Using Open Source to Shrink the Cyber Workforce Gap

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We’ve turned intuition into a buzzword—flattened it into a slogan, a gut feeling, or a vague whisper we don’t always know how to hear. But what if intuition is so much more? What if it's one of the most powerful tools we have—and we’ve just forgotten how to use it? In this episode, I’m joined by Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir , Icelandic thought leader, filmmaker, and author of InnSæi: Icelandic Wisdom for Turbulent Times . Hrund has spent over 20 years studying and teaching the science and art of intuition through her TED Talk, Netflix documentary ( InnSæi: The Power of Intuition ), and global work on leadership, innovation, and inner knowing. Together, we explore what intuition really is (hint: not woo-woo), how to cultivate it in a culture obsessed with logic and overthinking, and why your ability to listen to yourself might be the most essential skill you can develop. In This Episode, We Cover: ✅ Why we’ve misunderstood intuition—and how to reclaim it ✅ Practical ways to strengthen your intuitive muscle ✅ What Icelandic wisdom teaches us about inner knowing ✅ How to use intuition during uncertainty and decision-making ✅ Why trusting yourself is an act of rebellion (and power) Intuition isn’t magic—it’s a deep, internal guidance system that already exists inside you. The question is: are you listening? Connect with Hrund: Website: www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com TedTalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/hrund_gunnsteinsdottir_listen_to_your_intuition_it_can_help_you_navigate_the_future?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Newsletter: https://hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com/blog/ LI: www.linkedin.com/in/hrundgunnsteinsdottir IG: https://www.instagram.com/hrundgunnsteinsdottir/ Book: InnSæi: Icelandic Wisdom for Turbulent Times Related Podcast Episodes: How To Breathe: Breathwork, Intuition and Flow State with Francesca Sipma | 267 VI4P - Know Who You Are (Chapter 4) Gentleness: Cultivating Compassion for Yourself and Others with Courtney Carver | 282 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…

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By all recent measures, the cybersecurity workforce is woefully understaffed. According to (ISC)², the cyber workforce gap in the United States was 377,000 open positions in 2021. The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has been working with the U.S. government to development novel approaches designed to shrink this gap. This talk will focus on open source initiatives that bring innovative ideas to cybersecurity modeling and simulation, assessment, and competitions

What Attendees will Learn:

Understanding of the challenges facing the cyber workforce and how to build engaging content that will help close the workforce gap
Where to find open source projects developed by the Software Engineering Institute to build cyber exercises, training labs and simulations
Hands on experience that can be immediately applied to workforce development initiatives in their own organization

164 episodes

Using Open Source to Shrink the Cyber Workforce Gap

Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Webcast Series

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published 3 years ago

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What Attendees will Learn:

Understanding of the challenges facing the cyber workforce and how to build engaging content that will help close the workforce gap
Where to find open source projects developed by the Software Engineering Institute to build cyber exercises, training labs and simulations
Hands on experience that can be immediately applied to workforce development initiatives in their own organization

164 episodes

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I Spy with My Hacker Eye: How Hackers Use Public Info to Crack Your Creds 57:16

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Did you know there are 500 million tweets per day? 3 billion monthly active Facebook users? 1 billion LinkedIn members? Are you one of them? In this webcast, Destiney Marie Plaza reveals how a hacker can use seemingly benign public information to customize an attack on a victim by showing a scenario-based attack and demo (using free and open-source tools). Additionally, you will learn how hackers can gather information about you, common mistakes that put your information at risk, and how to protect yourself. What Attendees Will Learn: how to use open-source tools used to crack passwords, along with a methodology for how hackers may gain access to your accounts what makes a strong password and how such passwords can stave off automated cracking tools how a hacker sees you, so that you can take appropriate steps to protect yourself…

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A New Performance Zone for Software for National Security 1:02:23

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Today, we have seen our national security organizations working to adopt modern software practices, particularly Agile methods and DevSecOps practices, efforts challenged by a mismatch of tempos between operational needs and development processes. The newly mandated Software Acquisition Pathway helps to align those tempos. However, to sustain a competitive advantage through software, we need to see our defense organizations recall and reapply disciplined engineering practices. What Attendees Will Learn: An assessment of current efforts to adopt modern software practices Why and where the pace of adoption faces challenges Characteristics of the needed new level of performance…

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Identifying and Mitigating Cyber Risk 47:33

22 days ago47:33

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An organization’s cyber risk management practices must be rooted in organizational goals to be truly effective. In this webcast, Matt Butkovic, Greg Crabbe and Beth-Anne Bygum explore how best to align business and resilience objectives.

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Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC): Protecting the Nation’s Defense Industrial Base 28:02

5 weeks ago28:02

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The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is a core element of the national security ecosystem. This point of intersection between private industry and the Department of Defense is a perpetual target for the Nation’s adversaries. In this Intersect, Matthew Butkovic and John Haller explore the development, and implementation, of the Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) as a means to better protect the DIB.…

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Threat Hunting: What Should Keep All of Us Up at Night 57:09

7 weeks ago57:09

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When it comes to recognizing threats, cybersecurity professionals may become distracted by big promises or ignore some obvious inspections. New claims made by the latest and greatest new apps draw attention away from network situational awareness best practices—like a dog distracted when it spots a squirrel. We also may deviate from making routine inspections that point toward further investigation—overlooking obvious needs right under our noses. Either becoming distracted or missing obvious inspections can cause us not to detect threats. What Attendees Will Learn: • The distinction between anomalies and threats • Steps to analyze data to detect a threat • The benefits of completing work on one threat…

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Can a Cybersecurity Parametric Cost Model be Developed? 56:25

9 weeks ago56:25

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Can a cybersecurity parametric cost estimation model be developed? Every Department of Defense (DoD) program needs to account for, credibly estimate, budget/plan for, and assess the performance of its cybersecurity activities. Creating a cybersecurity parametric model would allow DoD programs to reliably estimate the effort and cost of cybersecurity activities, estimate an overall cybersecurity cost for a program, and obtain a defined and normalized set of cybersecurity data. In this webcast, Christopher Miller shares insights from a Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute study on cybersecurity cost estimating that can help national security organizations successfully deploy parametric cost modeling. What Attendees Will Learn: • a proposed work breakdown structure identifying cybersecurity-related activities and cost items, and existing descriptions of secure coding practices and levels of rigor for those practices based on data availability • an approach to develop a cybersecurity parametric cost model • a methodology to develop the cost model…

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Elements of Effective Communications for Cybersecurity Teams 34:00

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Communications, both in times of crisis and during normal operations, are essential to the overall success and sustainability of an incident response or security operations team. How you plan for and manage these communications and how they are received and actioned by your audience will influence your trustworthiness, reputation, and ultimately your ability to perform incident management services effectively. This webcast leverages the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) CSIRT Services Framework to present communications responsibilities as part of both the standard incident management lifecycle and as an integral piece of crisis management support. What Attendees Will Learn: • various communication types or mechanisms for normal and crisis situations • foundational aspects of managing communications with constituents, the public, and the media • building blocks for an effective communications plan…

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Operational Resilience Fundamentals: Building Blocks of a Survivable Enterprise 52:07

13 weeks ago52:07

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Surviving disruptive cyber events requires a specific form of planning. One must strike a balance between defending against threats (e.g., managing conditions) and effectively handling the effects of disruption (e.g., managing consequences). Employing a model (such as the CERT Resilience Management Model) provides a catalog of practices and a system of measurement. Focusing on key attributes of performance permits a level of prediction not possible with a basic checklist. In this webcast, Greg Crabbe and Matt Butkovic share their experiences in establishing and maintaining operational resilience programs. What Attendees Will Learn: • how to link mission outcome with asset resilience • how managing for security differs from managing for resilience • how to apply a capability maturity model to the challenge • how to begin analyzing requirements and constructing an operational resilience management program…

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Cybersecurity Priorities in 2025 32:21

14 weeks ago32:21

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Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) perpetually navigate a dynamic set of challenges. Applying focus and aligning resources is imperative for success. In this Intersect, Matthew Butkovic and Gregory Touhill, reflect on 2024 and explore the topics that should be front of mind for CISOs in 2025. They provide insights and advice for those contemplating cybersecurity priorities.…

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Understanding the Need for Cyber Resilience: A Conversation with Ray Umerley 53:02

19 weeks ago53:02

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No organization can comprehensively avoid disruptive cyber events. All must strive to maintain operational resilience during times of organizational stress. Ransomware incidents create disruption that can be fatal to the unprepared. In this webcast, we explore how to maintain operational resilience during a ransomware incident. Experts with varied backgrounds provide practical advice for improving your resilience and survivability. What attendees will learn: • best practices for ransomware response • moving beyond security and planning for resilience • pitfalls to avoid in the planning and response processes…

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Exploring the Fundamentals of Counter AI 27:57

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As the strategic importance of AI increases, so too does the importance of defending those AI systems. To understand AI defense, it is necessary to understand AI offense—that is, counter AI. In this session, Matthew Butkovic, CISA, CISSP, technical director for risk and resilience, and Nathan VanHoudnos, senior machine learning researcher explore the fundamentals of counter AI.…

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Cyber Challenges in Health Care: Managing for Operational Resilience 53:37

28 weeks ago53:37

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Health-care organizations are seemingly besieged by a complex set of cyber threats. The consequences of disruptive cyber events in health care are in many ways uniquely troubling. Health-care organizations often face these challenges with modest resources. In this webcast, Matthew Butkovic and Darrell Keeling will explore approaches to maximize return on cybersecurity investment in the health-care context. This will include applying fundamental measures of operational resilience. What Attendees Will Learn: How to yield maximum return on cybersecurity investment in health care How to shift thinking from cybersecurity to operational resilience How to employ free or low-cost cybersecurity resources in the health-care context…

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Independent Verification and Validation for Agile Projects 1:02:23

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Traditionally, independent verification and validation (IV&V) is performed by an independent team throughout a program’s milestones or once the software is formally delivered. This approach allows the IV&V team to provide input at the various milestone gates. As more programs move to an Agile approach, those milestones aren’t as clearly defined since requirements, design, implementation, and testing all happen iteratively, sometimes over years of development. In this new paradigm, IV&V teams are struggling to figure out how to add value to the program earlier in the lifecycle by getting in phase with development. This webcast will highlight a novel approach to providing IV&V for projects using an Agile or iterative software development. What Attendees Will Learn: What adopting an Agile mindset for IV&V could look like How focusing on capabilities and using a risk-based perspective could help drive planning for your team Techniques to help the IV&V team get more in phase with the developer while remaining independent…

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Generative AI and Software Engineering Education 1:02:05

46 weeks ago1:02:05

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Within a very short amount of time, the productivity and creativity improvements envisioned by generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as using tools based on large language models (LLMs), have taken the software engineering community by storm. The industry is in a race to develop your next best software development tool. Organizations are perplexed by trying to find the right balance between staying ahead in the race and protecting their data and systems from potential risks presented by using generative AI as part of their software development tool chain. There are haters, evangelists, and everything in between. Software engineering education and educators have a special role. No matter how they perceive the opportunities and challenges of generative AI approaches, software engineering educators are going through a watershed moment that will change how they educate the next generation of software engineers. In this webcast, three experts in software engineering will discuss how generative AI is influencing software engineering education and how to balance key skills development with incorporating generative AI into software engineering curricula. What Attendees Will Learn: • how software engineering education is challenged by the increasing popularity of generative AI tools • how software engineering educators can take advantage of generative AI tools • what fundamental skills will be critical to teach to software engineering students in the era of generative AI…

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Secure Systems Don’t Happen by Accident 59:08

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