Deb Radcliff’s cyber thriller Breaking Backbones: Information Is Power was released this spring. It’s the initial installment in her Hacker Trilogy series.
Deb is the first investigative journalist to make cybercrime a beat. Since 1996, she has been embedded in the hacker and law enforcement communities, learning the techniques, lifestyles and philosophies that make them unique. Deb has won several awards for her investigative reporting, most notably two Jesse H. Neal Awards: one for best individual feature, for “Hackers, Terrorists, and Spies” in Software Magazine, and the other for group reporting, best news story, Computerworld, “Wireless LANs: Trouble in the Air.”
In addition to her work as a novelist, Deb Radcliff is quite busy covering the cybercrime and cybersecurity beat as an analyst, author, speaker and thought leader. Look Left’s Davida Dinerman caught up with Deb to discuss her novels, the latest threats in cybersecurity and a look at some of the pioneering women in cybersecurity. Here are some highlights of the conversation:
01:28 - Overview of Breaking Backbones and a look ahead to the second installment, Information Should be Free.
03:51 - Covering from cybersecurity over the past 25 years
06:22 - Cyber attacks are longer and better planned than ever
10:14 - New cybersecurity roles in IT
12:46 - Living in an era of zero trust online
15:07 - Pioneering women in cybersecurity
21:21 - Common traits of groundbreaking women in cybersecurity
23:47 - Growing diversity in cybersecurity
