The Gate 15 Interview EP 55. Allan Liska, Ransomware Sommelier. Threats, mental health, comic books and Diet Dr. Pepper.
February 18, 2025
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In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Allan Liska. Allan Liska, threat intelligence analyst at Recorded Future, has more than 20 years of experience in information security and has worked as both a security practitioner and an ethical hacker. Through his work at Symantec, iSIGHT Partners, FireEye, and Recorded Future, Allan has helped countless organisations improve their security posture using more effective intelligence. He is the author of “The Practice of Network Security, Building an Intelligence-Led Security Program”, “Securing NTP: A Quickstart Guide” and the co-author of “DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System and Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion.”, and “Ransomware: Understand. Prevent. Recover.” Learn more about Allan on LinkedIn.
In the discussion Allan and Andy discuss:
Allan’s Background.
Evolving Threats, mission creep and STDs (wait, what?)
The ever-evolving threat of ransomware and the value of collaboration
Resilience: mental health, taking care of your people
Roy Rogers, comic books and that’s before we play Three Questions!
The enduring and expensive threat of scams (#Take9!)
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