On the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave and Alec welcome in special guest Jennifer Lyn Walker, the Cybersecurity Evangelist, to go through the 2/3rd of the year awards. We review nominations for each award and discuss each.


Awards:

  • MVP
  • The Cobra (Sly Stallone) Award - you are the disease and I’m the cure - what has been a great security process or procedure that can really help orgs.
  • The Dennis Green (Former Viking Coach - they are who we thought they are award. What is a threat or tactic that threats use that really showed their true colors.
  • The Aldus Snow (Infant Sorrow) - don’t forget about me. What is the security threat that remains always present.
  • Dumpster Fire award - what incident or threat will just make things a mess.
  • Scotty Doesn’t Know award (EuroTrip) - what threat is out there that orgs aren’t thinking about but should.
  • Avengers Team Up award - is there a great product or paper that involved multiple groups that orgs should know about.
  • Heath Ledger Joker award - what threat just takes it to another level - when you think last time was bad, the next time is worse.


Some references made during the call include:

  • Cyber Readiness Institute https://cyberreadinessinstitute.org/
  • UnDisruptable27 https://securityandtechnology.org/undisruptable27/
  • National Council of ISACs https://www.nationalisacs.org/
  • Idaho National Laboratory | Cyber Informed Engineering https://inl.gov/national-security/cie/


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