Smart Talks with IBM: The Good Hacker: Hacking Businesses before Criminals Do
TechStuff
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4.3 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The headlines tell us cyberattacks are a big, consistent threat to business data – and ours. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Tim Harford, host of Cautionary Tales, and Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, Chief People Hacker for X-Force, IBM. Snow and her team are finding creative solutions to test their clients’ security, including hacking into their systems before criminal hackers do.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Tech Stuff, a production from iHeartRadio. |
| 0:12.0 | This season of smart talks with IBM is all about new creators, the developers, data scientists, |
| 0:17.8 | CTOs, and other visionaries creatively applying technology in business to drive change. |
| 0:23.9 | They use their knowledge and creativity to develop better ways of working, no matter the industry. |
| 0:29.4 | Open hosts from your favorite Pushkin Industries podcasts as they use their expertise to deepen |
| 0:34.2 | these conversations. |
| 0:35.7 | And of course Malcolm Gladwell will guide you through the season as your host and provide |
| 0:39.6 | his thoughts and analysis along the way. |
| 0:42.4 | Look out for new episodes of smart talks with IBM on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, |
| 0:47.4 | or wherever you get your podcasts, and learn more at IBM.com slash smart talks. |
| 0:57.1 | Hello, hello, welcome to smart talks with IBM, a podcast from Pushkin Industries, iHeartRadio, |
| 1:03.1 | and IBM. |
| 1:04.1 | I'm Malcolm Gladwell. |
| 1:06.1 | This season we're talking to new creators, the developers, data scientists, CTOs, and |
| 1:11.9 | other visionaries who are creatively applying technology and business to drive change. |
| 1:17.2 | Channeling their knowledge and expertise, they're developing more creative and effective |
| 1:21.2 | solutions, no matter the industry. |
| 1:24.4 | Our guest today is Stephanie Snow Cruthers. |
| 1:27.3 | Snow is a hacker alias, and it's how we'll refer to Stephanie for the rest of this episode. |
| 1:32.8 | Snow is the chief people hacker for xForce at IBM. |
| 1:37.2 | She gets paid to hack into her client's businesses before criminal hackers do in order |
| 1:41.8 | to test her client's information security. |
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