Podcasts about niddel

  • 20PODCASTS
  • 22EPISODES
  • 48mAVG DURATION
  • ?INFREQUENT EPISODES
  • Jul 5, 2023LATEST

POPULARITY

20172018201920202021202220232024


Best podcasts about niddel

Latest podcast episodes about niddel

The Business Credit and Financing Show
Ryan Niddel How to Achieve Rapid Growth

The Business Credit and Financing Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 31:30


Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more.  He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M.  Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuations.   During the show we discuss: Why It's Important for a Company to Grow The Key to Rapid Revenue Growth Why Simplification is So Important The 148 Proven Profit Processes and How They Can Affect the Growth of Your Company Why It's Important to Create Internal Systems that scale? How to Scale Your “EBITDA” The Factors and Ways to Improve Your Company's Growth How to Improve Process Efficiency How to Improve Your Team How to Improve Your Margins How to Increase New Client Count by a Minimum of 10% How to Optimize and Automate Systems When to Bootstrap and When to Raise Capital How to Reach Exponential Growth   Show Resources:https://ryanniddel.com/  

Action and Ambition
Ryan Niddel's EBITDA Expertise Drives $237+ Company Success

Action and Ambition

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 35:51


Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Ryan Niddel, a visionary CEO, esteemed board member, and seasoned entrepreneur, transforming the business landscape with his unparalleled expertise. Widely regarded as the preeminent authority on boosting company revenue and optimizing EBITDA, Niddel spearheads groundbreaking strategies rooted in operational efficiency and lean manufacturing principles. With an impressive track record of facilitating the acquisition or exit of over 11 companies, his influence has propelled their collective revenue to soar past an astounding $237 million. Remarkably, Niddel has achieved awe-inspiring results by tripling the revenue of more than 5 companies within an astonishingly brief span of 2 1/2 years, adding a staggering $950 million in valuation. Tune in to learn more!

Profit Answer Man: Implementing the Profit First System!
Ep 153 How to Create a Growing a More Profitable Business with Ryan Niddel

Profit Answer Man: Implementing the Profit First System!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 44:05


Business is pretty simple, doing simple is hard.   Today we are going to chat about that and how to ensure your business grows and is more profitable.   We have a fellow business owner and investor to share how he grows his business and what he sees from other business owners.   I know there are many actionable ideas that will come out of this episode for you. Hi, I'm the Profit Answer Man Rocky Lalvani! I help small business owners simplify their financial reports to make more informed business decisions with fewer hassles. We utilize the Profit First system created by Mike Michalowicz The Profit First Live Q&A for March 22 - 1pm eastern https://www.eventbrite.com/e/profit-first-qa-call-tickets-532338939097?keep_tld=1 Sign up to be notified when the next cohort of the Profit First Experience Course is available! Schedule your free, no-obligation intro call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes More about making profitability simple: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Questions: questions@profitanswerman.com Email: rocky@profitcomesfirst.com Bio: Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuations.   Niddel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 10 with a local lawn mowing operation which led to being taken under the wing of a local businessman and being mentored starting at the age of 14. He currently is a principal in a private equity group, the CEO of two 8-figure companies, and sits on the board of directors for several other companies. He has built a reputation as Ohio's top business growth specialist, and as someone able to rapidly improve the profitability of a company in order to achieve a higher valuation and sell for significantly more revenue.   https://ryanniddel.com/ Profit Answer Man Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitanswerman/ My podcast about living a richer more meaningful life: http://richersoul.com/ First 2 chapters of Profit First: https://sendfox.com/rocky This episode is part of the SMB Podcast Network. Find other great interviews from around the internet just like this one at https://www.SMBPodcastNetwork.com Music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

The Dream Huge Podcast
RYAN NIDDEL - SCALE YOUR BUSINESS WITH RYAN NIDDEL STRATEGIES

The Dream Huge Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 38:50


Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur.  He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more.  He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M.  Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuations.  You'll enjoy the story of this LEXINGTON, OHIO native's rise through the ranks to business success!  He is living the example of DREAMING HUGE, proving the fact you can own and operate an unlimited amount of businesses!  ryanniddel.com   Show hosted by Pete Peterson, Justin Bigelow, Mark Gray and John Pavlansky. Show produced by Mark Gray  

Multiply Your Success with Tom DuFore
141. The Proven Profit Process—Ryan Niddel, CEO, Techvestors

Multiply Your Success with Tom DuFore

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 30:28


How well do you think your company's processes are documented? If a person in a key role left today, would it create a vulnerability? Documenting and creating processes is always a popular topic of discussion and that's exactly why we brought our guest, Ryan Niddel on to the show. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:You can visit our guest's websites at: https://ryanniddel.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/exitwealthy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanniddelstrategies/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanNiddelStrategies If you are ready to franchise your business or take it to the next level: CLICK HERE.ABOUT OUR GUEST:Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuations.  Niddel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 10 with a local lawn mowing operation which led to being taken under the wing of a local businessman and being mentored starting at the age of 14. He currently is a principal in a private equity group, the CEO of two 8-figure companies, and sits on the board of directors for several other companies. He has built a reputation as Ohio's top business growth specialist, and as someone able to rapidly improve the profitability of a company in order to achieve a higher valuation and sell for significantly more revenue.ABOUT BIG SKY FRANCHISE TEAM:This episode is powered by Big Sky Franchise Team. If you are ready to talk about franchising your business you can schedule your free, no-obligation, franchise consultation online at: https://bigskyfranchiseteam.com/ or by calling Big Sky Franchise Team at: 855-824-4759.   

Savvy Business, Life Unscripted
Failed Startup to Tripling Revenue with Business Growth Specialist Ryan Niddel

Savvy Business, Life Unscripted

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 20:23


Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuation to these companies.Niddel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 10 with a local lawn mowing operation which led to being taken under the wing of a local businessman while being mentored starting at the age of 14. He currently is a principle in a private equity group, the CEO of two 8-figure companies, and sits on the board of directors for several other companies. He has built a reputation as Ohio's top business growth specialist, and as someone able to rapidly improve the profitability of a company in order to achieve a higher valuation and sell for significantly more revenue.Ryan Niddel contributes to multiple charities including Big Brother Big Sister, Operation Underground Railroad, The Buckeye Ranch, and other causes he cares about. He is in the process of launching a foundation focused on the education of the youth of today to help with practical application on business, entrepreneurism, and capitalism. www.RyanNiddel.comLinkedIn: exitwealthy Twitter: Ryan_Niddel Facebook: ryanniddel Instagram: ryanniddel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Million Dollar Relationships
Million Dollar Relationships - Ryan Niddel

Million Dollar Relationships

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 29:46


Ryan Niddel is a General Partner, CEO, Board Member, and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving the revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuation to these companies.   Niddel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 10, and was taken under the wing of a local business titan and began being mentored at the age of 14, ultimately changing the trajectory of his life forever. He currently runs a private equity group, the CEO of two 8-figure companies, and sits on the board of directors for several other companies. He has built a reputation as Ohio's top business growth specialist, and as someone able to rapidly improve the profitability of a company in order to achieve a higher valuation and sell for significantly more revenue.   Ryan Niddel contributes to multiple charities including Big Brother Big Sister, Operation Underground Railroad, The Buckeye Ranch, and other causes he cares about. He is in the process of launching a foundation focused on the education of the youth of today to help with practical application on business, entrepreneurism, and capitalism.   [00:00 - 05:53] A Bifurcation of Efforts Ryan Niddel is a business owner and has started his own private equity fund and is also able to provide consulting services to businesses looking to grow their revenue. Currently, he manages a total of 155 million in a private equity fund. He helps business owners transition from accidental to more intentional entrepreneurs, and eventually sell their businesses.   [05:53 - 21:44] Why the People We Met Are our Most Valuable Asset Ryan was introduced to Vinnie Fisher and Mark Jenney, two individuals who completely changed the course of his life. Ryan was offered a job at Vinnie Fisher and Mark Jenney's web hosting company, which he accepted. Vinnie shared with Ryan the basics of affiliate marketing, which Ryan found to be the pillars of his career as an entrepreneur. Ryan gradually began to take on more responsibility within the company as it was growing. Eventually, Vinnie and Mark wanted to start another company, so Ryan became CEO. Ryan tells the story of how he learned to accept his limitations and the battles that he had to endure with his experience as CEO and shares his biggest regret.   [21:44 - 28:12] The Great Lessons of Life Can Be Unexpected Ryan tells the story of how a party was an unexpected experience that changed his perspective on life and how it has helped them in his business ventures. Ryan discusses how experiences like this are monetizable, and what are the benefits of networking and meeting people and having a good time with them can propel your business.     [28:212 - 29:16] Closing Statements Follow Tyler on Facebook and LinkedIn and check out his website https://www.ryanniddel.com   Final words     Thanks for tuning in!    If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!    Find me on the following streaming platforms: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts IHeart Radio Stitcher   Tweetable Quotes   “It's always the right time to do the right thing.” – Ryan Niddel     “For us, entrepreneurs relationships are the most valuable asset we possess”. – Kevin Thompson    

The winners' ways Podcast
148: Scaling Your Business With Ryan Niddel

The winners' ways Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 52:11


EXPERT GUEST: RYAN NIDDEL Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuations. Niddel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 10 with a local lawn mowing operation which led to being taken under the wing of a local businessman and being mentored starting at the age of 14. He currently is a principal in a private equity group, the CEO of two 8-figure companies, and sits on the board of directors for several other companies. He has built a reputation as Ohio's top business growth specialist, and as someone able to rapidly improve the profitability of a company in order to achieve a higher valuation and sell for significantly more revenue. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-winners-ways-podcast/support

The Hardy Haberland Show
How to Generate Over $237M in Revenue with Ryan Niddel

The Hardy Haberland Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022 106:53


Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuation to these companies.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

The Hardy Haberland Show
How to Generate Over $237M in Revenue with Ryan Niddel

The Hardy Haberland Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022 106:53


Ryan Niddel is a CEO, Board Member and Entrepreneur. He is also the leading authority on improving revenue of companies by improving EBITDA through increased operational efficiency, lean manufacturing principles and more. He has helped with the acquisition or exit of more than 11 companies while seeing their collective revenue surpass more than $237M. Niddel has successfully tripled the revenue of more than 5 companies in under 2 1/2 years adding an extra $950M in valuation to these companies.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

The Happy Hustle Podcast
Living With Authentic Vulnerability And Optimizing Your Life In The Process With 7-Figure Entrepreneur & Podcaster Ryan Niddel

The Happy Hustle Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2019 55:13


In this episode of The Happy Hustle Podcast, Cary Jack and Ryan Niddel go deep on how to optimize your life and happy hustle for a life of passion and purpose. Ryan shares his story of perserving through adversity, growing his business, selling it, going bankrupt, health, biohacking, spirituality, using plant medicine, and so much more!  Ryan Niddel is a entrepreneur, life optimization coaching and host of the top-rated 15 Minutes to Freedom podcast, an unfiltered daily dive into the life lessons and mistakes he made. Using his life experiences as an unfiltered guide, Ryan puts his experiences in perspective to help you expand your own life.  You guys are gonna dig this episode! Ryan is woke AF and truly lives to serve others.  Check out www.caryjack.com/podcastin for more! Love & Light fam!

15 Minutes to Freedom
E147 Ryan & Lindsay - Having A Baby

15 Minutes to Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2018 56:43


We’re having a baby!!! (Just kidding) Over the course of the last week, this has been an increasing topic of discussion in the Niddel household. After initially being hesitant about having a baby, I’ve come around to the idea over the past couple weeks. This one gets really insightful as Lindsay recounts some difficulties in her pregnancy with Gianna and some reservations about having another baby. Join Lindsay and I as we discuss the possibility of having a child of our own.   Questions, comments, requests? Feel free to contact me at ryan@gsdmediagroup.com. I’d love to hear from you.

babies niddel
15 Minutes to Freedom
E147 Ryan & Lindsay - Having A Baby

15 Minutes to Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2018 56:43


We’re having a baby!!! (Just kidding) Over the course of the last week, this has been an increasing topic of discussion in the Niddel household. After initially being hesitant about having a baby, I’ve come around to the idea over the past couple weeks. This one gets really insightful as Lindsay recounts some difficulties in her pregnancy with Gianna and some reservations about having another baby. Join Lindsay and I as we discuss the possibility of having a child of our own.   Questions, comments, requests? Feel free to contact me at ryan@gsdmediagroup.com. I’d love to hear from you.

babies niddel
Paul's Security Weekly TV
SolarWinds, Verizon, Cyxtera, and Arctic Wolf - Business Security Weekly #69

Paul's Security Weekly TV

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2018 35:55


In the Security News, Paul and Michael discuss SolarWinds acquiring LOGGLY (undisclosed), Verizon acquires Niddel, Cyxtera Technologies acquires Immunity (undisclosed), and Arctic Wolf raised $16M in Equity! All that and more on this episode of Business Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode69 Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!

Paul's Security Weekly
They Like My Voice - Business Security Weekly #69

Paul's Security Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 60:12


This week in the Article Discussion,  Paul and Michael discuss how to be more productive without burning out, what cybersecurity chiefs can learn from Warren Buffett, and the importance of explaining "Why" before "What" when you need help! In the news, we discuss SolarWinds acquired LOGGLY, Verizon acquired Niddel, Cyxtera Technologies acquires Immunity, and more on this episode of Business Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode69   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ssw for all the latest episodes!

Business Security Weekly (Audio)
They Like My Voice - Business Security Weekly #69

Business Security Weekly (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 60:12


This week in the Article Discussion, Paul and Michael discuss how to be more productive without burning out, what cybersecurity chiefs can learn from Warren Buffett, and the importance of explaining "Why" before "What" when you need help! In the news, we discuss SolarWinds acquired LOGGLY, Verizon acquired Niddel, Cyxtera Technologies acquires Immunity, and more on this episode of Business Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode69 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ssw for all the latest episodes!

Business Security Weekly (Video)
SolarWinds, Verizon, Cyxtera, and Arctic Wolf - Business Security Weekly #69

Business Security Weekly (Video)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 35:55


In the Security News, Paul and Michael discuss SolarWinds acquiring LOGGLY (undisclosed), Verizon acquires Niddel, Cyxtera Technologies acquires Immunity (undisclosed), and Arctic Wolf raised $16M in Equity! All that and more on this episode of Business Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode69 Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!

O'Reilly Security Podcast - O'Reilly Media Podcast
Alex Pinto on the intersection of threat hunting and automation

O'Reilly Security Podcast - O'Reilly Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 44:06


The O’Reilly Security Podcast: Threat hunting’s role in improving security posture, measuring threat hunting success, and the potential for automating threat hunting for the sake of efficiency and consistency.In this episode, I talk with Alex Pinto, chief data scientist at Niddel. We discuss the role of threat hunting in security, the necessity for well-defined process and documentation in threat hunting and other activities, and the potential for automating threat hunting using supervised machine learning.Here are some highlights: Threat hunting’s role in improved detection At the end of the day, threat hunting is proactively searching for malicious activity that your existing security tools and processes missed. In a way, it’s an evolution of the more traditional security monitoring and log analysis that organizations currently use. Experienced workers in security operation center environments or with managed security services providers might say, ‘Well, this is what I've been doing all this time, so maybe I was threat hunting all along.’ The idea behind threat hunting is that you're not entirely confident the tools and processes in place are identifying every single problem you might have. So, you decide to scrutinize your environment and available data, and hopefully grow your detection capability based on what you learn. There are some definitions, which I'm not entirely in agreement with, that say that, ‘It's only threat hunting when it's a human activity. So, the definition of threat hunting is when humans are looking for things that the automation missed.’ I personally think that's very self-serving. I think this human-centric qualifier is a little bit beside the point. We should always be striving to automate the work that we're doing as much as we can. Gauging success by measuring dwell time It's still very challenging to manage productivity and success metrics for threat hunting. This is an activity where it’s easy to spin your wheels and never find anything. There's a great metric called dwell time, which admittedly can be hard to measure. Dwell time measures the average time for the incident response team to find something as opposed to when the machine was originally infected or compromised. How long did it take for the alert to be generated or for the issue to be found via hunting? We’ve all heard vendor pitches saying something along the lines of, ‘Companies take more than 100 days to find specific malware in their environments.’ You should be measuring dwell time within your own environment. If you start to engage in threat hunting and you see this number decrease, you're finding issues sooner, and that means the threat hunting is working. The environments where I've seen the most success with threat hunting utilized their incident response (IR) team for the task or built a threat hunting offshoot from their IR team. These team members were already very comfortable with handling incidents within the organization. They already understood the environment well, knew what to look for, and where they should be looking. IR teams may be able to spend some of their time proactively looking for things and formulating hypotheses of where there could be a blind spot or perhaps poorly configured tools, and then researching those potential problem areas. Documentation is key. By documenting everything, you build organizational knowledge and allow for consistency and measurement of success. The potential for automating threat hunting There's a lot of different factors you can consider in deciding whether something is malicious. The hard part is the actual decision-making process. What really matters is the ability of a human analyst to be able to make a decision whether an activity is malicious or not and how to proceed. Using human analysts to review every scenario doesn't scale, especially given the complexity and number of factors they have to explore in order to make a decision. I’ve been exploring when and how we can automate that decision-making process, specifically in the case of threat hunting. For people who have some familiarity with machine learning, it appears threat hunting would fit well with a supervised machine learning model. You have vast amounts of data, and you have to make a call whether to classify something as good or bad. In any model that you’re training, you should use previous experience to classify benign activities to reduce noise. When we automate as much of this process as possible, we improve efficiency, the use of our team’s time, and consistency. Of course, It’s important to also consider the difficulties in pursuing this automation, and how we can try to circumvent those difficulties.

O'Reilly Security Podcast - O'Reilly Media Podcast
Alex Pinto on the intersection of threat hunting and automation

O'Reilly Security Podcast - O'Reilly Media Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 44:06


The O’Reilly Security Podcast: Threat hunting’s role in improving security posture, measuring threat hunting success, and the potential for automating threat hunting for the sake of efficiency and consistency.In this episode, I talk with Alex Pinto, chief data scientist at Niddel. We discuss the role of threat hunting in security, the necessity for well-defined process and documentation in threat hunting and other activities, and the potential for automating threat hunting using supervised machine learning.Here are some highlights: Threat hunting’s role in improved detection At the end of the day, threat hunting is proactively searching for malicious activity that your existing security tools and processes missed. In a way, it’s an evolution of the more traditional security monitoring and log analysis that organizations currently use. Experienced workers in security operation center environments or with managed security services providers might say, ‘Well, this is what I've been doing all this time, so maybe I was threat hunting all along.’ The idea behind threat hunting is that you're not entirely confident the tools and processes in place are identifying every single problem you might have. So, you decide to scrutinize your environment and available data, and hopefully grow your detection capability based on what you learn. There are some definitions, which I'm not entirely in agreement with, that say that, ‘It's only threat hunting when it's a human activity. So, the definition of threat hunting is when humans are looking for things that the automation missed.’ I personally think that's very self-serving. I think this human-centric qualifier is a little bit beside the point. We should always be striving to automate the work that we're doing as much as we can. Gauging success by measuring dwell time It's still very challenging to manage productivity and success metrics for threat hunting. This is an activity where it’s easy to spin your wheels and never find anything. There's a great metric called dwell time, which admittedly can be hard to measure. Dwell time measures the average time for the incident response team to find something as opposed to when the machine was originally infected or compromised. How long did it take for the alert to be generated or for the issue to be found via hunting? We’ve all heard vendor pitches saying something along the lines of, ‘Companies take more than 100 days to find specific malware in their environments.’ You should be measuring dwell time within your own environment. If you start to engage in threat hunting and you see this number decrease, you're finding issues sooner, and that means the threat hunting is working. The environments where I've seen the most success with threat hunting utilized their incident response (IR) team for the task or built a threat hunting offshoot from their IR team. These team members were already very comfortable with handling incidents within the organization. They already understood the environment well, knew what to look for, and where they should be looking. IR teams may be able to spend some of their time proactively looking for things and formulating hypotheses of where there could be a blind spot or perhaps poorly configured tools, and then researching those potential problem areas. Documentation is key. By documenting everything, you build organizational knowledge and allow for consistency and measurement of success. The potential for automating threat hunting There's a lot of different factors you can consider in deciding whether something is malicious. The hard part is the actual decision-making process. What really matters is the ability of a human analyst to be able to make a decision whether an activity is malicious or not and how to proceed. Using human analysts to review every scenario doesn't scale, especially given the complexity and number of factors they have to explore in order to make a decision. I’ve been exploring when and how we can automate that decision-making process, specifically in the case of threat hunting. For people who have some familiarity with machine learning, it appears threat hunting would fit well with a supervised machine learning model. You have vast amounts of data, and you have to make a call whether to classify something as good or bad. In any model that you’re training, you should use previous experience to classify benign activities to reduce noise. When we automate as much of this process as possible, we improve efficiency, the use of our team’s time, and consistency. Of course, It’s important to also consider the difficulties in pursuing this automation, and how we can try to circumvent those difficulties.

FIRST.org Podcasts
2017 Episode 5: Alex Pinto, Chief Data Scientist at Niddel and lead of the MLSec Project

FIRST.org Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017


Join the interview in progress! Martin chats with Alex Pinto, Chief Data Scientist at Niddel and lead of the MLSec Project on his upcoming presentation, “Beyond Matching: Applying Data Science Techniques to IOC-Based Detection.” Alex talks about the glamorous life of a data scientist and shares some of the key takeaways from his presentation. Alex presents on Monday, June 12 at 11:15-12:00.

FIRST.org Podcasts
2016 Episode 8: Sharing is Caring - Alex Sierra and Alex Pinto of Niddel

FIRST.org Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016


Join the interview in progress! Martin chats with Alex Sierra, CTO of Niddel and Alex Pinto, Chief Data Scientist at Niddel about their presentation, "Sharing is Caring: Understanding and Measuring Sharing Effectiveness." This presentation was delivered at the 28th Annual FIRST Conference in Seoul, South Korea, June 13, 2016.