Episode 76 - Why Your Business Needs Data Visualization

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01/18/23 • 30 min

In this episode I had a chance to talk to Lisa Jones-Huff about the importance of data visualization and how it can help both security AND the business. Lisa is the Senior Director of Global Security Specialists for Elastic.

Talking Points:

Some basic steps for understanding how to interpret your data:

What is the very first thing you should do on your data visualization journey?
What type of data do you have?
What is the value of that data?
What types of use cases provide the most 'Combined Value'?
How can Graph can help tell the story in a detail that a 'regular' person can understand?

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Elastic. Elastic is a multi-faceted business and security solutions company based out of Mountain View California. Part of the sponsor ship fee will be going to raise money for the Autism Alliance of Michigan.

Talking Points:

Some basic steps for understanding how to interpret your data:

What is the very first thing you should do on your data visualization journey?
What type of data do you have?
What is the value of that data?
What types of use cases provide the most 'Combined Value'?
How can Graph can help tell the story in a detail that a 'regular' person can understand?

Episode Sponsor:

Previous Episode

Episode 75 - Where are My Logs at? Rethinking Loggin in 2023

In this the 3rd annual holiday fundraiser podcast episode, I talk with Kam Amir and Brenden Morgenthaler about what enterprise logging will look like in 2023. Kam is the Director of Technical Alliances for Cribl. Brenden is an Enterprise Architect for CDW.

Talking Points:

Kam has developed a formula for getting the most value from your setup using the three 'Vs':

Variety
Value
Velocity

This allows for you to get more freedom to get valuable data into your platform.

Brenden talks to real life uses cases like:

Grouping Meta Data for things like charge back,
How do you setup threshold rules to help with crashing clusters
Auditing Kerberos events issue

Podcast Sponsors:

This holiday event raised funds for 3 great causes:

Many thanks to Cribl, CDW and Custom Business Solutions for helping us raise over $1,000 for charity!

Next Episode

Episode 77 - Your Data Classification and Governance Journey Begins

In this episode I get to talk with Daniel Post about data classification and data governance. Dan is a Senior Sales Engineer for Varonis. He has been in the industry for a while and has knowledge that we break down into 'bite sized' chunks to make it easier for your staff to consume.

Talking Points:

Where does a company first start their Data Classification and Governance journey?
What are some of the challenges that a company can expect when it comes to data classification?
What are you seeing in the field right now that makes it hard for companies in their data governance program?
Now that data lives in the 'Hybrid' world, how does data governance work when you have data on network drives like Isilon and cloud drives like Microsoft or Box?
Does it integrate with a CMDB/ticketing system like Service Now or Service Desk, so your GRC team can take 'action' on it?

Podcast Sponsor:

The sponsor for this episode is Varonis. Varonis is a cybersecurity solutions company that is very mature in the Data Classification and Governance space. They are based out of good ole' New York City!

Proceeds from this sponsorship will be going to the Autism Support of Kent County Michigan. Pam and her team help parents with finding support idea/solutions for their children with Autism.

More information here - https://www.autismsupportofkentcounty.org/