CSO Perspectives (public)

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This is not your typical security interview show. Join CSO and Chief Analyst, Rick Howard, as he discusses the ideas, strategies and technologies that senior cybersecurity executives wrestle with on a daily basis. Rick is regularly joined by CyberWire's Hash Table experts to offer opposing viewpoints, diverse perspectives and hash out differences when theory and practice collide.

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Ep 93 | 7.22.24

The current state of Cyber Threat Intelligence.

Rick Howard discusses CTI with John Hultquist.

Ep 92 | 7.15.24

The current state of MITRE ATT&CK.

Rick Howard, The CSO, Chief Analyst, and Senior Fellow at N2K Cyber, discusses the current state of MITRE ATT&CK with CyberWire Hash Table guests Frank Duff, Tidal Cyber’s Chief Innovation Officer, Amy Robertson, MITRE Threat Intelligence Engineer and ATT&CK Engagement lead, and Rick Doten, Centene’s VP of Information Security.

Ep 91 | 7.1.24

The current state of IAM: A Rick-the-toolman episode.

Rick Howard discusses IAM with Ted Wagner and Cassio Sampaio.

Ep 90 | 6.17.24

The current state of XDR: A Rick-the-toolman episode.

Rick Howard discusses XDR with Rick Doten, and Milad Aslaner.

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Ep 89 | 6.3.24

SolarWinds and the SEC.

Rick Howard, Steve Winterfeld, and Ted Wagner discuss the argument for why the SEC was misguided when it charged the SolarWinds CISO, Tim Brown, with fraud after the Russian SVR compromised the SolarWinds flagship product, Orion.

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Rick Howard is the CSO of N2K and the Chief Analyst, and Senior Fellow at the N2K Cyber, formerly CyberWire. His past lives include CSO at Palo Alto Networks, CISO at TASC, the GM at Verisign/iDefense, the Counterpane SOC Director, and the Commander of the Army's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Rick served 25 years in the Army, taught computer science at West Point, edited two books and just published his own book, "Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics" and he is regularly joined at the N2K Cyber's Hash Table by a collection of industry experts.

Schedule: Mondays (in season)

Credits: Edited by John Petrik and executive produced by Peter Kilpe. Our theme song is by Blue Dot Sessions, remixed by the insanely talented Elliott Peltzman, who also does the show's mixing, sound, and original score

Creator: CyberWire, Inc.