Ep 34 | 3.7.22

SolarWinds through a first principle lens: around the Hash Table.

Show Notes

Two members of the CyberWire’s Hash Table of experts, Gary McAlum, USAA CSO and Don Welch, Penn State CIO, join Rick Howard to discuss the SolarWinds attack.

Resources:

S1E6: 11 MAY: Cybersecurity first principles.
S1E7: 18 MAY: Cybersecurity first principles: zero trust.
S1E8: 26 MAY: Cybersecurity first principles: intrusion kill chains.
S1E9: 01 JUN: Cybersecurity first principles: resilience.
S1E11: 15 JUN: Cybersecurity first principles: risk assessment.
S2E7: 31 AUG: Identity Management: a first principle idea.
S2E8: 07 SEP: Identity Management: around the Hash Table.

“Cybersecurity Canon,” by Ohio State University.
“Do I Need a Third-Party Security Audit?” By Rachel Phillips, Bleeping Computer, 2 March 2018.
“SolarWinds hack officially blamed on Russia: What you need to know,” by Laura Hautala, Cnet, 5 January 2021.
“Sunburst backdoor – code overlaps with Kazuar,” by SecureList, Kaspersky, 11 January 2021.

CSO Perspectives (public)

Podcast Info

HOST(S):

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.