DtSR Episode 659 - LinkedIn Cyber Influencers are Funny

In this episode of the Down the Security Rabbithole podcast, Rafal and James take a break from their AI series to vent about frustrating trends and posts they've observed online, particularly on LinkedIn. They discuss a post suggesting that the best response to a data breach is to shut down the entire network, which they find to be an outdated and impractical approach for modern security architectures. They also critique the tendency to overstate the risks of sharing personal information, such as high school senior photos on town banners, in an age of ubiquitous facial recognition. The conversation shifts to the increasing complexity of cybersecurity, with examples ranging from cloud identity management to software dependencies, and how this complexity creates both challenges and opportunities for security professionals. They emphasize that the growing layers of abstraction in technology can obfuscate underlying vulnerabilities, making systems harder to secure.