PODCAST EPISODES

EP 132: Helping Activists Operating Under a Repressive Regime

How would you help political and human rights activists stay safe while using digital communications as they live under a repressive regime? One of us has been doing it for almost a year and he’ll tell you. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

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EP 131: How Identity Really Works on the Internet Today

What does identity on the Internet mean? What does the failure of identity cost us? Do we need to make any changes to the way we do digital identity? Let’s find out with our guest our guest, Jeff Reich, Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA). Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

https://www.idsalliance.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jreich/

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EP 130: How To Assess Cyber Risk

What’s the definitive method for assessing cyber risk? Does it exist? How do you do it? Let’s find out with your hosts Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

If you want to know more, Kip has a course on LinkedIn Learning you can check out:

“IT and Cybersecurity Risk Management Essential Training” — https://www.linkedin.com/learning/it-and-cybersecurity-risk-management-essential-training/

Kip also has a Udemy course that describes our semi-quantitative approach:

“Implementing NIST Cybersecurity Framework” — https://www.udemy.com/course/nist-cybersecurity-framework/

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EP 128: Secrets of Cyber Risk Management at Non-Profits

Are non-profits at risk for cyber exploitation? If so, why? And what should they do about it? Let’s find out with our guest, Lew Bader, the Finance Director at “Counseling In Schools”. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

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EP 127: Proactively Protect Your Reputation (#1 digital asset)

How do you proactively protect your #1 digital asset, which is your reputation? Let’s find out with our guest, Sameer Somal, the CEO of Blue Ocean Global Technology. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

Mentioned during this episode:

“The effects of cyberattacks on corporate reputation and consumer confidence with Casey Boggs” — https://www.cr-map.com/48

“Normalizing Greater Accountability For Cybersecurity Fraud” — https://www.cr-map.com/96

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EP 126: Due diligence as a Risk Management Approach

Can you “demonstrate due diligence to a defensible standard of care” as your risk management approach? This would replace “red/yellow/green” approaches or advanced statistics. Let’s find out with our guest, Karen Worstell, who is a “Senior Cybersecurity Strategist” and a “CxO Security Advisor” with VMware. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

If you want to learn more about DOCRA (The Duty of Care Risk Analysis Standard) check out our previous episode — https://cr-map.com/59

“Risk-Based Security is the Emperor’s New Clothes”
https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/06/risk-based-security-is-emperors-new.html

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EP 125: Applied Security Design Principles

There are many security design principles we can use to build and evaluate products and services. Can we use them to understand the LastPass incidents from late 2022? Let’s find out with your hosts Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

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EP 124: Case Study for Cyber as a Material Business Risk

“A $100 million Texas company called “United Structures of America” got struck by ransomware in 2019. You’ll be surprised at what happened next. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

“Cyber Extortion of Patients”–https://cr-map.com/podcast/51/
“Quick Look at the ‘Essential Eight’ mitigations”–https://cr-map.com/podcast/63/
“How to Really Make Sure that Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job” (pt 1 & 2)
https://cr-map.com/podcast/88/
https://cr-map.com/podcast/89/

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EP 123: How to Really Reduce the Risk of People Falling for Phishing

What can we learn from a recently released research report called “Phishing in Organizations: Findings from a Large-Scale and Long-Term Study”? Let’s find out with our guest, Jason Rebholz, the CISO of Corvus Insurance. Your hosts are Kip Boyle, CISO with Cyber Risk Opportunities, and Jake Bernstein, Partner with K&L Gates.

Jason Rebholz prior guest appearance–https://cr-map.com/podcast/114/
“Some Workgroups Deserve More Protection Against Malware”–https://cr-map.com/podcast/108/
“How to Really Make Sure that Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job” (pt 1 & 2)
https://cr-map.com/podcast/88/
https://cr-map.com/podcast/89/

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