Access Control

Access Control, a podcast providing practical security advice for startups.

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Governing the Future: Federal Cybersecurity in the Age of Edge and AI

Governing the Future: Federal Cybersecurity in the Age of Edge and AI

40m 35s

In this episode, Intel Federal CTO Steve Orrin discusses securing edge devices, enabling trusted AI, and navigating cybersecurity challenges in the public sector. Discover strategies for protecting sensitive data, complying with regulations, and ensuring the trustworthiness of cutting-edge technologies critical to government missions.

From SIEM to Detection as Code

From SIEM to Detection as Code

28m 32s

In this episode of Access Control, we dive deep into the evolving world of security information and event management (SIEM) with Jack Naglieri, founder and CTO of Panther. Jack shares his insights on transitioning from traditional SIEM systems to modern, cloud-native approaches that leverage detection-as-code.

Key topics include:

- The importance of intentionality in security operations
- Benefits of detection-as-code for governance, collaboration, and scalability
- Challenges of monitoring diverse cloud environments and SaaS tools
- Strategies for effective alert prioritization and reducing alert fatigue
- Cost considerations and selling points for modernizing SIEM systems

Jack emphasizes the need for...

Certificates, Keys, and Trust: The World of PKI and mTLS.

Certificates, Keys, and Trust: The World of PKI and mTLS.

49m 44s

In this episode of the Access Control Podcast, Ben Arent sits down with Ben Burkert and Chris Stolt, the founders of Anchor Security, to discuss the challenges of managing internal TLS and how private CAs can help simplify the process.
Ben and Chris share their experiences dealing with certificate-related outages and the frustrations that led them to start Anchor. They provide an in-depth look at the evolution of web cryptography, from the early days of SSL to the modern era of TLS and the impact of Let's Encrypt and the ACME protocol.
The conversation also covers the benefits of using...

Securing the Open-source Future

Securing the Open-source Future

58m 17s

'Access Control,' where we explore the intricate landscape of cryptography and cybersecurity with our esteemed guest, Filippo Valsorda, a distinguished cryptography engineer and an influential open source maintainer.

For this 21st episode of Access Control Podcast, a podcast providing practical security advice for startups, Director of Developer Relations at Teleport Ben Arent chats with Filippo Valsorda. Filippo is a cryptography engineer and open-source maintainer. From 2018 to 2022, he worked on the Go Team at Google and was in charge of Go Security. In 2022, he became a full-time open source maintainer and still maintains the cryptography packages that ship...