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Phillip is an offensive security professional, educator, mentor, author, and frequent public speaker. His passions outside of the technical side of cybersecurity are sharing resources, professional networking, and bringing people together. He is also the host of The Hacker Factory Podcast and his new podcast, the Phillip Wylie Show. Phillip is the concept creator and coauthor of The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker.
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Our Guest
01:45 Phillips Origin Story
04:06 Wrestling a 750 pound bear
07:41 From Wresting to Cyber
10:12 What motivated Phillip to pursue Ethical Hacking?
11:43 Vulnerability management: What are we getting wrong?
14:52 Changing the Mindset
26:51 What is the role of Threat Intel?
28:08 Asset Intel approaches31:05 Ransomware: It’s still growing34:35 The Hacker Factory Podcast34:59 The Phillip Wylie Show36:17 News from Phillip37:44 Connecting with Phillip
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To learn more about Phillip visit :https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipwylie/https://www.thehackermaker.com/Podcasts:https://www.thehackermaker.com/the-hacker-factory-podcast/https://www.thehackermaker.com/phillip-wylie-show/
To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com
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Phillip is an offensive security professional, educator, mentor, author, and frequent public speaker. His passions outside of the technical side of cybersecurity are sharing resources, professional networking, and bringing people together. He is also the host of The Hacker Factory Podcast and his new podcast, the Phillip Wylie Show. Phillip is the concept creator and coauthor of The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker.
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Our Guest
01:45 Phillips Origin Story
04:06 Wrestling a 750 pound bear
07:41 From Wresting to Cyber
10:12 What motivated Phillip to pursue Ethical Hacking?
11:43 Vulnerability management: What are we getting wrong?
14:52 Changing the Mindset
26:51 What is the role of Threat Intel?
28:08 Asset Intel approaches31:05 Ransomware: It’s still growing34:35 The Hacker Factory Podcast34:59 The Phillip Wylie Show36:17 News from Phillip37:44 Connecting with Phillip
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To learn more about Phillip visit :https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipwylie/https://www.thehackermaker.com/Podcasts:https://www.thehackermaker.com/the-hacker-factory-podcast/https://www.thehackermaker.com/phillip-wylie-show/
To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com
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SOCIAL MEDIA:
Stay connected with us on our social media pages where we'll give you snippets, alerts for new podcasts, and even behind the scenes of our studio!
Instagram: @securityconfidential and @OfficialDarkRhinoSecurity
Facebook: @Dark-Rhino-Security-Inc
Twitter: @darkrhinosec
LinkedIn: @dark-rhino-security
Youtube: @Dark Rhino Security
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