This month Paul Asadoorian joins host Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall. Paul is the founder of Security Weekly, a security podcast network. Paul spends time “in the trenches” coding in Python, testing security products and evaluating and implementing open-source software. Paul’s career began by implementing security programs for a lottery company and then a large university. As Product Evangelist for Tenable Network Security, Paul also built a library of materials on the topic of vulnerability management. When not hacking IoT devices, web applications or Linux, Paul can be found researching his next set of headphones, devices for smoking meat, and e-bikes. November 15, 2021.
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Ep. 158 – Security Awareness Series – Don’t Act Old And Other Advice with Paul Asadoorian
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Paul Asadoorian joins host Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall. Paul is the founder of Security Weekly, a security podcast network. Paul spends time “in the trenches” coding in Python, testing security products and evaluating and implementing open-source software. Paul’s career began by implementing security programs for a lottery company and then a large university. As Product Evangelist for Tenable Network Security, Paul also built a library of materials on the topic of vulnerability management. When not hacking IoT devices, web applications or Linux, Paul can be found researching his next set of headphones, devices for smoking meat, and e-bikes. November 15, 2021.
00:00 – Intro
03:34 – Paul Asadoorian Intro
05:08 – How did you get started in infosec?
13:19 – When did you decide you were going to start a podcast?
24:26 – What have you learned from the guests you’ve had on your podcasts over all of these years?
27:00 – What is your perspective on the shifting of hacking culture in the community?
34:53 – What are the best qualities someone could have to be attractive to a potential employer in this industry?
37:14 – How do we get the younger generation to have the qualities we are not seeing?
41:38 – Who is your greatest mentor?
- Laurie Baker
- Stephen Northcutt @ SANS
- Ed Skoudis @ SANS
46:00 – Book Recommendations
51:00 – Guest Wrap Up
53:31 – Outro