The Benefits of Sponsoring RISE and the Underground Economy: A Conversation with Miranda Bruce and Steve Santorelli

In this week's episode of the Future of Cyber Risk podcast, David speaks to Miranda Bruce, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Steve Santorelli, Chief of Staff at Team Cymru, about the RISE and Underground Economy conferences. A RISE scholarship recipient, Miranda talks about her experience attending the Underground Economy conference, the value of meeting individuals in the industry, and how it helped further her research. Together, they discuss the benefits the conference provides for the security community, and why organizations should consider sponsoring the conference to increase security knowledge and practice worldwide.

Topics discussed:

• What the RISE and Underground Economy conferences are and how they were created to bridge the gap between law enforcement and industry.
• How Team Cymru hand-picks the conference audiences to be a mix of security and cybercrime specialists from different industries, ensuring that law enforcement plays a major role. 
• Miranda's experience in receiving a RISE scholarship, and her story about attending the Underground Economy conference.
• Miranda’s advice for RISE or UE attendees on which sessions to go to (all of them!), how it can expose attendees to new ideas, and the importance of connecting and networking between sessions or at social events.
• The vision for the future of RISE and UE, and where in the world the conferences will be held next.
• Why organizations should sponsor individuals to go to the conferences, and how they'll create value through face-to-face interactions and knowledge acquisition.
• How RISE and UE expose attendees to new ideas, and how Miranda was able to further her research by meeting and interviewing security professionals.