Want to keep up with the ITSec community? Listen to the podcasts
Given how fast paced the IT and Info Sec community is it is often difficult to keep up to date with current events as these are changing constantly minute by minute around the world. There was a time when if something occurred half way around the earth it would have little effect. Now however, with the internet, if one thing occurs around the world, such as a vulnerability or exploit, the world has to know.
I found this very early on and tried numerous ways of keeping up with the IT/InfoSec news. These included reading the various tech websites, watching/listening to the new headlines and following various blogs. Overtime I found it actually took a lot of time to read articles and blogs so went in search of podcasts. Podcasts I find offer the ability to provide an experienced and opinionated view from either an individual or group of recent and current events, often over the past week as a sort of educated digest.
I still read the article and the blogs on specific topics, however I feel podcasts offer the ability to keep up to date when your away from you PC or laptop. Personally, I download them to my MP3 player and FM transmitter so I can listen to them during the commute to work or walking around town or waiting for ‘something’ (usually a scan of some kind) to finish doing what it’s doing. The podcasts enable you to not be restricted to reading all the time and be fixed to a screen for hours.
A few of my favourites include –
- Network Security Podcast
- Forensic 4Cast
- PaulDotCom – Security Weekly
- Tenable Network Security Blog – Including Weekly Podcasts
As well as the Podcasts I like to combine Twitter too, check our article on Twitter and the ITSec industry. Obviously Twitter and Podcasts aren’t the only answers to the IT Security community keeping up with one and other and nor should they be. Still read the articles and follow the blogs, IT Security cannot be spoon-fed, it requires passion, interest and enthusiasm to keep pace. Podcasts just help with that and offer a change to page after page of text.