Cybersecurity Where You Are (audio)
Cybersecurity Where You Are (audio)
Podcast Description
Welcome to audio version of “Cybersecurity Where You Are,” the podcast of the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Cybersecurity affects us all — whether we’re online at home, managing a company, supporting clients, or running a state or local government. Join us on Wednesdays as Sean Atkinson, CISO at CIS, and Tony Sager, SVP & Chief Evangelist at CIS, discuss trends and threats, explore security best practices, and interview experts in the industry. Together, we’ll clarify these issues, creating confidence in the connected world. Subscribe to the video version of our podcast here: https://fast.wistia.net/embed/channel/0l9fss300m?wchannelid=0l9fss300m.
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The podcast addresses critical cybersecurity themes such as financial fraud involving cryptocurrency, operational playbooks for security, and the importance of workplace culture. Recent episodes include discussions on how cryptocurrency is exploited for fraud, the fundamentals of malware takedown operations, and insights on post-quantum cryptography, aiming to educate professionals on emerging trends and best practices within the cybersecurity space.
Welcome to audio version of “Cybersecurity Where You Are,” the podcast of the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Cybersecurity affects us all — whether we’re online at home, managing a company, supporting clients, or running a state or local government. Join us on Wednesdays as Sean Atkinson, CISO at CIS, and Tony Sager, SVP & Chief Evangelist at CIS, discuss trends and threats, explore security best practices, and interview experts in the industry. Together, we’ll clarify these issues, creating confidence in the connected world. Subscribe to the video version of our podcast here: https://fast.wistia.net/embed/channel/0l9fss300m?wchannelid=0l9fss300m.
In episode 177 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Tony Sager sits down with Bob Gendler, IT Specialist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Edward Byrd, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer of the CIS Benchmarks® at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they use the open-source macOS Security Compliance Project to discuss the power of community-developed security content.
Here are some highlights from our episode:
- 01:15. Introductions to Bob and Edward along with their first Mac devices
- 03:24. Why CIS Benchmarks are needed for macOS
- 05:49. The need to make security guidance a collaborative, ongoing exercise
- 11:06. Inside the expanding community supporting the macOS Security Compliance Project
- 16:59. A practical win: making daily security operations easier to manage
- 21:40. An operational feedback loop of improving the CIS Benchmarks
- 25:25. The implications of compliance pointing to assurance, not security
- 30:53. Advice on how to prepare for an audit using the CIS Benchmarks
- 34:18. The importance of rationale in defining reasonable cybersecurity behavior
- 35:30. A teaser of upcoming changes and how to get involved
Resources
- CIS Benchmarks List
- Mapping and Compliance with the CIS Benchmarks
- Apple macOS
- CIS WorkBench
- CIS Communities
- Episode 156: How CIS Uses CIS Products and Services
- Reasonable Cybersecurity
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