A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Episodes

A Hitch-Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Developing a Cyber Security Roadmap for Executive Leaders

Episode List

Episode 1: It’s Dark Out There.  The threat landscape.

Episode 2: Know Thyself.  Hardware, software and information asset management.

Episode 3: Knock, knock, who’s there? The problem with passwords.

Episode 4: Who goes there? Friend or foe? Applying access controls.

Episode 5: Data, data, everywhere.  How to secure mobile devices and remote workers.

Episode 6: A stitch in space and time.  Why weak patching policies leave you exposed to risk.

Episode 7: Known unknowns.  How to measure your cyber security posture.

Episode 8: It’s a Zero Trust game. Interior network design advice for looking after the things that matter to you.

Episode 9: The Keys to the Kingdom.  How to ensure your IT team are operating securely, so that they can protect you and your organisation.

Episode 10: It’s the log that counts.  How to build an early warning system for cyber attacks, and support effective forensic analysis after an incident.

Episode 11: Be the master of disaster (Part 1).  How to ensure your backup strategy meets your business resilience and recovery objectives.

Episode 12: Be the master of disaster (Part 2).  What every busy executive needs to know about disaster recovery.

Episode 13: Action stations!  How to ensure your Incident Response plan is effective for helping you respond to and recover from a major incident.

Episode 14: Keeping the lights on.  Building your organisation’s resilience with effective business continuity planning.

Episode 15: Don’t Train in Vain.  How to ensure your people are a strong weapon in your armoury for tackling cyber threats.

Episode 16: The Good, the Bad and the Policy.  How do design a policy framework for cyber security that makes a difference.

Episode 17: Getting the third party started.  Tackling risk in the digital supply chain.

Episode 18: What you don’t know can hurt you.  The dangers of shadow IT.

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James Bisset is a Cyber Security Specialist at Jisc.  He has over 25 years experience working in IT leadership and management in the UK education sector. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Cloud Security Professional, Certified in Information Systems Risk and Control and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board.