respect to the modernization of the electric grid and critical infrastructure.

Read more about SMART Grid Technology and Critical Infrastructure Security .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Dr. Hugh Thompson, Chief Security Strategist with People Security and RSA Conference keynote speaker.

Hugh discusses some of his views on the current state of affairs of application security as well as the importance of security awareness and more then anything good, clear communication between management, IT / IS and employees.

Hugh is a sought after blogger and speaker, with multiple RSA Conference keynotes already under his belt.

Read more about Application Security and Security Awareness .

Eric Green sits in for host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One and speaks with guests Eva Chen, CEO and Raimund Genes, CTO Anti Malware - both with Trend Micro. 

Discussion highlights include the clear and concise importance in understanding compliance by no means guaruntees security, Eva and Raimund's insight on what they saw as hot this year at the 2009 RSA Conference, along with a fact vs. fiction discussion surrounding some of the latest and greatest media coverage of a number of security events.

From cloud computing, to compliance, SCADA and the power grid to conficker - this is a podcast you won't want to miss

Read more about RSA Conference 2009, Cloud Computing and Security News .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guests Sandra Toms LaPedis, Area VP & General Manager of the RSA Conference and Tim Mather, Chief Security Strategist of the RSA Conference.

This timely discussion focusses on the upcoming 2009 RSA Conference, but in particular the value live events bring to the security industry. LaPedis, the force behind the RSA Conference for almost a decade discusses why particpants come to events like these as well as some of the new and interesting things we will see this year at the conference. She also addresses how the RSA Conference like others across many industry's are making use of social media to enhance the participant experience.

Mather furthers Ms. LaPedis' points on how participants use the event and some of the unique features of the upcoming 2009 event, but also digs in on discussing the other side of social media and Web 2.0 - specifically the security issues inherent in using such tools.

Read more about 2009 RSA Conference - Discussion with the Organizers .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Carlos Solari, VP responsible for Quality, Reliability and Security at Alcatel-Lucent about his new book, Security in a Web 2.0+ World. The book’s premise is that computer systems are not being protected adequately and building Web 2.0 applications on top of a shaky foundation creates a bigger problem. Using the ITU x.805 standard is one of the recommended approaches to help address security issues systemically. By building security in instead of bolting it on, organizations can achieve the proper level of security consistently.

Read more about Security in a Web 2.0+ World .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Eva Chen, CEO of Trend Micro about how many organizations are moving to the cloud, along with the security risk that poses. Also discussed is where cloud computing can in fact support the security cause and how Trend Micro is utilizing this solution to indeed help their customers.

Throughout this discussion is the reality of information security management in a bad economy where a recession impedes IT and IS spending while at the same time shows increased threats.

Read more about Cloud Computing and Security Recession Management .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Caleb Merriman - Director, Information Protection, Target.

The discussion in this episode focusses around cyber crime as Mr. Merriman focusses on some of the importance, proliferation and fighting of cyber crime from the perspective of a major US corporation security director.

The interview has a focus on the need for collaboration both within industry and between industry and the law enforcement community. Also discussed is Target's proactive approach to this issue.

Read more about Executive Overview of Cyber Crime .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One speaks with guest Michael J. Assante - Vice President & CSO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) - discussing important issues from the state of critical infrastructure protection in the United States, to some of the latest threats the electric sector are facing. As a member of the CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, Assante also discusses some of the recommendations that commission has made to the Obama administration.

Read more about Information Security & the Nations Critical Infrastructure .

Host Bob West, CEO of Echelon One discusses the critical nature of executive communication and the business need surrounding the risk message and organizational ramifications tied to information security with guests Amit Yoran, Chairman & CEO, NetWitness Corp. and Marcus Sachs, Executive Director, Government Affairs - National Security Policy, Verizon Read more about Information Security, an executive and senior management issue .