Data Driven Security: The Podcast

A podast on the journey to discovery and decision making through data in information security by Bob Rudis and Jay Jacobs. In this bi-weekly show, Jay & Bob cover all levels and aspects of data analysis & visualization, plus speak with pioneers in the field of security data science and seasoned veterans in information security.

The show is a companion resource to Data Driven Security: The Book & Data Driven Security: The Blog

Data Driven Security - Episode 6

A podcast on the journey to discovery through data in information security by Jay Jacobs and Bob Rudis. Episode 6: Insightful conversation with Bitsight’s Stephen Boyer

Episode 6

In this episode, Jay & Bob have a late-night chat with Stephen Boyer, CTO of BitSight about discerning information about the security health of an organization solely through what can be publicly observed and the tools & infrastructure such an undertaking requires. You'll also hear Stephen's thoughts on reproducible security research, what he looks for in a data scientist and how to communicate results clearly & effectively.

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In This Episode

Time IndexTitle
00:00:00
Data Driven Security - Episode 6
00:00:36
Welcome!
00:01:07
Introducing Stephen Boyer
00:01:51
hrbrmstr's new gig
00:04:50
A bit about BitSight
00:07:36
What can we measure to tell us how secure an organization is?
00:10:40
Observables & hygene
00:11:49
What are the challenges in collecting only external public information?
00:14:48
Uncertainty & atrribution
00:19:55
Deciding when to acquire more data
00:23:40
Tools of the trade
00:26:27
Foundations on reprodible research
00:30:20
What do you look for in a data scientist/team?
00:37:19
Evolution of a security hygene index
00:41:51
Communicating results
00:45:44
Securing security data
00:50:42
BitSight Industry Insights Report
00:53:09
The value of an electronic medical record
01:03:08
What advice/guidance can you give to organizations looking to become more data-driven?
01:09:30
Closing thoughts

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