StillSecure, After All These Years

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When I find a new product or service that I think is good I am only too happy to let the world know it on my blog. For the past almost 2 years in the notes of every episode of our podcast, I mention and thank ClickCaster for hosting our podcast.

I originally was turned on to ClickCaster by Scott Converse out in Boulder, Co who was the founder of ClickCaster.  When Scott realized that a free model was not going to pay the bills, he instituted a pay model for podcast hosting. I was only too happy to pay for the great service and stats I was receiving. Well a few months ago Scott and team sold ClickCaster to focus on their new project, Medioh!.

The new owners, nexplore promised no changes and same great service.  Since then the stats stopped working, it became harder and harder to post new content and the site was down more than it was up.  Finally after getting no satisfaction from ClickCaster I had no choice but to look for another host.  Mitchell and I have chosen Pod-o-matic to host the podcast going forward.

Of course we don't have all of the episodes moved over yet because ClickCaster isn't even up enough for us to grab all the episodes.  But most of them are up at pod-o-matic and we have already repointed the feedburner/iTunes feed.  So from here on you can hear us at pod-o-matic. 

If you are looking to host your podcast, you don't have to use pod-o-matic, but don't use ClickCaster!

StillSecure, After all these years, #55 - JJ in the house

Episode 55 of SSAATY is a fun one.  Mitchell and I are joined by JJ, Jenifer Jabbusch of Security Uncorked blog.  JJ is someone I have gotten to know over the last year or so and she is a lot of fun. On top of that she is very technical and huge supporter of 802.1x, NAC and security in general.

JJ, Mitchell and I talk abour Rohati, NAC, 802.1x and a bunch of other stuff in our usal rambling, stream of consciousness style.  It is about 40 minutes of informative good times.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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Those wild and crazy guys are back! - SSAATY #54

Mitchell and I are back!  It has been a few months, but the stars finally lined up to allow us to record a show.  It was great being back behind the microphone again.  Mitchell and I discussed a number of topics:

1. Recent penetration of the FBI
2. TJX fires an employee for disclosing lax security
3. Barracuda makes an offer for Sourcefire
4. G.hos.st

Along with the usual back and forth. Hopefully it will spur us on to do more of podcasts!.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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Whats your favorite thing about the RSA conference?

It is already the end of February and the buzz is in full swing for this years RSA Conference. I usually know that it is RSA time because it takes place around my wedding anniversary.  However, this past Monday was my anniversary and no RSA.  That is because this year RSA is a little later, taking place the 2nd week of April in San Fransisco.

Over the years I have come to really enjoy RSA as a chance to catch up on the industry, friends and of course, parties!  Some of my favorites are the SC Magazine Awards show and the RSA conference party itself.  Last year one of my favorite events was the bloggers meet up that I had a hand in putting together along with Martin McKeay and a few others put together and was sponsored by Microsoft and Fortinet. That party has become legendary with posts about it here, here, here and here among other places. We had a similar event at Black Hat last year and that was fun too.  There is something about getting together with all of the folks you virtually talk to all the time via the blogosphere and put a real face and voice to a name.  We try to keep these blogging parties confined to blogger and media types, so the that everyone is comfortable sharing and conversing without the "general public" there. 

For this years RSA conference we wanted to do a similar type of event. However, the blogroll of security bloggers attending has grown quite a bit and of course most security media types are blogging now as well.  So we wound up getting about 100 of the top security blogging crowd together and got Fortinet, Microsoft and StillSecure to sponsor.  It is shaping up to be the bash of RSA, for me anyway.  The buzz around it was so loud that before we knew it we had a logo, our own official blog on the RSA conference site and a full committee running invites, food, drink and logistics (OK so Jennifer Leggio does most of the work)!  I am just totally pumped to meet a bunch of the folks on the RSVP list and have a great time. Truth be told I am also proud as a peacock that I played a role in putting this thing together from the beginning.

If you have a security blog or podcast, are going to be at RSA and want to attend there is information on the RSA blog page on how to get an invite. For many of you reading this, I know you are saying to yourself, "great sounds like a cool party, free drinks and I can't get an invite because I don't blog".  Well you don't have to fire up that old free blogger page you started but never finished months ago.  Through the magic of modern technology you can party along with us virtually!

We are going to have live video streaming, live audio podcasting and a live Twitter feed.  The RSA site has more details on signing up for the Twitter channel we have set up to follow on the pre-party chatter (or is it twitter) you can follow that at @RSABloggers2008. Hey it will be almost like being there.  Anyway, hope to see as many of you as possible at the party and as many of you as possible virtually if you can't make it!

StillSecure, After all these years, #53 - SSAATY meets the Network Security Podcast

Someone put chocolate on our peanut butter!  Mitchell and I got on a party line to record episode 53 and who else was on? None other than that dynamic duo from the Network Security Podcast, Martin McKeay and Rich Mogull! The 4 of us had a great time talking about one of Martin's favorite topics:  Privacy. Should what you put on line be held against you by your employer. Do you have any expectation to privacy for all of this information you are posting on Twitter, Facebook, etc.  These topics and more come under the glare of the 4 of us.

We also talk about HP's boast of employing 9 of the top 11 security hackers (shades of the infamous top 59 list).  There is a special message for all security bloggers and podcasters, as well as security media types who are attending RSA, if you don't know what we are talking about contact us.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, podcast #52 - Scott Converse and Medioh.com

Mitchell and I recorded this one in person at the sound studio of our friend Scott Converse. Scott is the driving force behind Clickcaster, which is the home of our podcast. Scott and the Clickcaster guys are now taking it to the next level with broadband TV  with a new company called, Medioh. Scott is a great guy and besides doing sound engineering duties on this one tells us all about some of the exciting stuff going on with Medioh.

Mitchell and I also do our usual and discuss current security events. Among topics we discussed are the MySQL acquisition by Sun, Vernier Networks, and multi-gig IPS. Mitchell also makes a big announcement on a new career path (you will have to listen to find out).

Be sure to check out Medioh.com for more info on what Scott and his posse are up to.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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Does this make Mitchell Ashley the next "Chachi"?

OK, here is a little known fact about me.  When I was a little kid one of my favorite shows that I never, ever missed was Happy Days.  Yeah, thats right I loved Richie, Potsie, Ralph Mouth, Howard and Marion and the rest of the gang.  One of the things that was amazing about that show was like All in the Family, it gave birth to so many spin off shows.  Joanie loves Chachi is an obvious one.  Laverne and Shirley was another, and here is one you probably don't know, Mork and Mindy was actually a Happy Days spin off. 

Well today I am proud to link to the first "spin off" of the StillSecure, After all these years podcast.  Mitchell Ashley, my long time co-host has started up his own podcast on his Network World Microsoft SubNet blog.  Mitchell is taking the lessons learned on our podcast and is venturing forth on his own.  Here is the link to the podcast.  Good luck to Mitchell on the new show.  Of course I was smart enough to sign Mitchell to a long term contract to be my co-host (but not exclusive I guess), so he will still be doing our show together regularly.

We should be posting a new episode next week by the way.  Again, Good Luck Mitchell on the show! Now my only question is: if this makes Mitchell Chachi, does that mean I am the "Fonz"? Nah, no way. I was never that cool ;-)

StillSecure, After all these years, podcast #51 - Brad Reese

Happy New Year to you all!  Sorry for the delay between podcasts but Mitchell and I were pretty busy with end of year and family business.  Episode 51 of the podcast is a good one with Brad Reese of Cisco Subnet fame.  Brad has some strong opinions about Cisco and their place in the marketplace. Of course Mitchell and I have some pretty strong opinions ourselves.  All in all it makes for some lively conversation that I think you will enjoy!

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com.

StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #50 - Mitchell & Alan

Podcast # 50 represents a return to form for Mitchell and I.  After thinking that a change was neccessary because of Mitchell's new profile, we decided that you don't mess with a good thing.  So StillSecure, After all these years is back!

This episode has no special guest.  It is just Mitchell and I talking mostly security. Mitchell does a "converging minute" episode on SaaS and virtualization changing the IT landscape. Topics Mitchell and I discuss among others are:

1. Is security slowing down the adoption of virtualization?
2. What good is "menstrual NAC" - you know the kind that only checks devices once a month and my new rules on NAC
3. The new space race to put IP technology into space being led by Cisco
4. Can UTM be 50% of the network security market?

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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You could be a star

Just as we did last year, Mitchell and I will be doing a special year-end podcast covering the biggest security related stories of 2007.  Also just as last year we are going to ask our friends and readers to identify the biggest stories.  So if you would like to participate you can either submit your biggest security story of the year in writing to us at podcast@stillsecure.com (be sure to include your name and a little bit about why you thought it was the big story) or you can record your thoughts and send us an mp3 file to the same address.  Again be sure to introduce yourself.

Mitchell, our panel of experts and I will discuss these stories and put in our own picks for the big story of '07.  Last year it turned out to be a great show and we think this year will be even better.  Be sure not to miss it!

StillSecure, After all these years, podcast #49 - Byron Acohido

Episode 49 of the podcast is here and it features our first interview with a Pulitzer prize winner. Byron Acohido, of USA Today.  Byron is a friend of Mitchell's and while I was away in Germany, Mitchell was lucky enough to have Byron on for an interview. 

Also, Mitchell and I talk about his life after StillSecure and of course talk a bit about some of the news in the security world. 

Sorry it took so long in between podcasts.  We hopefully will get back to a regular schedule now, if I ever stop traveling!

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is new. We are using Paul Simon's "Still crazy, after all these years".  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, podcast #48 - Dean Drako, CEO Barracuda Networks

Episode 48 of SSAATY features our interview with Barracuda Networks CEO, Dean Drako. The interview does not start until about 16 minutes into the show. So if you would like to just listen to that, jump ahead to 16 minutes in. Dean gives us the inside scoop on what the Barracuda formula for success is. We also talk about open source, the SMB versus enterprise security market among other things. Great interview with a great guy and don't miss it!

In the return of the Converging Minute, Mitchell talks a bit about virtualization. In this week in security we talk about Microsoft sneaking an update in, 3Com getting bought and a recent white paper on NAC by Joel Snyder.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #47 - Web application security with RSnake and Jeremiah

Podcast #47 is all about web application security.  We are joined by Robert "RSnake" Hansen of ha.ckers.org and founder and CEO of SecTheory and past SSAATY guest, Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of Whitehat Security. Together with Mitchell and I (OK Mitchell and I listen a lot) we discuss the current state of web vulnerabilities, the near and short term future of web application security and what you can do to try and stay safe. It is a great discussion about one of the hottest topics in security today and you should not miss it!

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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The new Abbot and Costello?

One of the things that has made the SSAATY podcast enjoy any degree of success (in our own minds anyway) is the fact that rather than just me talking, I was smart enough to ask Mitchell Ashley to join me as co-host.  Originally Mitchell was sort of Ed McMahon to my Johnny, but over time our close personal friendship and interaction has resulted in our being equal co-hosts of the show.  I know that the energy we generate from our interaction is what powers our podcast and makes our guest interviews interesting as well.  The same goes for my friends Paul and Larry over at the PaulDotCom podcast (they actually have an even bigger cast and I have their new book, trying to find time to read it and review it).  So I am very happy to see that two friends of mine have teamed up on a podcast. Martin McKeay, one of my first friends in security blogging and whose podcast I first appeared on and Rich Mogull are teaming up with Rich as co-host on the podcast. The first episode was just posted.

I am sure that Rich will add much to Martins already great body of work.  I think they will both find that 1+1=3 when it comes to podcast co-hosts.  After so long of going solo, Martin will find having someone else to bang ideas, banter and thoughts off of is going to make the podcast much better.  Rich is a guy who has opinions on security for sure, but can tell a good story as well.  I wish both of them luck and if you get a chance, check out their show for sure!

StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #45 - Andreas Antonopoulos, Nemertes Research

Tonights special guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos,  SVP and founding partner of Nemertes Research. Nemertes is an up and coming research and analysis firm. Andreas is a very sharp fellow who Mitchell and I have met with several times and we are always very impressed by him. In this interview Andreas discusses a number of topics including convergence of networking and security, buyer patterns in security and the security market in general. It is a lively almost 40 minutes of discussion. We hope to have Andreas on again soon.

Enjoy!

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #44, NAC Vendor Panel

Tonights episode is another in our NAC-tacular series. In addition to Mitchell and I, our guests are Michelle McLean, Senior Director of Product Marketing, ConSentry Networks and Dominic Wilde, VP of Marketing, Nevis Networks. We are all joined by our special guest star, the mouth of the south, Mike Rothman. For those who read my blog, you know that Dominic and I recently had a "debate on the merits" of various NAC technologies. I have also had my fair share of discussions with Michelle. Well the plan for today was to accentuate the positive and not get into a NAC brawl. But Rothman would have none of the cumbaya stuff and managed to stir up the conversation to bring out the passion from all of our panelists.

At the end of the day it is a good discussion on what does NAC mean today and where the market is. If you are interested in NAC, there is some good information here. Enjoy!

In case you want to see, here are pictures of our panelists. I have taken the liberty of putting their names under their pictures, in case you didn't know who was who.

The panel ran to long for Mitchell and I to do any of our regular features. We will return next week with our regular format hopefully.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #43

Podcast #43 is another NAC-tacular one with two special guests.  One is Andrew Braunberg, research director for enterprise security at Current Analysis.  Our second guest is Andy Dornan, renowned author, journalist and senior technology editor of Network Computing.  Current Analysis and Network Computing recently published the results of their second annual NAC survey.  The survey shows some real trends in NAC adoption, as well as some very interesting views on NAC from real world users.  Mitchell and I spend some great time with Andy and Andrew talking NAC

Also, Mitchell and I talk about Black Hat coming up this week.  We will try to do a podcast from the show if possible. If you are going to be at Black Hat, please stop by and say hello!

Our friends from South Africa, Sensepost have a special offer for those who would like to attend their hacking classes at Black Hat this year. Anyone who signs up for this offer can also pick up a StillSecure T-shirt by coming by our booth at Black Hat with proof of signing up for the course. Please have a listen to this message and visit their site.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at http://www.jonschmidt.com. Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #42 - NAC, NAP, TCG - Whats the difference?

We're back!  Sorry for the hiatus, but I guess Mitchell and I caught a case of Summeritis or maybe we were just waiting for Cisco to join tonights panel.  In any event, we are back with a great podcast.

Episode 42 is a NACfest! Our special guests are Steve Hanna, co-chair of the TNC/TCG, as well as distinguished engineer at Juniper and Amith Krishnan, senior product manager of Microsoft's security technologies including NAP.  Steve, Amith, Mitchell and I discuss the finer points of the recent demonstration of the interoperability between NAP and the TCG standards and what this means for you. 

We dive pretty deep in just how this interoperability works and what Windows Server 2008 will mean to those interested in NAC.  We also talk a bit about what this means for Cisco and other NAC vendors.  Does this represent the future of NAC?  What other functionality is envisioned?  Will it cover non-Windows operating systems?  These and other questions are all answered in the show.  Enjoy!

Our friends from South Africa, Sensepost have a special offer for those who would like to attend their hacking classes at Black Hat this year.  Anyone who signs up for this offer can also pick up a StillSecure T-shirt by coming by our booth at Black Hat with proof of signing up for the course.  Please have a listen to this message and visit their site.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #41

Podcast 41 features the return of two old friends.  Mike Rothman of Security Incite and the Pragmatic CSO and Michael Farnum of Information Security Place, ComputerWorld and Accuvant.  Mike and Michael join us for the entire show and we cover:

This Week in Security:

1. RIP Caymas Systems
2. To be or not to be, that is the question for Symantec's Hamlet
3. IBM puts application security in the limelight with its Watchfire acquisition
4. Endpoint Security suites or "Security Amalgamated"
5. eEye - is something up over there?

In our interview segment we talk with Mike and Michael about Mike's recent P-CSO Bootcamp.  Mike gives us insight into why he did it, what it is and what was learned.  Michael also gives his take and insights.  It is a great interview that we will continue with a follow up in the very near future.

This week we have a new feature. Our friends from South Africa, Sensepost have a special offer for those who would like to attend their hacking classes at Black Hat this year.  Anyone who signs up for this offer can also pick up a StillSecure T-shirt by coming by our booth at Black Hat with proof of signing up for the course.  Please have a listen to this message and visit their site.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #40 - Interop Recap

Episode 40 of the podcast is here for your listening pleasure.  In this weeks episode Mitchell and I recap the week at Interop and some of the security news from the last week:

• Microsoft-TCG NAC interoperability
• Google-Green Border acquisition
• 10 Gbps switching and IPS
• . . . and more!

In this weeks "The Converging Minute" Mitchell talks about the ecosystem building around Cobia with the Cobia partner program.

This week we have a new feature. Our friends from South Africa, Sensepost have a special offer for those who would like to attend their hacking classes at Black Hat this year.  Anyone who signs up for this offer can also pick up a StillSecure T-shirt by coming by our booth at Black Hat with proof of signing up for the course.  Please have a listen to this message and visit their site.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #39

Episode 39 of StillSecure, After all these years podcast has two special guests.  Well known security expert, Tom Bowers is joined by Faizel Lakhani, VP of Products and Marketing at Reconnex (their bios are below).  The 4 of us discuss Data Leak Prevention (DLP).  It is a great discussion and we hope you will learn something about DLP. The interview starts about 10 minutes into the podcast.

In this weeks The Converging Minute, Mitchell discusses multi-function devices, how using more than one function can effect performance and how you can use them for just one purpose if you like.

In This Week in Security we discuss:

1. The formation of the OpenSEA consortium
2. The recent vulnerability found by Symantec in the Microsoft BITS protocol
3. Snort 3.0 licensing and the GPL
4. Corporate blogging policies   

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley! Also, thanks to Becky Frost of EngagePR for helping to schedule this interview!

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Guest Bios:

Tom Bowers - President of Philadelphia  InfraGard.
Tom Bowers, who holds the CISSP, PMP and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications, is a well-known expert on the topics of data leakage prevention, global enterprise information security architecture and ethical hacking. He is also the president of the Philadelphia chapter of Infragard, the second largest chapter in the country with more than 600 members. Additionally, Bowers leads the independent think tank and industry analyst group *Security Constructs, LLC*. His areas of expertise include aligning business needs with security architecture, risk assessment and project management on a global scale. Bowers is a technical editor of Information Security magazine and a regular speaker at events like Information Security Decisions.

Faizel Lakhani - Vice President of Products and  Marketing
Prior to joining Reconnex, Lakhani was Vice President of Marketing at ConSentry Networks, a leading LAN security company, responsible for the go to market plan as well as overall product strategy and direction. Prior to ConSentry, Lakhani was Vice President of Marketing at Caspian Networks, a flow-based routing company, where he was responsible for all aspects of marketing. Lakhani began his career at Nortel Networks holding a number of executive roles in marketing for new and emerging products.   Lakhani holds a Masters Degree In Engineering from Carelton University, an MBA from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University.

StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #38 - Eric Hines, CEO of Applied Watch

Epidsode 38 features Eric Hines the CEO and founder of Applied Watch.  Applied Watch is a leader in the management of open source security tools.  Eric provides some great insight into starting a company without institutional investment and the current state and future of open source security technologies.  I think you will enjoy it!  Eric's interview starts about 15 minutes into the podcast.

This weeks Converging Minute starts at about 2 minutes into the podcast and Mitchell discusses some interesting facts on Cobia and convergence.

At about 5 or 6 minutes into the podcast is This Week in Security.  Mitchell and I discuss:

1. The recent quicktime vulnerability discovered at CanSec West
2. The college student who hacked the Cisco NAC appliance
3. Websense's acquisition of Surf Control

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

 

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #37 - Paul Congdon, CTO of HP ProCurve

Mitchell and I have a special guest this week, Paul Congdon, CTO of HP ProCurve.  Paul drives a lot of ProCurve's vision, especially around security.  Paul and ProCurve recently announced some new products in network security.  Paul is a very knowledgeable and easy guy to speak with and I think the interview is very interesting!

In this weeks Converging Minute, Mitchell discusses a new SMB convergence box from Cisco.

In This Week in Security, we discuss the recent Misfire by Sourcefire and the DNS vulnerability in Microsoft DNS servers.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

 

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at  http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Music transitions between segments are by our own Mitchell Ashley!

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HP ProCurve rides the convergence wave

HP ProCurve announced two products that will further networking and security convergence today.  According to this article by Matt Hamblen at ComputerWorld, ProCurve (which is 2nd in networking port shipments globally) will release ProCurve Network Immunity Manager. It sounds like some sort of IDS type of detection, maybe behavior and signature based that works with ProCurve switches to throttle or stop bad traffic from its origin.  The second product due out in the 3rd quarter, is called ProCurve Network Access Controller 800.  It sounds like a NAC device that works hand in hand with ProCurve's Indentity Driven Manager.  Very interesting.  ProCurve CTO Paul Congdon is this weeks guest on the podcast and he may have a thing or two to say about this.  If you get a chance listen in.

Interestingly, Rob Whiteley of Forrest-er and "network NAC is dead" infamy, says that this network based NAC seems to be a good thing.  Geez Rob, why didn't you say anything about PERM?  Isn't that the future and this network based access control stuff history?  I can't imagine what would make you seem to change position on this.

StillSecure, After all these years, Podcast #36 - Cobia

Episode 36 of the podcast has me interviewing Mitchell about Cobia.  For those who have not heard, Cobia is our Unified Network Platform (UNP), that we released this week in beta. Mitchell, who is the general manager for Cobia, tells us all about it.

If you like the content of these shows or have any other comments or questions, please drop us a line at podcast@stillsecure.com

Thanks to ClickCaster for hosting our podcast. Tonights music is the usual, To the Summit by Jon Schmidt. You can hear more from Jon at