About the show
Security Conversations covers the business of cybersecurity, from the lens of veteran journalist and storyteller Ryan Naraine. Thoughtful conversations with security practitioners on threat intelligence, zero trust, securing cloud deployments, penetration testing, bug bounties, advancements in offensive research and targeted malware espionage activity.
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Episodes
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John Terrill, CISO, Fox News, Fox Business and Fox Television
February 6th, 2018 | 47 mins 15 secs
careers, cisos, decisionmaking
Chief Information Security Officer at Fox News, Fox Business, and Fox Television John Terrill joins the podcast to talk about life in the CISO trenches and makes a bold prediction that could significantly change the cybersecurity narrative.
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Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future
January 30th, 2018 | 29 mins 3 secs
apt, ics-scada, targeted-attacks, threat-intel
Co-founder and CEO of Recorded Future Christopher Ahlberg discusses the emergence of threat intelligence as a valuable security tool, the morals and ethics surrounding disclosure of nation-state attacks and the importance of tracking adversaries beyond the wall.
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Masha Sedova, co-founder, Elevate Security
January 26th, 2018 | 30 mins 3 secs
awareness, education, patching, pentesting, phishing, red-teaming, threat-modeling
As businesses struggle with security awareness training for employees, Elevate Security co-founder Masha Sedova argues that the focus should be on “behavior change” and recommends the use of positive motivation and available tools to get employees to make better security decisions.
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Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief, Security Ledger
January 19th, 2018 | 40 mins 59 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Veteran security journalist Paul Roberts talks about the creation of Security Ledger, his work covering cybersecurity, the democratization of media, and hiccups with IoT legislation.
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Dino Dai Zovi, co-founder and CTO, Capsule8
January 11th, 2018 | 39 mins 57 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Dino Dai Zovi, co-founder and CTO of Capsule8, joins the podcast to talk about the fallout from the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, the transition from security research to managing a VC-funded start-up and reminisce about his time as a famous Pwn2Own MacBook hacker.
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Sharon Anolik, President and Founder, Privacy Panacea
January 4th, 2018 | 43 mins 51 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, gdpr, internet-scans, privacy, threat-intel
Sharon Anolik, President and Founder of Privacy Panacea, talks about her work advising corporate clients on privacy and data protection issues, the looming chaos surrounding the European Union’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the role she plays on ‘Silicon Valley.’
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Kim Zetter, Journalist and Author
December 29th, 2017 | 52 mins 6 secs
apt, ics-scada, targeted-attacks, threat-intel
Award-winning security journalist and author Kim Zetter talks about her work tracking cyber-espionage campaigns, why she uses an old school cassette player to record sensitive interviews and the dramatic changes sweeping the security industry.
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Kelly Jackson Higgins, Executive Editor, Dark Reading
December 20th, 2017 | 39 mins 55 secs
analytics, entrepreneur, internet-scans, threat-intel
Dark Reading executive editor Kelly Jackson Higgins joins the podcast to tell security journalism war stories, talk about her new WiFi-enabled refrigerator and some trends worth following closely.
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Katie Moussouris, co-founder and CEO, Luta Security
December 6th, 2017 | 52 mins 54 secs
bugbounties, patching, pentesting, red-teaming, threat-modeling
Computer security researcher and CEO of Luta Security, Katie Moussouris. talks about her life in the penetration testing trenches, advocating responsible security research, building bug bounty programs and the challenges of succeeding as a woman in the industry.