About the show

Security Conversations is a series of podcasts covering threat intelligence and the business of cybersecurity, from the lens of veteran journalist and storyteller Ryan Naraine. The Three Buddy Problem show features conversations and debates on nation-state APTs, cyberespionage, spy tradecraft, cryptocurrency theft, advancements in offensive research and targeted malware espionage activity.

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Episodes

  • Aanchal Gupta, Director of Security, Facebook

    February 14th, 2018  |  35 mins 38 secs
    careers, cisos, decisionmaking

    Director of Security at Facebook Aanchal Gupta joins the podcast to share her story and provide guidance for young women struggling to overcome societal obstacles.

  • Tom Conklin, Director of Security and Compliance, Vera Security

    February 8th, 2018  |  33 mins 28 secs
    careers, cisos, decisionmaking

    Senior Director of Security and Compliance at Vera Security Tom Conklin talks about the pros and cons of using bug bounty programs, the challenges of managing risk in smaller companies, and why user awareness training is an ongoing headache for security administrators.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.’

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.