BrakeSec Podcast
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#youtube VOD (in 1440p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQWGyd79NM
Questions and topics: Bsides Vancouver discussion Semgrep Community and Academy Building communities What are ‘secure guardrails’ Reducing barriers between security and developers How to sell security to devs: “hey, if you want to see us less, buy/use this?” “Security is your barrier, but we have goals that we can’t reach without your help.” https://wehackpurple.com/devsecops-worst-practices-artificial-gates/ How are you seeing things like AI being used to help with DevOps or is it just making things more complicated? Not just helping write code, but infrastructure Ops, software inventories, code repo hygiene, etc? OWASP PNW https://www.appsecpnw.org/ Alice and Bob coming next year!
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): shehackpurple.ca Semgrep (https://semgrep.dev/) https://aliceandboblearn.com/ https://academy.semgrep.dev/ (free training) Netflix ‘paved roads’: https://netflixtechblog.com/how-we-build-code-at-netflix-c5d9bd727f15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory https://www.perforce.com/blog/qac/what-is-linting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSPTiw8gSEU https://techhq.com/2024/02/air-canada-refund-for-customer-who-used-chatbot/
Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@BrakeSecEd Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Youtube VOD: https://youtu.be/G3PxZFmDyj4
#appsec, #owasp, #ASVS, #joshGrossman, #informationsecurity, #SBOM, #supplychain, #podcast, #twitch, #brakesec, #securecoding, #Codeanalysis
Questions and topics:
1. The background to the topic, why is it something that interests you? How do you convince developers to take your course?
2. What do you think the root cause of the gap is?
3. Who is causing the gaps? (‘go fast’ culture, overzealous security, GRC requirements, basically everyone?)
4. Where do gaps begin? Is it the ‘need’ to ‘move fast’?
5. What can devs do to involve security in their process? Sprint planning? SCA tools?
6. How have you seen this go wrong at organizations?
7. How important is it to have security early in the product development process?
8. What sort of challenges do you think mainstream security people face in AppSec scenarios?
9. How does Product Security differ from Application Security? (what if the product is an application?)
10. What are the key development concepts that security people need to be familiar with to effectively get involved in AppSec/ProdSec?
11.. How do you suggest a security team approach AppSec/ProdSec? Leadership buy-in Effective/valuable processes Tools should achieve a goal
12. SBOM - NTIA is asking for it, How to get dev teams to care.
13. Key takeaways?
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?): BlackHat Training: https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accelerated-appsec--hacking-your-product-security-programme-for-velocity-and-value-virtual-37218
https://www.walkme.com/blog/leadership-buy-in/
https://www.bouncesecurity.com/
https://www.teamgantt.com/blog/raci-chart-definition-tips-and-example
https://www.cisa.gov/sbom
SCA Tools https://chpk.medium.com/top-10-software-composition-analysis-sca-tools-for-devsecops-85bd3b7512dd
https://semgrep.dev/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcgrossman
https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-verification-standard/
https://github.com/OWASP/ASVS/tree/master/5.0
https://owasp.org/www-project-cyclonedx/
https://joshcgrossman.com/
PyCon talk about custom security testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuNZzDjvMlg
Michal's Black Hat course - Accurate and Scalable: Web Application Bug Hunting: https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accurate-and-scalable-web-application-bug-hunting-37210
https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/training/schedule/index.html#accurate-and-scalable-web-application-bug-hunting-372101705524544
ASVS website: https://owasp.org/asvs
Lightning talk I did recently about OWASP: https://www.bouncesecurity.com/eventspast#f86548cb37cb2a82728b1762bd1b7aee
Show points of Contact: Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time based on new information and experiences and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.
Recorded: 08 Apr 2024
Youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8qApvsFtqw
Show Topic Summary:
If you want to get in the mind of a board member, I submit to you my discussion with Mary Gardner we did last night on #brakesec #education. Join Mary and I as we discuss the functions of a board, messaging to various levels of leadership and teams, and what it takes to make that leap to being a CISO. And when you're done, and you need someone to help your org get more mature, contact the team at GoldiKnox. #cybersecurity #informationsecurity #ciso #leadership #GRC
Questions and topics:
https://hbr.org/2023/05/boards-are-having-the-wrong-conversations-about-cybersecurity
“Just 69% of responding board members see eye-to-eye with their chief information security officers (CISOs). Fewer than half (47%) of members serve on boards that interact with their CISOs regularly, and almost a third of them only see their CISOs at board presentations. “
They obviously have different priorities, so what brings everyone to the table to discuss? Are they even worried about security?
Tactical goals vs. org goals and aligning them
What are boards most worried about these days?
Staying relevant in the face of AI?
What tech will protext them from the newest threats?
GRC is forced security, security is completely optional, Compliance requires some sort of security
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?):
Research organizations (gartner, forrester, etc)
https://hbr.org/2022/11/is-your-board-prepared-for-new-cybersecurity-regulations
Show points of Contact:
Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth
Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned
Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb
Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced
Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Discord: https://discord.gg/brakesec
Full Youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX7odQTBkyQ
Questions and topics:
Let’s talk about Mindful Business Podcast
What’s the topics you cover?
Topic #1: discuss your experiences when you were a new leader.
What worked? What didn't? What would you have done differently?
Do you emulate your manager's style? What have been your go-to management resources?
What is a good piece of advice that you’ve been given or that you impart to others that relates to leadership?
Topic #2: building/Operating SaaS products (we can discuss securing them, what functions should be table stakes (data structures, logging, etc)
Topic #3: What are bare minimums for building ‘secure’ Saas products in your particular field? And how do you balance security with a positive user experience (i. e. getting customers to buy into MFA/OAUTH, OTA updates
Topic #4: Do many SaaS products get over-integrated? Is the need for integration override best practices in security?
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?):
Twitter/Mastodon: https://twitter.com/AccidentalCISO https://infosec.exchange/@accidentalciso
The Mindful Business Security Show: https://www.mindfulsmbshow.com/ https://twitter.com/mindfulsmbshow
Show points of Contact:
Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth
Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned
Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb
Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced
Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time based on new information, and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.
Recorded: 28 Jan 2024
Youtube VOD: https://youtube.com/live/uX7odQTBkyQ
Questions and topics:
Let’s talk about Mindful Business Podcast
What’s the topics you cover?
Topic #1: discuss your experiences when you were a new leader.
What worked? What didn't? What would you have done differently?
Do you emulate your manager's style? What have been your go-to management resources?
What is a good piece of advice that you’ve been given or that you impart to others that relates to leadership?
Topic #2: building/Operating SaaS products (we can discuss securing them, what functions should be table stakes (data structures, logging, etc)
Topic #3: What are bare minimums for building ‘secure’ Saas products in your particular field? And how do you balance security with a positive user experience (i. e. getting customers to buy into MFA/OAUTH, OTA updates
Topic #4: Do many SaaS products get over-integrated? Is the need for integration override best practices in security?
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?):
Twitter/Mastodon: https://twitter.com/AccidentalCISO https://infosec.exchange/@accidentalciso
The Mindful Business Security Show: https://www.mindfulsmbshow.com/ https://twitter.com/mindfulsmbshow
Show points of Contact:
Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth
Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned
Bryan Brake: https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb
Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@brakeseced
Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
It's our 10th anniversary and the first show of our 2024 season!
Amanda was on "7 minute security"
https://7minsec.com/projects/podcast
Check out the complete VOD at https://youtu.be/vbmEtkxhAMg
Explicit language warning
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/IUDPlQaQg8M
https://forms.gle/rf145MoN7cskwMjf8 is the link to the survey. Your information (should you choose to identify yourself) will not be shared outside of the BrakeSec Team.
Thank all of you for listening and for your input.
RSS feed for the audio podcast is at https://www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Show Topic Summary:
Ms. Berlin proposes a question of how to gather more headcount with metrics, we discuss the BLUFFS bluetooth vulnerability, and “Ranty Claus” talks about CISA’s remarks of putting the onus on device product makers to remove choice for customers and implement secure defaults.
#youtube VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emcAzTx9z0c
Questions and topics:
Additional information / pertinent LInks (Would you like to know more?):
https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/stop-passing-buck-cybersecurity
Examples of companies forcing changes https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-will-roll-out-mfa-enforcing-policies-for-admin-portal-access/
https://github.com/aya-rs/aya - eBPF implementation in Rust
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/critical-logofail-bugs-secure-boot-bypass-millions-pcs
Show points of Contact:
Amanda Berlin: @infosystir @hackershealth
Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned
Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake on Mastodon.social, https://linkedin.com/in/brakeb
Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Twitter: @brakesec
Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast
Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Subscribe on Twitch using Amazon Prime and watch us live: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Check out our VODs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrakeSecEd Join the BrakeSecEd discord: https://discord.gg/brakesec
News:
https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/1password-latest-victim-okta-customer-service-breach
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24075435-bhi-notice
https://www.shacknews.com/article/137505/ransomware-group-capcom-2020-arrested
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/three-cybersecurity-sectors-that-resist-economic-downturns
Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time, and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.
Guest Bio: Nicole is the Chief Product Officer at Axio. Nicole has spent her career building awareness around the benefits of usable security and human-centered security as a way to increase company revenue and create a seamless user experience.
Youtube VOD Link: https://youtube.com/live/tFaAB9an47g
Questions and topics: Usable security: is it an oxymoron?
What determines if the security is ‘usable’ or no? We sacrifice security for a better UX, what can be done to alleviate that? Or is it some sort of sliding scale in “poor UX, amazing security or awesome UX, poor security” Examples of poor UX for ‘people’: MFA, and password managers.
SEC updates and ‘material events’ and how that would affect security, IR, and other company reporting functions.
Also, additional documentation (Regulation S-K Item 106) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicole-sundin-5225a1149_sec-adopts-rules-on-cybersecurity-risk-management-activity-7090065804083290112-ISD8
Are companies ready to talk about their cybersecurity? Can the SEC say “you’re not doing enough?”
What is ‘enough’?
Are we heading toward yet another audit needed for public companies, similar to SOX?
When does an 8-K get publicly disclosed?
Materiality is based on a “reasonable investor”?
So, you don’t need to announce that until you’re certain, and it’s based on what you can collect? Cyber Risk Management and some good examples of how to set up a proper cyber risk organization
Additional Links:
http://web.mit.edu/Saltzer/www/publications/protection/Basic.html
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-139
https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/munter-statement-assessing-materiality-030922
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/hc-computing.html
https://securityscorecard.com/blog/what-is-cyber-security-performance-management/
Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed on this program are solely the views of the individuals involved and by no means represent absolute facts. Opinions expressed by the host and guests can change at any time, and do not represent views of past, present, or future employers.
Guest Bio: John is the CEO of Aronetics. An avid climber and runner, John has spoken at many conferences about topics like ZeroTrust, BIOS/UEFI security, communication security, and malware. Aronetics is a technology-enabled service provider.
Youtube VOD: https://youtube.com/live/5dIVTwVZLAU
Linkedin VOD: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7101738254823030784
Show Topic Summary:
John joins us to discuss “letters of Marque” in an effort for hackers to ‘hack back’... the overreliance on automation, and communication siloes. We also talk about what a ‘junior position’ in infosec looks like with AI doing all the “Level 1 SOC Analyst” type roles normally given to someone fresh to the security industry.
Questions and topics:
Is infosec over reliant on automation? Automation comes with its own challenges.
Documentation woes
Automation is usually found in userland
Aronetics’ Thor provides defense and counter-offense tamper-proof technology digitally tied to
Letter of Marque - good idea, or geopolitical disaster waiting to happen?
Siloes and communication -best ways to overcome those in an org and outside?
How do we overcome siloing?
Overcoming security challenges?Identity management - 2FA is everywhere, there’s already ways around 2FA, so what now? 3FA? Biometrics? Make everyone carry around physical tokens that we can lose?
Blog post: https://www.aronetics.com/post-quantum-cryptography/ What do we need to protect against? Nation states with quantum computers? Rubber hose cryptography?
Crime thrives in areas of low visibility. https://www.aronetics.com/unknown/
https://www.aronetics.com/inside-the-breach/ (threat detection - the crime thrives in low vis areas)
Show points of Contact:
Brakesec Website: https://www.brakeingsecurity.com
Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast
Twitch Channel: https://twitch.tv/brakesec
Amanda Berlin: @[email protected] (Mastodon) @hackershealth
Brian Boettcher: @boettcherpwned
Bryan Brake: @bryanbrake on Mastodon.social
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