ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Welcome to The Human Element, the podcast that dives deep into the most overlooked aspect of cybersecurity—people. Hosted by cybersecurity expert Scott Gombar, this show is dedicated to unraveling the human side of data breaches, ransomware attacks, and hacking incidents. While technology continues to advance, the human element remains the most significant vulnerability in any organization’s security framework.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 25 days
Average audio length:
24 minutes
English
United States
26 episodes
since Feb. 26, 2022
episodic
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Episode 25 I’m Tired -MFA Fatigue
Introduction (3 mins): The host introduces MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) and the case of three individuals pleading guilty to cybercrimes using MFA fatigue attacks. The focus is on how attackers exploited human behavior rather than technology.
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Episode 24 Now Hiring
Welcome to the Human Element Podcast, where we dive into the stories and experiences that shape us in our everyday lives. Today, we’re talking about something we’ve all been through at some point—job seeking. Whether it’s your first gig out of college, a mid-career…
Episode 24 Now Hiring
Welcome to the Human Element Podcast, where we dive into the stories and experiences that shape us in our everyday lives. Today, we’re talking about something we’ve all been through at some point—job seeking. Whether it’s your first gig out of college, a mid-career…
The Rising Tide of Insider Threats: Are Companies Prepared?
ep23
The Human Element Podcast episode 23, hosted by Scott Gombar, focuses on the rising tide of insider threats. Gombar discusses a report by Secura Nix revealing that 76% of organizations have seen increased insider threat activity over…
Episode 22: The Unexpected Email
Imagine receiving an email unexpectedly from yourself. You’d probably think that was pretty weird but you open it anyway and what you read next is even more shocking.
Someone else has access to your email and they want a ransom in bitcoin to return your email …
Episode 21: Lost and Found – The Dark Side of Facebook Scams
3 Common Facebook Scams and How to Recognize Them
Facebook scams are not new but they seem to be increasing, and becoming a little more sophisticated in some cases. We review 3 of the more popular scams being used on Facebook as of …
July is Ransomware Awareness Month
10 Things You Need to Do to Avoid a Ransomware Attack/Data Breach
Ransomware is the scourge of the internet, and one of the biggest threats to small businesses all over the world, but what can we do? Well, it starts with awareness and education.
We recorded this p…
Episode 19: Fake LinkedIn Account Spotted
As the owner of a LinkedIn group of almost 10,000 members, one of the tasks I have is to ensure the members are going to be good citizens. It is a geographically based group and as such I only allow members from Connecticut and the surrounding states into t…
Episode 18: No, They Are Not Going to Pay Your Bill
On the day of this recording, I received a phone call claiming to be from “TMobile/Sprint”. They wanted to advise of an overpayment on my account and that I was owed a credit. As I fumbled in an attempt to record the conversation and s…
Episode 17: A Hack Is Imminent
I was made aware of a cybercriminal that has access to the network and computers of at least two businesses in the same industry as one of my clients. Some of the details were eerily similar but not all of the information matched.
Not that it matters because we have t…
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