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7 Minute Security

Brian Johnson

7 Minute Security is a weekly information security podcast focusing on penetration testing, blue teaming and building a career in security. The podcast also features in-depth interviews with industry leaders who share their insights, tools, tips and tricks for being a successful security engineer.

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  • Jan 1, 2016 · 7 min

    7MS #132: I Got a New Job - Part 1

    This is a four-part series about my transition to a new job! The topics are as follows: Part 1: When it may be time to look for a new job (or not) Part 2: How to stand out during phone screenings and interviews Part 3: How to gracefully transition from old job to new job Part 4: Here's what I'm doing in my new gig!

  • Dec 29, 2015 · 7 min

    7MS #130: Sqlmap and Sqlninja FTW

    This episode talks about some fun I had using sqlmap, and how using it in conjunction with Sqlninja makes me happy to be alive.

  • Dec 27, 2015 · 9 min

    7MS #128: Transparency is King

    In this episode, I talk about a restaurant infosec assessment I did, and how the recommendations coming out of that assessment didn't fit the standard "mold." I also talk about how being transparent and helpful - and NOT billing clients for every tiny little thing - is king.

  • Dec 24, 2015 · 8 min

    7MS #126: Get Your Name Out There

    This episode isn't about infosec exactly, but it talks about how using public resources like LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs to boost your "brand" (though I hate that word) and help you get more connected to the infosec community, job leads and more!

  • Dec 23, 2015 · 7 min

    7MS #125: Securing Your Life-Part 2

    Way back in episode #93, I talked about things you can do to secure your life (mortgage review, adequate insurance, estate planning, investments, etc.). This episode continues that train of thought and covers: getting the right amount of life insurance, getting the right home/auto coverage, as well as estate planning.

  • Dec 23, 2015 · 8 min

    7MS #124: Sprinkles

    This episode is 90% a rant about how annoying carry-on luggage and air travel can be, and a 10% sprinkling of security sauce mixed in. Hence: sprinkles.

  • Dec 22, 2015 · 9 min

    7MS #123: Doing a Redo Assessment

    This episode talks about my experience in doing a "redo" security assessment, during which I struggled with the following questions: what's the best way to efficiently correct the erroneous information and make the customer happy without asking ALL the original questions over again? Especially when I have little to no time to prepare for the "redo" interview?

  • Dec 20, 2015 · 8 min

    7MS #122: OFFTOPIC-An Apology to Elephants

    Preview76 wordsThis episode is about a documentary called An Apology to Elephants. It's all about the treatment (or mistreatment) of elephants, and the main message of the movie is, "Please don't go to the circus when it's in town, because you're supporting elephant abuse." Even if that message was a little heavy handed, I certainly will pass on tickets next time a circus act comes through town. You can subscribe to the 7 Minute Security podcast here.

  • Dec 19, 2015 · 8 min

    7MS #121: Migrating from Tumblr to Ghost-Part 2

    Part 2 concludes my journey in moving 7ms.us from Tumblr to a Digital Ocean droplet running Ghost. Here are the key resources mentioned during the podcast: How to run multiple Ghost blogs on one DI VPS. The key takeaway here was that I had to upgrade to the $10 droplet (I did a "flexible" resize to add more proc/memory) and then the second instance of Ghost installed fine. Turning on CloudFlare SSL was easy. I chose flexible SSL since I wasn't using a "real" cert. I also wrote a rule to force HTTPs for all connections. And, just for grins, I turned on DNSSEC. Because...why not? :-) I picked a strong root password for my DI droplet, but I still don't like the idea of IPs banging on that connection all day and night. I followed this article on installing Fail2Ban to prevent my SSH login from being abused. There are a few IPs that I want to perma-ban, so I'm going to look throughthis article and this one which looks a tad easier. You can subscribe to the 7 Minute Security podcast here.

  • Dec 18, 2015 · 2 min

    7MS #120: THE PURGE!

    Announcing the 7MS PURGE! I've got a back log of episodes banked and I want to get caught up for the new year. So I'm going to release one (or maybe more) episodes per day between now and 2016. Plus (spoiler alerts!) in 2016 we're moving to a Monday/Wednesday/Friday release schedule. Yep, 7MS three times a week - thanks for the idea, mom! Subscribe to 7MS on iTunes here.

  • Dec 17, 2015 · 8 min

    7MS #119: Migrating from Tumblr to Ghost-Part 1

    In this episode I talk about my adventures in moving my brianjohnson.tv Tumblr content over to a Digital Ocean hosted droplet running Ghost. I think you'll want to check this episode out, because in part 2 I talk about the challenges I faced in hosting multiple Ghost instances on one DI droplet. I will also be talking about how to enable CloudFlare SSL (for free!) as well as enabling Fail2Ban to keep annoying people/IPs from brute forcing your SSH root account!

  • Dec 15, 2015 · 7 min

    7MS #118: Should Phishing be Fair?

    This episode discusses an important and rhetorical (to me) infosec question: Should phishing campaigns be "fair?"

  • Dec 4, 2015 · 7 min

    7MS #115: OFFTOPIC-Love and Mercy

    We're going off-topic today and talking about the new(ish) movie about Brian Wilson's life called Love and Mercy.