FIRST Podcasts

2011.11: Patrick Gray, Principal Security Strategist, Cisco Systems

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:02:21 GMT

Patrick Gray is the Principal Security Strategist at Cisco Systems as well as a 20+ year veteran of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations. Patrick speaks to Martin post-presentation, "Data Security Challenges in the all too Public and not so Private Sectors" and extends on topics such as social media usage, the importance of education to the user community and how Patrick went from police officer-to-FBI agent-to-Security Strategist at Cisco. Patrick presented on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

2011.10: Robert Schischka, FIRST Steering Committee & Manager at CERT.at

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:01:38 GMT

Martin chats with member of the FIRST Steering Committee and integral part of the 2011 conference planning team, Robert Schischka. Robert is head of CERT.at and has been an active member of FIRST for several years. Robert and Martin touch on several topics including the 2011 conference city selection, the process of establishing new FIRST teams and the importance of data sharing within the community.

2011.9: Brian Krebs of KrebsOnSecurity.Com

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:00:57 GMT

Brian Krebs, freelance tech reporter, editor of KrebsOnSecurity.com and straight from the stage, takes time out in Vienna to speak to both Martin McKeay and Chris John Riley about his rogue-pharma-spam-focused presentation at FIRST 2011, "Funny Pharma: Inside the Web's Leading Rogue Pharmacies." Brian presented at FIRST 2011 Vienna on Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

2011.8: Jeffrey Carpenter, Technical Manager at CERT Coordination Center

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:59:52 GMT

Jeffrey Carpenter, Technical Manager at CERT/CC, integral member and supporter of FIRST talks to Chris John Riley about the evolution of CSIRTs as well as the importance of networking among the international CSIRT communities. Jeff also talks briefly about the Annual National CSIRT meeting that is held post-FIRST conference.

2011.7: Melissa Hathaway, President of Hathaway Global Strategies

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:37:12 GMT

Straight from the stage to the FIRST2011 press room, Martin McKeay and Melissa Hathaway expand on her keynote presentation and discuss global security challenges of 2011. What can government do; what can the private sector do? How do we faciliate better communication/interoperability? "[FIRST], the community is the master translator between the private sector where the technology is going, the civilian infrastructure of how to conduct homeland security or critical infrastructure protection...and can also act as security advisor to the ministries of defense." Melissa presented on Monday, 13th June at the 23rd Annual FIRST Conference, Vienna.

2011.6: Frank Breedijk & Ian Southam of Schuberg Philis

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:46:49 GMT

Frank Breedijk and Ian Southam talk to Chris John Riley about their upcoming presentation, "The road to hell is paved with best practices." Do you achieve compliance through security or security through compliance? Frank and Ian are both mission critical engineers with Schuberg Philis. See their presentation on Friday, 17 June 2011 at 1330 in the Rock Track.

2011.5: Ken van Wyk, FIRST Vice Chair & President of KRvW

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:58:39 GMT

Chris chats with Ken about his presentation, "Developing and testing secure iPhone apps" scheduled for Wednesday the 15th of June. In addition to presenting during conference week, Ken will be launching his new OWASP iGoat project at the conference along with a live demo! Ken is CERT certified computer security incident handler and an internationally recognized security expert. Ken is also on the FIRST Steering Committee and holds the title of FIRST Vice Chair.

2011.4: Iftach 'Ian' Amit, VP, Business Development at Security-Art

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:09:16 GMT

Iftach 'Ian' Amit returns to FIRST2011 and talks to Chris John Riley about his presentation while also touching on the importance of making connections at conferences such as FIRST and his uphill struggle with pulling together a non-government CERT team in Israel. Amit first presented at the FIRST Conference in 2010. He has over a decade of experience in the information security industry and has presented at leading industry conferences such as BlackHat, DefCon, Infosec, Hacker-Halted, BruCon and SOURCE. Join him on Monday, 13th of June in the Scissors Track at 16:00.

2011.3: Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, F-Secure

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:07:03 GMT

Chris John Riley talks to Friday Keynote, Mikko Hypponen about his upcoming presentation, "State of the Net" - 25 years and what have we got? This is a great chat covering such topics as the Brain virus to Stuxnet. Mikko is the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure (Finland) and has been with the company since 1991. Mikko has assisted law enforcement in the US, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases. Mikko was most recently labeled an infosec rock star - according to information leaked by Wikileaks. Check out his talk at FIRST2011 on Friday, 17 June at 09:45.

2011.2: Kurt Sauer, Conference Liaison, FIRST.Org

Wed, 25 May 2011 17:31:35 GMT

Kurt Sauer, Head of Information Security - Asia/Pacific at PayPal and FIRST Conference Liaison & Steering Committee Member, has a candid conversation with Chris John Riley about the upcoming 2011 conference, the conference site selection process and Kurt's personal experience during the April Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster.

2011.1: Steve Adegbite, Chair of FIRST.Org

Tue, 17 May 2011 18:01:46 GMT

Our FIRST 2011 podcast kicks off with both of our hosts interviewing the Chairman of FIRST.Org, Steve Adegbite. Steve talks about the overall feel of the 2011 Conference, a bit about Program Chair, Gavin Reid’s Rock-Paper-Scissors tracks and the importance of the connections made at the conference and how FIRST members use those connections in real life.

2010.12: Richard Bejtlich, Director, Incident Response, GE

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:12:17 GMT

Richard is Director of Incident Response at GE and serves as Principal Technologist for GE's Global Infrastructure Services division. Richard sat down to talk to Martin McKeay after presenting, "Building a Fortune 5 CIRT Under Fire" at FIRST 2010 Miami.

2010.11: Rod Rasmussen, President & CTO at Internet Identity

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:10:48 GMT

Rod is President and CTO at Internet Identity, a technology company providing anti-phishing and malware services, as well as a domain control program. Rod talks to Martin McKeay about his presentation, "Recent Threat Analysis" part of the ICANN DNS Workshop at FIRST 2010 Miami.

2010.10: Gavin Reid, CSIRT Manager, Cisco Systems and FIRST 2011 Program Chair

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:46:09 GMT

Gavin Reid, Manager of the Cisco CSIRT and the FIRST 2011 Program Chair transitions us into the 2011 conference season. Gavin took some time during the 2010 conference in Miami to chat about his involvement as Program Chair and the direction he will be taking the program. Gavin is a long time supporter of FIRST and has volunteered countless hours as a FIRST Program Committee member over the years.

2010.9: Ian Amit, Managing Partner of Security & Innovation & Member of IL-CERT

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:38:54 GMT

Martin interviewed Ian Amit following his presentation, "Cyber [Crime/War]" at the 22nd Annual FIRST Conference in Miami, Florida. Ian further discusses cybercrime and cyberwarfare while citing relevant present day examples. Ian has over 10 years of experience in the information security field and is currently Managing Partner at Security & Innovation, a top-tier security consulting and research firm in Israel.

2010.8: Timothy Casey, Senior Information Analyst at Intel

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:08:38 GMT

Tim sat down to an interview with Martin McKeay after his presentation (co-presented with Steve Mancini of Intel) at the 22nd Annual FIRST Conference Miami. With over 25 years of experience in the security field, Tim is currently senior Information Security Analyst for Intel's Information Security & Risk Management group. Before coming to Intel, Tim was a key architect in many government and commercial security systems. Tim presented, "Know Thy Enemy: Cataloguing Agents of Threat for Improved Risk Assessments" on Monday, June 14th.

2010.7: Steve Adegbite, FIRST SC Chair and Senior Security Strategist at Adobe

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:33:23 GMT

As part of our ongoing summer conference podcast series, we bring you an interview with FIRST Steering Committee Chairman, Steve Adegbite. Steve sat down with Martin McKeay during FIRST 2010. Steve was former Senior Security Program Manager Lead at Microsoft. Steve is currently Senior Security Strategist at Adobe Systems.

2010.6: Steven Adair of The Shadowserver Foundation

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:10:16 GMT

Martin sits down with Steven Adair at the conference to discuss a bit about The Shadowserver Foundation and his presentation, "Targeted Intrusions & Cyber Espionage-Wake up!" Steven is a security researcher at the Shadowserver Foundation and a principal architect at eTouch Federal Systems. Steven spoke at the 22nd Annual FIRST conference on Monday, June 14 @1330.

2010.5: Randy Trzeciak of CERT/CC

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:51:12 GMT

Randy Trzeciak is a senior member of the technical staff at CERT/CC. He leads the insider threat team, focusing on insider threat research, threat analysis and modeling. Randy has over 19 years of experience in the field of information security and is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz College, School of Information Systems and Management. Randy presents at Annual FIRST Conference on Monday, June 16th @14:30.

2010.4: Jason Larsen of Idaho National Laboratory

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:04:44 GMT

Jason Larsen is a cyber security researcher at the Idaho National Laboratory. He specializes in the technical details of testing and exploiting industrial control systems. He has a wide range of publications on control systems including SCADA, AMI, Wireless Sensor Networks, and good old-fashioned software exploitation. He is a sought after speaker in both the United States and Internationally. Jason will be presenting Wednesday, June 16 @10:00AM.

2010.3: 2010 Program Chair, Andrew Cushman of Microsoft

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:02:10 GMT

Martin talks with FIRST Program Chair, Andrew Cushman, Director of Security Response and Outreach at Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing. Andrew is a driving force behind the company’s security researcher outreach strategy and execution efforts, formulating the Responsible Disclosure Initiative and initiating the BlueHat security conference franchise. Andrew will be in Miami all week and moderating the panel, “Implications of the Cloud” on Thursday, June 17 @11:00.

2010.2: DUS Reitinger, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mon, 17 May 2010 19:16:05 GMT

In this episode, Martin McKeay talks to Philip R. Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection Programs Directorate (NPPD) and Director of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC). DUS Reitinger provides strategic direction to the Department's cybersecurity efforts while ensuring preparedness and response capabilities across all US federal computer systems. DUS Reitinger kicks off the 2010 FIRST Conference with his Keynote, Monday, June 14th @0900.

2010.1: Ramses Martinez, VeriSign

Wed, 05 May 2010 18:28:18 GMT

Ramses Martinez is Director of Information Security for VeriSign and leads a team that is responsible for all aspects of information security of global DNS, PKI and SSL infrastructure operated by VeriSign. Ramses talks about his presentation "Incident Response to Social Engineering Attacks." He is scheduled to present on Monday, June 14 from 1330-1430.

2009.11: Sherri Davidoff and Jonathan Ham, Proprietary Data Leaks

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:40:54 GMT

In this at-the-conference interview, Sherri and Jonathan recap their presentation, add insight and talk about their new SANS course being offered.

Sherri Davidoff is a longtime information security consultant specializing in forensics, penetration testing and incident response. Jonathan Ham is an independent consultant who specializes in large-scale enterprise security issues.