Jessica Amado, head of cyber research at Sepio, discusses hardware-based cybersecurity threats. We’ve all heard the USB in the parking lot trick, but Amado tells us about the increasingly complex ways cybercriminals bypass hardware safeguards, and lets you know how to make sure that the keyboard or mouse you’re plugging in isn’t carrying a dangerous passenger.
0:00 – Intro
2:30 – Initial cybersecurity draw
6:30 – Day-to-day work as head of cybersecurity research
8:44 – How Amado does research
9:37 – Amado’s routine
10:35 – Hardware-based ransomware
13:00 – Other hardware threat factors
17:54 – Security practices with USBs
20:10 – How to check hardware
21:52 – Recommendations on security protocols
23:57 – The future of ransomware and malware
27:20 – How to work in hardware security
31:35 – Cybersecurity in other industries
32:33 – Advice for cybersecurity students
34:11 – Sepio Systems
35:58 – Learn more about Sepio or Amado
36:23 – Outro
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