S3E15: Resilient Cyber Show w/ Aaron Rinehart

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, Dr. Nikki Robinson is joined by Aaron Rinehart, CTO and co-founder of Verica, and the creator of security-based chaos engineering. Aaron shares his insights on integrating chaos engineering principles into security programs and how organizations can proactively enhance cyber resilience.

🔑 Key Highlights:

• What is Chaos Engineering?: Introduction to the proactive practice of testing systems by introducing turbulence to identify failure conditions before they occur.

• Security Chaos Engineering: How the principles of chaos engineering apply to security programs and help organizations ensure their defenses are working as intended.

• Continuous Verification: The importance of continuous verification in modern systems to keep up with fast-changing environments.

• Practical Use Cases: Real-world examples of implementing chaos engineering in healthcare, finance, and other industries, including its use in cloud environments.

• Cyber Resilience: Aaron’s thoughts on how resilience engineering, originally applied to fields like aviation and nuclear power, can benefit cybersecurity.

• Dealing with Pushback: Strategies for addressing concerns from system owners about disruptions to critical services during chaos experiments.