It's Time to Think Like A CISO

<p>Season 2 of The Lockdown is here, with a renewed focus on the overlap between privacy, security, and open-source intelligence. In this episode, Ray explains why reconnaissance should be treated as the first line of defense, not as the attacker’s free move. This episode lays out a practical way to think like a CISO in both your personal life and inside an organization. The core idea is simple: Minimize What Can Be Known, understand what you are protecting, and close the gap between having security controls and actually being protected by them.</p><ol><li>Why privacy and security should be treated as two sides of the same coin</li><li>Reconnaissance, OSINT, and how attackers build a picture from public information</li><li>Thinking like a CISO: threat modeling, risk, residual risk, and compensating controls</li><li>Practical privacy choices, including GrapheneOS, browsers, VPNs, prepaid SIMs, and data brokers</li><li>The control confidence gap, including SIM swaps, help desk attacks, security questions, and deepfakes</li><li>Real-world examples of reconnaissance-driven attacks, including MGM, Caesars, Marks &amp; Spencer, and ransomware extortion</li><li>The updated OSINT Defense and Security Framework, plus practical homework for individuals and organizations</li></ol><p><strong>Show Links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://psysecure.com/downloads/odsf-v0.3.0.pdf">OSINT Defense &amp; Security Framework PDF</a></li><li><a href="https://psysecure.com/briefing/">Weekday executive security briefing email</a></li></ul><p><strong>Matrix Community Rooms:</strong><br> • Matrix Community Space - <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#psysecure:matrix.org">https://matrix.to/#/#psysecure:matrix.org</a></p><p><strong>Individual Room Links:</strong><br> • <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-intro:matrix.org">https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-intro:matrix.org</a><br> • <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-podcast:matrix.org">https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-podcast:matrix.org</a><br> • <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-general:matrix.org">https://matrix.to/#/#lockdown-general:matrix.org</a></p><p>Support the show on Patreon ★ <a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheLockdown">https://www.patreon.com/TheLockdown</a></p>

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