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Information Security Forum Podcast
The ISF Podcast brings you cutting-edge conversation, tailored to CISOs, CTOs, CROs, and other global security pros. In every episode of the ISF Podcast, Chief Executive, Steve Durbin speaks with rule-breakers, collaborators, culture builders, and business creatives who manage their enterprise with vision, transparency, authenticity, and integrity. From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 18min
S14 Ep4: Steve Durbin and Nicholas Witchell - CISOs, Warfare and Technology in the Spotlight
In today’s episode, journalist and long-time friend of ISF, Nick Witchell, puts Steve Durbin, ISF Chief Executive, in the 'cyber hot-seat' to face fifteen minutes of timely rapid-fire questions.
Steve offers his opinion on the lessons we can learn from the ongoing Ukraine conflict, the likely ripple effects from the recent conviction of Uber's security chief, and how this will impact the future role of CISOs and their businesses.
Mentioned in this episode:
ISF Analyst Insight Podcast
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Oct 11, 2022 • 29min
S14 Ep3: Aaron Painter — Remodelling the Architecture Behind Trust
In today’s episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Aaron Painter. Aaron is the founder and CEO of Nametag, a company whose mission is to enable people to build more trusted relationships by preventing identity fraud. In 2017, Aaron wrote a best-selling book titled Loyal, based on his experience living and working in six countries across four continents. In Loyal, he describes his key to leadership: fostering a culture of listening. Today, he and Steve discuss how he came to write Loyal, and how his advice for workplace leaders has evolved since starting a company in the midst of the pandemic.
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ISF Analyst Insight Podcast
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Oct 4, 2022 • 28min
S14 Ep2: Steve Durbin - Why Cyber Awareness Is Imperative
In this episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin and producer Tavia Gilbert discuss how organizations can take advantage of Cybersecurity Awareness Month to educate their employees on cyber hygiene and security awareness, rehearse what to do in case of a breach, and take advantage of the free cybersecurity resources available to them.
Mentioned in this episode:
ISF Cyber Awareness: Stay Safe with ISF
Tailored Training from ISF
ISF Analyst Insight Podcast
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Sep 27, 2022 • 30min
S14 Ep1: Seán Doyle - Cyber and the World Economy
Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin speaks with Seán Doyle, Lead for the Centre for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum. They discuss the role of public-private partnerships in the current cyber landscape, the importance of running tabletop exercises to promote resilience, and improving cybersecurity legislation and regulation around the world to promote economic interests.
Mentioned in this episode:
Cybersecurity Technology Efficacy: Is cybersecurity the new 'market for lemons'? Research Report by Joe Hubback
ISF Analyst Insight Podcast
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Sep 13, 2022 • 24min
S13: The Best of the ISF Podcast 2022... So Far
Over the past few weeks, you’ve heard encore presentations of some of our favorite episodes so far this year, and today, as we prepare to move forward into Season 14, we’re looking back on some of the highlights of our guest interviews from 2022.
Mentioned in this episode:
The ISF Analyst Insight Podcast
David Thornewill — The Impact of the Persistent CISO
Marc Gibson - Building a Security Career in the SME Space
Alexander Seger — How Global Law Enforcement Fight Cybercrime
Mark Ralls — The Cost of the FUD Approach to Security
Carl Allen — Keeping the M&A Process Secure
Adam Rumanek — Protecting IP in a World of Streaming and Sharing
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Sep 6, 2022 • 41min
S14 Ep4: Stephen Poloz - The Next Age of Uncertainty
In this episode, we’re featuring a conversation Steve had with Stephen Poloz, a world renowned economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2013-2020. Steve and Stephen discuss some of the themes Poloz addresses in his recently released book, The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future. They discuss communicating in the midst of crisis, how the fourth industrial revolution compares to past historical moments of change, and risk management and resilience amidst global turmoil.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future
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Aug 30, 2022 • 21min
S14 Ep3: Brett Beranek — Deep Fakes and Biometric Security Breakthroughs
Summer Listening - Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Brett Beranek, Vice President and General Manager of security and biometrics at Nuance Communications. Steve and Brett discuss some of the potential and the challenges of biometrics in the security space, including recent advancements in deep neural networks and deep fakes.
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Aug 23, 2022 • 25min
S14 Ep2: Federico Varese — Organised Crime Goes Digital
Summer Listening - Today, Steve is speaking with Prof. Federico Varese, a professor of criminology and head of the sociology department at Nuffield College at Oxford University. Prof. Varese talks with Steve about the history of organised crime in Russia and around the world, the mafia’s movement into cybercrime, and what the future may hold for these criminal organisations.
Related Resources from ISF:
ISF Podcast, Alexander Seger — How Global Law Enforcement Fight Cybercrime
ISF Podcast, Inside the Mind of Today’s Cybercriminals, Brett Johnson Part 1
ISF Podcast, The Life of a Cybercriminal, Brett Johnson Part 2
Misha Glenny: The Evolution of Cybercrime with Misha Glenny, author of McMafia
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Aug 16, 2022 • 28min
S14 Ep1: Steve Durbin - Security in the Boardroom and Beyond
Summer Listening - Today, we’re featuring highlights of a recent “fireside chat” hosted by global tech services and consulting firm Infosys, and featuring our own ISF CEO Steve Durbin. Steve’s interviewer is his long-time colleague and friend Vishal Salvi, who serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Cyber Security Practice at Infosys.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 19min
S13 Ep4: The Ethical Dilemma of AI & Innovation: Part two
Today we’re back for the second episode of a two-part conversation around ISF CEO Steve Durbin’s NovelFest presentation on “The AI Revolution: Democratisation and the Ethical Dilemma of Innovation.” If you haven’t listened to Part 1, you may want to go back to that episode and listen to it first.
Last week gave us a pretty positive overview of what responsible AI could do to eliminate or to mitigate discrimination. But we know that AI is value-neutral, so the opposite of responsible AI could also become a reality. How can AI be used to facilitate digital discrimination?
Mentioned in this episode:
The AI Revolution: Democratisation and the Ethical Dilemma of Innovation, Part 1
2019 Global Risk Management Study - Accenture
Reid Blackman: A practical guide to building ethical AI – Harvard Business Review October 2020
The AI Public-Private Forum: Final report — from The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, February 2022
IBM’s Fairness 360
Google AI
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