Kristin Burke: We have a really interesting topic this month. I know when you think about clicks and clickbait, you want to come up with the sexy headlines and the sexy topics on cybersecurity. It’s in the nitty-gritty where all sorts of bad things happen. What we’re talking about this month is relevant. It’s about open directory listings and just the data exposure risks around open directory listings. I got… Read More
Sept. 2023 TECH Talk – MGM Breach: Preparing for the Inevitable
Kirstin Burke: Well, thank you for joining us. We are going to hop onto a topic that I know a lot of people are talking about right now, which is the MGM breach or attack that happened last week and that I think they’re still trying to shake out. We’re going to take a look at it from a different angle as our organization processed what was going on as… Read More
August 2023 TECH Talk – Small Steps, Big Protection
Kirstin Burke: I am delighted to introduce Brian Moody, who is DataEndure’s Vice President of Managed Security Services, or Managed Security Services practice. Super excited to have you here, Brian. Welcome. Brian Moody: Thank you. Kirstin Burke: You’re in the hot seat. Brian Moody: It’s red. Kirstin Burke: Yes, yes, for a reason. No, thank you for joining us. I hope you all have had a great summer. We titled… Read More
July 2023 TECH Talk Transcript – Unintentional Insider Threat: Is ChatGPT a Friend or Foe?
Kirstin Burke: So today we’re going to be talking about, I would say, old threat in terms of insider threats, things people have struggled with for a long time. But layered on top of that is a new factor, which is ChatGPT. Everyone’s using it in some form or fashion, whether you’re an individual maybe trying to help you do travel plans, whether you are someone looking for it to… Read More
June 2023 TECH Talk Transcript – Why Email Security is Falling Behind
Kirstin Burke (00:00): Hello, and welcome to our June version of Tech Talk. I am Kirstin Burke, and I am here with Shahin Pirooz as always. Hello, Shahin. Shahin Pirooz (00:12): Hello! I can’t believe it’s June already. Kirstin Burke (00:14): I was gonna say it’s not June already. It’s July in a few days. Shahin Pirooz (00:17) I know, but when you said June, I was like, wait, what?… Read More
May 2023 TECH Talk Transcript – Why Layered Defense is Critical for Effective Cybersecurity
Kirstin Burke: Hello, and thank you for joining us! Today, we’ll talk about getting “beyond the basics” of layered security and why it’s important – recent studies show in 2022 76% of organizations were targeted by a ransomware attack; out of which 64% were actually infected. Only 50% of those organizations managed to retrieve their data after paying the ransom. Additionally, over 66% reported to have multiple, isolated infections. Shahin… Read More
April 2023 TECH Talk Transcript – The Security Implications of ChatGPT
Kirstin Burke: Hello and welcome to this month’s Tech Talk. Welcome to everybody. We’re so excited to have you here. We have decided to join the conversation that’s going on in just about everywhere you turn, every industry you turn, everyone’s talking about chatGPT or generative AI in our area of business, right? There’s a lot of concern, there’s a lot of interest, and we just wanna jump into that… Read More
December 2022 TECH talk Transcript – Year of the Endpoint
We’re excited to be here, everything’s slowing down a little bit but certainly, we’ve got the time to spend some time reflecting and sharing with you what we’ve taken away from this year, and are excited to have you join us. 2022 is a super interesting year both in technology as well as in the market and the economy. We continue to see a lot of either fallout or implications… Read More
January 2023 TECH talk Transcript – Top 3 Security Priorities for 2023
We thought that we would start the year reflecting a little bit on last year, but also as we looked forward into 2023 talking about the key priorities of the key things we saw going on in the market as we go into this year, and so we’ve identified three–we’re calling it our top three list and just really wanted to share with you what we’re hearing from our customers,… Read More
February 2023 TECH talk Transcript – Interpreting the Global Cyber Outlook for 2023
We wanted to hop on the World Economic Forum bandwagon if you will. One really interesting element coming out of their time together was the Global Cybersecurity Outlook for 2023, and we track a lot of different information that comes out of all sorts of different research and reports, and forums, so we just wanted to take a little time to unpack what the World Economic Forum was talking about…. Read More