To The Point - Cybersecurity

This week we sit down with Charlene Mowery, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Red Hat who shares insights and lessons learned on leadership and moving forward seemingly impossible and incredibly complex multi-stakeholder initiatives to success, such as the Ford Island Master Development Agreement. She also dives into the impact of DevSecOps in recent years, the software supply chain, importance of a cloud-first mentality, hybrid cloud and shared responsibility models, and how the Cyberspace Solarium Commission is helping bring forward the criticality of speed and agility in cybersecurity today. And, she shares her perspective on encouraging the next generation of STEM talent and why they should “Be Bold”. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e128

This week we catch up with Tom Kellermann, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMWare to discuss the explosion in, and growing aggression of, cyber cartels and the differences in attack motives across nation-state attackers and the offer that just can’t be refused by the “untouchables”. We also dive into the little known mission of the U.S. Secret Service and mandate to investigate financial crimes dating back to the Civil War - and the tell signs that cyber financial attacks foreshadow for future government attack vectors. (Learn more by getting a copy of the upcoming "Modern Bank Heists" report.) We also also take a look at the cyber road ahead and moving away from a backward-looking prevention approach to one that is more of a clandestine cyber offense strategy akin to a SuperMax prison that takes an inside-out approach to security, while also considering how to turn the tables on cyber cartels through disinformation strategies. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e125

The Picasso of Cyberattacks Has Only Just Begun – Part I Travis Howerton of C2 Labs joins the podcast for an insightful discussion on the global threat landscape through the lens of his more than 20+ years working on the front lines of national security with organizations such as National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Bechtel. In part one of our conversation Travis shares his thoughts on how the SolarWinds hack was the Picasso of modern cyberattacks, inherent challenges to identifying attacks when you can’t trust the tools you’re working with, understanding the shared responsibility model in cloud security, protecting data with a 20-30 year outlook and the nature of cyberlogical attacks where integrity is critical. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e122

In this episode we dive into the complex world of cloud security with Chris Hughes, Managing Cybersecurity Consultant, Oteemo. For organizations in both the public sector and the enterprise, navigating the needed cloud acceleration the last year in the midst of mass remote work has created both significant opportunity and vast cloud security challenges. We discuss how security practitioners should be thinking about moving forward their cloud security strategy for the new normal and the key considerations every security team must take into account such as managing workloads, the needs of the workforce and building for resiliency. Additionally, we dive into themes such as reciprocity between key federal programs today including the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) aimed at improving the cybersecurity of contractor provided services and products. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e119

Congressman Jim Langevin, a recognized party leader on cybersecurity discusses what Congress is doing to ensure cybersecurity starting with, the soon to be released, Cyber Security Solarium Commission report. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e70