UNSECURITY: Information Security Podcast

Episode 112 of the UNSECURITY Podcast marks the final episode of 2020. With that, Brad and Evan take a look back at some of the major security topics that surfaced this year—primarily breaches. The hope is that by dissecting some of these large-scale security events, businesses can continue to push forward in their efforts to protect data and people.Happy New Year, everybody!As always, please feel free to send comments, questions, or feedback to unsecurity@protonmail.com.

Evan and Brad continued their at-home security series with episode 111 of the UNSECURITY Podcast. Coincidentally, this one is guided by a recent conversation Evan had with his mom, who is a 73-year-old woman concerned with her accounts and financials in the wake of the SolarWinds attack. Evan's mom is a metaphor for a lot of people—concerned and confused about newsworthy breaches and what to do about them. The guys also continue their conversation about home network security, including changing passwords on a home router, running an Nmap scan on your home network, hunting down systems from the Nmap scan, and doing research on the systems to secure them. Give this one a listen/watch and send your comments, questions, and feedback to unsecurity@protonmail.com. And, most importantly, have a happy and safe holiday!

If you're at all in touch with information security news, you likely already know about the SolarWinds compromise that was announced yesterday. With the majority of Fortune 500 companies and a number of US government entities using their product, this compromise has the potential to do serious damage. And that was felt throughout the security industry yesterday. So, we pivot! Today, Brad and Evan are joined by Oscar Minks, FRSecure's Director of Technical Services (and head of our incident response team) to dive further into the breach and its potential ramifications. Give episode 110 a listen and send us any questions or concerns to unsecurity@protonmail.com.

The guys are continuing the Information Security at Home series on episode 109 of the podcast. As industry professionals, we often take our skills and knowledge for granted. There are a lot of things that are obvious to us that may not be to the non-industry professional. So, Evan and Brad do a deep dive into firewall and router security—taking a look at things like finding your router, logging into your router, changing the default password, and poking around at what might exist on your network you're unaware of. Give this one a listen and let us know what questions, comments, and feedback you may have at unsecurity@protonmail.com.

Brad is back after his recent bout with Labyrinthitis for episode 108 of the UNSECURITY Podcast. This week, Evan and Brad continue the conversation from episode 106. With many people working and schooling from home this year, in-home security is more important than ever. But why? Check out this episode to find out—and get some advice from the guys about the what you can do. As always, please feel free to send comments, questions, and feedback to us via email at unsecurity@protonmail.com.

It's nearly Thanksgiving, which means holiday shopping is already in full force. With more online shopping coupled with the fact that most of us are more distracted than ever, attackers could have a field day. It's important to know how to protect yourself and your family while holiday shopping, so Evan provides some tips in episode 107 of the UNSECURITY Podcast. Check it out and submit your comments, questions, and feedback to unsecurity@protonmail.com.

As information security professionals, we're responsible for protecting sensitive business information involving financials, customer info, employee data, and more. But, those protections don't always feel directly connected to us personally—more of our personal data lives in our home environment. So, from the perspective of security professionals, what should we do at home to protect ourselves and our family? Evan and Brad provide some tips in this week's episode of the UNSECURITY podcast. Give it a listen/watch, and send us your comments, questions, and feedback at unsecurity@protonmail.com.

The number of aggressive cyber attacks we've seen has been on the rise very recently—including a calculated Ryuk ransomware targeting healthcare organizations. Knowing attackers are taking extra advantage of the chaos of the pandemic, Oscar (who leads FRSecure's technical services team) gives some thoughts about what you should and shouldn't do when experiencing an incident or attack. Give episode 105 a listen/watch, and let us know what you think at unsecurity@protonmail.com.

At episode 104, the UNSECURITY Podcast has officially reached its second year anniversary of the show. First off, we'd like to thank all of our listeners for sticking with us during this journey. It's been fun, and we hope you've gained as much from the conversations as we have.This week, we're continuing our unofficial series on the topics of mental health, wellness, and work-life balance in the information security industry. To do so, Brad and Evan are joined by Richie Breathe—who provides wellness education for professionals.Go vote, then give this episode a listen/watch. As always, feel free to send comments, feedback, and questions to unsecurity@protonmail.com.

Things don't always go as planned. With Brad out last week and a riveting conversation with Neal O'Farrell about mental health in the information security industry, Neal joined the podcast again for an impromptu part two in episode 103. In part two of this discussion, Evan, Brad, and Neal review some very specific self-help measures they've tried—and what their experiences were with them. Give this episode a listen/watch and let us know what you think at unsecurity@protonmail.com.