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Securing AI's Blind Spots: The Hidden Risks in Enterprise AI Adoption
March 4, 2025

Securing AI's Blind Spots: The Hidden Risks in Enterprise AI Adoption

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI) applications and tools are exploding. The global AI infrastructure market is projected to reach over $96 billion by 2027. AI applica...

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Elevating Your Offensive Security Program
Feb. 17, 2025

Elevating Your Offensive Security Program

Dr. Dave Chatterjee hosts a discussion on elevating your offensive program with Mark Carney, CEO @ Evolve Security , and Yaron Levi, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Dolby Labs . They emphasize the importance of a...

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Using Blockchain Technology to Make Messaging Apps More Secure and Private
Feb. 2, 2025

Using Blockchain Technology to Make Messaging Apps More Secure and Pr…

Dr. Dave Chatterjee and Kee Jefferys, Technical Co-Founder of Session , discuss the use of blockchain technology in enhancing the security and privacy of messaging apps, specifically Session. Session, which has over a million...

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Authenticate without Storing Credentials: MIT Scientist Cracks the Code
Jan. 12, 2025

Authenticate without Storing Credentials: MIT Scientist Cracks the Co…

Despite companies’ best efforts, stored access credentials inevitably get stolen or misused. Whether it is a disgruntled employee posting the data, an employee that makes an innocent mistake exposing that data, a company nee...

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Lessons from 2024's Biggest Cyber Incidents and Building Stronger Defenses for 2025
Dec. 30, 2024

Lessons from 2024's Biggest Cyber Incidents and Building Stronger Def…

In this episode, Shrav Mehta, Founder, and CEO at Secureframe , joins me to discuss major cybersecurity incidents in 2024, highlighting five significant breaches: National Public Data (2.7 billion records), AT&T (50 billion),...

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Stopping Deepfake Threats Through Identity Verification
Dec. 13, 2024

Stopping Deepfake Threats Through Identity Verification

In this episode, Aaron Painter, CEO at Nametag , joins me in discussing the Deepfake fraud phenomenon and how organizations and individuals should protect themselves from such scams. A recent study conducted by finance softwa...

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From reactive to proactive: How behavioral psychology is transforming enterprise security
Nov. 19, 2024

From reactive to proactive: How behavioral psychology is transforming…

IBM recently reported a 71% year-over-year increase in attacks using valid credentials. This continued use of stolen credentials is also evident through ongoing public incidents like the string of attacks targeting Snowflake'...

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Compliance in the Cloud: Challenges and Best Practices
Nov. 1, 2024

Compliance in the Cloud: Challenges and Best Practices

Accelerating into the cloud without caution often brings complexities that can cause more harm than good. Gartner has noted that cloud configuration errors cause 95% of cybersecurity breaches. With the rapid pace of cloud ado...

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Reducing the Risk of Social Engineering to Exploit IT Help Desk
Oct. 20, 2024

Reducing the Risk of Social Engineering to Exploit IT Help Desk

In this episode, Mike Manrod, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Grand Canyon Education , and Ori Eisen, the Founder and CEO of Trusona , joined me to discuss how best to reduce the risks of social engineering a...

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Unlocking Cyber Potential: The Power of Collaboration in K-12 Cyber Education
Oct. 6, 2024

Unlocking Cyber Potential: The Power of Collaboration in K-12 Cyber E…

In this episode, Laurie Salvail, Ph.D., Executive Director of CYBER.ORG , joins me to discuss the importance of cybersecurity education for K-12 students. Primarily funded by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen...

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Large Language Model (LLM) Risks and Mitigation Strategies
Sept. 23, 2024

Large Language Model (LLM) Risks and Mitigation Strategies

As machine learning algorithms continue to evolve, Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 are gaining popularity. While these models hold great promise in revolutionizing various functions and industries—ranging from content...

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Identity Continuity in Multi-Cloud Environments
Sept. 2, 2024

Identity Continuity in Multi-Cloud Environments

The importance of maintaining uninterrupted services cannot be overemphasized, especially in light of the recent global IT outage fiasco. With the increasing dependence on cloud-based services, uninterrupted connectivity is e...

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Securing SMBs Serving Defense Industrial Base and U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Aug. 20, 2024

Securing SMBs Serving Defense Industrial Base and U.S. Critical Infra…

In this episode, Chris Petersen, Co-Founder and CEO of RADICL , and I discuss the challenges of securing the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that serve the United States defense industrial base (DIB) and critical inf...

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2024 Cyber Trends and Predictions: Global IT Outage and More
July 31, 2024

2024 Cyber Trends and Predictions: Global IT Outage and More

In this episode, John Funge, Managing Director at DataTribe , and I discuss the Global IT Outage caused by a flawed update to CrowdStrike's cloud-based security software. We also review DataTribe's recently published report o...

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Fortifying Healthcare Data: Proactive Defense Strategies
June 25, 2024

Fortifying Healthcare Data: Proactive Defense Strategies

The recent breach of the Change Healthcare platform serves as a strong reminder that the healthcare sector remains extremely vulnerable to different types of attacks. In late February, a ransomware gang known as Black Cat cla...

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Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity – Examining Trends and Implications
June 5, 2024

Quantum Computing and Cybersecurity – Examining Trends and Implicatio…

The fast-evolving quantum computing phenomenon represents a paradigm shift in how computers process data. Due to its ability to process vast amounts of data and solve complex problems at an unprecedented speed, quantum comput...

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Creating a Security-Minded Culture
May 22, 2024

Creating a Security-Minded Culture

In this podcast, I enjoyed talking with Chirag Shah, Model N's Global Information Security Officer and Data Privacy Officer , about creating a security-minded culture. Infusing a security culture within organizations starts w...

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Securing the Future: Inside Student-Led Cybersecurity Clinics
May 5, 2024

Securing the Future: Inside Student-Led Cybersecurity Clinics

Student-led cybersecurity clinics are increasingly playing an essential role in strengthening the digital defenses of nonprofits, hospitals, municipalities, small businesses, and other under-resourced organizations in our com...

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Developing Resilient and Secure Mission Critical Facilities (Data Centers)
April 24, 2024

Developing Resilient and Secure Mission Critical Facilities (Data Cen…

Developing and maintaining resilient and secure data centers is a huge part of cybersecurity readiness. Spiros Liolis, Chief Technologist and Managing Consultant, EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Part of Ramboll , joins me to...

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Securing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
April 10, 2024

Securing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) play a vital role in modern software development, enabling the integration of services and facilitating the exchange of information. The ubiquity of APIs is a testament to their succe...

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The Last Line of Defense Against a Ransomware Attack
March 27, 2024

The Last Line of Defense Against a Ransomware Attack

Attackers have started increasingly targeting victims' backups to prevent organizations from restoring their data. Veeam's "2023 Ransomware Trends Report" found more than 93% of ransomware attacks specifically targeted backup...

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Overcoming the Stale Nature of Tabletop Exercises
March 13, 2024

Overcoming the Stale Nature of Tabletop Exercises

While tabletop exercises (TTX) are considered a proven tool for finding gaps in an organization’s security posture, they can be painstakingly challenging to plan and implement effectively. In a time where information security...

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Securing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications
Feb. 27, 2024

Securing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continue to evolve and be leveraged, organizations need to make a concerted effort to safeguard their AI models and related data from different types of cyber-attacks and threats. ...

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Building a Resilient Disaster Recovery Infrastructure
Feb. 13, 2024

Building a Resilient Disaster Recovery Infrastructure

The latest disaster recovery statistics reveal that modern businesses still face costly interruptions due to a variety of threats, ranging from ransomware attacks to sudden hardware failures. The monetary costs of disasters a...

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