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Protecting data remains a high priority with FSI’s as high-profile threats portraying complex supply chain attacks, such as the Solarwinds continue to make the headlines. Taking advantage of how organisations move digital assets remains an evergreen attack vector for cybercriminals. Take a listen to Sean Devaney, vice president at CGI and David Martin, Partner Manager at Progress Software as they converse with FSTech around some of these topics as well as some possible solutions to this digital dilemma.

Expert in implementing new critical infrastructure for businesses, Jimmy Jones of Positive Technologies, joins the podcast to discuss the legal and security implications of adopting 5G for critical infrastructure.

Alex Oliveri, Director of Professional Services at Progress, joins the Defrag This podcast to discuss the intricacies of continuous integration and development in a DevOps environment.

Nat Meron of C2A Security joins the podcast to discuss the advancements in automotive technology, connected cars, autonomous vehicles, and the implications this new tech has on security and compliance in the auto industry.

In this episode of Defrag This, Chris Hickman of Keyfactor joins the podcast to discuss how IT should approach a corporate M&A (merger and acquisition).

John O’Shaughnessy, Infrastructure Architect and Senior Consultant at Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation, joins the podcast to discuss the budget issues plaguing IT teams during the pandemic.

In this episode, Arun Vishwanath joins the podcast to discuss the rise in phishing scams and social engineering during the pandemic and ways that host Greg Mooney has almost been phished over the past few months.

Progress (formerly Ipswitch) released a new version of their managed file transfer product, MOVEit 2020. The release includes a new mobile app that allows the ability to send and receive sensitive data on mobile devices.

Ted Kim, CEO of Private Internet Access, joins the podcast to chat about VPNs, privacy online, and how the cybersecurity threat landscape has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ben Niernberg, Executive VP of MNJ Tehcnologies, joins the podcast to discuss how IT teams are dealing with hardware shortages, price gouging, and the new normal of supporting a remote workforce.

Jason Rader, who is the National Director of Network and Cloud Security at Insight Enterprises, joins the podcast to discuss the issues and solutions of supporting employees who are working from home during the COVID-19 crisis.

Ask any digital forensics team or security researcher, and they will agree that data that is seemingly wiped from a hard drive is not lost forever. John Shegerian, the co-founder of ERI, a leading eWaste company, discusses the implications of eWaste in terms of security and compliance.

Dr. Arun Vishwanath, a technologist in the field of cybersecurity, joins the podcast to discuss what cyber hygiene is and why people don't treat it the same way as personal hygiene. How can we change how people perceive technology in a way that is secure?

Companies who don’t have their systems up to date are to this day running into variants of WannaCry ransomware taking over business-critical systems. Most of these businesses are not even the intended target for these types of advanced persistent threats. So what do we know and how can we better protect ourselves from these attacks?

Shadow IT usually is the crux of IT teams. It creates an issue of visibility within the IT stack that leaves IT in the dark, hence the name. Often, when shadow IT happens though, it’s because IT is not allowing for fast workflows or certain operations are a hindrance to agility in the workplace. Uri Haramati joins the Defrag This podcast to discuss his take on shadow IT.

On the phone today, we have someone who is helping IT and Security teams do just that. Alex Bauert has more than 25 years of IT experience, with 15 of those years spent in architecture and application security leadership roles. He has built and enhanced application security programs at several large and medium enterprises across various industries. In addition, Bauert is a localization and internationalization engineer for hardware and software products.

IT professionals join the Defrag This podcast to tell the spookiest stories of their careers.

Greg Mooney and Jeff Edwards discuss a new report released by Osterman Research and sponsored by Progress about how Information Governance is often overlooked when it comes to IT operations cost savings.