A security podcast geared towards those looking to better understand security topics of the day. Hosted by Kurt Seifried and Josh Bressers covering a wide range of topics including IoT, application security, operational security, cloud, devops, and security news of the day. There is a special open source twist to the discussion often giving a unique perspective on any given topic.
Similar Podcasts
The Cynical Developer
A UK based Technology and Software Developer Podcast that helps you to improve your development knowledge and career,
through explaining the latest and greatest in development technology and providing you with what you need to succeed as a developer.
Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering
Your source for diverse discussions from around the Go community. This show records LIVE every Tuesday at 3pm US Eastern. Join the Golang community and chat with us during the show in the #gotimefm channel of Gophers slack. Panelists include Mat Ryer, Jon Calhoun, Carmen Andoh, Johnny Boursiquot, Angelica Hill, Mark Bates, Kris Brandow, and Natalie Pistunovich. We discuss cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker… oh and also Go! Some people search for GoTime or GoTimeFM and can’t find the show, so now the strings GoTime and GoTimeFM are in our description too.
The FOSS Pod
From the creative geniuses behind Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod, The FOSS Pod is a show about the free and open source software that’s changing the world, and the developers who are making it happen.
Episode 103 - The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices
Josh and Kurt talk about a Microsoft Research paper titled "The Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices". We take a real world view into how to secure our devices. What works, what doesn't work, and why this list is actually really good.
Episode 102 - Michael Feiertag from tCell
Josh and Kurt talk to Michael Feiertag, the CEO of tCell. We talk about what a Web Application Firewall is, what it does and doesn't do, and what the future of this technology looks like. We touch on how this affects a DevOps environment. Security has to fit into the existing model, not try to change it.
Episode 101 - Our unregulated future is here to stay
Josh and Kurt talk about Bird scooters. The implications of the scooters on the city, segways, bicycles. The topic of how these vehicles interact with pedestrians on the road and trails. It's an example of humans not wanting to follow the rules and generally making the situation annoying for everyone. It's the old security story of new technology without clear rules. The show ends with some horrifying numbers behind how bad things can get before people really care.
Episode 100 - You're bad at buying security, we can help!
Josh and Kurt talk about how to be a smart security buyer. We have guest Steve Mayzak walk us through how a the buying process works as well as giving out a ton of great advice. Even if you're experienced with how to buy security technology you should give this a listen.
Episode 99 - Consumer security is too broken to fix, and it doesn't matter
Josh and Kurt talk about a number of consumer security issues. The FBI told everyone to reboot their routers which they won't do. The .app top level domain is a cesspool of malware. Everyone has a cell phone and won't update them properly. None of this probably matters though. Unless there are real measurable tragedies caused by this tech, people tend not to really care.
Episode 98 - When IT decisions kill people
Josh and Kurt talk about the NTSB report from the fatal Uber crash and what happened with Amazon's Alexa recording then emailing a private conversation. IT decisions now have real world consequences like never before.
Episode 97 - Automation: Humans are slow and dumb
Josh and Kurt talk about the security of automation as well as automating security. The only way automation will really work long term is full automation. Humans can't be trusted enough to rely on them to do things right.
Episode 96 - Are legal backdoors a good idea?
Josh and Kurt talk about backdoors in code and products that have been put there on purpose. We talk about unlocking phones. Encryption backdoors with a focus on why they won't work.
Episode 95 - Twitter passwords and npm backdoors
Josh and Kurt talk about Twitter doing the right thing when they logged a lot of passwords and the npm malicious getcookies package and how backdoors work in code.
Episode 94 - DNSSEC, BGP, and reality
Josh and Kurt talk about the Amazon Route 53 incident and what it really means for the modern infrastructure. Complaining nobody is using DNSSEC or securing BGP aren't the right conversations to be having. Reality must be considered in any honest conversation about these topics.
Episode 93 - Security flaws in beep and patch, how did we get here?
Josh and Kurt talk about security flaws in beep and patch. How on earth were there security flaws in beep and patch?
Episode 92 - Chat with Rami Saas the CEO of WhiteSource
Josh and Kurt talk to Rami Saas, the CEO of WhiteSource about 3rd party open source security as well as open source licensing.
Episode 91 - Security lessons from a 7 year old
Josh and Kurt talk to a 7 year old about security. We cover Minecraft security, passwords, hacking, and many many other nuggets of wisdom.
Episode 90 - Humans and misinformation
Josh and Kurt talk about all the current misinformation, how humans react to it, and what it means for security.
Episode 89 - Short selling AMD security flaws
Josh and Kurt talk about the recent AMD flaws and the events surrounding the disclosure.