Defeasible Reasoning

ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is an advanced chatbot — so advanced that some students have used it to fake writing assignments. In this episode, host Drew Rozema demonstrates the power of ChatGPT by engaging it in a discussion of sorts about the implications of its use in academic settings. Murf, an AI voice generator, brings the discussion to life for us.

Part four of our impromptu interviews at GrrCON 2021. GrrCON is an annual information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage. In this episode, we hear from Elliott Hirzel.

Part three of our impromptu interviews at GrrCON 2021. GrrCON is an annual information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage. In this episode, we hear from Shannon Maloney and Esquire Triggs.

Part two of our impromptu interviews at GrrCON 2021. GrrCON is an annual information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage. In this episode, we hear from Thurston O'Brien and Sophie Blanchard.

We're back! This is part one of our impromptu interviews at GrrCON 2021. GrrCON is an annual information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage. In this episode, we hear from Jose Luis Bolanos and Elizabeth Whiting.

Well, you asked for it! Actually, you didn't, but we did it anyway! It's another 1v1 Drew and Noah podcast - recorded virtually IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES. We talk about Drew going on the local news to educate folks on Zoombombing. Since local news stories are short and often silly, we took this opportunity to expound on the deetz of this topic. We hope you are staying healthy and at least 6 feet away from other people.

Kristopher Russo's career has run a gamut of disciplines from Infrastructure to Development to Information Security, including incident response, malware analysis, penetration testing, and forensics utilizing many technologies such as ServiceNow, Carbon Black, Qualys, FTK, and LogRhythm. Kris and Drew chat origins, RadioShack, and whether Y2K good, bad, or both - all from a hidden bunker in total isolation during a global pandemic. Check out Kris on LinkedIn Check out Drew on LinkedIn Defeasible Reasoning is produced by Grand Rapids Community College.

Drew goes remote for a super special guest. From World of Warcraft to Uncle Sam, R34p3r talks origins and the things he wants the young folk going into this work to know.

For some holiday magic Drew tells the tale of a scholarship long in the making enabling a select few students to achieve their education in a super rad and super cool way. One of those students is Tristan! Happy Holidays.

Day 2 of our meanderings through GRRCON: an information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage with like minded people.

Day 1 of our meanderings through GRRCON: an information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage with like minded people.

GRRCON is October 24th and 25th 2019 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI. It’s an information security and hacking conference that provides the Midwest InfoSec community with a fun atmosphere to come together and engage with like minded people.

James King is an Engineer, Consultant, OSINT ninja, Webmaster, CyberSecurity Guru, Cutter of Proverbial Gordian Knots and a former GRCC student. It’s AMA time with James as current GRCC students submit their questions to a real life hacker.

Aaron Bregg is the Director of Professional Outreach at Cloud Security Alliance West Michigan. We talk about Reed City, the movie War Games, go off on tangents, and collectively realize there’s not one single path to enter into the cyber security industry!

Nicole Scheffler is a Cisco Partner Engineering Strategy Leader, Passionate STEM Advocate, Community Activist, Speaker, and Teacher. Now, she’s also a podcast guest on the first episode of season 2 of Defeasible Reasoning. Welcome back!

The final episode of the academic year is upon us with another 1v1 Drew and Noah session. This time we explore the origin story of the guy who hosts this thing: Drew Rozema! From glitching Galaga to glitching (not so) young minds at GRCC, Rozema’s journey is actually… quite interesting!

Samantha Gignac is a Security Engineer working in Vulnerability Management at Spectrum Health. We figure out not everyone goes to college knowing what they want to do and most CIS programs have lots of dudes!

Dr. Jared DeMott is the owner of VDA Labs, Grand Rapids. Once an NSA Analyst and now a podcast guest, we learn about Jared’s journey though the information security world, professors who DID NOT believe in him, and discuss the gravitational pull of dark matter.

Matthew Carpenter is a Principal Researcher at Grimm (SMFS, Inc.). We dive deep into reverse engineering and learn a lot of Matt’s very cool journy through the hacking world.

It’s another 1v1 Drew and Noah episode and we talk about the great baby monitor hacking of 2018. Or is it? Learning all about the Internet of Things we consider how secure the new tech in our house may, or may not, be. Also… WE’RE TALKING TO YOUR BABY.

Ryan Plas is a Cyber Security Developer at Defense Point Security. Elliott Hirzel is a Security Engineer at Spectrum Health. We talk about what they do, red vs blue, and get our heads in and out of the cloud.

Aphrodite (Apple) Jones is an experienced education, technology, business and community leader in addition to being a privacy and information security awareness training leader. We talk about bridging the divide between experts and the community as well as what it’s like to be a woman in the typically male-dominated field of Information Systems.

James King is an Engineer, Consultant, OSINT ninja, Webmaster, CyberSecurity Guru, Cutter of Proverbial Gordian Knots and a former GRCC student. James tells us about being the closest thing to a spy in the private sector and how a kid from rural Northern Michigan breaks into things for living.

The first in our series of 1v1 Drew vs. Noah podcast episodes. The host and producer talk about a recent Reply All episode while Drew laments that perhaps we’re losing the war on the word “hacker”.

Nicholas Kuncaitis is an Account Specialist at K Group Companies. We talked to Nick about biometrics, antivirus software, and debated whether or not Excel is the greatest application ever made!

Jim Schuyler is a Senior Architect at US Signal in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We talk with Jim about BGP hijacking and that cute little Spectre logo perfect for this spooky fall season.

Austin Bollinger is an IT Security Analyst at Grand Rapids Community College. We talk about cryptojacking and how your computer resources can be hijacked by bad guys to mine for cryptocurrency.

Coming soon: The Defeasible Reasoning Podcast hosted by GRCC Professor Andrew Rozema.