ExpedITioners

Huxley Barbee: The modern divergence of environments and security methodologies.

Show notes: 
 
Today, we’re joined by Huxley Barbee, a security evangelist at RunZero and organizer of Bsides NYC. In this episode, Zach and Huxley talk about the modern divergence of environments and security methodologies.
Topics discussed:
 
Huxley’s start within the security industry.
Making the industry a better place for newcomers.
Chasm solutions.
Comprehensive security visibility.
Methodologies of collecting data (on the network).
How “network” terminology has evolved.
“Deperimeterization”.
Modern divergence of security environments and efforts of discovery.
The top 3 important components that help round out a security program.
Agent-based collection compared to network-based collection.
Organization of Bsides NYC.
Where to get in touch: 
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhbarbee/ 
Twitter https://twitter.com/huxley_barbee 
Mastadon https://infosec.exchange/@huxley 
Bsidesnyc.org https://bsidesnyc.org/ 
Runzero https://www.runzero.com/ 
 
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Marcus Ransom: The positive future of collaboration between vendors and Apple for enterprise

Show notes: Joined by Marcus Ransom, Sales Engineer at Jamf, and one of the hosts of the Mac Admins podcast. In this episode, Zach and Marcus talk about the exciting future of Apple for enterprise and the MacAdmin community that supports it.
Topics discussed:
 
Marcus’ introduction to the Mac admin/IT world.
Opportunities with the future of Apple products
Changes throughout the history of the MacAdmin community.
Integrating MacOS devices across every ecosystem.
Frequent challenges and opportunities seen across the industry.
Enabling developers to build the tools your company needs for its customers.
Thoughts on the future of Mac IT.
Apple instituting actionable and useful feedback from vendors.
The importance of sharing information across the industry and community.
Resources mentioned:  
Xworld -  Australia 
MacAdmins Slack
MacAdmins podcast
MacAdmins Foundation
 

Jeff Chao: Configuration as code for efficiency and automation.

Show notes: 
As the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Abbey Labs, Jeff Chao advocates for the implementation of configuration as code, emphasizing its pivotal role in streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency. Actively contributing to fostering trust and prioritizing outcomes over tasks, Jeff recognizes the importance of achieving tangible results through automation. 
 
Topics discussed:
 
How did you first get into tech?
Enabling people to build things instead of just protecting them.
Attending DEFCON as a teenager.
Configuration as code for efficiency and automation.
The creation of Abbey Labs.
Easing into the adoption of configuration as code.
 
Resources mentioned:  
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thejeffchao/
Abbey Labs - https://www.abbey.io/

Charles Edge: The past, present, and future of all things computing and device management.

Show notes: 
 
On this episode, we have Charles Edge, also known as the "Old School Mac Guy," who not only hosts the MacAdmins Podcast but also serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Boostrappers.mn. He is dedicated to pioneering approaches in the realms of Apple technology, security, and IT management software. Join us as Charles shares insights into the future of MDM and device management
Topics discussed:
 
Charles’ start in the MacAdmin world.
Wingdings.
Building an MDM.
Enjoying the business, financial, and technical sides of IT management.
Secret Chest and DND spells
Writing a 2,000-page textbook on the history of computing.
What the biggest changes for IT and MacAdmins will be.
The future of MDM.
 
Resources mentioned:  
 
https://www.secret-chest.com/
https://podcast.macadmins.org/
 
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesedge/ 
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John Reynolds: Rehumanizing interactions between IT and end users

Show notes: 
 
John Reynolds navigates a unique approach to modern IT as the Head of IT at Pleo. Culture and interactions with humans come first in order to truly enable users to do their work. Join us on this episode as John talks about how their team works to put people first.
 
Topics discussed:
 
How John Reynolds got into their professional career
Creating an IT team from scratch for growth
Emotional healing with IT teams
Allowing IT to enable users to get their work done
“Invisible when we can be, and unmissable when we should be”
Reducing escalation friction
Letting people talk to IT like they talk to everyone else
Standardizing processes for IT logistics in hybrid workforces
The future of IT
 
Where to get in touch: 
 
LinkedIn
 
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Rich Trouton: Declarative Device Management and a promising future for Mac Admins

Show notes: 
 
We’re joined by Rich Trouton, an IT Technology Services Expert at SAP with over twenty years of experience. Outside of work, Rich also publishes the Der Flounder MacOS blog and is Treasurer for the Mac Admins Foundation.
 
Topics discussed:
 
How Rich got into Mac Administration and IT
IT allows for more enticing opportunities than traditional roles
Biggest changes that have taken place for MacAdmins over the past twenty years
Introduction of MDM and Declarative Device Management (DDM)
What people want in MDM
How much of a difference will DDM make for other MacAdmins
Genesis of the Mac Admins Foundation and involvement
The next five years of the Mac Admin world
 
Resources mentioned:  
 
MacAdmins Foundation
Declarative Device Management
Rich’s talk on DDM
Der flounder blog
 
Where to get in touch: 
MacAdmins Slack
LinkedIn
 
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Niels Hofmans - Threat modeling, open-source collaboration, and bug bounties.

Show notes: 
 
Niels is the Head of Security at Intigriti, Europe's largest bug bounty platform, which connects 90,000+ security researchers to their customers' assets.
He manages cloud security, SoC, threat intelligence, application security, compliance, detection & response, infrastructure, incident response & more.
When not with his head in the trenches, he spends time writing experimental security tooling or executing various projects for customers.
Topics discussed:
 
How Niels got their start in Cybersecurity.
Developing proof of concepts for malware and workarounds.
Making the transition from “amateur hacker” to “professional hacker”.
What the bug bounty scene is all about.
Convincing customers and larger names to trust a company like Integriti with confidential information.
What a procurement process for a bug bounty company looks like.
Tips for building out security programs and how to prioritize work.
Returning to the fundamentals of a security threat model.
Creating win-win situations between community and customers with open-source collaboration.
The value of open-source.
Where the security industry should be looking over the next five years.
Where to get in touch: 
GitHub 
LinkedIn
Intigriti
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Bradley Chambers: The bright future and golden era of MacOS

Show Notes:
 
In today’s episode of the ExpedITioners Podcast, we are joined by Bradley Chambers, who covers enterprise technology for 9 to 5 Mac and the Apple @ work podcast. They also have a day job at Cribl running content marketing, helping companies understand how to best manage observability data. 
Topics discussed:
How Bradley got into the world of MacOS
Quality of life improvements for Apple Admins
How Apple puts people first, even in enterprise deployments
The factors leading industry experts from K-12 to large enterprises
Recommendations for those looking to make sense of all the data coming from Macs
The importance of proving security through compliance
The future of enterprise Apple management
Where to get in touch: 
Find Bradley on LinkedInListen to Apple @ Work PodcastFind 9 to 5 Mac
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EP 7: Mat X, Organizing community insights for industry growth with MacAdmin tools

Show notes: 
In his day job Mat X serves the local film, VFX (visual effects), and media production industries. As an established storage, workflow, and backup expert, he builds better workflows from camera to archive and back again. Working with high-speed fiber channel SAN storage led to a healthy respect for well established backup, archive, and disaster recovery systems, balancing on-premise LTO (linear tape open) systems that offer fast and secure backups with cloud (other people’s data centers).
 
Many years of managing Macs and other devices has created a large community of IT professionals wanting to do the same. Seeing the new trend of Mac open source software collaboratively written and wanting to focus on the niche of developers (Dev) and IT (Ops) working together, Mat X founded a new conference called MacDevOps:YVR (MDO:YVR for short). In 2015, the first MDO annual conference of IT, system administrators, programmers, and DevOps professionals worldwide took place in Vancouver (YVR). Knowing that more storage and services were moving into the “Cloud” and that writing software collaboratively was a necessary learning goal for many, MDO was created as a way forward to building a better community. Several successful in person conferences later, the pandemic shifted everything online to a greater worldwide audience with speakers and attendees around the globe. Now with the MDO podcast, book club series, and many workshops online throughout the pandemic, the learning never stops. Planning continues for more conferences and community events to train the next generation of IT Pros and seasoned conference speakers.
Topics discussed:
 
Mat’s background and how he got into the MacAdmins world
What a day in the life of Mat X looks like
Illuminating the biggest changes of MacAdmin over the years
The creation and journey of MDOYVR
Why MacAdmins came to be so community-oriented (open source eg. MicroMDM, Nudge, etc)
What the biggest challenges the industry and MacAdmin teams are
The future of MacAdmin work
 
Learn more about MDOYVR.
Find Mat on Twitter.
Find MacDevOpsYVR on Twitter.
Find Mat on LinkedIn.
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EP 6: Whitney Champion: Scaling infrastructure automation with open source tools

Whitney is a co-founder and the lead architect at Recon InfoSec. She has extensive experience in large-scale infrastructure automation and orchestration in both the private and public sector. She builds and maintains the security stack that powers Recon’s MDR services and their network defense range, which powers their NDR training and OpenSOC.io.
Topics discussed:
 
Whitney’s background and how she got involved with cybersecurity
Understanding the importance of learning new security tooling
Whitney’s involvement with OpenSOC and Blue Team CTF at DefCon
Recommendations for transferring skills from practice to practical methodologies
Where her excitement for open source stems from
What some of the biggest challenges Recon InfoSec face and how they overcome them
The future of cybersecurity
Whitney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/shortxstackRecon InfoSec's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Recon_InfoSecBlog: https://www.reconinfosec.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/recon-infosec/OpenSoc: https://opensoc.io/Try FleetFleet makes it easy to get accurate, actionable data from all your endpoints. From full disk encryption to healthy antivirus software and any query in between. See for yourself. Sign up for Fleet Sandbox for free today:https://fleetdm.com/try-fleet/register.