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Charlene O’Hanlon
Charlene O’Hanlon is Chief Operating Officer at Techstrong Group and Editor at Large at Techstrong Media. She is an award-winning journalist serving the technology sector for 20 years as content director, executive editor and managing editor for numerous technology-focused sites including DevOps.com, CRN, The VAR Guy, ACM Queue and Channel Partners. She is also a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences.

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The Great Resignation Creates Great Vulnerabilities – Techstrong TV

| | Cybersecurity, Great Resignation, insider threat, NetWitness
Ben Smith, Field CTO at NetWitness, and Charlene discuss how the Great Resignation creates “The Great Vulnerability” in organizations. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Charlene O’Hanlon: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to TechStrong TV. I am Charlene O’Hanlon, and I’m here now with Ben Smith, ... Read More
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Intel Expands Bug Bounty Program – Techstrong TV

| | bug bounty, Intel, Project Circuit Breaker, security
Intel is expanding its Bug Bounty program with Project Circuit Breaker, bringing together a community of elite hackers to hunt bugs in firmware, hypervisors, GPUs, chipsets and more. Charlene O’Hanlon and Katie Noble discuss the first of these efforts and how Intel plans to take this initiative further. The video ... Read More
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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Trends for 2022 – Techstrong TV

| | Data breaches, Data Privacy Week, National Cybersecurity Alliance, Security Awareness
With Data Privacy Week in the rearview mirror, Lisa Plaggemier, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance, and Charlene discuss some of the biggest trends in cybersecurity. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Charlene O’Hanlon: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Techstrong TV. I’m Charlene O’Hanlon ... Read More
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Smart Cities Need to Keep Cybersecurity in Mind – Techstrong TV

| | Cybersecurity, Smart City, smart city security, VMware
Karen, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, and Charlene discuss smart city cybersecurity—why security is not baked into smart city infrastructure tech from the beginning, what the major vulnerabilities are, and how we go forward from here. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Charlene O’Hanlon: Hey, ... Read More
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Techstrong TV: How to Prepare for Highly Destructive Malware

| | AutoRABIT, Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Malware
With cyberattacks on the rise with Microsoft’s warning of a highly destructive form of malware in Ukraine and White Rabbit being linked to FIN8, Tim Van Ash, Sr. VP of Product and Technology at AutoRABIT, and Charlene discuss how to best prepare for malware and future cyberattacks on the horizon ... Read More
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Techstrong TV: Addressing Cybersecurity Tool Sprawl

| | Cybersecurity, Great Resignation, ReliaQuest, tool sprawl
The Great Resignation is adding strain on the already tight security industry labor shortage. In turn, it’s leaving companies vulnerable with limited bandwidth, even more burnt out teams and tool sprawl – with the majority of organizations having one staff member managing more than four tools. Joe Partlow, CTO of ... Read More
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Techstrong TV: GitGuardian Reports Leaked Secrets Doubled

| | AppSec, DevSecOps, GitGuardian, Secrets Sprawl
Mackenzie and Charlene discuss the results of the GitGuardian 2022 State of Secrets Sprawl report, which shows a doubling of the number of secrets leaked from GitHub compared to 2020. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Charlene O’Hanlon: Hey, everybody. Welcome back to TechStrong TV ... Read More
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Changing the Face(s) of the Cybersecurity Workforce

| | Cybersecurity, Diversity, inclusion, IT careers, Raytheon
Raytheon‘s Julian Zottl talks with Charlene O’Hanlon about the changing faces of cybersecurity professionals—those coming from all industries and all walks of life—and how organizations can and should go broad in their hiring practices when it comes to cybersecurity professionals, from novice to seasoned. The video is below followed by ... Read More
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Overcoming Ransomware Attacks – Techstrong TV

| | data storage, Ransomware, Spectra Logic
When crucial data is infected by ransomware, most companies try to keep it from public exposure. However, data storage company Spectra Logic has chosen to be completely transparent with its ransomware attack. Tony discusses his first-hand experience of this attack, including the signs of ransomware attacks, data storage defense tactics ... Read More
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The H4unt3d Hacker on Ukraine Crisis and Cybersecurity

| | H4unted Hacker, Malware, Russia, Ukraine
Charlene O’Hanlon and the H4unt3d Hacker, Mike Jones, discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, what’s not being discussed about the current situation and what’s next when it comes to cybersecurity. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation. This episode of Techstrong TV originally aired on February 28, ... Read More
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