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4ARMED

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Information security news, opinion and more!Very informal, regular, short podcast from 4ARMED Information Security's CEO Marc Wickenden, recorded while walking his dog.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 9 - Hacking Amazon Prime Air

    First of all, apologies for the shocking sound quality on today's podcast. This episode we muse over the risks of Amazon's recently announced Prime Air automated drone delivery service. Unscripted, unedited, ad-hoc information security podcast recorded while walking the dog.

  2. Episode 8 - Is on-premise really more secure?

    Short episode talking about whether or not keeping your IT in-house and on-premise is really more secure than hosting it in the Cloud. Can you do it better than Amazon? Unscripted, unedited, ad-hoc, walking the dog.

  3. Episode 7 - Automation

    In this episode we discuss automation, it's place in security testing and why you should let your internal teams run tools. BTW, we know Marc referred to the "security guy" as a him, it could easily be a "her". It's recorded live, unedited, unscripted and ad-hoc. A stream of consciousness…

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  4. Episode 6 - Amazon Web Services and "social coding"

    Marc talks about his recent research into Amazon Web Services credentials in the public domain and the implications of this.

  5. Episode5 - Social Engineering via social media

    Our CEO Marc Wickenden talks about social media and the (almost) surprising ease with which social engineering can be achieved through it.

  6. Episode 4 - Increased Phishing Attacks

    In this episode we discuss the almost inevitable increase in phishing attacks that will occur in the wake of the events in the Philippines this week. Unscripted, unedited, recorded live while walking the dog. Join the discussion on Twitter @marcwickenden or @4ARMED.

  7. Episode 3 - What is a Penetration Test?

    Our CEO Marc Wickenden discusses what a penetration test is, what it is not and when you might consider getting one. Usual caveats, this is unscripted, unedited, ad-hoc and recorded while walking the dog.

  8. Episode 2 - Where to start with information security

    In this episode Marc Wickenden discusses ideas for where to start with your information security programme. As always, this is unscripted, unedited and ad-hoc. If you'd like to discuss anything in this podcast get in touch on Twitter @4ARMED or @marcwickenden. Thanks for listening.

  9. Episode 1 - GCHQ/NSA/Google

    The first ever "Walking with Wicky" podcast. Well, maybe that's what I'll call it. 4ARMED's CEO Marc Wickenden gives his ten minute opinion on the Google/GCHQ/NSA intercept story that broke this week. While walking his dog Rufus. This is unscripted, unedited and is not designed to be a complete...

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Information security news, opinion and more!Very informal, regular, short podcast from 4ARMED Information Security's CEO Marc Wickenden, recorded while walking his dog.

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