Recorded live at the HERS Conference comes the continuation of a panel discussion about Humans in Risk. This episode features an in-depth discussion on cloud infrastructure risks, weather-related outages, and insider threats introduced through hiring, with expert insights from Robert Hug and Eliza White-Blum. See how the process to assess, mitigate, and prepare for critical risks in data center management and cybersecurity plays out.

Make sure you catch up on the previous episode for the first part of this three-part Risk Summit from the HERS Conference.
🎧 https://www.socializingsecurity.com/e/e091-hers-conference-risk-summit-part-1

FBI alert: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korean-it-worker-threats-to-u-s-businesses

Guests:
Robert Hug: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthug/
Eliza White-Blum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliza-white-blum/

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:36 Introduction to Cloud Data Center Risk
06:16 Assessing the Risks of Outages
11:40 Evaluating Financial Harm of Data Center Risks
13:13 Scoring the Data Center Outage Risk
15:42 Closing Out with Robert Hug
17:02 Introduction to HR Risks and Data Breaches
21:30 Mitigating Risks in Remote Hiring
22:59 Assessing Likelihood and Impact of HR Risks
27:59 Enhancing Hiring Processes for Security
30:54 Legal Risks and Compliance in Hiring
32:39 Closing Out With Eliza White-Blum
33:16 Reflecting on Part 2 of the Risk Summit
34:14 Outro

E092 - HERS Conference: Risk Summit, Part 2