Security Break Live with Steve Dispensa  

The explosive growth of web applications brings with it the inevitable increase in potential security breaches for what are often seen as easier targets. Cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgery (CSRF/XSRF), and especially SQL injections are gaining momentum in the bad guys’ arsenal.

Jimmy Ray Purser, technical co-host for Cisco Systems’ TechWise and BizWise TV, as well as the popular Network World blog Networking Geek to Geek, joins Steve to talk about exactly what these attacks are, how they are used, and how we can stop them.

You don’t want to miss these two tech gurus in this high energy show!

There has been much publicity about the soon-to-be announced federal cyber czar. After a good deal of rhetoric over the role and research into what really needs to be done, it seems that we are very close to a selection. But do we all really understand what this person will be doing? And how and why they are doing it?

Joining Steve Dispensa on Friday, June 19th, to talk about this newly developed federal government role is Danny Bradbury, US bureau chief and US editor of InfoSecurity magazine. Danny has spent many years as a technology journalist, and additionally edits two newsletters, Computer Fraud and Security and Network Security.

Steve and Danny will talk about what they feel the top priorities of this new position should be based on the biggest threats in our current IT security landscape. They’ll also talk about what skills this new person and their core team should have. For instance, should there be a true hacker in the mix to really know how to protect us?

This isn’t a political debate, it’s a security rundown. Don’t miss this episode, our first hour-long Security Break Live!

New threats, new applications, and new technologies are combining to create the opportunity for a new approach to IT security. What "old school" IT security practices will be passed on to the next generation and what new ones will emerge?

On Friday, May 22nd, Christopher Beier from Fiserv, the leading global provider of information management and electronic commerce systems for the financial services industry, will join Steve as guest co-host to talk about the concept of Security 2.0, some of the emerging technologies and requirements that are helping to shape how we approach security, and Fiserv’s experience implementing it.

Christopher Beier is a senior product manager for Fiserv online security products, including Fraud Detection System, Intelligent Authentication, and FraudNet. He is a seasoned security professional with more than a decade of experience in both the private sector and the military.

Mobility is a key to success (not to mention profitability) in today’s business world. It is vital that your staff have access to business applications and data whether they are in the office, on the road, or anywhere in between. But with more mobile users and more mobile devices, ensuring the security of these systems and data is getting harder every day.

Mobile devices offer a growing number of opportunities for the bad guys to infiltrate your world. On Friday, May 8th, Steve and guest co-host Dan Thormodsgaard, Director of Solutions Architecture at FishNet Security, will examine some of the top threats associated with this trend toward mobility, as well as discuss the best ways to stop attackers in their tracks.

In his role at FishNet, Thormosdsgaard serves as strategic advisor of Fortune 50, enterprise accounts and government institutions. He listens, discusses and supports organizations’ long-term security infrastructure initiatives as well as evaluates security tools and provides technology recommendations for customers and FishNet Security’s partner program.

Passwords are far from perfect. In fact, they perhaps lull our end-users into a false sense of protection which can be more dangerous than no password at all. For the average user vigilance stops once that password is entered. But the bad guys can get to your users’ passwords to do all sorts of terrible things that damage not only your clients, customers, and employees, but also your network integrity as a whole - not to mention your reputation.

This episode is the second in our 2-part series, The Perpetual Password Threat. In the first installment we talked about why passwords really don’t work and how you can make your company more secure. This time Steve and co-host Derek Brink, Vice President & Research Fellow at the Aberdeen Group, dive into the really sinister attacks that we need to protect against.

This special episode will air live from the RSA conference floor in San Francisco where the leaders in IT security are talking about the most cutting-edge methodologies to protect ourselves from these unknown assailants. Join us at 12:00 PT/3:00 ET on Thursday, April 24th, or catch our rebroadcast at our regular time on Friday, April 24th at 9:00 PT/12:00 ET.

Passwords are far from perfect. In fact, they perhaps lull our end-users into a false sense of protection which can be more dangerous than no password at all. For the average user vigilance stops once that password is entered. But the bad guys can get to your users’ passwords to do all sorts of terrible things that damage not only your clients, customers, and employees, but also your network integrity as a whole - not to mention your reputation.

This episode is the second in our 2-part series, The Perpetual Password Threat. In the first installment we talked about why passwords really don’t work and how you can make your company more secure. This time Steve and co-host Derek Brink, Vice President & Research Fellow at the Aberdeen Group, dive into the really sinister attacks that we need to protect against.

This special episode will air live from the RSA conference floor in San Francisco where the leaders in IT security are talking about the most cutting-edge methodologies to protect ourselves from these unknown assailants. Join us at 12:00 PT/3:00 ET on Thursday, April 24th, or catch our rebroadcast at our regular time on Friday, April 24th at 9:00 PT/12:00 ET.