Episode 3 - Disinformation in the Time of Pandemics

04/02/20 • 17 min

Episode 3 of the podcast focuses on illuminating disinformation and misinformation activity surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic and features Cindy Otis, Managing Director at Nisos, Inc. Outline:

(00:00) Intro
(01:43) Question 1 - The pandemic is obviously something that’s touching every person’s life at this point. Due to the overall disruption, do you think people are more susceptible to disinformation surrounding it?
(03:48) Question 2 – What types of disinformation have you been seeing pushed out?
(05:35) Question 3 - Who are the actors behind it? What are they trying to accomplish with it?
(08:54) Question 4 – If I’m an employer, what can I do to help protect my employees from the influence of disinformation campaigns
(11:38) Question 5 – We’re still leading up to 2020 elections - Are you seeing corona virus disinformation tied to anything election related?
(14:58) Recap & Take-aways

Episode 3 of the podcast focuses on illuminating disinformation and misinformation activity surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic and features Cindy Otis, Managing Director at Nisos, Inc. Outline:

(00:00) Intro
(01:43) Question 1 - The pandemic is obviously something that’s touching every person’s life at this point. Due to the overall disruption, do you think people are more susceptible to disinformation surrounding it?
(03:48) Question 2 – What types of disinformation have you been seeing pushed out?
(05:35) Question 3 - Who are the actors behind it? What are they trying to accomplish with it?
(08:54) Question 4 – If I’m an employer, what can I do to help protect my employees from the influence of disinformation campaigns
(11:38) Question 5 – We’re still leading up to 2020 elections - Are you seeing corona virus disinformation tied to anything election related?
(14:58) Recap & Take-aways

Previous Episode

Episode 2 - Inside Purple Teaming

Episode 2 of the podcast focuses on Purple Teaming and features Gerry Beuchelt, CISO, and Patrick Mathieu, Offensive Security Coordinator from LogMeIn. Outline:

(00:28) Introductions
(03:34) Question 1 - What lead you to start using them at LogMeIn?
(08:23) Question 2 - Where’s the value in using both Red and Purple Teaming?
(11:47) Question 3 - What improvements have you seen from using purple teams?
(15:06) Question 4 - What aspects of workshopping do you find most valuable and why?
(17:34) Question 5 – How do you measure the success of a purple team?
(21:50) RECAP

Next Episode

Episode 4 - Understanding Your Environment

Episode 4 of the podcast focuses on the CISO's perspective on the importance of understanding the corporate network environment and features Anthony Johnson, Managing Partner of Delve Risk. Outline:

(00:22) Introductions
(01:07) Question 1 – As a CISO, if I don’t have clear or accurate insight into the state of my assets and infrastructure, what immediate risks am I incurring?
(02:23) Question 2 – You’ve started a role as a CISO at a new company - how do you test the information your presented with around the the network, the current state of the security team and tech stack, and when do you trust it?
(03:21) Question 3 – In your experience, what percentage of the network do you think the average CISO and team have a good handle on and are there trends in the gaps?
(05:51) Question 4 – Are there any trivial gaps - How complete should a CISO’s knowledge and insight into their environment be; IE If they’re confident on 80% of the network, is that enough?
(08:43) Question 5 – How has the emphasis on maintaining a meaningful understanding of your network impacted your strategy around the staffing/teams that you’ve built?
(10:53) Recap & Takeaways