Episode 175: Practically Solving Cyber Problems at Scale

 

 

In episode 175 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Tony Sager sits down with Phil Reitinger, Chair and Senior Advisor of Global Cyber Alliance. Together, they look back on Phil's career and his dedication to exploring how to practically solve cyber problems at scale.

Here are some highlights from our episode:

  • 00:57. How Phil got started in cybersecurity during the "infosec" era
  • 04:51. Old wine in new bottles: trust exploitation, authentication failures, and update challenges
  • 06:14. The lack of political will, not technology, in solving fundamental cyber problems
  • 07:33. How industry and government share similar challenges in cybersecurity
  • 10:09. The importance of metrics in incentivizing the right actions
  • 12:33. Scale: the biggest obstacle to collective cyber defense there ever was or will be
  • 22:50. The Global Cyber Alliance and a focus on practically solving cyber problems at scale

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