Episodes
Join Ivanti's Chris Goettl and Robert Waters as they take a Christmas-Carol-themed trip through the emerging field of exposure management, taking a close (and possibly ghostly) look at the past, present, and future of the field. To learn more about Ivanti's exposure management offerings, visit: https://ivanti.com/exposure-managementJoin the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/Ivanti)
Published 12/02/24
Ivanti's Chris Goettl (VP of Product, Patch Management) welcomes back Robert Waters (Lead PMM, Exposure Management) for a special episode for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, sourcing five tips from a range of Ivanti employees on how your organization and its users can stay secure. Join the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/Ivanti)
Published 10/30/24
Securin CEO Ram Movva joins the show to talk all things vulnerability intelligence: how to prioritize according to risk, how to manage your external attack surface and emerging trends in ransomware and security. Join the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/Ivanti)
Published 09/27/24
Ivanti's Chris Goettl (VP of Product, Patch Management) welcomes back Robert Waters (Lead PMM, Exposure Management) to cover the dreaded costs of a cyberattack, and how organizations can work to proactively avoid them by addressing three strategic imperatives: attack surface, vulnerability prioritization, and data silos.Join the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/Ivanti)
Published 08/30/24
Ivanti's Robert Waters (Lead PMM, Exposure Management) is back with Chris Goettl (VP of Product, Patch Management) for the last of our three episodes covering Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, covering the third-most popular attack vector in breaches today: exploit vulnerabilities. And while they may be #3 in prevalence, they're #1 in Chris and Robert's hearts.To view Verizon's report, head to: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/Join the conversation ...
Published 07/26/24
Ivanti's Chris Goettl (VP of Product, Patch Management) welcomes back Robert Waters (Lead PMM, Exposure Management) for a follow-up on Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, discussing the two main attack vectors used in most breaches -- phishing and credential attacks -- and how your organization should go about defending itself. To view Verizon's report, head to: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/Join the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin....
Published 06/21/24
Ivanti's Chris Goettl (VP of Product, Patch Management) welcomes Robert Waters (Lead PMM, Exposure Management) as they discuss the key takeaways from Verizon's latest annual Data Breach Investigations Report: persistent risk from credentials, more and more sophisticated phishing attacks, and the rising prevalence of vulnerability exploits. To view the report yourself, head to: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/Join the conversation online on LinkedIn (linkedin....
Published 05/21/24
What does CSO stand for at your organization?
Is it short for Chief Security Officer... or Chief Scapegoat Officer?
In this episode, Ivanti CSO Daniel Spicer talks about how he never thought he'd be a CSO, and the unique pressures that security executives face from their own internal leadership teams and external regulations or (worse) insurance companies.
Listen in as Daniel and Ashley dig into:
What counts as a "breach" -- legally and ethically -- and the conflicting pressures to either...
Published 06/29/23
Daniel Spicer is back! Following up on last episode's discussion on the security risks of overemployment, Ivanti's Chief Security Officer returns to clear up the age-old myth of security tools being abused for employee investigations. Join Daniel, Chris and Ashley as they discuss:
What is (and most definitely is not) allowed in an employee investigation -- especially if the Security Team is requested to assistUser and management's misconceptions about security data, and how it's less "Big...
Published 06/15/23
Chris and Ashley use the current overemployment media trend as an example case study on evaluating security risks versus potential organizational impact.
They cover:
How overemployment existed before remote workWeighing the various security implications of overemployment — including shadow IT and insider threatsHow far an organization should go to remediate security risks due to unknown overemployed employees... and the cultural trade offs organizations may be required to make.
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Published 05/25/23
Chris (finally!) adds his insights to the 2023 Press Reset cybersecurity research report, especially how its findings impact vulnerability and patch prioritization processes — do you shoot for mission critical systems, active exploits, or something else first? — and why asset visibility lies at the core of every security framework on the planet.
Next episode going live May 25, 2023!New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all show notes, resources and...
Published 05/11/23
JR Robinson, Head of Platform at generative AI startup Writer, joins VP of Endpoint Security Product Management Chris Goettl and Ashley Stryker to discuss current generative AI use cases for security teams that go beyond just chat bots.
(Please. For everyone’s sanity… go beyond chat bots.)
They’ll also preview a deeper webinar discussion with Chief Security Officer Daniel Spicer on the risks and rewards generative AI offers security teams at every organization, airing on April 26 — save...
Published 04/27/23
Daniel and Ashley review the latest research report from Ivanti -- Press Reset: A 2023 Cybersecurity Status Report -- including prioritizing phishing and DDoS attacks, security ROI challenges, and why organizations should never increase their cybersecurity budget by sacrificing their IT allocations.
Download the full report at Ivanti.com/CybersecurityReport
New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all shownotes, resources and references, head to...
Published 02/16/23
It's vendor risk versus reward!
Chris and Amanda educate Ashley on the core considerations, processes and requirements for robust vendor risk management programs... including when to be afraid of your IoT devices, especially those pesky Roomba vacuums and oh-so-convenient self-cleaning litter boxes.
Remember to address these three components, no matter if your vendor is a major IT software provider or just your friendly neighborhood paper salesman:
What data are you granting your...
Published 02/02/23
IT Director Tony Miller goes toe-to-toe with Chief Security Officer Daniel Spicer to justify – or condemn! – IT and cybersecurity posts found on Reddit, featuring a legendary story about hackers that patched endpoints faster than the company itself. #PatchHacks
Plus, Ashley frets about the impact of a new security policy on her personal devices, creating an impromptu case study on the importance of explaining (or just reading) new security policies.
Next episode drops February 16, 2023! ...
Published 01/19/23
Daniel, Chris, Amanda and Ashley revisit the coordinated disclosure conversation from Episode 25 and apply the prisoner’s dilemma thought experiment to create a (more?) perfect vendor disclosure policy.
Find shownotes for this episode at Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights-30 Next episode drops December 29, 2022! New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all shownotes, resources and references, head to Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights Join the conversation online on...
Published 12/15/22
Amanda and Ashley talk about their experiences as women in the cybersecurity and technology industries. (Spoiler alert: it’s on the up-and-up!)
Find shownotes for this episode at Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights-29 Next episode drops December 15, 2022! New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all shownotes, resources and references, head to Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights Join the conversation online on Twitter (@GoIvanti) or LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/Ivanti)
Published 11/24/22
Amanda and Chris share stories proving why your data really is more secure in the cloud than the average on-premises server closet – and what organizations should worry more about when it comes to data security.
Find shownotes for this episode at Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights-28 Next episode drops December 15, 2022! New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all shownotes, resources and references, head to Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights Join the conversation...
Published 11/10/22
Do you want to work in cybersecurity, but not sure how to start? Ashley and Chris talk to three current cybersecurity experts on how they entered the industry – including Ivanti deputy CSO Amanda Wittern. (Also, bonus update on how Ashley pulled off her social engineering assignment from last episode!)
Find shownotes for this episode at Ivanti.com/SecurityInsights-27 Next episode drops December 15, 2022! New episodes publish around the second and fourth Thursdays each month. For all...
Published 10/27/22
In this episode, Chris tries to convince Ashley that marketers naturally make excellent hackers, based on modern phishing attacks and techniques… And Ashley confirms his guess by revealing the lengths to which marketers will go to “spoof” natural conversation and drive their target audience to take action.
Referenced materials:
The DarkNet Diaries Podcast, Episode 69: Human Hacker - https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/69/
Ashley’s “Social Engineering” booklist -...
Published 09/26/22
Security Insights welcomes its new host, Ashley Stryker, into the mix! In today's episode, Chris Goettl and Daniel Spicer break down some backlash from Microsoft customers on their failure to disclose a “ninja patch” on a vulnerability researchers found months before the fix. Listen in as the trio discuss security transparency and best practices for vendor coordinated disclosures of vulnerabilities for cloud versus on-prem products and much more!
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Published 09/07/22
Hello and welcome back to this week’s episode of Ivanti’s Security Insights! Today Chris Goettl and Daniel Spicer go over their takeaways from the recent Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit.
Chris is the Vice President of Product Management for Advantage Endpoint Security Products while Daniel is the chief Security Officer here at Ivanti, and together they discuss trends and topics bouncing around in the security world. For more information, check out www.ivanti.com! Be sure to...
Published 06/30/22
We’re back and ready to roll with this week’s episode where our host Chris Goettl interviews Chad Holmes and Daniel Brody from Cynario. Today they discuss healthcare and security through EMT devices and much more.
Watch to learn more about how cyber security is assisting healthcare innovation! For more information, check out Cynario’s website www.cynerio.com or their social media @cynerio. Be sure to follow us on our socials @goivanti for more episodes like this!
Published 05/18/22
In our first episode of 2022, Chris Goettl and Daniel Spicer unpack one of last year's biggest vulnerabilities: Apache Log4j. The conversation includes:
What is Log4j?The difficulty of detecting Log4j and developing guidance for organizationsWhy security teams and IT teams are stuck in a Catch 22 of patchingThe latest guidance you can use for your organizationCheck out cisecurity.org and Ivanti's article on Log4j
Published 01/27/22