Data Security Podcast Episode 81, Nov 20 2009

EXCLUSIVE – For Friday November 20th, we depart from our regular format for those with an advanced understanding of information security technologies.
This is part two of two special editions featuring technical conversations with newsmakers on new counter measures to fight web drive-by downloads. Part two features Louis Hughes, Chairman and CEO of InZero Systems; [...]

Special Security Geek Edition: Interview with Marsh Ray, Discoverer of SSL Flaw

For Thursday November 5th, we depart from our regular format for those with an advanced understanding of information security technologies. This episode is a one-topic special edition, providing coverage of a major man-in-the-middle flaw discovered in the SSL protocol (see, we told you it was for security geeks).
We will return to our regular format of [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 75, Oct 25 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus ten)
On this week’s program:
* Everyone loves retail gift cards…they are quick and easy for consumers, and for web application “hackers.”

* Some Time Warner cable internet users are vulnerable to serious attacks — when will Time Warner release a fix?
* Our take [...]

BREAKING NEWS – New Twist to Zeus Bank Trojan; Well-Known Penetration Tester at ISACA Conference Calls Revelation “Disastrous”

Reporting from the ISACA Security and Risk Management Conference in Las Vegas, we have breaking security news this morning.
Organized cyber criminals have added a new damaging element to an already viscous cyber attack. Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan spoke by phone with the Data Security Podcast about a frightening new twist to the surge of [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 67, Aug 24 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law…..(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
* The security lessons from Heartland data breach – what the newscasters didn’t tell you. Details on our Tales from The Dark Web segment.
* What if you discovered a web security flaw and their customer service staff ignored your [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 65 – Aug 9 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law….(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
* More DefCon17 Coverage: How safe are Cloud Computing applications?
* Melissa Hathaway is leaving her White House job as top cyber security official, why is the main stream press not spending time on this story?
* Our take on this [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 64 – Aug 4 2009

30 minutes every week on data security, privacy, and the law….(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
SPECIAL DEFCON17 Coverage From Las Vegas
* Is YOUR tax return sitting out there on the Internet? Maybe not yours, but Larry Pesce tells us about the tax returns — and the other stuff he found without much [...]

Data Security Podcast – Special DefCon Coverage

The Data Security Podcast went to DefCon this past weekend. DefCon is the world’s largest hacker conference.  We have team coverage in Episode 64, scheduled to post in the next 24 hours.  Coverage will include:
-> Can you really trust an SSL Encryption Certificate?
-> Is YOUR web site on the list vulnerable to common cross site [...]

Data Security Podcast Episode 62 – July 21 2009

30 minutes each week on data security, privacy, and the law….(plus or minus five)
On this week’s program:
* EXCLUSIVE: New tool to fight web attacks, and add to your privacy
* Combining data loss prevention and identity management to protect confidential business data from security breaches.
* Our take on this week’s news.
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Data Security Podcast Episode 57 – June 15 2009

30 minutes each week on data security, privacy, and the law…. (plus or minus five)

On this week’s program:

Is Al-Qaida getting funding by stealing minutes from business phone systems?
$10,000 was paid out to the security researchers that uncovered the flaws in StrongWebMail. Could your email be vulnerable to that same attack?  A conversation with  StrongWebMail’s top [...]