The Gate 15 Podcast Channel

Despite the razzing I got from the guys (David Pounder - host of the NerdOut! Security Panel Discussion, and Andy Jabbour - host of The Gate 15 Interview) during the last Risk Roundtable, the TCE ISAC Series continues!!! This time, REN-ISAC (Research & Education Networks Information Sharing & Analysis Center) joins me. REN-ISAC serves the higher education and research community by promoting cybersecurity operational protections and response.

For this episode, I enjoyed a fun and lively chat with Krysten Stevens, “new” Director of Technical Operations, and Brett Zupan, Risk Analyst and DC Liaison. We talked about threats facing the research and higher education community and bragged on Kim Milford’s (REN-ISAC’s Executive Director) amazing vision in 2019 to execute a series of workshops that had colleges, universities, and relevant community partners, such as state/local health departments and law enforcement working together through an infectious disease scenario – a scenario the team thought might be going too far…

Resources discussed on this episode:

• https://www.ren-isac.net
• https://gate15.global/the-gate-15-interview-from-blended-threats-to-pandemic-lessons-learned-a-candid-conversation-on-higher-education-security-and-resilience-with-ren-isacs-kim-milford/
• https://www.ren-isac.net/public-resources/csirt.html
• https://www.ren-isac.net/public-resources/workshops/index.html
• https://www.caudit.edu.au/