Josh and Kurt talk about some of the necessary evils of security. There are challenges we face like passwords and resource management. Sometimes the problem is old ideas, sometimes it’s we don’t have metrics. Can you measure not getting hacked? Show Notes Clearing checks FAIR Institute Factorio
Tag Archives: cybersecurity
Episode 202 – The convergence of application security
Josh and Kurt talk about the security of applications. We talk about the security of infrastructure all the time, but what happens when we combine infrastructure into an application or solution? Show Notes Picture of Kurt’s security check-up Dragon controls
Episode 200 – Talking Container Security with Liz Rice
Josh and Kurt talk to Liz Rice from Aqua Security about container security and her new book on the same topic. What does container security look like today? What are some things you can do now? What will container security look like in the future? Show Notes Container Security download Pictures of elephants Kubernetes SecurityContinue reading “Episode 200 – Talking Container Security with Liz Rice”
Episode 197 – Beer, security, and consistency; the newer, better, triad
Josh and Kurt talk about what beer and reproducible builds have in common. It’s a lot more than you think, and it mostly comes down to quality control. If you can’t reproduce what you do, you’re not a mature organization and you need maturity to have quality. Show Notes Reinheitsgebot Josh’s Blog Post Ken Thompson’s reflections onContinue reading “Episode 197 – Beer, security, and consistency; the newer, better, triad”
Episode 196 – Pounding square solutions into round holes: forced updates from Ubuntu
Josh and Kurt talk about automatic updates. Specifically we discuss a recent decision by Ubuntu to enable forced automatic updates. There are lessons here for the security community. We have a history of jumping to solutions rather than defining and understanding problems. Sometimes our solutions aren’t the best. Also murder bees. Show Notes The Oatmeal giant beeContinue reading “Episode 196 – Pounding square solutions into round holes: forced updates from Ubuntu”
Episode 195 – Is BGP actually insecure?
Josh and Kurt talk about the uproar around Cloudflare’s “Is BGP safe yet” site. It’s always interesting watching how much people will push back on new things, even if the new things is probably a step in the right direction. The clever thing Cloudflare is doing in this instance is they are making the BGP problem somethingContinue reading “Episode 195 – Is BGP actually insecure?”
