Jul 25, 2022
#14 - Most Breaches Start with Social Engineering - Bastien Treptel
As a curious child, unwilling hacker, convicted criminal, business owner and retiree at 40, Bastien Treptel has an incredibly interesting background on both the good and bad side of cyber security. As the co-founder of CTRL Group, Bastien has an unparalleled depth of experience in consulting various regional organisations on cyber threats, social engineering, capture the flag exercises and technological safeguarding measures to better protect their corporate environments. Bastien now spends his time riding motorbikes and traveling the world educating people on how to avoid becoming the next target.
In this episode, we speak about:
1. How we want more people joining the cyber security profession, sharing insights that some of the best practitioners earn $300,000 a year - from pentesters to actors and everything in between.
2. That social engineering is at the heart of most breaches, as it involves manipulation, urgency or triggering an action in someone to do something.
3. That 82% of breaches involve the human element, including social attacks, errors and misuse.
4. We also touch on a futuristic view on technology advancements and further topics including: Brillant, GPT-3, Apple M1 Chips, Boston Dynamic Robotics, CSIRO, Follina Microsoft, Universal Basic Income and Australia being the energy aggregator of the world.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 - Introduction
14:54 - Social Engineering
23:54 - Future in Cybersecurity
26:30 - Deep-voice fake in Social Engineering
28:26 - Building Awareness in Business
34:36 - Innovation in Cyber
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