Illuminating the intersection of physical and cyber security

Steven Bowcut

Recent breaches have highlighted the risk of threat actors exploiting stolen API keys and secrets. Too often, developers store API keys in their code, increasing the potential for threat actors acquire them and exploit them to access APIs and applications. Developers have frequently been urged not to store hardcoded keys […]

Runtime Secrets Protection

This entry was posted in API Security App Security Cybersecurity RSAC and tagged Approov on June 6, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E11, our guest is Ray Steen, Chief Strategy Officer of the IT managed services firm, MainSpring. In a fascinating and informative discussion, BSM’s Steve Bowcut and Ray talk about: The common vulnerabilities threat actors exploit to launch a ransomware attack. The relationship between the size of a business and […]

How Managed Security Service Providers Can Help Protect Against Ransomware

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Podcast and tagged MainSpring on June 6, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E10, our guest is Paul Nicholson, Senior Director of Product Marketing for A10 Networks. Paul gives us insight into the new 2022 A10 Networks DDoS Threat Report. We talk about what you can expect to learn from the report, the methodology used, and critical findings. Paul explains A10’s ability […]

A10 Networks 2022 DDoS Threat Report

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report Podcast and tagged A10 Networks on May 30, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E9, our guest is Ben Rowe, Cloud & Security Architect for Arcules. We discuss System and Organization Controls (SOC) level 2 type 2 certification in video-as-a-service (VaaS) and other cloud-based security systems providers. Ben gives us a high-level overview of what the SOC audit covers, and we dive into […]

SOC 2 Compliance for VaaS Providers

This entry was posted in Physical Security Podcast Surveillance and tagged Arcules on May 23, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E8 Steve Bowcut, Editor at Brilliance Security Magazine, and John Rezzonico, CEO at Edge 360, discuss what it means to build a Video Management System using modern IT processes and solutions. They examine why VMS solutions have historically been slow to adopt advanced IT practices. John provides an […]

A Modern Approach to VMS

This entry was posted in Physical Security Podcast Surveillance and tagged Edge360 on May 16, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

By Apu Pavithran, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Hexnode Every year, we witness enterprise tech advance forward in leaps and bounds. The dawn of IoT-enabled devices, the mass exodus to the cloud, and the onset of super-fast networks like 5G have revolutionized the modern-day workspace and have enticed the […]

Three Reasons for the Enterprises to Deploy Endpoint Management Solutions ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Endpoint Security Guest Contributor and tagged Hexnode on May 9, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

Our topic for Episode S4E7 is Understanding and Communicating Cyber Risk. Our guest is Greg Spicer, CRO and Co-Founder of Ostrich Cyber-Risk. BSM’s editor, Steve Bowcut, asks Greg to: Discuss the importance of prioritizing mitigation and remediation efforts. Explain some crucial elements of risk scoring; what should be considered in […]

Understanding and Communicating Cyber Risk

This entry was posted in Cyber Risk Management Cybersecurity Podcast and tagged Ostrich Cyber Risk on May 9, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

ICYMI, it’s worth mentioning again that Blue Hexagon recently announced the world’s first unified harden and defend multi-cloud security platform that combines two cloud security pillars—harden and defend—into a single platform. The leading agentless cloud-native AI platform provider designed this new solution to reduce DevSecOps friction, catch threats and misconfigurations […]

World’s First Unified Harden and Defend Platform for Multi-Cloud Security

This entry was posted in Cloud Security Cybersecurity New Technology News Brief and tagged Blue Hexagon on April 18, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

The topic for Episode S4E6 is supply chain security and what to expect in the next year. Our guest is Farshad Abasi, Founder and Chief Security Officer of Forward Security. In a fun and interesting conversation, Farshad and Steve Bowcut cover: What supply chain attacks are and how they happen, […]

Supply Chain Security: What to Expect in the Next Year

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Podcast and tagged Forward Security on April 11, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In my neverending quest to find new, meaningful, and unique security solutions and strategies for the readers of Brilliance Security Magazine to consider, I recently talked with Rajiv Pimplaskar, President & CEO at Dispersive. We discussed Dispersive’s radically different, cloud-native approach to virtual networking, how it works, how it’s different, […]

Multipath VPN for Security and Resiliency

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Network Security VPN and tagged Dispersive on April 4, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E5, our topic is the IIC’s foundational document for Artificial Intelligence—The Industrial IoT Artificial Intelligence Framework (IIAIF) We are fortunate to have as our guests two individuals who are distinguished by their work with the Industry IoT Consortium (IIC). Bassam Zarkout—Executive Vice President IGnPower Inc. and the Chief […]

IIC’s foundational document for Artificial Intelligence—The Industrial IoT Artificial Intelligence ...

This entry was posted in AI IIoT Podcast and tagged IIC on April 4, 2022 by Steven Bowcut

In Episode S4E4, we have two guests. We talk with Jonatan Altszul, CEO at BitTrap and Ariel Futoransky, BitTrap’s CTO. Our topic is A Novel Approach to Security Bug Bounties. BitTrap helps companies find breaches faster by installing wallets with risk-adjusted bounties. When an attacker cashes a wallet, they notify […]

A Novel Approach to Security Bug Bounties

This entry was posted in Bug Bounty Cybersecurity Podcast and tagged BitTrap on March 14, 2022 by Steven Bowcut