A podcast on the journey to discovery through data in information security by Jay Jacobs and Bob Rudis. Episode 1: What is “security data scientist” & what makes up a “security data science”? Plus: a mini-review of the book: “Data Smart”

Episode 1

In this episode, Bob & Jay invite Alex Pinto (@alexcpsec), Michael Roytman (@mroytman) & Russ Thomas (@mrmeritology) on to the show to discuss what makes up "security data science". They delve into the tools of the trade, posit on future of the intersection of security and data science and relate their own personal & professional experiences trying to introduce "data science" into infosec. Bob & Jay also talk about recent blog posts and do a mini-review of the recently published book "Data Smart".

Watch along "live" with the un-edited "director's" cut.

Topic/resources mentioned in this episode:

Russ Thomas

- https://twitter.com/mrmeritology
- https://exploringpossibilityspace.blogspot.com/

Alex Pinto

- https://twitter.com/alexcpsec

Michael Roytman

- https://twitter.com/mroytman
- https://about.me/michaelroytman

MLSec Project

- https://mlsecproject.org

KDD - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Conference

- https://www.kdd.org/

The (in)famous KDD’99 dataset

- https://kdd.ics.uci.edu/databases/kddcup99/kddcup99.html

Alex's version of the Data Science Venn Diagram

- https://l.rud.is/1af3MLS

Alex's xkcd shirt

- https://store-xkcd-com.myshopify.com/collections/apparel/products/self-reference

Measuring vs Modeling

- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/14_geer-online_0.pdf

VCDB: Top 10 Actions by Industry

- https://datadrivensecurity.info/blog/posts/2014/Jan/top10-threat-actions/

Wizard Pro

- https://www.wizardmac.com/

Julia

- https://julialang.org/

The Data Science Venn Diagram

- https://drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-diagram

Data Smart

- https://www.amazon.com/Data-Smart-Science-Transform-Information/dp/111866146X

Risk I/O

- https://www.risk.io/

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