Initial Access Brokers
mnemonic security podcast
12/06/21
•37m
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Initial Access Brokers (IABs)
The growth and professionalisation of the Initial Access Market has fascinated many in recent years. Few know as much about who the threat actors operating in these markets are, and how the market of providing others with remote access to corporate networks work as Dmitry Shestakov, Head of Cybercrime Research at the cyber intelligence company Group-IB.
In his conversation with Robby, Dmitry shares some of his findings after researching these underground communities over several years. He also goes into how his team of researchers work with Initial Access Brokers, and shares some light onto some of their on-going investigations.
They also discuss where these groups operate from, how many of them manage to remain uncovered, and who they actually sell their information to.
Producer: Paul Jæger
Previous Episode
Communicating threat intelligence to management
November 29, 2021
•46m
Communicating threat intelligence to management
For this episode, Robby has invited someone with a unique expertise of the threat landscape in the finance industry. Freddy works as a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at the Nordic Financial CERT, a nonprofit organisation owned by the financial institutions in Norway, Sweden, Demark, Finland and Iceland.
By receiving data from and supporting their 220 member financial institutions on tasks like incident response, anti-fraud and threat intelligence, the Nordic Financial CERT has a one of a kind overview of the threat these organisations are facing.
Freddy shares with Robby how they work to make sure their members are defending themselves against their most relevant threat actors, how they approach intelligence, and translating technical analyses to a language understood by the entire business.
They also discuss what the data the Nordic Financial CERT has access to can tell us about changes in the ecosystem of organised crime groups targeting financial institutions.
Producer: Paul Jæger
Next Episode
Mergers & Acquisitions
December 20, 2021
•45m
The business of cyber security: Mergers & Acquisitions
What separates the acquisitions that go well from those that don’t?
To discuss the business side of security, Robby is joined by Brian Contos; returning guest, fellow podcast host, serial security entrepreneur and CISO & Vice President of Mandiant Security Validation.
Mandiant Security Validation, previously known as Verodin, was acquired by Mandiant little over two years ago. In this episode, Brian shares from his experience going through that process, as well as other similar transitions he’s been a part of throughout his 25 year long career in security.
In their discussions, they go into everything that leads up to an acquisition decision, picking the right company with the right DNA and how to get the two companies to fit together.
Brian also shares what he’s learned about how to start your own security company, and why he believes there’ll be more mergers and acquisitions happening in the security space in the next years than we’ve seen in the last two decades.
Producer: Paul Jæger
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