State of Cybercrime

Parents of Security

Episode Summary

While I thought we could ride on our recent successes for just a bit longer, attackers are back in full swing, filling my twitter feed with latest jaw dropping security news. As I waded in worry, I stumbled upon an interesting Benjamin Franklin quote, “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.” Should distrust and caution be the parents of security? Who or what should the parents of security be?

Episode Notes

While I thought we could ride on our recent successes for just a bit longer, attackers are back in full swing, filling my twitter feed with latest jaw dropping security news.

As I waded in worry, I stumbled upon an interesting Benjamin Franklin quote, “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”
Should distrust and caution be the parents of security? Who or what should the parents of security be?

I brought these questions to the Inside Out Security Show panelist – Cindy Ng, Kilian Englert, Mike Buckbee, and Forrest Temple.
Also, here are some of the stories we covered.

• Stop using SMB1
• Learn about the latest vulnerabilities
• Gmail phishing scam
• Hi-res image of your peace sign could lift your fingerprint
• IT employee offered to unlock data for $200,000. Maybe it should have just been $2,000?

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