CYBR.Signal
Boosting the Signal and Reducing the Noise for Cybersecurity Professionals
Episodes
58 episodes
A Grave Case of Confirmation Bias
In this episode of CYBR.Signal, Michael Farnum uses an unexpected discovery at a construction site in Tomball, Texas, to explore the dangers of confirmation bias in cybersecurity. He explains why suspicious activity doesn’t always mean an incid...
Everything is Everyone's Responsibility
In this episode of CYBR.Signal, legendary CISO Andy Ellis draws inspiration from a visit to New England Patriots training camp to challenge the idea that “security is everyone’s responsibility.” He observes that across a high-performing organiz...
Diversifying Supply Chains ‘Til the Cows Come Home
In this episode of CYBR.Signal, CYBR.SEC.Community Co-Founder Sam Van Rider reflects on the recent Fairlife cyberattack and what it reveals about the importance of supply chain diversity. From the mountains of Switzerland, he explores how redun...
Art vs. Architecture
If your security dashboard looks impressive but fails to provide actionable metrics, it’s artwork - not infrastructure. In this episode of CYBR.Signal, CYBR.SEC.Community CEO Michael Farnum explains what CISOs, CIOs, and security leaders should...
Cyber Sunday is now CYBR.Signal
After a 2-year hiatus, Cyber Sunday is back under a new name: CYBR.Signal.What started as quick, off-the-cuff thoughts from CYBR.SEC.Community CEO Michael Farnum is returning with short, digestible episodes built to spark conversation ac...
CISOs and Data Access
CISOs are typically not the owner of their organization's most critical (or even non-critical) assets and data. There are usually business unit leaders assigned to that, and the CISO's role is to help reduce the risk to those assets. If the CIS...
EXEC.SEC.CON.
Security conferences and events are often built with a certain audience in mind. Some are for a a general audience, and others are focused on the CISO. But if an event has a focus on the CISO, it should be for a good reason. I discuss som...
Practicing Tabletop Exercises
Does practice make perfect? Probably not perfect, but it does make you better. That also applies when performing tabletop exercises. But is it feasible to practice as much as you SHOULD when everyone has other jobs to do? That's what Michael is...
Cybersecurity Mentorship
In mentorship, it's often thought that the mentor is doing the teaching and the mentee is doing the learning. But mentors should also be open to and seek out lessons that they can take from the mentee. In this #CyberSunday, I talk about how ten...
RSA Advice
The 2024 RSA Security Conference is here. While I am not going this year, I do want to give a few professional networking pointers for folks who are going, especially if you are a new conference attendee. These conference habits have helped me ...
Cyclical Attack Methods
Attack vectors and methods tend to by cyclical, meaning attackers will come back to see if old tricks will yield new results. I talk about one such attack vector that might be coming back in style... with a slight twist.Want to reach out...
SIEM Trends
SIEM (Security Incident and Event Management) has been a round a long time. But there are some recent trends and new vendors that are creating fresh ways to implement and operationalize SIEM. I'm discussing a couple of the larger SIEM and secur...
Cybersecurity Trends
How can you tell if a new #cybersecurity concept (think Zero Trust) in cybersecurity is a just a flash in the pan or a valuable idea that can be utilized in your program? In this #CyberSunday, I talk about an unusual method for being able to po...
New Tools and Tech
There is a lot of fear of the security implications about AI and other new and/or improved technologies. And while some fear is healthy, we also can't let it keep us from thinking about uses for that same tech to improve security. Let's talk ab...
Configuration Management
Michael talked about security control monitoring a few weeks ago. In this #CyberSunday, he is digging in a bit around an essential part of control monitoring: configuration management/monitoring. What is config management/monitoring, what...
Cyber Jobs
There is a lot of talk and advice on social media, blogs, etc. about the Cybersecurity job market. There's no doubt it's a tough market right now, but does that mean you should stay away? Here's my opinion on the topic and some quick advice of ...
Communication vs. Technology
An X/Twitter thread about technology vs communication in #cybersecurity inspired today's video. Which one do you think is more important or more difficult? Watch today's #CyberSunday to get Michael's opinion.Things Mentioned:
Control Monitoring
Today's #CyberSunday is about monitoring controls regularly (as opposed to a point-in-time assessment). Michael gets into some methods of monitoring and what you should monitor them against (hint: monitoring is NOT just technical).Want t...
AT&T Outage
Many of us were affected by the cell carrier outage last week. Some initial explanations have come out, but are those explanations plausible? And is a #cyberattack just - or more - plausible than the explanation that AT&T gave? On today's #...
FUD and Cyber
Indecision and apathy from alert fatigue are big issues in #cybersecurity. But have you thought about how FUD marketing can cause some of the same problems? And it's not just vendors throwing the FUD. In today's cybersunday, Michael talks about...
The Big Game!
It's #cybersunday, and it's also time for the Big Game (can't use the real name because reasons). Michael is a big American Football fan, so he's getting into #cybersecurity football analogies. But he's also trying to dig a little deeper and st...
Coverage Analogy
Michael is in the snow in Michigan to record today's Cyber Sunday. The cold weather and road conditions inspire a cybersecurity analogy around making decisions and determining priorities for your security program.Want to reach out to the...
Risk Wrap Up
Michael is wrapping up his Risk Management/Assessment series on today's #CyberSunday. His two points today are around risk assessment frameworks and a caution about GRC tools.We hope you enjoyed the series! If there's anything you'd like...
Risk Avoidance vs. Risk Mitigation
Michael tells a story from his professional past explaining some of the differences between Risk Mitigation and Risk Avoidance. The scenario on today's #CyberSunday runs through some of the reasons and calculations that went into the deci...
Last #CyberSunday of 2023!
2024 is almost here, and that means a special end-of-year CyberSunday to close out the year. Today, Michael is talking about three topics that warrant special consideration for enterprise security programs in the new year. Listen in and tell us...