Nerd Out EP 61. The 2/3 of the Year Awards!

August 26, 2025

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In the latest episode of Nerd Out, Dave goes through the annual (3rd or 4th – who knows) 2/3 of the year awards! The categories are:

  1. MVP. Who or what is the security MVP to date. This can be a person, or a tactic.
  2. The Cobra (Sly Stallone) Award – “You’re the disease and I’m the cure”. What has been a great security process or procedure that can really help “cure” organization’s security problems.
  3. The Dennis Green “they are who we thought they are” Award. What is a threat or tactic that threats use that really showed their true colors.
  4. The Aldus Snow (Get Him to The Greek) Award. Don’t forget about me – what is the security threat that remains always present . Something so simple yet so deadly.
  5. Dumpster Fire Award. What incident or threat will just make things a mess.
  6. Scotty Doesn’t Know (EuroTrip) Award. What threat is out there that orgs aren’t thinking about but should.
  7. Avengers Team Up Award. Is there a great product or paper that involved multiple groups that orgs should know about.
  8. Heath Ledger Joker Award. What threat just takes it to another level – when you think last time was bad, the next time is worse.

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