Jennifer (JJ) Minella

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Author | Speaker | CTO Viszen Security | 🎙️Packet Protector Podcast | SecurityUncorked.com | Forbes Technology Council | Security Architecture, Network, WiFi | Faculty
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Security Uncorked Bloghttps://www.SecurityUncorked.com
Viszen Securityhttps://www.ViszenSecurity.com
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferminella/
"Wireless Security Architecture" Bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Security-Architecture-Maintaining-Enterprise/dp/1119883059

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I just finished the workbook and slide updates for my workshop at @BSidesRDU this Friday (Sep 12)! It's a 2-hour workshop with activities, discussion, current trends and best practices in the world of enterprise BYOD. See sample policy docs, technical controls, security monitoring, and the TWO biggest blind spots.

If you are a company that is a specialist in email delivery for customers, and you want to claim support for STARTLS encrypted sessions to the greatest number of recipients, maybe you should be sure your company supports ECDSA based certs in addition to RSA.

Sure, RSA is nearly 50 years old, while ECDSA was proposed a little over 30 years ago, but how many decades will need to pass before you support ECDSA certs?

Joking/Sarcasm: I can understand that something that is over 30 years old might be "too new" for antiquarian tech companies with nostalgia for Luddite beliefs to consider supporting, but please, let us know which decade you plan to make a decision. Is this an issue that "will be decided after heat death of the universe" kind of thing?

And another thing, if you specialize in email delivery, why not also support TLS/1.3 ciphersuites with STARTTLS over SMTP sessions? All the cool kids support TLS/1.3. (All the cool kids support the latest TLS version or successors.)

(It would be best if email could move off the need to use STARTLS and just expect everyone to use TLS without STARTTLS and impose the same requirements of host name matching (older mostly obsolete ) "CN" in subject or modern "SAN" for connected hostname and validate before delivery, but that is a more difficult change.)

In other news: if you run a domain that receives mail, check out MTA-STS:
https://mxtoolbox.com/dmarc/details/mta-sts/what-is-mta-sts-record

It can be a nice complement to using DANE/TLSA with DNS using DNSSEC for adding security to mail server certs.

What is MTA-STS? How to set up an MTA-STS Record - MxToolbox

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I firmly believe mobile devices are currently the biggest risk in enterprise security.

Today I'm hosting a Q&A webinar with Ashely at Defendify on the BYOD Playbook.

You can join the live conversation!
Thurs, July 31st, 2pm Eastern
https://defendify.wistia.com/live/events/15rpu3w6te

Hey community! @BSidesRDU is in the final push for sponsors. They have opportunities from just $500 and 2025 will be the biggest yet, with ~400-450 attendees.

Email [email protected] for the Sponsor Kit and grab your spot!

BSides RDU, Sep 12, 2025
Raleigh, NC

HURRY - The @BSidesRDU CFP is closing soon!

https://sessionize.com/bsides-rdu-2025/

Event Info: BSides RDU
Raleigh, NC
Sep 12, 2025

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