Monkeys On Your Back

Nov 1 2021 • 58 mins

Security has truly gone mainstream. From late night television jokes to state governors not knowing how technology works, as a profession and a vocation, we have arrived.

Jimmy Fallon has jokes about security on his show
What are the implications of out of date security laws that define what it is to “hack” systems? Keep in mind that some were written as much as 30+ years ago!
Is it security’s job to know all the tools in place? Or the business to approach security to help make their tools secure?
Is viewing publicly available information or information pushed to your browser actually hacking, or is it legal/OK?
Creating laws that stand the test of time is hard. And subject to lots of lobbying.
CISO Liability and visibility based on the prominence of the role. Does this lead to targeting to discredit? (think: false social media profiles and deepfakes)
Offensive techniques and what happens when companies go offensive against attackers?
Prevention as a growing tactic by security teams - especially when life is on the line in the products we make
SPAM: is it food or is it email?
When is the right time to bring security into your startup? Weaving it in when it is young!

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