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In this bold, no-nonsense talk, instructor Doc Blackburn will reveal the Absolute Truths of Cybersecurity, hard realities that challenge everything you think you know about “being secure.”
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Join us for a free one-hour training session to learn why security isn’t a product, why prevention is a fantasy, why encryption fixes almost nothing, and why your biggest risk might be you.
You'll learn to see your role differently — not as a gatekeeper, but as a mission-enabler, risk translator, and resilience builder.
This Anti-Cast isn’t about firewalls or frameworks. It’s a total reset on how we view cybersecurity.
Chapters
- (00:00) - Intro - The Absolute Truths of Cybersecurity with Doc Blackburn
- (03:28) - Vera's Origin Story
- (08:08) - Learning Security?
- (09:57) - Security isn’t what you do!
- (11:06) - 14 Truths of Cybersecurity
- (12:48) - Truth #1: There is no such thing as security, only varying degrees of insecurity.
- (15:15) - Truth #2: The network doesn't exist to be secured.
- (21:18) - Truth #3: When security gets in the way of the mission – Security is wrong, not the mission
- (22:43) - Truth #4: Prevention is ideal – Detection is a must. Detection without response is useless
- (28:32) - Truth #5: Security must always be driven by business need
- (30:53) - Truth #6: Security is a cost center, not a profit center
- (33:52) - Truth #7: Security is a process… not a product
- (35:47) - Truth #8: You cannot process encrypted data… EVER
- (38:31) - Truth #9: All good security is custom-fit Compliance does not equal security
- (44:17) - Truth #10: In security, the most dangerous thing in the world is what you think you know.
- (47:02) - Truth #11: You cannot secure what you do not control
- (49:37) - Truth #12: You cannot prevent what you allow
- (50:50) - Truth #13: Security is, first and foremost, a people issue
- (53:13) - Truth #14: Some things cannot be fixed They are simply reality
- (59:00) - WORKSHOP: How to think like a Cybersecurity Defender
Credits
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