Malicious Life Podcast: Should the U.S. Ban Chinese and Russian Technology?

 

Every year, seemingly, there’s a new story of some software like 'Tik Tok' or 'FaceApp' from a hostile country that may or may not be a security threat to us in the West. So what should be done in cases like this? What if the U.S. just banned all technology from Russia and China? Is it a good idea? Is it even possible? Ira Winkler joins the discussion - check it out...

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About the Guest

Ira Winkler

Ira Winkler, CISSP, is an award-winning CISO, top-rated keynote speaker, bestselling author, and is really just trying to leave the world more secure than how I found it.

He is considered one of the world's most influential security professionals and has been named a “Modern Day James Bond” by the media. Ira is the Lead Security Principal at Trustwave and author of Advanced Persistent Security and the forthcoming You Can Stop Stupid.

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About the Host

Ran Levi

Born in Israel in 1975, Malicious Life Podcast host Ran studied Electrical Engineering at the Technion Institute of Technology, and worked as an electronics engineer and programmer for several High Tech companies in Israel.

In 2007, created the popular Israeli podcast Making History. He is author of three books (all in Hebrew): Perpetuum Mobile: About the history of Perpetual Motion Machines; The Little University of Science: A book about all of Science (well, the important bits, anyway) in bite-sized chunks; Battle of Minds: About the history of computer malware.

About The Malicious Life Podcast

Malicious Life by Cybereason exposes the human and financial powers operating under the surface that make cybercrime what it is today. Malicious Life explores the people and the stories behind the cybersecurity industry and its evolution. Host Ran Levi interviews hackers and industry experts, discussing the hacking culture of the 1970s and 80s, the subsequent rise of viruses in the 1990s and today’s advanced cyber threats.

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