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Infoblox ThreatTalk
by Infoblox
In our age of digital transformation, everything is moving to the cloud, including the management of devices, users and applications. The Infoblox ThreatTalk podcast brings you the latest thinking on how to tap the full potential of the cloud while making the most of your existing network security solutions. In each episode, leading cybersecurity experts share insights and practical advice on how to raise network security and automation to the next level across diverse on-premises, virtual and public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Topics include secure cloud migration, DNS security, malware mitigation, infrastructure protection, integrated threat response and much more.
Episodes
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The Good, the Bad, and the Cybersecurity AI to Sort It All Out
From $400 toasters to robotics, AI seems to be showing up everywhere. But between doomsday predictions and the promises of a utopian future, what is a more realistic assessment of how AI can fit into the world of cybersecurity? Join us for a down-to-earth discussion with guests Karthik Haridoss…
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Meet the Authors: Abusing DNS as Transport
From deploying dropper files and other malware, to stealing data, or for all the communications that modern attacks use in between, threat actors are increasingly using DNS as a transport that bypasses most defenses. Join us as we examine the good, the bad, and the grey areas of DNS as a…
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Breaking Down Domain Takedown Services
Join us as we look at the powerful, proactive security value of takedown services. In addition to adding a highly proactive security layer, they may be your only option for addressing threats targeting your customers by impersonating your brand and destroying customer trust. Takedown veterans…
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Meet the Authors: Countering Redirection and Misdirection with DNS
Magicians are masters of redirection and misdirection, but these are also powerful elements in modern cyberattacks. Join us as we dive into these cyberthreat TTPs in this second of three episodes with authors Josh Kuo and Ross Gibson, who discuss this as one of the five areas of DNS abuse in…
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Outsourcing Teaming, Testing, and Trust with Third Parties
A few months back, ThreatTalk guest Amit Singh helped us consider some of the reasons a recent SANS 2022 SOC Survey showed so many organizations turning to ‘outsourcing’ to bolster their SOC capabilities. His Australian/New Zealand cybersecurity company, 3columns, has loaned him to us again to…
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Meet the Authors: DNS Insecurity, or DNS in Security?
Is your DNS a security risk, or are you taking advantage of its strengths as a security tool? In this episode of ThreatTalk, we talk with Josh Kuo and Ross Gibson about their new security book titled “The Hidden Potential of DNS in Security.” The first of a 3-part series, we will discuss…
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Overkill or ‘Just Right’? The Cybersecurity Role of Service Providers
Service Providers are pitching a growing range of options, to businesses of all sizes, in a world where cybersecurity has become so complex and resource intensive that no one can do it all on their own. Guest David Ayers, a veteran of the service provider space, will help us kick off a new series...
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The Care and Feeding of an Effective Threat Intelligence System
From world cup soccer to horse racing, the slightest mistake can turn a winning ‘favorite’ into a loser. The same can be true for the various sources of threat intelligence that can make, or break, the effectiveness of our security tools. Join host Bob Hansmann and his guests, threat intelligence...
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Security Outsourcing: Why, When and How to Make it Work
In the recent SANS 2022 SOC Survey, a lot of organizations reported that they used ‘outsourcing’ to bolster a wide variety of their SOC functions. To understand the value of outsourcing, and tips on how to ensure a successful outsourced engagement better, ThreatTalk has invited back guest Amit...
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The community has spoken: Top Topics of Q2’ 23
What were the hottest security topics discussed in the Infoblox security community during Q2 of 2023? Host Bob Hansmann is joined by Infoblox community manager Sunil Amanna, and VP of Product Management Craig Sanderson, to review the topics behind some of the quarter’s more active discussions…
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Center Stage: Persistent Infrastructure Threat Actors
While it is easy to get distracted by the ‘threat of the day’, there are those of us actively hunting instead for the infrastructures that drive and support those kinds of attacks before they are launched, so you can be prepared for the ‘threat of tomorrow’. Renée Burton, Head of Threat...
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Meet the Author: Bill Brenner on the 2023 Global State of Cybersecurity Study
While business line execs can get distracted by the latest media cyberthreat hype, effective security professionals stay on top of data-based security research and studies to constantly evolve their security programs. Tune into our latest podcast where we have invited Bill Brenner from the...
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ThreatTalk Season 4 Preview
Infoblox is excited to present season 4 of the ThreatTalk podcast series. This season, we are looking forward to featuring external guests as well as the industry experts within Infoblox. Join us every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 11:00 am (PST) for engaging conversations with…
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Get FREE 3rd Party Help to Combat Your Cybersecurity Skill Shortage
From how to get the most out of a specific tool, to general best practices, there is always a lot to learn and a lot to stay on top of for a security professional, and there are limits to how much any single team will know. In this episode, the community manager for Infoblox, Sunil Amanna, joins…
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Show Me the Value: Understanding the Security Channel Landscape
From storefronts and online box pushers to consultants and outsourcers, the channel partner landscape for cybersecurity continues to evolve. In this episode of ThreatTalk, guest Amit Sing, the Technical Director for Australian/New Zealand cybersecurity company 3columns, helps us break down the...
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Are There Smarter Ways to Gather and Apply Threat Intelligence?
Everyone talks about threat intelligence as if it was a ‘thing’ you need. But detection, investigation, response, and other security functions will require unique blends of threat intelligence from multiple sources to be effective. And the ‘best’ blend can vary greatly from one organization to...
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A SANS Author Interview: A DNS Security Architecture as a SecOps Force Multiplier
Leveraging your DNS architecture can be a much more effective and efficient approach to securing critical business services than relying on DNS security features in a firewall or web gateway. This episode of ThreatTalk will review a new SANS paper on this topic with author John Pescatore, SANS...
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Part 2 | Eliminating Blind Spots: A Forrester Report on 20-20 Visibility
In a world where most security tools are ‘user-centric’, devices like switches, printers, BYOD, ICS, IoT and more represent a blind spot that is being actively exploited by attackers. In this episode of ThreatTalk, we’ve invited back network guru Bob Rose to discuss a recent report from Forrester...
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Eliminating Blind Spots: A Forrester Report on 20-20 Visibility
In a world where most security tools are ‘user-centric’, devices like switches, printers, BYOD, ICS, IoT and more represent a blind spot that is being actively exploited by attackers. In this episode of ThreatTalk, we’ve invited back network guru Bob Rose to discuss a recent report from Forrester...
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Bringing Shadow IT into the Light
Shadow IT once conjured strong draconian responses from IT and security teams alike to prevent potential security and management nightmares. But in a world dominated by agility, hybrid work, and fast-moving technology, this approach has become unsustainable. Our guest, David Seeman, product…
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Re:Bots in Disguise-Detecting Cyberthreat Camouflage
Threat Actors are also incredible makeup artists. To penetrate defenses, both human and technological, they have a suitcase full of tools to make any threat look innocent and even desirable. Guest Druce MacFarlane, Sr. Product Manager for Threat Intelligence at Infoblox joins us to talk about the...
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Losing Sleep over Security: A Halloween Review
There is no shortage of “Scary Stories” for Halloween or Cybersecurity Awareness month this year. But a lot of them, despite the media hype, won’t cause most security professionals to lose any sleep. But others might. So we’ve invited back Ed Hunter, the CISO for Infoblox, to talk about the last...
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Managing Risk While Getting Closer to the Network Edge
The shift to the network edge is transforming the work environment but there is so much information about it, including some confusing marketing messaging, that many are unclear about why it matters, what it costs, and how they should go about assessing and altering their own operations. The Sr....
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Paying for Protection: What is the Performance Cost of Security?
It is easy to find headline stories of a breach that can be traced to poor security investments and practices. But such stories will continue to appear as many in management persist in restricting security investments. They often cite worker productivity, or even employee satisfaction, as…
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A Researchers Story: Uncovering the Omnatour Malvertising Network
To deliver malware, threat actors depend on techniques like phishing and malvertising, but malvertising doesn’t get as much visibility. To address this imbalance, we’ve invited Chance Tudor, an official “Threat Hunter” in the Infoblox threat research group, to talk about his recent work…
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Putting Threat Intelligence Labs Under the Microscope
In previous episodes, we’ve discussed the broad array of threat intelligence (TI) available and how important it is to get the right blend of TI. But where does it all come from? Renee Burton is the Sr. Director of Threat Intelligence for Infoblox and her teams, produce or curate dozens of threat...
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Decisions, Decisions: Vulnerable, Exploitable, Patchable or Possibly Ignorable?
Vulnerabilities. The breadth of products impacted is growing, while our options for dealing with them are shrinking. For example, the luxury of having months to test patches in labs before deployment has, in many cases, completely disappeared. So, we have asked the SecOps Manager for Infoblox,...
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Summer Revival: Sharing Responsibility Between IT and End Users
Since we are in the dog days of summer, we have decided to celebrate the hot weather by reviving our hottest episode from Season 2! In this episode of ThreatTalk, Infoblox CIO Brad Bell and Infoblox CISO Ed Hunter join host Bob Hansmann in an exciting and relevant discussion. We will explore the...
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Solving Hidden SecOps Vulnerabilities with Network Discovery
The SecOps benefits from device visibility is limited if that data is incomplete. Depending on DHCP alone can leave gaps in missed devices and partial data. Rogue DHCP, rogue devices, and more present risks that SecOps cannot ignore. This episode of threat talk will focus on how to fill in these...
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On Top of Everything Else - Why DNS for Security
In the beginning… there was a desktop AV and a firewall. Today, security teams manage scores of security tools from dozens of vendors. With interest in DNS security growing significantly over the last few years, we need to ask why you would want to invest in it, what would DNS security do to the...
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An Author Interview: 2022 Global State of Security Report
ThreatTalk guest Bill Brenner of the CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) joins us to discuss a recent global security survey they conducted on behalf of Infoblox. We’ll go over and beyond survey results to better understand how they plan to address current security concerns, investment issues, preferred...
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Gaining Enlightenment Through Dark Reading
Dark Reading magazine recently published a series of articles on DNS, shining a light on one of the most overlooked areas of cybersecurity despite the role of DNS at the foundation of modern communications. We’ve invited Krupa Srivatsan, a Director in the Infoblox security products team, to share...
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A Security Ecosystem Diet for Healthier Risk Levels
Have you figured out a recipe for blending your security solutions into a satisfying ecosystem that optimizes your SecOps while lowering overall risk levels? If not, join us and our guest Pallavi Singh, an Infoblox lead on security integrations for everything from endpoints to cloud services, as…
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Is Network Metadata the New Meta for Security?
Security teams have always depended on network and login data to help connect events to users and devices. But is there more to be found in that raw data? What about the metadata being made available on modern hybrid and distributed networks? We’ve invited veteran networking guru Bob Rose to join...
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Did You Fall For April Fools 2.0 | Trends In Phishing
April first is a day full of mostly harmless pranks and hijinks; but what about cyber threats that are fooling your users year-round? Join Bob Hansmann and guest Druce MacFarlane, Sr. Product Manager for Threat Intelligence at Infoblox for our annual discussion on the current state of phishing,...
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Examining the State of Nation-state Cyberattacks
Nation-state threats are nothing new but, considering cyberactivity linked to the current crisis in Ukraine, we need to update our understanding of nation-state cyber threat potential, and the security strategies necessary to address them. Join host Bob Hansmann and his guests Ed Hunter, CISO for...
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Let’s dwell a moment on ‘Dwell-time’
How long would it take your defenses to detect an intruder? Average breach dwell-time estimates range from 24 days to almost a year. So, unless your organization’s acceptable dwell-time falls in that range, we’ve invited Gary Cox to talk about dwell-time and how to reduce it based on his…
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Emails That Say “ILOVEYOU”: Lessons Learned from the Love Bug Virus
The “I Love You” virus was the first major, global cyberattack of the millennium, setting records for damage and speed of dissemination. So we’ve invited Infoblox Security Operations Manager Anthony Ciarochi to discuss the evolution of email into the #1 attack vector, and how defenders have…
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Is Cloud just a networking dream and Hybrid the reality?
Everyone talks about moving to the cloud and dreams of one day turning the data center into a VR gaming room. (For team-building exercises, certainly.) But, after several years of the ‘moving to cloud’, the world seems to be stuck in a Hybrid state. So this week’s ThreatTalk invites Vincent Berk,...
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Log4J: Behind the headlines and beyond
The story around the Log4J vulnerability has been told and retold by countless security publications and vendors. Join us on January 18 as guests Renee Burton and Druce MacFarlane take us behindthe scenes to understand the threat posed by vulnerabilities, the threat actors exploiting them, andhow...
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ThreatTalk Season 3 Preview
Infoblox is excited to present season 3 of the ThreatTalk podcast series. This season, we are looking forward to featuring external guests as well as the industry experts within Infoblox. Join us every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 11:00 am (PST) for engaging conversations with…
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Are There Smarter Ways to Gather and Apply Threat Intelligence?
Everyone talks about threat intelligence as if it was a ‘thing’ you need. But detection, investigation, response, and other security functions will require unique blends of threat intelligence from multiple sources to be effective. Join us as guests Druce MacFarland and David Seeman discuss key...
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Does Security Automation Need To SOAR, Or Just Fly?
From writing a few scripts using APIs, to full-fledge SOAR solutions, automation is getting a serious look from those who are seeing little success from throwing bodies at security problems. But choosing the right automation approach is a tough decision that demands a solid understanding of each...
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Discovering Visibility You Didn't Know You Had or Even Needed
Zero Trust Networking is typically discussed in the context of users or devices connecting to the network. But what about the devices that are already there? Security monitoring needs to include all aspects of the network, as well as the devices and users connected to it. Check out this week’s...
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Avoiding Dumb Mistakes With Smart Cities
Smart City development is accelerating and even expanding in response to the new world realities of how citizens access services. But solutions to make municipal services easier to access and consume require greater attention to the inherent security of those solutions and the connective…
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Defending the Endpoint: Sharing Responsibility Between IT and End Users
October is Cybersecurity Awareness month, which puts a spotlight on end-user knowledge and application of practices such as using strong passwords, MFA, and the ability to spot phishing scams. But what is the actual role of the end-user in the overall pursuit of cybersecurity? Where do IT tools…
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Balancing In-house and Outsourced SecOps
30 years ago, cyber security involved little more than firewalls and desktop AV. But today's security tools, expertise, and services are so numerous and complex that few if any, organizations can claim to have everything they need 'in-house'. Due to various needs and constraints, including…
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Do you know who or what is on your network? - Part 2!
On the heels of our last podcast on the need for greater synergy between networking and security technologies, the recent T-Mobile cyberattack has been linked to an unsecured router as the original point of entry. So we are bringing back Bob Rose, a veteran network technologies expert and a…
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Do you know who or what is on your network?
Call it 'context,' 'metadata,' or just 'data,' but security teams need lots of it to defend, investigate, and respond more effectively. This episode goes beyond user names and IP addresses to understand the network data that is often overlooked and underutilized. We will talk about how this is...
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Q2 Threat Roundup: Rising Ransoms and Vanishing Villains
A lot has changed on the ransomware landscape in just the last month, with three headline-grabbing breaches and a disappearing act by two of the largest black-market dealers of ransomware tools and services. Join us on ThreatTalk for the return of Michael Zuckerman, consulting senior product...
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In our age of digital transformation, everything is moving to the cloud, including the management of devices, users and applications. The Infoblox ThreatTalk podcast brings you the latest thinking on how to tap the full potential of the cloud while making the most of your existing network security solutions. In each episode, leading cybersecurity experts share insights and practical advice on how to raise network security and automation to the next level across diverse on-premises, virtual and public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Topics include secure cloud migration, DNS security, malware mitigation, infrastructure protection, integrated threat response and much more.
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