Skip to content
Why All Threats Are Not Created Equal episode artwork

Mar 2, 2020 26 min

Why All Threats Are Not Created Equal

from Protecting People Hosted by Proofpoint

If you could send an email as anyone, who would it be? You might pick an executive assistant, the agent of your favorite band, or a payroll employee. Jumping from persona to persona is the game that hackers are playing now. In this episode, we interview Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director of Threat Research and Detection at Proofpoint, about the psychology of today’s hackers. What we talked about: - The psychology of threat agents and how they bounce across personas in an organization - Analyzing attacks from a people-centric viewpoint - The pattern and process of attacks, start to finish - Tools and technology to reduce vulnerabilities Find additional content and subscribe to Protecting People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website.

Episode details come from the podcast's RSS feed.

Embed this episode

Ready to play

Why All Threats Are Not Created Equal

0:00 26:45

No transcript yet.

Requests help us decide what to transcribe next.

Frequently asked questions

How long is this episode of Protecting People?

This episode is 26 minutes long.

When was this Protecting People episode published?

This episode was published on March 2, 2020.

Can I download this Protecting People episode?

Yes. Use the download control on the episode player to save the publisher-provided media file.