Tony Cole - Threat Detection, Deception & Intelligence

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Po…

An episode of the Zero Hour Podcast podcast, hosted by Karl Sharman, titled "Tony Cole - Threat Detection, Deception & Intelligence" was published on April 24, 2019 and runs 57 minutes.

April 24, 2019 ·57m · Zero Hour Podcast

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Tony Cole. Tony is a veteran within cybersecurity having served in senior positions at Symantec, McAfee and FireEye over a 30 year career. Tony is now the CTO for Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection as well as serving as a member of the NASA Advisory Council. Key Minutes: 3:30 First time hearing about cybersecurity 4:20 What does it mean to work in cyber? 5:26 Working for FireEye, McAfee & Symantec 12:27 Now CTO at Attivo, who & why? 14:00 Delivering strategy 15:30 Countering threat 16:55 The meaning of adversary 20:45 Leading with Threat Intelligence 21:57 Prevention or Detection? 24:08 Active Cyber Defense 25:50 It won’t happen to me 27:25 Countering the evolving threat 29:20 Increasing budgets within cybersecurity 31:32 What is deception? 34:55 Finding room for regulations 36:14 Relating to nation state risks 39:40 Being a target in the Pentagon 45:40 Being a leading figure within cybersecurity 45:38 The best advice for a person coming into cybersecurity 51:50 Ten Quick Fire Questions Key Points - An adversary focus can help us rebuild our security to ensure that even if they get in they are not successful - Make the adversary work harder to achieve their goals or make it difficult enough where they go after someone else instead. - It will happen to you, and it’s more likely happened to you already, as you have been focused on prevention over detection. You can find Tony at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wmtonycole/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoHackn Follow us: Twitter: @zero_hourpod Instagram: @zerohourexperience Website: www.beechermadden.com This podcast is sponsored by: BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Tony Cole. Tony is a veteran within cybersecurity having served in senior positions at Symantec, McAfee and FireEye over a 30 year career. Tony is now the CTO for Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection as well as serving as a member of the NASA Advisory Council. Key Minutes: 3:30 First time hearing about cybersecurity 4:20 What does it mean to work in cyber? 5:26 Working for FireEye, McAfee & Symantec 12:27 Now CTO at Attivo, who & why? 14:00 Delivering strategy 15:30 Countering threat 16:55 The meaning of adversary 20:45 Leading with Threat Intelligence 21:57 Prevention or Detection? 24:08 Active Cyber Defense 25:50 It won’t happen to me 27:25 Countering the evolving threat 29:20 Increasing budgets within cybersecurity 31:32 What is deception? 34:55 Finding room for regulations 36:14 Relating to nation state risks 39:40 Being a target in the Pentagon 45:40 Being a leading figure within cybersecurity 45:38 The best advice for a person coming into cybersecurity 51:50 Ten Quick Fire Questions Key Points - An adversary focus can help us rebuild our security to ensure that even if they get in they are not successful - Make the adversary work harder to achieve their goals or make it difficult enough where they go after someone else instead. - It will happen to you, and it’s more likely happened to you already, as you have been focused on prevention over detection. You can find Tony at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wmtonycole/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoHackn Follow us: Twitter: @zero_hourpod Instagram: @zerohourexperience Website: www.beechermadden.com This podcast is sponsored by: BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

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