GPS spoofing, jamming and real-world threats | Tech Talk Ep 1, Pt 3
The panelists talk about GPS spoofing, and rumors about hacking as a factor in recent ship collisions. Plus, they sort out the difference between GPS spoofing and GPS jamming.
Application Security
Chasing down leakers fast with ThinAir's asset tracking
Tony Gauda, CEO of ThinAir, talks with CSO senior writer Steve Ragan about how the ThinAir system tracks which users within an organization have seen each piece of data, spotting anomalous information and quickly finding the source of a leak.
Safeguarding power grids and other critical infrastructure from data leaks
CSO senior writer Steve Ragan talks with cybersecurity experts Krypt3ia and Kodor about how the pair seek out passwords, schematics and other sensitive documents on SCADA control system architectures that shouldn't be available online, passing along tips to federal authorities to combat real-world threats.
How the dark web has gone corporate
Some criminals on the dark web are taking their cues from the practices of corporate IT. Illicit offerings run the gamut from code that buyers have to implement themselves to turnkey solutions and consulting services. Here’s a look at what’s out there.
Bringing behavioral game theory to security defenses
Kelly Shortridge and CSO senior writer Fahmida Y Rashid talk about using behavioral game theory to take advantage of hackers’ mistakes and manipulate the data they think they're receiving. People generally make decisions by either thinking ahead to figure out how people may act in a given situation, or by learning over time by observing what people are doing. Since attackers learn over time by collecting feedback, obfuscating what they get can really mess up what the attackers are able to learn.
Simple tips to keep your devices secure when you travel
CSO security reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan share some easy ways to keep your data and devices secure while traveling, even at the Black Hat conference, where active scanning is the norm. (And check out the built-in Faraday cage in Fahmida's jacket).
How DevOps and cloud will speed up security
Zane Lackey, CSO and co-founder of Signal Sciences, talks with CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid about how DevOps and cloud can help organizations embed security into their technology structures, enabling business to move faster.
Stop blaming users for security misses
Does the message to users about security need to change? Or does IT need to rebuild infrastructure so users can worry less about security? Wendy Nather, principal security strategist at Duo Security, talks with CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid about how organizations can learn to do security right.