AccessCyber: Preparing Digital Defenders

On today's episode, I chat with Ramandeep Singh - Senior Security Consultant and Lead Cybersecurity Instructor at Evolve Security - about a number of topics, including mentorship, things every security professional needs to know, and his own journey into the world of infosec. While you're at it, you should also check out last season's episode with Evolve Security CEO, Paul Petefish. 

On this episode of the AccessCyber podcast, we're joined by Jack Rhysider, host of the very popular cybercrime podcast: Darknet Diaries. Jack is an infosec practitioner as well as a master storyteller. We chat about a number of topics, including privacy and security best practices, building a successful brand, podcasting, entrepreneurship, meditation, and much more. For more content, follow us on twitter, Linkedin, instagram, and check out our massive resource collection on AccessCyber.org 

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It's nearly impossible to operate in the information security space and not know the name Chris Roberts: Chris is one of the world's foremost experts on counter threat intelligence and vulnerability research. In 2015 he earned international fame after demonstrating an exploit which allowed him to hack flight control systems via the in flight entertainment on an airplane. That story, Chris' research, and his journey has been covered by several tech publications and news outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, WIRED, Business Insider, USA Today, Forbes, Newsweek, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, and several others.

I recently sat down with the beard-sporting, whisky-enthusiast to answer one question: Who is Chris Roberts? Over the course of 30 minutes, Chris and I chat about everything, ranging from philosophy, daily routines, encounters with law enforcement, the value of bug bounty programs, and the disconnect between digital security and security in the physical world, and much more. Listen to the full episode here.

Cybersecurity recruiter and entrepreneur Karla Reffold chats with Gotham Sharma about recruiting, negotiating, spotting red flags in job descriptions, tips on how to market yourself better, and the general state of information security. Learn more at www.accesscyber.org 

"We need more developers that know about secure coding, we need more systems administrators that know about operating system hardening. And we need people in management that have a better understanding of the actual activities that will defend their network - beyond theory."  Benjamin Mossé has an ambitious plan to train 1,000,000 cybersecurity professionals. Learn more at www.AccessCyber.org

“We’re at negative unemployment and we’re going to continue negative unemployment in cybersecurity.” Evolve Security CEO, Paul Petefish shares his journey into the world of information security and what motivated him to build a cybersecurity bootcamp. Plus, an announcement of exciting new things to come from Evolve Security.  Learn more at www.AccessCyber.org.

Fullstack Academy CEO David Yang, and Lead Cybersecurity Instructor, Corey Greenwald answer the question: "What makes a good hacker?" Learn more at www.AccessCyber.org