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Learn how to break into cybersecurity, build new skills and move up the career ladder. Each week on the Cyber Work Podcast, host Chris Sienko sits down with thought leaders from Carbon Black, IBM, CompTIA and others to discuss the latest cybersecurity workforce trends.

Cyber Work Infosec

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    • 4.7 • 97 Ratings

Learn how to break into cybersecurity, build new skills and move up the career ladder. Each week on the Cyber Work Podcast, host Chris Sienko sits down with thought leaders from Carbon Black, IBM, CompTIA and others to discuss the latest cybersecurity workforce trends.

    Working as a CIO and the challenges of endpoint security| Guest Tom Molden

    Working as a CIO and the challenges of endpoint security| Guest Tom Molden

    Today on Cyber Work, our deep-dive into manufacturing and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity brings us to the problem of endpoint security. Tom Molden, CIO of Global Executive Engagement at Tanium, has been grappling with these problems for a while. We talk about his early, formative tech experiences (pre-Windows operation system!), his transformational position moving from fiscal strategy and implementation into his first time as chief information officer and talk through the interlocking problems that come from connected manufacturing devices and the specific benefits and challenges to be found in strategizing around the endpoints. All of the endpoints.

    0:00 - Manufacturing and endpoint security
    1:44 - Tom Molden's early interest in computers
    4:06 - Early data usage
    6:26 - Becoming a CIO
    10:29 - Difference between a CIO and CISO
    14:57 - Problems for manufacturing companies
    18:45 - Best CIO problems to solve in manufacturing
    22:51 - Security challenges of manufacturing
    26:00 - The scop of endpoint issues
    33:27 - Endpoints in manufacturing security
    37:12 - How to work in manufacturing security
    39:29 - Manufacturing security skills gaps
    41:54 - Gain manufacturing security work experience
    43:41 - Tom Molden's best career advice received
    46:26 - What is Tanium
    47:58 - Learn more about Tom Molden
    48:34 - Outro

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    About Infosec
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 50 min
    Are you ready for the CCNA exam? Test yourself with these questions | Cyber Work Hacks

    Are you ready for the CCNA exam? Test yourself with these questions | Cyber Work Hacks

    Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are here to help you pass the CCNA exam! For today’s Hack, Wilfredo Lanz, Infosec bootcamp instructor in charge of Cisco’s CCNA certification, walks us through four sample CCNA questions, walking through each answer and discounting the wrong ones with explanations, allowing you to reach the right answer in a logical and stress-free way. And the only way you’re going to see it is by staying right here for this Cyber Work Hack!

    0:00 - CCNA exam sample questions
    1:31 - Different types of CCNA exam questions
    3:34 - First CCNA exam sample question
    8:34 - Second CCNA exam sample question
    13:52 - Third CCNA exam sample question
    20:47 - Fourth CCNA exam sample question
    25:22 - Infosec CCNA boot camp practice exam
    27:04 - Advice for CCNA exam day
    28:46 - Outro

    Learn more about the CCNA: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/training/ccna/

    About Infosec
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 29 min
    Working in manufacturing security: Top challenges and career advice | Guest Theresa Lanowitz

    Working in manufacturing security: Top challenges and career advice | Guest Theresa Lanowitz

    AT&T Cybersecurity’s head of evangelism, Theresa Lanowitz, is today's guest. Lanowitz has amazing and wide-ranging career achievements, from her time with analyst firms Gartner and Voke, work on Java’s JBuilder environment and strategic marketing for the Jini Project, which was proto-IoT going back to the late ‘90s! With all of these incredible stories, we talked far and wide about manufacturing security concerns, she breaks down the key pain points around edge computing and talks extensively about her love of both the English language and programming languages of all sorts. They all have grammar, they all have style, and if you’re a linguist or a lover of learning new languages, perhaps computer languages are an opportunity you hadn’t pursued? All that and a ton more – seriously, I could have talked to Lanowitz for hours – on today’s episode of Cyber Work.

    0:00 - Manufacturing security 
     2:02 - Theresa Lanowitz’s early interest in computers
     3:52 - Learning programming languages in the early days
     6:12 - English language’s connection to programming language
     8:24 - Evolution of programming language
     11:55 - How language impacts programming
     13:52 - Lanowitz’s cybersecurity career
     17:20 - An average day as head of cybersecurity evangelism
     22:53 - Edge computing use in manufacturing
     26:35 - Biggest security issues in manufacturing
     30:02 - The bad actors in manufacturing security
     33:41 - Manufacturing cybersecurity technology
     39:02 - Skills needed to work in manufacturing cybersecurity
     41:00 - Biggest skills gaps in manufacturing security
     41:44 - Best cybersecurity career advice
     42:15 - Where are manufacturing security issues heading?
     45:06 - Security issues with third-party vendors
     47:53 - Learn more about AT&T cybersecurity 
     48:48 - Learn more about Theresa Lanowitz
     49:04 - Outro
    – Get your FREE cybersecurity training resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free
    – View Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast

    About Infosec
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 51 min
    Modern industrial control system security issues | Guest Thomas Pace

    Modern industrial control system security issues | Guest Thomas Pace

    Thomas Pace of NetRise talks about industrial control systems security. We’ll learn about Pace's time in the United States Marine Corps in cyber-intelligence, his move to forensics and then ICS and why the greatest asset a security professional can have is the ability to find, clearly see and create narratives. I always find ICS professionals to be fascinating, and Pace took us down some new paths, so if you’re also interested in ICS Security, keep it here for today’s episode of Cyber Work!

    0:00 - Industrial Control Systems security
    1:39 - How Pace got into cybersecurity
    4:31 - The speed of cybersecurity's change
    5:20 - Pace's career in cyber intelligence
    10:08 - Importance of cybersecurity analysis
    10:55 - Current state of ICS and infrastructure security in the U.S.
    25:22 - How to work in ICS security
    32:52 - Manufacturing security issues
    38:00 - Security risks for cranes
    40:51 - Best ICS security advice
    44:09 - Best cybersecurity career advice
    46:15 - What is NetRise?
    47:40 - Learn more about Pace
    48:25 - Outro

    – Get your FREE cybersecurity training resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free
    – View Cyber Work Podcast transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast

    About Infosec
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 50 min
    Passing the CCNA exam: Tips and tricks from an instructor | Cyber Work Hacks

    Passing the CCNA exam: Tips and tricks from an instructor | Cyber Work Hacks

    Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks want you to pass the Cisco CCNA exam! To help you do that, Infosec’s CCNA Boot Camp instructor Wilfredo Lanz gives you his top tips and tricks for taking the CCNA exam! Lanz will give you some advice for narrowing down the right answer by eliminating the obviously wrong ones, common mistakes people make while taking the exam and what to do if, for some reason, you don’t pass on the first try. And most importantly, why you must take the practice exams before the test. And then retake them. And again! 
    0:00 - CCNA exam tips 
    1:43 - What does the CCNA cover? 
    4:50 - Tricks for taking the CCNA exam 
    5:55 - Common CCNA exam mistakes 
    7:17 - What if you fail the CCNA exam? 
    8:40 - Best piece of advice for CCNA exam day 
    9:53 - Outro 
    About Infosec 
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 10 min
    CISSP is changing! Common body of knowledge changes for 2024 | Cyber Work Hacks

    CISSP is changing! Common body of knowledge changes for 2024 | Cyber Work Hacks

    Cyber Work Hacks is back to keep you updated with the CISSP exam! Infosec boot camp instructor Steve Spearman joins me to tell us about the new changes to the CISSP’s common body of knowledge (CBK) and how the changes to the CBK should (or shouldn’t!) affect your study and preparation for the exam! Keep learning, and keep it here for another Cyber Work Hack.

    – Learn more about the CISSP: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/training/cissp/
    – Get your free ebook, "CISSP exam tips and tricks (to ace your exam on the first try)": https://www.infosecinstitute.com/form/cissp-exam-tips-ebook/
     
    0:00 - CISSP exam common body of knowledge 
    1:16  - Changes to CISSP's CBK
    7:45 - Why did CISSP make CBK changes?
    9:17 - How to study for the CISSP
    11:37 - Most important CISSP exam items 
    14:04 - Best advice for taking the CISSP exam
    15:03 - Outro

    About Infosec
    Infosec’s mission is to put people at the center of cybersecurity. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with skills development and certifications while empowering all employees with security awareness and phishing training to stay cyber-safe at work and home. More than 70% of the Fortune 500 have relied on Infosec Skills to develop their security talent, and more than 5 million learners worldwide are more cyber-resilient from Infosec IQ’s security awareness training. Learn more at infosecinstitute.com.

    • 15 min

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