FIRSTCON Podcast

FIRSTCON Podcast


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2019 Episode 9: Seeing Clearly and Communicating Effectively to Address Event Overload– Thomas Fisher, FVT SecOps Consulting
September 27, 2019

Is content king? Fisher argues data alone can lead us astray, instead, it is the story we should focus on. With a presentation loaded with artwork and visuals, Fisher hopes to teach statistic savvy security responders to see the bigger picture. What patte

2019 Episode 8: Developing a Conceptual Model for Insider Threat – Monica Whitty, University of Melbourne
September 20, 2019

Not EVERYONE who tweets from the toilet at 6 in the morning is a Narcissist.” In this episode, Chris and Martin dive into a discussion with data savvy Monica Whitty about how to spot and stop an insider threat. Unfortunately, most insider attacks we nev

2019 Episode 7: Blue-Team vs. Red-Team Tabletop Exercise – Chiyuki Matsuda, DeNA Co., Ltd.
September 13, 2019

No computers, no worries! After favorable feedback from the 2018 Conference, Chiyuki and her team returned this year with even more tabletop fun. Chris and Martin get the inside scoop on how a little friendly competition creates an international platform

2019 Episode 6: Recorded Live from FIRST 2019 – Ken Munro, Partner and Founder of Pen Test Partners, LLP
July 18, 2019

Join Chris John Riley and Martin McKeay live from annual FIRST conference in Edinburgh, Scotland as they interview Ken Munro. Ken is a partner and founder at Pen Test Partners, LLP and was the opening keynote for the 31st Annual FIRST Conference.

2019 Episode 5: How to Manage the Tangled Web of Dependencies, Lisa Bradley and Jessica Butler of NVIDIA
June 17, 2019

Missing out on #FIRSTCON19 this week! No worries! Join the interview in progress. Martin chats with Lisa Bradley (Senior Manager, NVIDIA PSIRT) and Jessica Butler (Senior Application Developer, NVIDIA) about their presentation at FIRST 2019 happening Mond

2019 Episode 4: Fingerpointing False Positives, Desiree Sacher of Finanz Informatik
June 13, 2019

Join the interview in progress! Desiree is a SOC Security Architect at Finanz Informatik. Desiree and Chris John Riley discuss her upcoming presentation that focuses on how to better integrate improvements into your security monitoring. Desiree presents a

2019 Episode 3: Malware Detection Cat and Mouse - Interview with Ralf Hund, CTO at VMRay
June 05, 2019

Join the interview in progress! Chris John Riley chats with Ralf Hund, CTO at VMRay and a supporter of the annual FIRST conference since 2016. Ralf shares his thoughts on the ongoing game of cat and mouse the industry is faced with when dealing with malwa

2019 Episode 2: Top Common Tabletop Exercise Failures - Michael Murray and Robert Lelewski, Secureworks
May 30, 2019

Join the interview in progress! The guys speak with presenters, Mike Murray (Senior Manager) and Robert Lelewski (Proactive Services Team Lead) of Secureworks. The duo are presenting on Thursday, June 20th from 11:00-12:00 and will be sharing their experi

2019 Episode 1: Andrew Cormack, 2019 Program Chair
May 17, 2019

We’re kicking off the first episode of this year’s podcast with the man of the moment, Andrew Cormack, program chair of the 31st Annual FIRST Conference! Chris John Riley and Martin McKeay return as our podcast hosts once again and pick up where they

2018 Episode 10: Live from FIRST | Andrew Cormack, 2019 FIRST Program Chair
August 29, 2018

Join the interview in progress! Were closing out the 2018 podcast series with our 2019 program chair! Chris and Martin spend the last day of FIRST 2018 with a very well-known and very much appreciated active member of FIRST, Andrew Cormack. Andrew is the