The Conversational Geek Podcast

Nick Cavalancia

Technology

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Episode 19 • MSPs vs. Rising Cloud Storage Costs – Who’s Gonna Win?
As an MSP, you should already know that profitability is the real business you’re in. So any unpredictability in your business model equates to a potential, well.., “UNprofitablity”. As part of your backup as a service, you keep customer data for a specific period and even retain some for long periods of time. But, as your customer base grows, so does the backup storage necessary to accommodate new systems and data. So, how do you ensure cloud backup storage doesn’t kill your profitability? Find out as we talk with Eddie Huang, Solution Engineer at Quest Software, to discuss how your company can affordably utilize backup storage.
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Episode 18 • DMARC Demystified
As cybercriminals continue to leverage email as a primary initial attack vector, attacks that rely on domain, brand, and individual impersonation result in business email compromise, vendor email compromise, and deposit fraud. Of course, there’s an opportunity for email scanning solutions and even security awareness training to help with the problem, but there’s an entire security protocol established to help ensure senders are who they say they are while aiding with email deliverability. Joined by Sam Hutchinson, Co-founder and CEO at Sendmarc, we'll discuss Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting & Conformance - better known as DMARC, what it is, how it works, and how it helps your organization's cybersecurity stance.
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Episode 17 • The Evolving CSP - The “S” Should Stand for “Security”
As organizations look for ways to better leverage the cloud to deliver resources and services to employees, customers, and partners, one of the results is going to be expansions in network infrastructure and increases in network traffic by communication service providers, or CSPs. So, what does the future look like for CSPs, how are enterprises driving this future, and what’s the benefit to IT organizations? Find out how CSPs are expanding services and infrastructure and how it will benefit their enterprise customers as we talk with Terry Young, Director of Service Provider Product Marketing at A10 Networks.
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Episode 16 • Users: You Are the Weakest Link. Goodbye! (Kicking and Screaming)
A cybersecurity stance is, of course, made up of a number of solutions that each inspect, detect, protect, and respond in a consistent manner. And it’s this consistency that somewhat determines just how secure the organization is. But what about when you factor in the human element – the “great inconsistency”, if you will. How do users impact the organization’s cybersecurity stance? Find out as we talk with Dan Conrad, North American AD-Security Team Lead at OneIdentity, where we'll address the challenges with the human element in cybersecurity.
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Episode 15 • Defending on a Budget: Does Good Cyber Defense have to Equal High Spend?
It's fair to say that when we think about stopping a cyberattack, it's almost always in the context of some kind of assumption of having a number of solutions in play. And, depending on the types of solutions you use (and, of course, the specific ones you employ), the costs begin to add up. So, is an "unlimited" budget a requirement here, or is it even possible to defend on a budget? Find out as we talk with Stacy Leidwinger, VP of Portfolio Marketing at Secureworks, as we discuss the concept of establishing and maintaining a cybersecurity stance without breaking the bank.
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