The Changing World of Data Breaches with Troy Hunt

Everyone who's on the internet is exposed to risk. Every time you set up a new account or app, you create another place where your data can be hacked or breached. This makes your differing passwords crucial. Today's guest is Troy Hunt. Troy is a Pluralsight author and instructor, Microsoft Regional Director, and Most Valued Professional specializing in online security and cloud development. He is a conference speaker and runs workshops on how to build more secure software with organizations. He is also the creator of the popular data breach aggregation service known as Have I Been Pwned. Show Notes: [1:26] - Troy shares what he currently does and the work he is known for. [2:57] - You can put your data in one place and it can traverse the internet and end up in places you don't expect. [6:54] - There's a challenge in running a site that has millions of queries at any time. [9:25] - Troy shares some of the accomplishments of Have I Been Pwned. [13:32] - Does he experience a lot of malicious traffic? He used to. Troy explains how he has managed this. [18:14] - Have I Been Pwned has been around for a while and began as a lot of manual labor for Troy. [23:10] - It is crucial for organizations to be receptive to security reports. [25:09] - In a lot of ransoms, data of specific groups of people are used as threats. [27:56] - Troy lists some of the things that happen on the back end of running a site like Have I Been Pwned. [30:36] - Cloud services have been an amazing advancement in technology, but they open up more points of entry. [33:35] - There is a hierarchy of multi-factor authentication. Troy discusses the current strategies that are best practice. [35:45] - For users, what is the second-factor authentication you can manage to use? [37:27] - There are different risk levels to different things. What do you actually need to carefully protect and what level of inconvenience are you willing to bear? [39:59] - Troy shares how his parents have been impacted by confusing technology. What is the right technology for a demographic? [43:15] - Some data is more important than other pieces of information. [45:33] - Some data is also more or less important to different individuals. [46:54] - For those managing and discussing data breaches, we also need to be aware that there are pieces of data that could be important to someone but isn't important to others. [48:24] - Unfortunately, data breaches haven't gotten less common and aren't really getting better. Thanks for joining us on Easy Prey. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review.  Links and Resources: Podcast Web Page Facebook Page whatismyipaddress.com Easy Prey on Instagram Easy Prey on Twitter Easy Prey on LinkedIn Easy Prey on YouTube Easy Prey on Pinterest Have I Been Pwned? Troy Hunt's Website