The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
Show 086 – An Interview with Wenyuan Xu
On the 86th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary chats with Wenyuan Xu, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Carolina. Gary and Wenyuan discuss the differences between American and Chinese technical culture, Wenyuan’s work on automatic meter reading systems, whether electrical engineering is more [...]
Show 085 – A Discussion with Jim Routh and Scott Matsumoto
The 85th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast is a double whammy. Gary talks mobile security with two guests —Jim Routh, former global head of application security at JP Morgan Chase (and newly-appointed CSO), and Scott Matusmoto, Principal Consultant and head of the mobile security practice at Cigital. All three discuss the challenges of [...]
Show 085 - A Discussion with Jim Routh and Scott Matsumoto [ 36:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadShow 084 – An Interview with Hord Tipton
On the 84th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary chats with W. Hord Tipton, Executive Director of (ISC)2. Gary and Hord discuss how one gets into science and engineering when growing up in rural Tennessee, what insight being nuclear and chemical engineer gives Hord about modern control systems, whether or not certification can [...]
Show 083 – An Interview with Mark Graff
On the 83rd episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Mark Graff, CISO at NASDAQ OMX. Gary and Mark discuss what exactly a CISO does all day, how corporate security posture at NASDAQ compares to the security posture at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Enrico Fermi and the piano tuners (the “Fermi problem”) [...]
Show 082 – An Interview with Kevin Fu
On the 82nd episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Kevin Fu, Associate Professor in the EECS Department at the University of Michigan. Gary and Kevin discuss finding advisors and picking a grad school, the security implications of embedded medical devices, malware in hospital systems, the consumer trend toward analyzing one’s own [...]
Show 081 – An Interview with Steve Bellovin
On the 81st episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Steve Bellovin, Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, currently on leave and acting as CTO of the Federal Trade Commission. Gary and Steve discuss how often academic research finds its way into the real world versus research that’s done in a [...]
Show 080 – An Interview with Thomas Rid
On the 80th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Thomas Rid, Reader in War Studies at King’s College London and a non-resident fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations in the School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, DC. In this episode, Gary and Thomas discuss how Thomas’ [...]
Show 079 – An Interview with Per-Olof Persson
On the 79th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Per-Olof Persson (a.k.a. Peo), head of Global Software Security Operations at Sony Mobile and Board member of Sony Corporation. Gary and Per-Olof discuss the importance of working different positions within the same company, Sony Mobile’s software security initiative, the political concerns of [...]
Show 078 – An Interview with Jacob West
On the 78th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Jacob West, Director, Software Security Research for the Enterprise Security Products division of Hewlett-Packard and newly minted CTO. Gary and Jacob discuss HP’s acquisition of Fortify, the technical trade-offs that have to be made to allow a tool become widely adopted, BSIMM4, [...]
Show 077 – An Interview with Gary Warzala
On the 77th episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Gary Warzala, CISO of Visa International. The Garys discuss what a CISO’s day-to-day job looks like, how companies can attract and retain good security employees, whether consumers need to understand the difference between software security and security software, and how one can [...]