Category: Guest Appearances
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CSO (pt 2)
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3516080/episode-10-dont-be-batman-why-cisos-should-embrace-the-sidekick-role-part-2.html In this second half, Akamai CISO Andy Ellis and host Bob Bragdon continue their talk about the good guy/bad guy dynamic in the infosec community and why it can result in you being marginalized in your organization. Ellis’ advice: Don’t try to be the hero; be the sidekick.
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CSO (pt 1)
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3516079/episode-9-dont-be-batman-why-cisos-should-embrace-the-sidekick-role-part-1.html There is a prevailing attitude in the infosec community that security pros are the good guys and the bad guys are, well, just about everyone else — users, developers, senior leadership. This good guy/bad guy dynamic can result in you being marginalized in your organization, says Akamai CISO Andy Ellis. His advice: Don’t try…
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Decipher
https://duo.com/decipher/decipher-podcast-andy-ellis Andy Ellis, CSO of Akamai, joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the process of planning to move tens of thousands of employees to remote work securely, the increased stress on Akamai’s network, and what things might look like from a security perspective on the other side of the quarantine.
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COVID-19: Cybersecurity Workers Have In-Demand Skills (Working Nation)
Cybersecurity workers in high demand during COVID-19 pandemic Transcript (raw) (00:00) – I’m actually hiring rightnow and we’re looking at possibly hiring a lot morethan we originally planned on. Partly, there’s a big opportunity here. As an Internet deliverycompany, we expect to see some, a lot changes on the Internet. And if people are physicallydistancing,…
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Business of Software
https://businessofsoftware.org/2019/10/harry-potter-star-wars-nobody-villain-story-conversation-andy-ellis-cso-akamai/ Andy was one of the speakers at this year’s BoS Conference USA 2019 and talked about why humans were awesome at risk management and why humans were awful at risk management. It is good. Very good. At the speaker dinner, we got into a conversation about how people can take the same data to come to…
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The Secure Developer: You Own It, You Secure It
https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/the-secure-developer/ep-38-you-own-it-you-secure-it-with-andy-ellis-of-akamai/ In episode 38 of The Secure Developer, Guy speaks with Andy Ellis, CSO of Akamai. They discuss streamlining customer assurance, the role of an incidents coordinator, and the value of transparency between a security company and their associates. TRANSCRIPT Guy Podjarny: Hello, everyone. Welcome back to The Secure Developer. Today we have a good…
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Collective Intelligence
In a conversation between Mike Mimoso, Editorial Director at Flashpoint, and Andy Ellis, Chief Security Officer at Akamai, the implementation of a zero-trust security model at Akamai is discussed. By treating users, devices, and applications as the perimeter, Akamai has moved away from traditional network security approaches. The conversation covers topics such as the influence…
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Decipher
Walking into a sleek glass-walled conference room on a cold and wet December day, Ellis has the easy confidence and serenity you might find in a semi-retired professional golfer. It is not the kind of demeanor often associated with CSOs, and certainly not with the CSO of a company that handles a non-trivial portion of…
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IOT Podcast
Last week’s disruption caused by a massive botnet targeting connected devices highlights the pressing issue of IoT security. In an interview with Akamai’s chief security officer, Andy Ellis, the significance of the incident, the challenges of securing IoT, and the reluctance to invest in security measures are discussed.