Blockchains suffer from scaling issues. This is due to the fact that every transaction has to be propagated to all the nodes in the network and after propagation is complete the mining activity to create a block and provide a confirmation.

Smart Cities, AI, Blockchain, and Hedera

May 19th, 2018 22m 38s

Today I will be talking about Hedera, Smart cities, Artificial Intelligence, and how blockchains are being proposed as a solution without really understanding the requirements.Show notes: https://www.securityprivacyrisk.com/smart-cities-ai-b

Brief Introduction To Self - Sovereign Identity

May 13th, 2018 22m 46s

In this brief introduction to self sovereign identity, we will talk about how we build identity systems to create trust. Trust was something that was local and useful for establishing trust in a single domain. The only issue with existing ide

GDPR Impacts On Service Providers

May 6th, 2018 14m 32s

GDPR(General Data Protection Regulation) impacts on service providers seems to be a very popular topic. I have published two shows, one explains What is GDPR? and the other about Privacy By Design principles. The idea behind this series is to

SOC2 Audit Planning

Apr 27th, 2018 18m 7s

Guide on how to plan your very first SOC2 Audit.Show notes can be found here: https://www.securityprivacyrisk.com/soc2-audit-planning/

Blockchain Security Tools

Apr 23rd, 2018 16m 22s

Two weeks ago the show was about Blockchain Security, this week I will be talking about various tools available for some blockchain platforms.Basic blockchain architecture as it pertains to block creation and consensus mechanisms is very soun

What Is A Stable Coin

Apr 15th, 2018 12m 36s

Although crypto currencies are all the rage these days, one of the issues they all share is the stability. Where fiat currencies vary by a few percentage, the variations for crypto currencies can be quite very large make them very unstable fr

Blockchain Security

Apr 7th, 2018 19m 33s

2017 was the year of blockchain, the crypto currencies craze took over the world like a storm. Is all that glitters really gold, or just a hype. Sharing my thoughts on the security aspects of blockchain and how to address them.Show notes ca

Privacy By Design

Mar 31st, 2018 17m 54s

What is Privacy by Design, and how to implement it in your environment.Show notes can be found here: https://wp.me/p8fC61-AT

What is GDPR?

Mar 25th, 2018 34m 44s

Information about what GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is about and what to look out for to comply.

Cryptocurrency Anonymity, Privacy, & Fungibility

Mar 17th, 2018 24m 37s

This discussion delves deeper into how the privacy coins are implementing anonymity, privacy, and fungibility. Also discuss the implementations of different solutions into existing tokens.

What are Privacy Coins?

Mar 10th, 2018 21m 26s

Ever wonder what privacy coins or privacy cryptocurrencies are? In this video, I will provide an overview of why privacy tokens came into existence and list some of the privacy tokens that have been created.

Impacts To Audits When Moving To The Cloud

Feb 23rd, 2018 10m 47s

When organizations outsource their move their compute workloads to the cloud they assume that their cloud service provider will provide all the required assurances.Service providers can only provide assurance for the compute they manage. Any

Introduction To Blockchain

Feb 20th, 2018 20m 51s

Introduction to what a blockchain is, blockchain security, tokens vs cryptocurrencies, and blockchain platforms.Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2028470514075912/admin_activities/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channe

What is an ICO?

Feb 10th, 2018 12m 40s

Crypto market hit an all-time high on January 7 when it reached $835.69 billion. Earlier today that number was at $438.88 billion, representing about a 50% drop.Crypto currencies took 2017 by storm and the main catalyst in this meteoric rise

What to do after the audit report has been issued?

Jan 31st, 2018 6m 42s

Discuss what to do after the audit report has been issued. What normally happens and what should happen.Music: Ice Cream(http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Leo_Rossa/Ice_Cream/Leo_Rossa_-_Ice_Cream) by Leo Rossa(http://freemusicarchive.

SOC2 Reporting and Management Response

Jan 25th, 2018 5m 36s

When a SOC 2 report is issued, in "Description of Tests of Controls and Results of Testing" section, if a control has an exception or a qualification, a management response is included that talks about how the exception or the qualification ri

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