Listen "S15 E2 Inside Email Security: Breaking Through Gmail and Outlook's Defenses"
Episode Synopsis
Vivek Ramachandran is a security researcher, author, speaker/trainer, and serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in offensive cybersecurity. He is currently the founder of SquareX, building a browser-native security product focused on detecting, mitigating, and threat-hunting web attacks. Prior to that, he was the founder of Pentester Academy (acquired), which has trained thousands of customers from government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and enterprises from over 140+ countries. He has authored multiple books in cybersecurity and spoken at DEFCON, BlackHat multiple times.
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Our Guest
05:55 Advice from Vivek to those who want to follow a passion
09:19 Ransomware payments have gone down
13:37 Why is this still not addressed?
27:55 Should the CISO report to the board or the CIO?
36:55 Vulnerabilities in Gmail, Outlook, and their counterparts
47:14 SquareX + DEFCON
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00:00 Introduction
01:04 Our Guest
05:55 Advice from Vivek to those who want to follow a passion
09:19 Ransomware payments have gone down
13:37 Why is this still not addressed?
27:55 Should the CISO report to the board or the CIO?
36:55 Vulnerabilities in Gmail, Outlook, and their counterparts
47:14 SquareX + DEFCON
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 @Darkrhiinosecurity
Facebook: @Dark-Rhiino-Security-Inc
Twitter: @darkrhiinosec
LinkedIn: @dark-rhiino-security
Youtube: @DarkRhiinoSecurity
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