DtSR Episode 237 - NewsCast for March 21st 2017

03/21/17 • 49 min

Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)

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The Cost of Cybercrime - Let’s Take a Different Perspective

Cybercrime is reported as a $450B drag on the economy; the absolute number sounds big
The question to ask: “How big is the global economy?”
Turns out that this is only 0.57% of the global economy, in 2014 (nominal)
By way of contrast - how many minutes are in a day?
- What is 0.57% of your day?
What it means - we’re doing a good job. Fraud is low. Cybercrime might be on the rise, but for now, it’s at low relative percentages
Does it mean we don’t matter? No. Don’t be silly. Our efforts are why the numbers are low
Keep up the good work
http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/1249/cybercrime.costs.the.global.economy..450.billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product

Home Depot to Pay Banks $25 Million in Data Breach Settlement

New settlement with banks
http://fortune.com/2017/03/09/home-depot-data-breach-banks/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/21/home-depot-earnings-q4-2016.html → has autoplay with the same video

Survey: Experience Preferred Over Education When Hiring For Cybersecurity

The survey of 350 IT security professionals gauged their attitudes toward the skills shortage in cybersecurity. Some 93 percent agreed that experience is more important than qualifications. A further 73 percent claimed that it didn't matter whether IT staff were college graduates when it came to getting the job done.
Qualifications are considered degrees and certifications
- The rub -- and what they didn’t ask -- is how do you assess the experience and capability of professionals to sol

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The Cost of Cybercrime - Let’s Take a Different Perspective

Cybercrime is reported as a $450B drag on the economy; the absolute number sounds big
The question to ask: “How big is the global economy?”
Turns out that this is only 0.57% of the global economy, in 2014 (nominal)
By way of contrast - how many minutes are in a day?
- What is 0.57% of your day?
What it means - we’re doing a good job. Fraud is low. Cybercrime might be on the rise, but for now, it’s at low relative percentages
Does it mean we don’t matter? No. Don’t be silly. Our efforts are why the numbers are low
Keep up the good work
http://www.en.netralnews.com/news/business/read/1249/cybercrime.costs.the.global.economy..450.billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_world_product

Home Depot to Pay Banks $25 Million in Data Breach Settlement

New settlement with banks
http://fortune.com/2017/03/09/home-depot-data-breach-banks/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/21/home-depot-earnings-q4-2016.html → has autoplay with the same video

Survey: Experience Preferred Over Education When Hiring For Cybersecurity

The survey of 350 IT security professionals gauged their attitudes toward the skills shortage in cybersecurity. Some 93 percent agreed that experience is more important than qualifications. A further 73 percent claimed that it didn't matter whether IT staff were college graduates when it came to getting the job done.
Qualifications are considered degrees and certifications
- The rub -- and what they didn’t ask -- is how do you assess the experience and capability of professionals to sol

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DtSR Episode 236 - Enterprise Architecture 2017

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Check out episode 236 with Marie-Michelle Strah who is a repeat offender here on the podcast with her first appearance back in 2014 on Episode 122 ( http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/dtsr-episode-122-enterprise-architectures-role-in-security ).

This episode is a revisitation on Enterprise Architecture and it's importance to security with a perspective on enterprise tech stack, business segmentation and micro services in a modern distributed enterprise. Marie-Michelle's experience and extensive insight into the topic should give you something to think about as you go back to your day job in security.

Guest: Marie-Michelle Strah ( @CyberSlate ) - Marie-Michelle Strah. PhD is currently Senior Principal in the Enterprise Architecture Group at Infosys Ltd and based in New York City. A highly collaborative, diplomatic and inspiring thought leader Michelle is able to effectively drive business and technology strategy and business insights across corporate boundaries and departmental silos. A seasoned management and technology consultant, she specializes in strategy development, cloud transformation enterprise information modernization and innovation management efforts to drive global growth while minimizing cost and risk in complex organizations. She has PhD from Cornell University, was a Javits Fellow and is a US Army veteran. Connect with Michelle on Skype/Twitter/Instagram/Snapchat @cyberslate | http://cyberslate.me

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DtSR Episode 238 - March 2017 Update with Shawn Tuma

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This week, on the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast, Michael and I are back with perennial favorite Shawn Tuma. Shawn, our legal eagle friend from Dallas, breaks down the latest issues that affect Cyber Security and the Law - with that business perspective you've come to expect from our podcast.

As always, we love hearing from you and if you have questions don't hesitate to hit us up on Twitter using hashtag #DtSR or you can always hit up Michael (@catalyst), myself (@Wh1t3Rabbit) or Shawn (@ShawnETuma) directly!

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