The Security Ledger Podcast
Podcast: Infosec has a #MeToo Problem also TOR-ifying Wikipedia
In this week’s Security Ledger Podcast, we talk with Genevieve Southwick, CEO of the B-Sides Las Vegas hacker conference about the information security industry’s #metoo problem and what steps conference organizers are taking to stem sexual assault and harassment at information security events. Also: researcher Alec Muffet talks with us about making a TOR version of Wikipedia (and why it’s not sticking around). Finally, Martin McKeay of Akamai talks about the state of Internet security one year after Mirai. (Spoiler alert: Mirai is still a problem.) Part 1: Information Security has a #metoo problem First person testimony by victims of sexual assault and harassment toppled giants in sectors like politics, the media, film, high-tech and the arts in recent weeks. At the same time, the #metoo movement has spread awareness about the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault beyond the limelight. Listeners will not be surprised to learn, then, that […]