Scott Mitic of TrustedID talks about the latest Identity theft news and the FTC Red Flag rules for healthcare firms taking effect Nov. 1.

Adam Shostack, a well-respected voice on privacy and security issues, joins Dennis Fisher in this episode of the Nameless Security Podcast to discuss the data breach epidemic, the untimely demise of Zero Knowledge Systems and his new book, “The New School of Information Security.”

Information security forensic investigations can be a big job, but Windows registry command tools can make it easier. From querying autostart programs to getting the goods on every USB device ever connected to a particular Windows machine, these tools can streamline an investigation. Ed Skoudis explains which system-wide commands can aid an investigation.

Ian Abramson, president of the Independent Oracle Users Group discusses the results of a recent survey that finds database security lacking at many companies.

Billy Hoffman of HP is among the top AJAX and JavaScript security experts in the industry. In this podcast he talks about the issues with Google Chrome, why JavaScript is so dangerous and why he dragged a vending machine up several flights of stairs to prove a point in college.

Paul Roberts, an analyst at the 451 Group, talks about McAfee’s $465 million deal to buy Secure Computing and the challenges ahead.

The dust has settled since Dan Kaminsky revealed an intriguing — and now, perhaps, notorious — DNS exploit at this year’s Black Hat briefings. But many organizations are still not patching their internal servers. John Strand explains why this negligence is a big mistake.

Steven Katz, the former CISO at Citigroup, JP Morgan, and Merrill Lynch, talks about data encryption and the changing role of the CISO. Katz is widely recognized as one of the first CISOs in the security industry.

For Joe Grand, hacking isn’t just an adventure, it’s a job. A former member of the L0pht and owner of Grand Idea Studio, Grand talks about his designs for the Defcon badges, his work on hardware security and his new Discovery Channel show, Prototype This!

Yuval Ben-Itzhak of Web security vendor Finjan on the latest cybercriminal activities and a new survey that shows organizations are taking steps to defend against attacks.