7MS #378: Interview with Zane West of Proficio

7MS #378: Interview with Zane West of Proficio

In today's episode, I sit down with Zane West of Proficio. Zane has been in information security for more than 20 years - starting out in the "early days" as a sysadmin and then moved up into global infrastructure architect function in the banking world. Today Zane manages Proficio's solution and product development. I sat down with Zane over Skype to talk about how companies can better analyze and defend their networks against attacks. Specifically, we talk about:

  • How important is it to have an IT background before you jump into security?
  • How can newb(ish) security analysts and pentesters better understand the political/financial struggles a business has, rather than charge in and scream "PWN ALL THE THINGS!"
  • Is there a "right way" to step into an organization, get a lay of the land and discover/prioritize their security risks?
  • Why in the world does it take twenty seven people to run a SOC?!
  • When should an organization consider engaging an MSSP to help them with their security needs?
  • What if your MSP also provides MSSP services? Is that a good or bad thing?
  • What are some tips for successfully deploying a SIEM?
  • What is the cyber kill chain about, and is it only something for the Fortune X companies, or can smaller orgs tip their toe in it as well? (Here's a nice graph to help you understand it)

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7MS #99: How to Deliver Bad News in a Good Way

7MS #99: How to Deliver Bad News in a Good Way

Today's episode gives you some tips on how to deliver bad news in an assessment in a positive way. I think that last sentence was a grammatical nightmare.

2 Okt 20158min

7MS #98: Intro to PCI Scoping

7MS #98: Intro to PCI Scoping

So far I've focused on the technical aspects of PCI, but I'm trying to get familiar with the overall scoping questions that my tenacious QSA friends ask when they start a gap analysis. This episode shares some interesting tidbits I learned while doing some QSA "shadowing" on an assessment of a restaurant.

30 Sep 20158min

7MS #97: OFFTOPIC-Limbo

7MS #97: OFFTOPIC-Limbo

We're going off topic today and talking about video games! LIMBO for the Xbox!

25 Sep 20157min

7MS #96: How to Make Enemies During a Security Assessment

7MS #96: How to Make Enemies During a Security Assessment

Yep, we're talking about how to make ENEMIES during a security assessment today (and maybe turn them into friends).

23 Sep 20159min

7MS #95: How to Make Friends During a Security Assessment

7MS #95: How to Make Friends During a Security Assessment

When you start a security assessment with a company, not everybody's gonna be glad to see you. The IT dept and other employees may have tense shoulders, thinking that this is an Office Space situation where they're interviewing for their jobs. This episode talks about some ways you might be able to get your assessment off to a right start.

17 Sep 20157min

7MS #94: Learn How to Burp - Part 1

7MS #94: Learn How to Burp - Part 1

I've been looking for better ways to learn Burp Suite and I struck gold! Check out my recommendations in today's episode!

15 Sep 20158min

7MS #93: Securing Your Life

7MS #93: Securing Your Life

So yeah, this is kind of off-topic, but have you thought about security in the sense of "What kinds of security things should I be doing before I'm dead?" Today's episode explores that.

11 Sep 20158min

7MS #92: You're Not Ready for Big Boy Security Pants

7MS #92: You're Not Ready for Big Boy Security Pants

Sometimes I get in situations where clients want their WHOLE security program reviewed, but in reality, they are still in the baby steps phase. What's the right thing to do when, for lack of a better term, the client isn't ready to put on their security big boy points?

9 Sep 20157min

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