July 19, 2023

Things We Believe But Cannot Prove w/ Drew Simonis

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Show Notes

In this episode, Allan and Drew tackle and interesting subject that was suggested by Drew and that Allan posted for the LinkedIn community to gather around: things we believe in cybersecurity that we cannot prove.

The LinkedIn conversation was phenomenal, and Drew and Allan do a great job of summarizing it and calling out the underpinnings behind much of what we believe in this industry.

Questions Allan asks Drew:

  1. What inspired this topic?
  2. What were some of your favorites from the LinkedIn thread?
  3. What are the underlying themes here?
  4. Is BYOD security really a thing?
  5. Are third-party risk assessments useful?

Special thanks to LinkedIn posters:

  • Peter Schawacker
  • John Prokap
  • Duane Gran
  • Brian Campbell
  • Matthew Dimmick
  • Graham Lewendon
  • Marcus W.
  • Dmitriy Sokolovskiy
  • And everyone who participated in a very lively thread...

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