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CTO of Center for Internet Security Expounds on Transforming InfoSec

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These are consensus driven by teams of experts to help you first with the CIS benchmarks, configure systems securely to a set of agreed upon standards that have the biggest impact for a particular set of products.

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The Hacker Mind: Shattering InfoSec's Glass Ceiling

ForAllSecure

I wrote two books, one on IoT Security and another with Kevin Mitnick, then jumped around a couple of different jobs. What if you are a woman in information security? So I also have recently launched a nonprofit called the Forte group. So I learned. I went to Black Hat in 2000. I went to smaller conferences.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security. Tennisha: Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So what am I missing here.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

ForAllSecure

I've got a lot of industry certifications, but having all those paper degrees proved to be a poor equivalent to having actual hands on experience in information security. Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation. Vamosi: So what am I missing here.

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The Hacker Mind: Hackers Wanted: Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

ForAllSecure

So I started attending Black Hat, Def Con, and after many years wrote my own book on the insecurity of internet of things devices. She died a few years ago, but I believe the book continues with other authors. Then again, you might want someone --anyone -- to come in as a Level 1 security analyst so your current Level 1s can advance.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

Anyone who has anyone in the information security community is usually melting under the hot Nevada sun. I write a monthly security column for Windows Secrets and I do a couple other things on the side. I've also written the book which I'll get to in a moment. This is a bytes and bullets. I don't want you to miss out.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences.

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