Ep. 239 - Security Awareness Series - Protecting Against the Perfect Storm with Marc Ashworth

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Ryan and I are joined once again by Marc Ashworth. Mr. Ashworth is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, is a respected IT executive with over 30 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, project management, author and a public speaker. He is a member of the Webster University Cyber Advisory board, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy. He is a former board officer for the St. Louis InfraGard Alliance. Possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Security+ and other certifications. Mr. Ashworth currently oversees First Bank’s information security, fraud, physical security, and the network services departments. [Dec 18, 2023]   00:00 - Intro 00:22 - Ryan Intro 00:53 - Intro Links: -          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ -          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ -          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ -          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ -          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb -          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ -          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ 04:16 - Marc Ashworth Intro 05:51 - Recap 08:26 - Speaking the Same Language 09:36 - The Threats Get Better 11:45 - Clash of the Robots 13:42 - AI for Bad 17:46 - AI for Good 19:32 - Decepticons 22:39 - Regulations: Money Talks 26:48 - The Perfect Storm 30:16 - Insider Threat Safety Tips 33:00 – Mentors -          Bala Nibhanupudi -          Shelley Seifert -          Tom Bakewell 35:17 - Book Recommendations 36:37 - Find Mark Ashworth Online -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcashworth/ 38:06 - Wrap Up & Outro -           www.social-engineer.com -          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org