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Insider Threat: The #misec podcast is a bi weekly podcast highlighting the security community in the state of Michigan while providing insight and access to trends and industry professionals across security disciplines.

Dan Falk, Matt Johnson, Brian Martinez


    • Jul 15, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    Episode 22 - What really is GRC?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 65:37


    Today, we are going to be talking with Ryan Finn about governance, risk and compliance. Books mentioned in this episode: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

    Episode 21 - Mental Health with Amanda Berlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 53:39


    Today, we are going to be talking with Amanda Berlin , Lead Incident Detection Engineer and CEO of Mental Health Hackers, about mental health in the security community. Books mentioned in this episode: The Boy Who was Raised a Dog - Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

    Episode 20 - Talent Retention and Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 69:18


    Today, we are going to be talking with Tim Deblock, the manager of security assurance and engineering at Premise Health, about talent acquisition and development of talent in the security industry. Books mentioned in this episode: Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday

    Episode 19 - Training Security Professionals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 70:45


    Today, we are going to be talking with Chris Maddalena , a technical director at SpectreOps, about training security professionals. References: GhostWriter https://www.chrismaddalena.com/ Books mentioned in this episode: Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration - Ed Catmull The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Rober Iger The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr.

    Episode 18 - Gas Shortages, Panic and Regulation?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2021 65:23


    Today, we are going to be talking with Jim Beechey, the executive director of Security at Consumers Energy, to talk about the attacks on energy infrastructure. Books recommended in this episode: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioni, Charles Stransky

    Episode 17 - Identity and Access Management in the Modern Era

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 67:25


    Today, we are going to be talking with Brad McMahon about identity and access management. Books mentioned in this episode: What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People - Joe Navaro, Marvin Karlins

    Episode 16 - Reversing The Opinions On Reverse Engineering

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 67:02


    Today, we are going to be talking with Andrew Spangler about cybersecurity research, malware analysis, and reverse engineering. Books mentioned in this episode: The Odyssey - Homer, Robert Fitzgerald Translation

    Episode 15 - The InfoSec Job Search

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 54:22


    Today, we are going to be talking with John (JT) Thomas about the InfoSec job hunt. Books mentioned in this episode: Master & Apprentice - Claudia Gray

    Episode 14 - If You Give a Man a Phish

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 54:58


    Today, we are going to be talking with Rick Wash about phishing training. Books mentioned in this episode: You'll See this Message When It Is Too Late. The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches - Josephine Wolff

    Episode 13 - Where There's a Control System, There's a Whiteboard

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 54:48


    Today, we are going to be talking with Kate Vajda about ICS security. Books mentioned in this episode: Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win - Jocko Willink No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention - Reed Hastings Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - Chip Heath, Dan Heath

    Episode 12 - Zero Trust with Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 50:49


    Today, we are going to be talking with Wolfgang Goerlich about zero trust concepts and technologies. Books mentioned in this episode: Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error - Kathryn Schulz Think Again: The Power of Knowing What you Don't Know - Adam Grant

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    Episode 11 - How to Not Keep Your Safe, Safe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 36:37


    Today, we are going to be talking with Austin Fletcher a bit about vulnerability research in the IOT space. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.twosixlabs.com/bluesteal-popping-gatt-safes/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/top-selling-handgun-safe-can-be-remotely-opened-in-seconds-no-pin-needed/ https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec

    Episode 10 - Guess Who is Sleeping on the Couch Tonight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 61:02


    Today, we are going to be talking with our significant others and will be doing a question and answer session on security topics and others. Books Mentioned in this episode: Anything by Fredrich Bachman The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern, Dominic Hoffman Monkey Beach - Eden Robinson

    Episode 9 - Even vCISOs get burned by the Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 71:10


    Today, we are going to be talking with Dan Ayala a bit about what it’s like being a vCISO or Virtual CISO. Books mentioned in this episode: The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

    Episode 8 - Live from Converge 2020!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 56:10


    This week we are doing our first live episode at Virtual Converge / B-Sides Detroit 2020. We are going to be hosting a panel of Michigan based Security startups to get to know them better. Our panelists are listed below: Matthew Warner of BlumiraSteven Legg of Antigen SecurityDavid Corcoran of CensysJasmine Burns of CensysMatt Topper of Uber EtherIda Byrd-Hill of Automation Workz Institute   Books Recommended in this Episode: To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Security Infrastructure - Amanda Berlin and Lee Brotherson From Good to Great - Jim Collins Who - Geoff Smart Same Size Selling - Jack Quarles and Ian Altman One Year After - William R Forstchen Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business - Gino Wickman

    Episode 7 - Better Nate Than Never

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 59:30


    Today, we are going to be talking with Nate Warfield about security in the healthcare industry and whatever else comes to mind. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers - Andy Greenberg Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

    Episode 6 - Back to School, Home Network Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 61:33


    Today, we are going to be talking with Kyle Andrus , Ryan Finn and Brad Mcmahon home network security and internet of things devices at home. Books Mentioned in this Episode: Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman The War of Art - Steven Pressfield The Case for Mars - Robert Zubrin The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford The Unicorn Project- Gene Kim

    Episode 5 - DFIR in Buffalo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 48:58


    Today, we are going to be talking with Dr. Catherine J. Ullman, Senior Information Security Forensic Analyst at University at Buffalo about DFIR. Books Mentioned in this Episode: What's the Right Thing to Do - Michael Sandel

    Episode 4 - Was that Burp sweet? Or just AppSec?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 52:24


    Today, we are going to be talking with Nick Defoe, Director of Information Security at US Signal, about application security. Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Web Application Hacker's HandbookThe Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu References Mentioned in this Episode: SynAck Red Team Jared Demott PluralSight https://portswigger.net/web-security https://portswigger.net/web-security/web-application-hackers-handbook  

    Episode 3 - Metrics 'R' Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 54:12


    Today, we are going to be talking with Jim Beechey, the executive director of Security at Consumers Energy, to talk about setting goals and measuring them with metrics. 2018 Converge Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDwsn17c57k Books suggested in this episode: Security Metrics: Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - Andrew Jaquith The Tyranny of Metrics - Jerry Muller Daemon - Daniel Suarez Freedom (TM) - Daniel Suarez The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 - Garrett Graff

    Episode 2 - Working for the Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 57:27


    Today, we are going to share our journey into information security in hopes it may inspire others to do the same.

    Episode 1 - It Has to Start Somewhere

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 55:05


    Today, we’re taking an in-depth look into misec, what you should know about it, who the leaders are and what they have planned for the rest of 2020 and coming in 2021.   Books suggested in this episode: Kyle Andrus - The Applied Incident Response by Steve Anson Steven Legg - Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson Ryan Plas - Salary Tutor by Jim Hopkins Brian Martinez - Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Jared Bloomberg - Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt & The OWASP Web Security Testing Guide. Sam Shrum - Building Virtual Machine Labs - Tony Robinson

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