The traditional way of doing business is transforming, with businesses now required to adopt and embed cyber technology into their organisation. The shift in the way we do business isn’t just down to technology, but also cultural change – such cultural shifts include increasing business agility, shared information rather than centralised data, collaboration rather than a traditional triangle type hierarchy, and empowering one’s team to make decisions rather than exerting control over your talent.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director ISF discusses the 21st century workforce, and how businesses can attract and retain in an era of gig economy and short-term employee contracts, and what skill-sets are needed within a business to keep pace with the speed of technological developments. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-doing-business-the-cyber-way/

Cyber-attacks are steadily increasing year on year. Organisations are constantly under threat with over two-thirds experiencing data breaches in 2017. Consequently, cyber security preparedness and resiliency are becoming increasingly important to the protection of an organisation’s information. One way of improving the ability to handle cyber-attacks is by running cyber security exercises.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF, discusses how organisations should approach running internal cybersecurity exercises to support breach identification, prevention and response. This autumn, the ISF's 'Delivering an Effective Cyber Security Exercise' report was released to ISF Members which provides a detailed overview of the most suitable cybersecurity exercises and how to deploy them effectively. The public release for the overview of the report is November 15. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-cyber-security-exercises/

Social media has transformed the way users behave online and offline. It has prevailed over the last decade and billions of people around the world engage with each other on these platforms on a daily, if not hourly basis. Whilst social media encourages individuality, the sharing of ideas and opinions online has created stereotypes and unrealistic benchmarks that people must attain to be accepted. Consequently, this has resulted in a multitude of mental health issues amongst individuals who believe they don’t fit the bill.  In the final episode in this three-part series, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF talks with Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Amyx Ventures about healthy social media and technology use for kids, and whether they understand the ethical nature of sharing content online. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-social-media-technology-habits/

‘Artificial Intelligence’ has materialised much faster than leading researchers and security professionals in the field expected and the future of it remains unknown. Thus far, consumers have engaged with virtual assistants, namely Amazon’s ‘Alexa’ or Apple’s ‘Siri’. Additionally, it is proposed that businesses can reap the benefits of increased efficiency through automating the value chain but also taking the combined approach of ‘man and machine’. Globally, a negative perception of superintelligence has been fostered, however, attention must be given to the emerging possibilities as the economic landscape evolves.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF talks with Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Amyx Ventures and author of the book ‘The Human Currency’. They discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and what it holds for the future of the global economy, focusing on the role that humans will play following the ‘4th Industrial Revolution.' https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-ai-machine-learning/

The ‘Internet of Things’ is a name given to exponential technologies encompassing our physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and increasingly normal everyday objects such as water bottles, that can store and exchange data. For consumers, they are often fearful of these advances and question how secure their personal data is. To overcome this issue, consumers must self-educate about personal security, moving away from a naive perspective and become mature, responsible agents when operating these data-storing devices.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF, talks with Scott Amyx, Managing Partner at Amyx Ventures (a Venture Capital firm) and author of the forthcoming book ‘The Human Race’. They discuss the implications of the Internet of Things (IoT) and what the future holds - not just for businesses but also consumers. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-scott-amyx-episode-one/

Following the introduction of GDPR and new e-privacy laws, sales and marketing teams are under pressure to think of new tactics and methods in which to collect information about existing and potential clients. Marketing relies heavily on digital engagement and therefore necessitates a strong brand image online to convert visitors on a web page to engage with the business.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF, discusses how marketing and sales can overcome challenges presented by recent government legislation when collating data and engaging your audience. Steve also talks about brand awareness on social media and how best to present your business in a way that will open the door to new business opportunities. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-marketing-teams-adopt-new-tactics-to-increase-business/

The probability of a data breach for most organisations is highly likely, with it being a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if’. IT and security leaders are increasingly under pressure to not just protect the company’s reputation, stock and critical assets, but also ensure plans and systems are set up so that an organisation can properly respond to a data breach.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at the ISF, discusses the importance of having a data breach plan in place, and walks us through the steps and the immediate actions organisations must take to reduce the risk of major data implications. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-data-breach-response/

Today, acquirer companies in M&A’s are intensifying their cyber security due diligence during the negotiation period. Why? Because the cyber-risks to businesses are ever intensifying and any data vulnerabilities exposed can seriously threaten the value of a business and the overall success of the venture.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at ISF, discusses the importance of the acquiring entity understanding the organisations information assets, and why cyber security due diligence should be implemented at an early stage of M&A to add value to the process and mitigate risk exposure post deal. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-ma-best-practice-cybersecurity/

In the final part of this 3-part business leaders podcast series, Richard Guida, former CISO at Johnson & Johnson, and Steve Durbin, Managing Director at ISF, discuss what keeps CISO’s awake at night, the challenges integrating security into the product development process, and the importance of security for lay people. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-security-product-development-process/

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are redefining cyber security, re-engineering threat detection tools and exposing sophisticated attacks – but there is a dark side. With increased use, we are seeing outcomes that go beyond the capabilities of IT and security professionals, which if not managed correctly could lead to major security issues and widen the already long-term skills gap.  In this podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director at ISF distinguishes the difference between machine learning and AI and discusses the pros and cons of the advancing technologies on cyber security, and particularly on the cyber workforce. https://www.securityforum.org/videos-podcasts/isf-podcast-ai-machine-learning-contributing-to-the-skills-shortage/