Enterprise Security Weekly (Audio)
News, analysis, and insights into enterprise security. We put security vendors under the microscope, and explore the latest trends that can help defenders succeed. Hosted by Adrian Sanabria. Co hosts: Katie Teitler-Santullo, Ayman Elsawah, Jason Wood, Jackie McGuire.
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Disruption is Coming for the Vulnerability Management Market - Tod Beardsley - ESW #425
09/22/2025
Disruption is Coming for the Vulnerability Management Market - Tod Beardsley - ESW #425
Interview with Tod Beardsley This interview is sponsored by runZero. Legacy vulnerability management (VM) hasn't innovated alongside of attackers, and it shows. Let's talk about the state of VM. Check out to learn more! Topic Segment: NPM Incidents In this week’s topic segment, we’re discussing all the NPM supply chain attacks from the past 3 weeks. I recently published a roundup of these incidents . Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, funding and acquisitions are going crazy an exciting new canarytoken banks have a more sedate approach to agentic MCP security the future Subprime Code crash of 2028 is security worried about the wrong risks? botnets are back in the headlines some bs research journalists getting duped by AI Animal crossing villagers are organizing against Tom Nook All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Forrester's AEGIS Framework, the weekly news, and interviews with Fortra and Island - Jeff Pollard, Rohit Dhamankar, Michael Leland - ESW #424
09/15/2025
Forrester's AEGIS Framework, the weekly news, and interviews with Fortra and Island - Jeff Pollard, Rohit Dhamankar, Michael Leland - ESW #424
Segment 1 - Interview with Jeff Pollard For this episode’s interview, we’re talking to Forrester analyst Jeff Pollard. I’m pulling this segment’s description directly from the report’s executive summary, which I think says it best: As AI agents and agentic AI are introduced to the enterprise, they present new challenges for CISOs. Traditional cybersecurity architectures were designed for organizations built around people. Agentic AI destroys that notion. In the near future, organizations will build for goal-oriented, ephemeral, scalable, dynamic agents where unpredictable emergent behaviors are incentivized to accomplish objectives. This change won’t be as simple or as straightforward as mobile and cloud — and that’s bad news for security leaders who in some cases still find themselves challenged by cloud security. Segment 2 - Weekly News Then, in the enterprise security news, there’s funding and acquisitions, but we’re not going to talk about them AI’s gonna call the cops on you and everyone’s losing money on it and Anthropic agreed to pay for all the copyright infringement they did when training models and got sued for recording millions of conversations without consent Burger King got embarrassed and their lawyers didn’t like it NPM package mayhem certificate authority hijinks AI darwin awards All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Segment 3 - Executive Interviews from Black Hat 2025 Interview with Rohit Dhamankar from Fortra Live from Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas, Matt Alderman sits down with Rohit Dhamankar, VP of Product Strategy at Fortra, to dive deep into the evolving world of offensive security. From red teaming and pen testing to the rise of AI-powered threat simulation and continuous penetration testing, this conversation is a must-watch for CISOs, security architects, and compliance pros navigating today's dynamic threat landscape. Learn why regulatory bodies worldwide are now embedding offensive security requirements into frameworks like PCI DSS 4.0, and how organizations can adopt scalable strategies—even with limited red team resources. Rohit breaks down the nuances of purple teaming, AI-assisted red teaming, and the role of BAS platforms in enhancing defense postures. Whether you’re building in-house capabilities or leveraging external partners, this interview reveals key insights on security maturity, strategic outsourcing, and the future of cyber offense and defense convergence. This segment is sponsored by Fortra. Visit to learn more! Interview with Michael Leland from Island At BlackHat 2025 in Las Vegas, Matt Alderman sits down with Michael Leland, VP Field CTO at Island, to tackle one of cybersecurity’s most urgent realities: compromised credentials aren’t a possibility — they’re a guarantee. From deepfakes to phishing and malicious browser plug-ins, attackers aren’t “breaking in” anymore… they’re logging in. Michael reveals how organizations can protect stolen credentials from being used, why the browser is now the second weakest link in enterprise security, and how Island’s enterprise browser can enforce multi-factor authentication at critical moments, block unsanctioned logins in real time, and control risky extensions with live risk scoring of 230,000+ Chrome plug-ins. Key takeaways: Why credential compromise is inevitable — and how to stop credential use How presentation layer DLP prevents data leaks inside and outside apps Real-time blocking of phishing logins and unsanctioned SaaS access Plug-in risk scoring, version pinning, and selective extension control Enabling BYOD securely — even after a catastrophic laptop loss Why many users never go back to Chrome, Edge, or Safari after switching Segment Resources: This segment is sponsored by Island. Visit to learn more! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Ransomware, Agentic AI, and Supply Chain Risks: Insights from Black Hat 2025 - HD Moore, Jason Passwaters, J.J. Guy, Theresa Lanowitz, Mickey Bresman, Yuval Wollman, Jawahar “Jawa” Sivasankaran - ESW #423
09/08/2025
Ransomware, Agentic AI, and Supply Chain Risks: Insights from Black Hat 2025 - HD Moore, Jason Passwaters, J.J. Guy, Theresa Lanowitz, Mickey Bresman, Yuval Wollman, Jawahar “Jawa” Sivasankaran - ESW #423
Doug White sits down with Theresa Lanowitz, Chief Evangelist at LevelBlue, for a powerful and timely conversation about one of cybersecurity’s most pressing threats: the software supply chain. Theresa shares fresh insights from LevelBlue’s global research involving 1,500 cybersecurity professionals across 16 countries. Together, they unpack the real-world risks of software acquisition in the API economy, the explosive growth of AI-generated code, and the rise of “vibe coding”—and how these trends are silently expanding the attack surface for organizations everywhere. Visit to download the Data Accelerator: Software Supply Chain and Cybersecurity as well as all of LevelBlue's research. In this interview, Yuval Wollman, President of CyberProof, unpacks how AI agents are not only expanding the attack surface—but reshaping the entire cyber threat landscape. Discover how ransomware-as-a-service platforms like Funksec and Dragonforce are operating with enterprise-level precision. Learn about the role of agentic AI, geopolitical cyber warfare, and why today's hackers offer better customer support than airlines. This segment is sponsored by CyberProof. Visit to learn more about them! Doug White and Mickey Bresman, CEO of Semperis, dive deep into a conversation on the evolution of ransomware and the alarming rise of cyber extortion tactics. From the early days of encryption-only attacks to today's ransomware-as-a-service operations and hybrid threats blending digital and physical intimidation, this interview unpacks the growing sophistication of organized cybercrime. Mickey shares firsthand insights from Semperis’ recent ransomware report, including a chilling real-world example where a photo of a child was used to threaten an IT professional — illustrating how far threat actors are willing to go. This segment is sponsored by Semperis. Visit to download the 2025 Global Ransomware Report! Matt Alderman sits down with J.J. Guy, CEO & Co-Founder of Sevco Security, to unpack a 20-year industry failure finally being addressed: the disconnect between asset inventory, vulnerability visibility, and true cyber risk understanding. From the roots of CASM (Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management) to the convergence with CTE (Continuous Threat Exposure), JJ shares how Sevco is tackling today's fragmented environments — spanning cloud, on-prem, mobile, and containers — with a data-first approach. Would you like to see the Sevco platform in action? You can take a self-guided tour at Doug White sits down with Intel 471 CEO Jason Passwaters for an eye-opening conversation on how cybercrime has evolved into a professional, profit-driven ecosystem. From ransomware-as-a-service to agentic AI, this interview pulls back the curtain on the real-world intel enterprises need to defend against today’s most dangerous digital threats. Jason shares how threat actors are using business models that rival legitimate startups — complete with support teams and customer service — while enterprise security teams face shrinking budgets and expanding attack surfaces. This segment is sponsored by Intel471. Visit to learn more about them! CyberRisk TV sits down with HD Moore, CEO & Co-Founder of runZero, for a conversation on why vulnerability management is still failing enterprises — and what needs to change now. This interview dives deep into the real-world challenges facing security teams today: tool overload, missing assets, unauthenticated exposures, and the illusion of visibility. HD reveals how attackers are exploiting blind spots faster than defenders can react — and why unauthenticated discovery is the secret weapon defenders need. Try runZero free! Get started at Jackie McGuire sits down with Jawahar Sivasankaran, President at Cyware, for an unmissable deep dive into the future of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), agentic AI, and open-source security innovation. With nearly three decades of experience spanning hands-on engineering, go-to-market leadership, and cutting-edge product strategy, Jawahar shares insider insights on how CTI is evolving from fragmented alerts to unified, automated threat intelligence platforms. To explore Cyware’s new Intelligence Suite, CTI automation capabilities, and open-source AI integration protocol, visit . Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Dave Lewis talks M&A due diligence, TBD topic, the weekly news - Dave Lewis - ESW #422
09/01/2025
Dave Lewis talks M&A due diligence, TBD topic, the weekly news - Dave Lewis - ESW #422
Interview with Dave Lewis on Security's Role in M&A Due Diligence In this episode, Dave Lewis from 1Password discusses the critical importance of security in mergers and acquisitions, from due diligence through integration. He explores common pitfalls, essential security assessments, and practical strategies for security leaders to protect organizational value throughout the M&A process. Topic: The Challenge of Breach Transparency Every industry concerned with safety has a process for publishing the details of accidents, incidents, and failures. Cybersecurity has yet to reach this milestone, and hiding the details of failures is holding us back. This talk will argue for the need for breach details to go public, and share strategies for finding and using some little-known sources of detailed breach data. Weekly Enterprise News Finally, in the enterprise security news, A funding, a few acquisitions, and an IPO for the first time in forever! Attackers are really actually starting to use AI now Some researcher spent all of August poking holes in all the AI tools Someone got Microsoft Copilot to be an accomplice in a coverup Microsoft is making a big change in Azure that will probably break some stuff No, Flipper Zero can’t help you steal your car (just the stuff in it) Domain names are free to register now, maybe? Disgruntled former employee goes to jail AI tricked into doing more bad things All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. This segment is sponsored by 1Password. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Oktane Preview with Harish Peri, Invisible Prompt Attacks, and the weekly news! - Harish Peri - ESW #421
08/25/2025
Oktane Preview with Harish Peri, Invisible Prompt Attacks, and the weekly news! - Harish Peri - ESW #421
Interview with Harish Peri from Okta Oktane Preview: building frameworks to secure our Agentic AI future Like it or not, Agentic AI and protocols like MCP and A2A are getting pushed as the glue to take business process automation to the next level. Giving agents the power and access they need to accomplish these lofty goals is going to be challenging, from a security perspective. How do put AI agents in the position to perform broad tasks autonomously without granting them all the privileges? How do we avoid making AI agents a gold mine for attackers - the first place they stop once they hack into our companies? These are some examples of the questions Okta aims to answer at this year’s Oktane event, and we aim to kick off the conversations a little early - with this interview! Segment Resources: Check out securityweekly.com/oktane for all our live coverage during the event this year! More information about the event and how you can attend can be found here: Topic - Indirect Prompt Injection Getting Out of Hand Reports of indirect prompt injection issues have been around for a while. Of particular note was Michael Bargury's presentation from Black Hat USA 2024. Simply sending an email to a Copilot user could make bad stuff happen. Now, at Black Hat 2025, we've got more: the ability to plunder any data resource connected to ChatGPT (they call these integrations "Connectors") from Tamir Ishay Sharbat at Zenity Labs. The research is titled . Looks like Google Jules is also vulnerable to what the Embrace the Red blog is calling . Sourcegraph's Amp Code , which encodes instructions to make them invisible. What's really going to ruffle feathers is the fact that all these companies know this stuff is possible, but don't seem to be able to figure out how to prevent it. Ideally, we'd want to be able to distinguish between intended instruction and instructions injected via attachments or some other means outside of the prompt box. I guess that's easier said than done? News Finally, in the enterprise security news, Drones are coming for you… to help? One of the most powerful botnets ever goes down Phishing training is still pointless Microsoft sets an alarm on its phone for 8 years from now to do post-quantum stuff vulns galore in commercial ZTNA apps GenAI projects are struggling to make it to production Adblockers could be made illegal - in Germany Windows is getting native Agentic support Automating bug discovery AND remediation? Public service announcement: time is running out for Windows 10 All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Rethinking risk based vulnerability management, Black Hat expo insights, and the news - Snehal Antani - ESW #420
08/18/2025
Rethinking risk based vulnerability management, Black Hat expo insights, and the news - Snehal Antani - ESW #420
Interview with Snehal Antani - Rethinking Risk-Based Vulnerability Management Vulnerability management is broken. Organizations basically use math to turn a crappy list into a slightly less crappy list, and the hardest part of the job as a CIO is deciding what NOT to fix. There has to be a better way, and there is... Segment Resources: This segment is sponsored by Horizon3.ai. Visit to learn more about them! Topic - Andy Ellis's Black Hat Expo Experience Andy Ellis visited every booth at Black Hat. Every. Single. One. He wrote up what he learned and we discuss his findings! News Finally, in the enterprise security news, Tons of handy new and free tools! is cybersecurity really at the latter stages of consolidation? new books is our obsession with risk quantification hurting our credibility? AI trends is there an impending AI layoff-pocalypse? we explain the kids’ favorite new term: Clanker All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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ESW at BlackHat and the weekly enterprise security news - ESW #419
08/11/2025
ESW at BlackHat and the weekly enterprise security news - ESW #419
Topic Segment - What's new at Black Hat? We're coming live from hacker summer camp 2025, so it seemed appropriate to share what we've seen and heard so far at this year's event. Adrian's on vacation, so this episode is featuring Jackie McGuire and Ayman Elsawah! News Segment Then, in the enterprise security news, Tons of funding! SentinelOne picks up an AI security company weeks after Palo Alto closes the Protect AI deal Vendors shove AI agents into everything they’ve got Why SOC analysts ignore your playbooks NVIDA pinkie swears to China: no back doors! ChatGPT was allowing shared chat sessions to be indexed and crawled by search engines like Google Who is gonna secure all this vibe code? Who is gonna triage all these hallucinated bug reports? Perplexity and Cloudflare duke it out When you try to scrub your shady past off the Internet, it might just make things worse. All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Weekly Enterprise Security News and Tips on Building Security From Day 1 - Guillaume Ross - ESW #418
08/04/2025
Weekly Enterprise Security News and Tips on Building Security From Day 1 - Guillaume Ross - ESW #418
The Weekly Enterprise News (segments 1 and 2) This week, we’ve had to make some last minute adjustments, so we’re going to do the news first, split into two segments. This week, we’re discussing: Some interesting funding Two acquisitions - one picked up for $250M, the other slightly larger, at $25 BILLION Interesting new companies! On the 1 year anniversary of that thing that happened, Crowdstrike would like to assure you that they’re REALLY making sure that thing never happens again Flipping the script How researchers rooted Copilot, but not really talks to check out at Hacker Summer Camp detection engineering tips the Cloud Security Alliance has a new AI Controls Matrix sending in the National Guard to handle a breach! and how to read an AI press release Interview: Guillaume Ross on Building Security from Scratch Guillaume shares his experiences building security from scratch at Canadian FinTech, Finaptic. Imagine the situation: you're CISO, and literally NOTHING is in place yet. No policies, no controls, no GRC processes. Where do you start? What do you do first? Are there things you can get away with that would be impossible in older, well-established financial firms? Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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tj-actions Lessons Learned, US Cyber Offense, this week's enterprise security news - Dimitri Stiliadis - ESW #417
07/28/2025
tj-actions Lessons Learned, US Cyber Offense, this week's enterprise security news - Dimitri Stiliadis - ESW #417
Interview Segment - Lessons Learned from the tj-actions GitHub Action Supply Chain Attack with Dimitri Stiliadis Breach analysis is one of my favorite topics to dive into and I’m thrilled Dimitri is joining us today to reveal some of the insights . It isn’t an overstatement to say that some of the lessons to be learned from this incident represent fundamental changes to how we architect development environments. Why are we talking about it now, 4 months after it occurred? In the case of the Equifax breach, the most useful details about the breach didn’t get released to the public until 18 months after the incident. It takes time for details to come out, but in my experience, the learning opportunities are worth the wait. Topic Segment - Should the US Go on the Cyber Offensive? Triggered by , the discussion of whether the US should launch more visible offensive cyber operations starts up again. There are a lot of factors and nuances to discuss here, and a lot of us have opinions here. We'll see if we can do any of it justice in 15 minutes. News Segment Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The Cyber Canon, ditching the SOC 2, and the weekly enterprise news - Helen Patton - ESW #416
07/21/2025
The Cyber Canon, ditching the SOC 2, and the weekly enterprise news - Helen Patton - ESW #416
Segment 1 - Interview with Helen Patton: Introducing the Cybersecurity Canon Did you know that there’s a hall-of-fame for cybersecurity books? Over the past decade, the Cybersecurity Canon has published reviews on dozens of cybersecurity books and established a hall of fame. Hall of fame books are defined as titles that all cybersecurity professionals should read - a great short list for those new to the field and overwhelmed by choices. Helen Patton, co-founder and Chief of Staff for the Cybersecurity Canon joins us to tell us all about the Canon, how it came to be, and its transformation into a more visible and active organization. We’ll also discuss Helen’s own book, “”, and an upcoming second book she’s working on as well! Segment Resources: Helen's The Segment 2 - Topic: Does the SOC 2 need to die? AJ Yawn thinks so. The TL;DR is that he thinks industry-specific frameworks are more appropriate and effective. You can check out some more of his thoughts , or . Ayman recommends checking out as a potential alternative (or as a complementary process to actually get secure) Segment 3 - This Week's Enterprise Security News And finally, in the enterprise security news, a bit of funding with a side of layoffs McDonald’s applicants are not lovin’ it a WILD story about a vulnerability in the US train system Meta still on the hook for $8B in privacy violations What is Agentic Misalignment? Using AI when coding is… slower? Auth Omnibus Pop some popcorn - AI acquisitions are getting crazy All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Monzy Merza, How Much AI is Too Much, and the Weekly News - Monzy Merza - ESW #415
07/14/2025
Monzy Merza, How Much AI is Too Much, and the Weekly News - Monzy Merza - ESW #415
Segment 1: Interview with Monzy Merza - There is a Right and Wrong Way to use AI in the SOC In the rush to score AI funding dollars, a lot of startups build a basic wrapper around existing generative AI services like those offered by OpenAI and Anthropic. As a result, these services are expensive, and don't satisfy many security operations teams' privacy requirements. This is just the tip of the iceberg when discussing the challenges of using AI to aid the SOC. In this interview, we'll dive into the challenge of finding security vendors that care about security, the need for transparency in products, the evolving shared responsibility model, and other topics related to solving security operations challenges. Segment 2: Topic Segment - How much AI is too much AI? In the past few weeks, I've talked to several startup founders who are running into buyers that aren’t allowed to purchase their products, even though they want them and prefer them over the competition. Why? No AI and they’re not allowed to buy. Segment 3: News Segment Finally, in the enterprise security news, We cover the latest funding The Trustwave saga comes to a positive end Android 16 could help you evade law enforcement Microsoft is kicking 3rd party AV out of the kernel Giving AI some personality (and honesty) Log4shell canaries reveal password weirdness Denmark gives citizens copyright to their own faces to fight AI McDonald’s has an AI whoopsie Ingram Micro has a ransomware whoopsie Drama in the trailer lock industry All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Identity, AI & Access: Highlights from Identiverse 2025 - Sagi Rodin, Ajay Amlani, Treb Ryan, Ajay Gupta, Artyom Poghosyan, Amir Ofek - ESW #414
07/07/2025
Identity, AI & Access: Highlights from Identiverse 2025 - Sagi Rodin, Ajay Amlani, Treb Ryan, Ajay Gupta, Artyom Poghosyan, Amir Ofek - ESW #414
Single Sign On (SSO) and Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is critical to secure operations for companies of all sizes. Why is the foundation of cybersecurity still locked behind enterprise licensing? Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) are essential—not optional—for protecting modern businesses. But today, these critical tools are overpriced, overcomplicated, and reserved for companies that can afford to overpay and have full-time security teams. That’s broken. Cubeless is tearing down the barriers. With Cubeless Verify, we’re delivering SSO and MFA that anyone can use—no IT army required. No hidden fees. No contracts. No catch. Just enterprise-grade security made simple, and free forever. The gatekeepers had their turn. Now it’s yours. Go to to start using Cubeless Identity today. As AI agents move beyond experiments to becoming critical internal and market-facing enterprise products, secure, scalable identity infrastructure becomes essential to achieve market-readiness. A lack of identity standards tailored specifically for AI agents, is creating a roadblock for developers. Existing infrastructure was not designed with autonomous agents in mind. How will identity standards need to evolve in order to meet the needs of an agent driven ecosystem? This segment is sponsored by Frontegg. Visit to learn more about them! Traditional IGA tools struggle to deliver full observability—and stall when it’s time to take action. Axonius Identities is changing that—bringing actionability to identity governance by embedding it into the broader cyber asset platform. In this session, CEO of AxoniusX, Amir Ofek shares how Axonius is modernizing IGA with real-time enforcement, unified asset-to-identity context, and a radically different approach to controlling access across dynamic environments. Axonius Blog: From Roles to Rules – An Access Paradigm Shift: Axonius Cybersecurity Asset Management Platform Overview: See how Axonius makes identity actionable. Visit . As enterprises are looking to rapidly deploy AI agents to drive innovation, they face an urgent need to secure this new "digital workforce" without hindering speed. Traditional security models weren't built for the unique identity and access demands of autonomous AI. This session will cut through the hype, address the real security concerns head-on, and outline a modern, cloud-native framework for managing privileged access for AI agents, ensuring your organization can innovate fast and stay secure. This segment is sponsored by Britive. Visit to learn more about Britive's agentless cloud-native Privileged Access Management platform. As digital transformation accelerates and advanced threats evolve, industries of all kinds face rising pressure to secure identities, prevent fraud, and deliver seamless user experiences. Aware CEO Ajay Amlani shares how biometric technology is stepping up to meet these challenges—providing fast, accurate, and scalable solutions that strengthen security while reducing friction. Discover how biometrics is reshaping the identity landscape and enabling trust in an increasingly complex world. This segment is sponsored by Aware. Visit to learn more about them! As threat landscapes grow more complex and stakeholder expectations rise, organizations must reimagine their approach to cyber resilience and trust. This interview will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity—from identifying vulnerabilities in real time to automating response and aligning security initiatives with broader business goals. Join us for a forward-looking discussion on what it means to lead with AI, earn digital trust, and create a resilient enterprise that’s built to withstand tomorrow’s threats. This segment is sponsored by SDG. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The Illusion of Control: Shadow IT, SSO Shortcomings, and the True Path to Security - Dave Lewis - ESW #413
06/30/2025
The Illusion of Control: Shadow IT, SSO Shortcomings, and the True Path to Security - Dave Lewis - ESW #413
Interview with Dave Lewis Organizations believe they have a firm grip on security with SSO and corporate IT policies, but in reality, shadow IT lurks in the background—expanding attack surfaces and exposing sensitive data. Employees bypass security controls for the sake of convenience, while SSO fails to provide the comprehensive security net organizations expect. Talk about the critical weaknesses in traditional SSO implementations, how shadow IT thrives under the radar, and why enterprises continue to experience data breaches despite security investments. Can cover real-world examples of security failures, highlight the role of human behavior in risk, and provide actionable strategies to regain control over enterprise security. This segment is sponsored by 1Password. Visit to learn more about them! Topic Segment: Is AI taking our jerbs or not? I listened to most of a over whether generative AI will be good enough to replace a lot of jobs (Daniel's take), or so bad that it won't take any (Marcus's take). I got frustrated though, because I feel like some foundational assumptions were ignored, and not enough examples were shared or prepared. Assumption #1: Jobs exist because work needs to be done. This is a false assumption. Check out a book called "Bullshit Jobs" to go down this particular rabbit hole. Assumption #2: The primary task of a job is the job. This is rarely the case, unless you work in the service industry. How much of a developer's job is writing code? A lot less than you think. Employees spend a massive amount of time communicating with other employees, via meetings, emails, Slack chats - can AI replace this? Maybe all that communication is wasteful and inefficient? Could be, but for every job AI supposedly replaces, it becomes someone else's job to manage that AI agent. Does all of middle management become expert prompt engineers, or do they also disappear with no employees to manage? Assumption #3: Jobs aren't already being replaced. They are, they're just not terribly visible jobs. That contractor your marketing team was using to build blog/SEO content? He's probably gone. The in-house or contract graphic designer? Probably gone. There's a whole swath of jobs out there, where quality isn't very important, but work needs to be produced, and those jobs are being actively replaced with generative AI. With that said, I don't see any full time jobs that require quality work and a lot of communication with other employees getting replaced. Yet? Ever? That's the question. The Enterprise News In this week's enterprise security news, Not much interesting funding to discuss Securonix acquires ThreatQuotient Cellebrite acquires Corellium (that sounds a lot like a rock bought a stone or a gem or something) Yet another free vulnerability database ChatGPT can now clandestinely record meetings Threat detection resources a VERY expensive Zoom call (for the victim) Should we stop using SOC2s? Should we give up on least privilege? How much did it cost to change HBO to HBO Max, then to Max, then back to HBO Max? Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Rethinking Identity: IAM, PAM & Passwordless Trends from Identiverse - David Lee, Amit Masand, Chip Hughes, Ashley Stevenson, John Pritchard, Matt Caulfield - ESW #412
06/23/2025
Rethinking Identity: IAM, PAM & Passwordless Trends from Identiverse - David Lee, Amit Masand, Chip Hughes, Ashley Stevenson, John Pritchard, Matt Caulfield - ESW #412
In fast-paced, shared device environments like healthcare, manufacturing, and other critical industries, traditional access management approaches are falling short, quietly eroding both security and productivity. This episode explores how outdated methods, like shared credentials and clunky logins, create friction, increase risk, and undermine compliance. We’ll discuss what a modern, strategic access management approach looks like and how passwordless authentication solutions are closing the gap between security and usability. To learn more about passwordless authentication in healthcare and other critical industries, check out our whitepapers on the topic: This segment is sponsored by Imprivata. Visit to learn more about them! As digital identities multiply and certificate lifespans shrink, enterprises face growing challenges in securing trust across users, devices, and systems. This session explores why unifying PKI and IAM is essential to closing identity-related trust gaps and how platforms like DigiCert ONE—integrating PKI, DNS, and automation—help eliminate outages, streamline security operations, and future-proof organizations. This segment is sponsored by DigiCert. Visit to learn more about them! Identity-related attacks are now the dominant threat vector in cybersecurity, yet most organizations remain hindered by fragmented tools, siloed data, and disconnected teams. “Multiplayer AI” offers a new model for identity security, emphasizing interoperability between human experts and AI agents to create a unified, real-time system of systems. By fostering collaboration through open standards and shared intelligence, enterprises can close security gaps, reduce attacker dwell time, and respond faster—transforming identity security from isolated defense into coordinated resilience. This segment is sponsored by Radiant Logic. Visit to learn more about them! In this era of technological advancements where businesses are going digital and more cloud based while preferring remote work environment, cyber threats are surprising growing at the rate never seen before. This makes Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) no more an optional thing but a core crucial requirement. These are not just IT tools anymore- they are important for the security of people, data, and operations. More and more organizations from different industries are now turning to IAM and PAM as managed services to handle the growing complexity of access control and cybersecurity. Why? Because managing identity internally is becoming harder, more expensive, and riskier. With a trusted managed service partner, businesses gain expert support, 24/7 monitoring, scalability, and peace of mind—all while staying compliant and secure. This segment will explore how IAM and PAM managed services are helping companies reduce risk, simplify operations, and stay ahead of evolving security challenges. Whether you're an IT leader, security professional, or business decision-maker, you’ll learn why outsourcing identity and access management is quickly becoming a smart, strategic move for the modern enterprise This segment is sponsored by IDMEXPRESS. Visit to implement and manage IAM and PAM solutions tailored to your business needs. Duo's biggest announcement since push-MFA. Duo is defining the future of Identity by unveiling a solution that attackers will hate and users will love. This segment is sponsored by Cisco Duo. Visit to learn more about them! In this interview, we will explore the power of data-driven identity leadership and how organizations can leverage analytics to enhance their identity security strategies. Hear insights on aligning data with business goals, improving decision-making, and proactively managing risk. Learn how analytics can transform your identity program from reactive to strategic, driving measurable success. This segment is sponsored by Saviynt. Visit to learn more about them or get a free demo! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Insider threats, migrating away from cloud, RSAC interviews with Cyera and Blumira - Rob Allen, Matthew Warner, Yotam Segev - ESW #411
06/16/2025
Insider threats, migrating away from cloud, RSAC interviews with Cyera and Blumira - Rob Allen, Matthew Warner, Yotam Segev - ESW #411
Segment 1 - Interview with Rob Allen from ThreatLocker This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit to learn more about them! Segment 2 - Topic: Growing Trend - Edge Computing and Hybrid Cloud Segment 3 - Interviews from RSAC 2025 Cyera Cyera is the fastest-growing data security company in history, empowering companies to classify, secure, and manage their data, wherever it is, and leverage the power of the industry’s first AI native,unified Data Security Platform. Yotam Segev, Cyera’s CEO sits down with CyberRisk TV at RSAC Conference 2025 to discuss Cyera’s skyrocketing growth, its founding story and why an increasing number of Fortune500 companies are partnering with Cyera, and the company’s latest product release: Adaptive DLP, a new AI data loss prevention solution. Recent Cyera News: This segment is sponsored by Cyera. Visit to learn more about them! Blumira In the evolving world of cybersecurity, the shift from a purely threat-centric mindset to a focus on operational excellence is no longer just a trend—it’s a necessity. Matthew Warner, CEO and co-founder of Blumira, argues that this shift is particularly crucial for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and the managed service providers (MSPs) that support them. Matthew believes that traditional SIEM and detection solutions have historically fallen short for these organizations, often due to their complexity, high cost, and steep learning curves. As a result, many SMBs have struggled to keep up with the sophistication of modern threats. Blumira was founded to change that. Matthew’s vision is rooted in democratizing security—making powerful, automated detection and response tools simple, affordable, and accessible for everyone, especially those who need them most. By designing platforms that prioritize operational excellence—efficiency, usability, and actionable intelligence—Blumira enables organizations to be proactive rather than reactive. During the conversation, Matthew will share insights into the latest technologies and trends transforming the cybersecurity space, and offer actionable guidance for IT decision-makers. He'll explore how shifting strategy from chasing every alert to building a solid, efficient operational foundation can lead to better outcomes and stronger protection in the long run. Security should be accessible to everyone. At Blumira, we’re building the future of detection and response — simple, smart, and built to empower the teams who need it most. Check out and take control of your security today. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The enterprise security news, more secure by removing credentials, & RSAC interviews - Marty Momdjian, Amit Saha, Dr. Tina Srivastava - ESW #410
06/09/2025
The enterprise security news, more secure by removing credentials, & RSAC interviews - Marty Momdjian, Amit Saha, Dr. Tina Srivastava - ESW #410
Segment 1 - Enterprise Security News, Live at IDV This week, in the enterprise security news, Acquisitions potential IPOs Terminator Salvation in real life First $1B one-employee business? Mikko puts in his notice Pitch Black in real life, and more! Segment 2 - Interview with Dr. Tina Srivastava The #1 cause of data breaches is stolen credentials. What if we didn’t store credentials anymore? We explore Badge’s innovative approach—which enables users to generate a private key on the fly instead of storing credentials—to enhance security, solve key use cases such as shared devices, and deliver measurable ROI. Additionally, we'll uncover the unavoidable recovery flow challenges, where users must rely on a pre-enrolled recovery device or fallback passwords, and discuss what this means for enterprise security and cost savings. By shifting the paradigm toward ephemeral key generation, Badge eliminates stored credentials, optimizes enterprise cost savings, and future-proofs authentication. Segment Resources: Segment 3 - Interviews from RSAC 2025 Executive Interview with Saviynt Evolving compliance needs, overflowing tech stacks, and the ever-increasing number of types of enterprise identities — not to mention the complications resulting from business use of AI — means traditional identity platforms can't keep up with the needs of today's enterprises. Organizations need something smarter: converged, cloud-native and future-ready identity security that scales with enterprises as they grow, addressing their cybersecurity challenges today and in the future. Join us in this episode as we break down the shortcomings of legacy IAM and uncover how an intelligent, identity-centric approach sets enterprises on the path to success. Segment Resources: Learn more about Identity Cloud This segment is sponsored by Saviynt! To learn more or get a free demo, please visit Executive Interview with Ready1 Semperis has launched Ready1, a first-of-its-kind enterprise resilience platform designed to bring structure, speed, and coordination to cyber crisis management. The release of Ready1 coincides with Semperis’ new global study, The State of Enterprise Cyber Crisis Readiness, which highlights a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and real-world response capabilities. This segment is sponsored by Ready1, powered by Semperis. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Building Cyber Resilience: AI Threats, Mid-Market Risks & Ransomware Trends - Karl Van den Bergh, Tony Anscombe, Eyal Benishti, Nick Carroll, Chad Alessi, Chris Peluso - ESW #409
06/02/2025
Building Cyber Resilience: AI Threats, Mid-Market Risks & Ransomware Trends - Karl Van den Bergh, Tony Anscombe, Eyal Benishti, Nick Carroll, Chad Alessi, Chris Peluso - ESW #409
Segment 1 CTG Interview Middle market companies face unique challenges in the ever-evolving cyber environment. Developing a comprehensive cybersecurity approach is a business imperative for middle market companies, and Chad Alessi will discuss the threat landscape, what’s keeping IT decision-makers awkward at night, and the best approach to creating a proactive security measure. This segment is sponsored by CTG. Visit to learn more about them! Nightwing Interview Nightwing divested from Raytheon in April 2024 and is entering another year of redefining national security. Amid emerging threats and shifting industry regulations and compliance frameworks, traditional security measures are no longer cutting it. As Cyber Incident Response Manager at Nightwing, Nick Carroll discusses how organizations can continue to build cyber resiliency and stay one step ahead in today’s threat landscape. This segment is sponsored by Nightwing. Visit to learn more about them! Segment 2 Libraesva Interview Generative AI is having a transformative effect across almost every industry, but arguably the area it has had the most significant impact is cybercrime. Discriminative AI can now learn to recognize what constitutes normal communication patterns, so anything out of the ordinary can be flagged. AI is also enabling human security analysts to automate the triage of reported emails, to rapidly identify false positives and keep up with emerging cybercriminal tactics. Finally, specialized Small Language Models (SLMs) using neural networks are able to analyze and comprehend the semantic intent of the message. This segment is sponsored by Libraesva. Visit to learn more about them! IRONSCALES Interview Phishing has evolved—fast. What started as basic email scams has transformed into AI-powered cyber deception. Phishing 1.0: Early phishing relied on spam emails, fake banking alerts, and malware links to trick users into clicking Phishing 2.0: Attackers got smarter—instead of mass emails, they started impersonating real people Phishing 3.0: Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate fake but highly convincing voices, videos, and images IRONSCALES discusses the current gaps in SEG technology and will showcase industry-first innovations for protection against deepfakes. This segment is sponsored by IRONSCALES. Visit to learn more about them! Segment 3 Illumio Interview In the post-breach world, speed and clarity are essential for effective cybersecurity. Security teams are inundated with vast amounts of data, much of which is not actionable. To combat cyber threats—and level the playing field—defenders need precise intelligence to identify attacks, dynamically quarantine threats, and prevent cyber disasters, highlighting the power of the security graph. Segment Resources: More information about This segment is sponsored by Illumio. Visit for information on Illumio Insights or to sign up for a private preview! ESET Interview The ransomware landscape is rapidly changing. ESET global research team has been closely following ransomware gang disruptions, new players and how the RaaS business model continues to evolve. In this segment, Tony Anscombe will take a look into recent research, hacks and attacks, and explore how the industry and businesses are responding to combat financial risk and mitigate threats. Segment Resources: This segment is sponsored by ESET. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Reality check on SOC AI; Enterprise News; runZero and Imprivata RSAC interviews - Erik Bloch, HD Moore, Joel Burleson-Davis - ESW #408
05/26/2025
Reality check on SOC AI; Enterprise News; runZero and Imprivata RSAC interviews - Erik Bloch, HD Moore, Joel Burleson-Davis - ESW #408
Segment 1: Erik Bloch Interview The math on SOC AI just isn't adding up. It's not easy to do the math, either, as each SOC automation vendor is tackling alert fatigue and SecOps assistants a bit differently. Fortunately for us and our audience, Erik Bloch met with many of these vendors at RSAC and is going to share what he learned with us! Segment 2: Enterprise Weekly News In this week's enterprise security news, 1. Some interesting new companies getting funding 2. Chainguard isn’t unique anymore 3. AI slop coming to open source soon 4. Wiz dominance analysis 5. the IKEA effect in cybersecurity 6. LLM model collapse 7. vulnerabilities 8. DFIR reports 9. and fun with LinkedIn and prompt injection! Segment 3: RSAC Interviews runZero Interview with HD Moore Despite becoming a checkbox feature in major product suites, vulnerability management is fundamentally broken. The few remaining first-wave vulnerability scanners long ago shifted their investments and attention into adjacent markets to maintain growth, bolting on fragmented functionality that's added complexity without effectively securing today's attack surfaces. Meanwhile, security teams are left contending with massive blind spots and disparate tools that collectively fail to detect exposures that are commonly exploited by attackers. Our industry is ready for change. Jeff and HD explore the current state of vulnerability management, what’s required to truly prevent real-world incidents, new perspectives that are challenging the status quo, and innovative approaches that are finally overcoming decades old problems to usher in a new era of vulnerability management. Segment Resources: Read more about runZero's recent launch, including new exposure management capabilities: Watch a two-minute summary and deeper dive videos here: Tune into runZero's monthly research webcast, runZero Hour, to hear about the team's latest research findings and additional debate on all things exposure management: Try runZero free for 21 days by visiting . After 21 days, the trial converts into a free Community Edition license that is great for small environments and home networks. Imprivata interview with Joel Burleson-Davis Organizations in mission-critical industries are acutely aware of the growing cyber threats, like the Medusa ransomware gang attacking critical US sectors, but are wary that implementing stricter security protocols will slow productivity and create new barriers for employees. This is a valid concern, but organizations should not accept the trade-off between the inevitability of a breach by avoiding productivity-dampening security measures, or the drop in employee productivity and rise in frustration caused by implementing security measures that might mitigate a threat like Medusa. In this conversation, Joel will discuss how organizations can build a robust security strategy that does not impede productivity. He will highlight how Imprivata’s partnership with SailPoint enables stronger enterprise identity security while enhancing efficiency—helping organizations strike the right balance. This segment is sponsored by Imprivata. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The State of Cybersecurity Readiness for the Next Big Emergency - David Aviv, Bri Frost, Marshall Erwin - ESW #407
05/19/2025
The State of Cybersecurity Readiness for the Next Big Emergency - David Aviv, Bri Frost, Marshall Erwin - ESW #407
Segment 1: Fastly Interview In this week's interview segment, we talk to Marshall Erwin about the state of cybersecurity, particularly when it comes to third party risk management, and whether we're ready for the next big SolarWinds or Crowdstrike incident. These big incidents have inspired executive orders, the Secure by Design initiative, and even a memo from JPMorgan Chase's CISO. We will discuss where Marshall feels like we should be pushing harder, where we've made some progress, and what to do about incentives. How do you convince a software supplier or service provider to prioritize security over features? This segment is sponsored by Fastly. Visit to learn more about them! Segment 2: Weekly Enterprise News In this week's enterprise security news, Agents replacing analysis is highly misunderstood only one funding round Orca acquires Opus to automate remediation OneDrive is updating to make BYOD worse? Companies are starting to regret replacing workers with AI Is venture capital hanging on by a thread (made of AI)? Potential disruption in the traditional vuln mgmt space! MCP is already looking like a dumpster fire from a security perspective malicious NPM packages and, IS ALCHEMY REAL? Segment 3: RSAC Conference 2025 Interviews Interview 1: Pluralsight Emerging technologies like AI and deepfakes have significantly complicated the threat landscape of today. As AI becomes more integrated into our lives, everyone - not just cybersecurity professionals - needs to develop security literacy skills to keep themselves, their organizations, and their loved ones safe. Luckily, there are countermeasures to spot and identify AI and deepfake-related threats in the wild. In this segment, Pluralsight's Director of Security and IT Ops Curriculum, Bri Frost, discusses how AI has changed the cybersecurity industry, how to spot AI and deepfakes in the wild, and the skills you should know to defend against these emerging threats. This segment is sponsored by Pluralsight. Visit to learn the skills you need to defend against the latest cyber threats! Interview 2: Radware Adversaries are rewriting the cybersecurity rules. Shifts in the threat landscape are being fueled by attackers with political and ideological agendas, more sophisticated attack tools, new coalitions of hacktivists, and the democratization of AI. Radware CTO David Aviv will discuss how companies must adapt their cyber defenses and lead in an evolving era of asymmetric warfare and AI-driven attacks. This segment is sponsored by Radware. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Secrets and their role in infrastructure security - Jawahar Sivasankaran, Chas Clawson, Sergey Gorbaty, Fernando Medrano - ESW #406
05/12/2025
Secrets and their role in infrastructure security - Jawahar Sivasankaran, Chas Clawson, Sergey Gorbaty, Fernando Medrano - ESW #406
Segment 1 - Secrets and their role in infrastructure security From API keys and tokens to environment variables and credentials, secrets are foundational—and often overlooked—attack surfaces in cloud-native and distributed systems. We break down the risks tied to poor secret hygiene, discuss emerging patterns for secure secret management at scale, and shares insights on integrating secrets management into systems design. This segment is sponsored by Fastly. Visit to learn more about them! Segment 2 - Weekly Enterprise News In this week's enterprise security news, we have: Funding, mostly focused on identity security and ‘secure-by-design’ Palo Alto acquires one of the more mature AI security startups, Protect AI LimaCharlie is first with a cybersecurity-focused MCP offering Meta releases a ton of open source AI security tooling, including LlamaFirewall Exploring the state of AI in the SOC The first research on whether AI is replacing jobs is out Some CEOs are requiring employees to be more productive with AI Are prompts the new IOCs? Are puppies the new booth babes? We get closure on two previous stories we covered: one about an ex-Disney employee, and one about a tiny dog Segment 3 - Executive Interviews from RSAC CYWARE The legacy SecOps market is getting disrupted. The traditional way of ingesting large troves of data, analysis and actioning is not efficient today. Customers and the market are moving towards a more threat centric approach to effectively solve their security operations challenges. Cybersecurity Alert Fatigue! Frost & Sullivan's This segment is sponsored by Cyware. Visit to request a demo! SUMOLOGIC Intelligent SecOps is more than a buzzword—it's a blueprint for modernizing security operations through real-time analytics, contextual threat intelligence, and AI-powered automation. In this segment, Sumo Logic’s Field CTO Chas Clawson explains how SOC teams can accelerate detection and response, cut through alert noise, and improve security outcomes by fusing AI-driven automation with human context and expertise. He also shares the latest security capabilities Sumo Logic announced at the RSA Conference to help organizations build and operate Intelligent SecOps. Press Release: Blog: Brief: Chas Blog: LinkedIn Live: This segment is sponsored by Sumo Logic. Visit to learn more about them! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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2025 Security Trends: Identity, Endpoint, Cloud & the Rise of Browser Threats - Jason Mical, Lori Robinson, Hed Kovetz, Rob Allen, Vivek Ramachandran, Alex Pinto - ESW #405
05/05/2025
2025 Security Trends: Identity, Endpoint, Cloud & the Rise of Browser Threats - Jason Mical, Lori Robinson, Hed Kovetz, Rob Allen, Vivek Ramachandran, Alex Pinto - ESW #405
Now in its 18th year, the Verizon Business DBIR is one of the industry’s longest standing and leading reports on the current cybersecurity landscape. This year’s report analyzes more than 22,000 security incidents with victims spanning 139 countries, examining significant growth in third-party involvement in breaches, increases in ransomware and examines the average amounts paid and amount of time to patch vulnerabilities, among many other findings. Segment Resources: - - This segment is sponsored by Verizon Business! To read the full Verizon Business 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, please visit . Over the past two decades, the browser has evolved from a simple web rendering engine to the primary gateway through which users interact with the internet, be it for work, leisure or transactions. In other words, browsers are becoming the new endpoint. Yet, despite the exponential growth of browser-native attacks, traditional security solutions continue to focus on endpoint and network, leaving a large gaping hole when it comes to browser security. SquareX has started the Year of Browser Bugs (YOBB), a yearlong initiative to draw attention to the lack of security research and rigor in what remains one of the most understudied attack vectors - the browser. Learn more about SquareX's Browser Detection and Response solution at Last Mile Reassembly Attacks: Polymorphic Extensions technical blog: There is a growing overlap between endpoint and cloud environments, creating new security challenges. ThreatLocker has recently released innovative solutions designed to protect organizations operating in this space. These include Cloud Control, Cloud Detect, Patch Management, and other advanced security tools tailored to bridge the gap between endpoint and cloud protection. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit to learn more about them! Jason Mical, Field CTO, discusses Devo and Detecteam's integrated solution, which proactively improves security posture by identifying and closing detection gaps. The integration combines Devo's comprehensive threat detection, investigation, and response capabilities with Detecteam's autonomic detection lifecycle platform to continuously validate and improve detection capabilities based on real-world attack scenarios. Solution demo: This segment is sponsored by Devo . Visit to learn more about them! While the value of identity security remains largely untapped, SailPoint’s latest Horizons of Identity Security report reveals that organizations with mature identity programs can bend their identity security-to-value curve and recognize disproportionately higher returns. These programs unlock new value pools and can help address emerging challenges, such as securing machine and AI agent identities. The 2024-25 Horizons of Identity Security report: Take the identity security maturity assessment: Learn more about SailPoint’s Customer Experience Portfolio: This segment is sponsored by SailPoint. Visit to learn more about them! Identity has long been the soft underbelly of cybersecurity—but with AI, non-human identities (NHIs), and autonomous agents on the rise, it’s now front and center for security teams, the C-suite, and boardrooms alike. Adversaries aren’t just hacking systems anymore—they’re hijacking identities to slip through the cracks and move undetected in systems. For too long, identity security was treated as interchangeable with IAM—but that mindset is exactly what left critical gaps exposed. Listen to our interview with Hed Kovetz as he unpacks why identity has become today’s most urgent battleground in cyber. He'll what you can do about it with an identity security playbook that gives you the upper hand. This segment is sponsored by Silverfort. Visit to learn more about Silverfort's IDEAL approach to identity security! Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The Future of Access Management - Jeff Shiner - ESW #404
04/28/2025
The Future of Access Management - Jeff Shiner - ESW #404
As organizations embrace hybrid work, SaaS sprawl, and employee-owned devices, traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) tools are failing to keep up. The rise of shadow IT, unmanaged applications, and evolving cyber threats have created an "Access-Trust Gap", a critical security challenge where IT lacks visibility and control over how employees access sensitive business data. In this episode of Security Weekly, Jeff Shiner, CEO of 1Password, joins us to discuss the future of access management and how organizations must move beyond traditional IAM and MDM solutions. He’ll explore the need for Extended Access Management, a modern approach that ensures every identity is authentic, every device is healthy, and every application sign-in is secure, including the unmanaged ones. Tune in to learn how security teams can bridge the Access-Trust Gap while empowering employees with frictionless security. In this topic segment, we discuss the most interesting insights from the 2025 edition of Verizon's DBIR. You can grab your own copy of the report at In this week's enterprise security news, Lots of funding announcements as we approach RSA New products The M-Trends also rudely dropped their report the same day as Verizon Supply chain threats Windows Recall is making another attempt MCP server challenges Non-human identities A startup post mortem Remember that Zoom outage a week or two ago? The cause is VERY interesting All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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The past, present, and future of enterprise AI - Matthew Toussain, Pravi Devineni - ESW #403
04/21/2025
The past, present, and future of enterprise AI - Matthew Toussain, Pravi Devineni - ESW #403
In this interview, we're excited to speak with Pravi Devineni, who was into AI before it was insane. Pravi has a PhD in AI and remembers the days when machine learning (ML) and AI were synonymous. This is where we'll start our conversation: trying to get some perspective around how generative AI has changed the overall landscape of AI in the enterprise. Then, we move on to the topic of AI safety and whether that should be the CISO's job, or someone else's. Finally, we'll discuss the future of AI and try to end on a positive or hopeful note! What a time to have this conversation! Mere days from the certain destruction of CVE, averted only in the 11th hour, we have a chat about vulnerability management lifecycles. CVEs are definitely part of them. Vulnerability management is very much a hot mess at the moment for many reasons. Even with perfectly stable support from the institutions that catalog and label vulnerabilities from vendors, we'd still have some serious issues to address, like: disconnects between vulnerability analysts and asset owners gaps and issues in vulnerability discovery and asset management different options for workflows between security and IT: which is best? patching it like you stole it Oh, did we mention Matt built an open source vuln scanner? In the enterprise security news, lots of funding, but no acquisitions? New companies new tools including a SecOps chrome plugin and a chrome plugin that tells you the price of enterprise software prompt engineering tips from google being an Innovation Sandbox finalist will cost you Security brutalism CVE dumpster fires and a heartwarming story about a dog, because we need to end on something happy! All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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What is old is new again: default deny on the endpoint - Colby DeRodeff, Danny Jenkins - ESW #402
04/14/2025
What is old is new again: default deny on the endpoint - Colby DeRodeff, Danny Jenkins - ESW #402
Default deny is an old, and very recognizable term in security. Most folks that have been in the industry for a long time will associate the concept with firewall rules. The old network firewalls, positioned between the public Internet and private data centers, however, were relatively uncomplicated and static. Most businesses had a few hundred firewall rules at most. The idea of implementing default deny principles elsewhere were attempted, but without much success. Internal networks (NAC), and endpoints (application control 1.0) were too dynamic for the default deny approach to be feasible. Vendors built solutions, and enterprises tried to implement them, but most gave up. Default deny is still an ideal approach to protecting assets and data against attacks - what it needed was a better approach. An approach that could be implemented at scale, with less overhead. This is what we’ll be talking to Threatlocker’s CEO and co-founder, Danny Jenkins, about on this episode. They seemed to have cracked the code here and are eager to share how they did it. This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit to learn more about them! We wanted security data? We got it! Now, what the heck do we DO with all of it? The core challenge of security operations, incident response, and even compliance is still a data management and analysis problem. Which is why we’re seeing companies like Abstract Security pop up to address some of these challenges. Abstract just released a comprehensive eBook on security data strategy, linked below, and you don’t even need to give up an email address to read it! In this interview, we’ll talk through some of the highlights: Challenges Myths Pillars of a data security strategy Understanding the tools available Segment Resources eBook In the enterprise security news, new startup funding what happened to the cybersecurity skills shortage? tools for playing with local GenAI models CVE assignment drama a SIEM-agnostic approach to detection engineering pitch for charity a lost dog that doesn’t want to be found All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Soft skills for engineers - Evgeniy Kharam, Paul Nguyen - ESW #401
04/07/2025
Soft skills for engineers - Evgeniy Kharam, Paul Nguyen - ESW #401
When we use the phrase "talent gap" in cybersecurity, we're usually talking about adding headcount. For this interview, however, we're focusing on a gap that is evident within existing teams and practitioners - the often misunderstood soft skills gap. Side note: I really hate the term "soft skills". How about we call them "fundamental business skills", or "invaluable career advancement skills"? Hmm, doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same. Soft skills can impact everything, as they impose the limits of how we interact with our world. That goes for co-worker interactions, career advancements, and how we're perceived by our peers and community. It doesn't matter how brilliant you might be - without soft skills, your potential could be severely limited. Did you know that soft skills issues contributed to the Equifax breach? We'll also discuss how fear is related to some of the same limitations and challenges as soft skills. Segment Resources: You might know them from their excellent research work on groups like Scattered Spider, or their refreshing branding/marketing style, but Permiso is laying some impressive groundwork for understanding and defending against identity and cloud-based attacks. In this interview, we talk with co-founder and co-CEO Paul Nguyen about understanding the threats against some of cybercriminals' favorite attack surface, insider threats, and non-human identity compromise. Segment Resources: on Scattered Spider shows how threat actors move laterally in an environment across identity providers, Iaas, PaaS and SaaS environments, and how this lateral movement ultimately creates blind spots for many security teams by Ian Ahl, from fwd:cloudsec 2024, touches on a lot of great TTPs used by attackers in IDPs and in the cloud Another blog, and another, This week, in the enterprise security news, we check the vibes we check the funding we check runZero’s latest release notes tons of free tools! the latest TTPs supply chain threats certs won’t save you GRC needs disruption the latest Rippling/Deel drama All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Setting up your SIEM for success - Pitfalls to preclude and tips to take - Geoff Cairns, Neil Desai - ESW #400
03/31/2025
Setting up your SIEM for success - Pitfalls to preclude and tips to take - Geoff Cairns, Neil Desai - ESW #400
A successful SIEM deployment depends on a lot more than implementing the SIEM correctly. So many other things in your environment have an impact on your chances of a successful SIEM. Are the right logs enabled? Is your EDR working correctly? Would you notice a sudden increase or decrease in events from critical sources? What can practitioners do to ensure the success of their SIEM deployment? This segment is sponsored by Graylog. Visit to learn more about them! In this interview, we feature some research from Geoff Cairns, an analyst at Forrester Research. This is a preview to the talk he'll be giving at Identiverse 2025 in a few months. We won't have time to cover all the trends, but there are several here that I'm excited to discuss! Deepfake Detection Difficult Zero Trust Agentic AI Phishing resistant MFA adoption Identity Verification Machine Identity Decentralized Identity Post Quantum Shared Signals Segment Resources: - (Forrester subscription required) In this week's enterprise security news, Big funding for Island Is DLP finally getting disrupted? By something that works? We learn all about Model Context Protocol servers Integrating SSO and SSH! Do we have too many cybersecurity regulations? Toxic cybersecurity workplaces Napster makes a comeback this week, we’ve got 50% less AI and 50% more co-hosts All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Building the SOC of the Future - JP Bourget, Michael Mumcuoglu - ESW #399
03/24/2025
Building the SOC of the Future - JP Bourget, Michael Mumcuoglu - ESW #399
What does a mature SecOps team look like? There is pressure to do more with less staff, increase efficiency and reduce costs. JP Bourget's experience has led him to believe that the answer isn't a tool upgrade, it's better planning, architecture, and process. In this interview, we'll discuss some of the common mistakes SecOps teams make, and where to start when building the SOC of the future. It feels like forever ago, but in the mid-2010s, we collectively realized, as an industry, that prevention was never going to be enough. Some attacks were always going to make their way through. Then ransomware got popular and really drove this point home. Detection engineering is a tough challenge, however. Where do we start? Which attacks should we build detections for? How much of the MITRE ATT&CK matrix do we need to cover? How often do these detections need to be reviewed and updated? Wait, are any of our detections even working? In this interview with Michael Mumcuoglu, we'll discuss where SecOps teams get it wrong. We'll discuss common pitfalls, and strategies for building more resilient and effective detections. Again, as an industry, we need to understand why ransomware attacks keep going unnoticed, despite attackers using routine techniques and tools that we see over and over and over again. Session Resources: This week, JP Bourget from Blue Cycle is with us to discuss Building the SOC of the Future Then, Michael Mumcuoglu (Moom-cuoglu) from CardinalOps joins us to talk about improving detection engineering. In the enterprise security news, Google bets $32B on a Wiz Kid Cybereason is down a CEO, but $120M richer EPSS version 4 is out Github supply chain attacks all over A brief history of supply chain attacks Why you might want to wait out the Agentic AI trend Zyxel wants you to throw away their (old) products HP printers are quantum resilient (and no one cares) A giant rat is my hero All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Penetration Tests: useful, pointless, harmful, required, ineffective? - Phillip Wylie, Marina Segal - ESW #398
03/17/2025
Penetration Tests: useful, pointless, harmful, required, ineffective? - Phillip Wylie, Marina Segal - ESW #398
Penetration tests are probably the most common and recognized cybersecurity consulting services. Nearly every business above a certain size has had at least one pentest by an external firm. Here's the thing, though - the average ransomware attack looks an awful lot like the bog standard pentest we've all been purchasing or delivering for years. Yet thousands of orgs every year fall victim to these attacks. What's going on here? Why are we so bad at stopping the very thing we've been training against for so long? This Interview with Phillip Wylie will provide some insight into this! Spoiler: a lot of the issues we had 10, even 15 years ago remain today. Segment resources: Phillip's talk, from Dia de los Hackers last fall It takes months to get approvals and remediate cloud issues. It can take months to fix even critical vulnerabilities! How could this be? I thought the cloud was the birthplace of agile/DevOps, and everything speedy and scalable in IT? How could cloud security be struggling so much? In this interview we chat with Marina Segal, the founder and CEO of Tamnoon - a company she founded specifically to address these problems. Segment Resources: Gartner prediction: By 2025, 75% of new CSPM purchases will be part of an integrated CNAPP offering. This highlights the growing importance of CNAPP solutions. Cloud security skills gap: Even well-intentioned teams may inadvertently leave their systems vulnerable due to the cybersecurity skills shortage. CNAPP market growth: The CNAPP market is expected to grow from $10.74 billion in 2025 to $59.88 billion by 2034, indicating a significant increase in demand for these solutions. Challenges in Kubernetes security: CSPMs and CNAPPs may have gaps in addressing Kubernetes-specific security issues, which could be relevant to the skills gap discussion. Addressing the skills gap: Investing in training to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap and leveraging CNAPP platforms that combine advanced tools are recommended strategies. Tamnoon's report In this week's enterprise security news, Knostic raises funding The real barriers to AI adoption for security folks What AI is really getting used for in the wild Early stage startup code bases are almost entirely AI generated Hacking your employer never seems to go well should the CISO be the chief resiliency officer? proof we still need more women in tech All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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Ransomware Attacks a Decade In: What Changed? What Didn't? - benny Vasquez, Mike Mitchell - ESW #397
03/10/2025
Ransomware Attacks a Decade In: What Changed? What Didn't? - benny Vasquez, Mike Mitchell - ESW #397
2025 brings us close to an interesting milestone - ransomware attacks, in their current, enterprise-focused form, are almost a decade old. These attacks are so common today, it's impossible to report on all of them. There are signs of hope, however - ransomware payments are significantly down. There are also signs defenders are getting more resilient, and are recovering more quickly from these attacks. Today, with Intel471's Mike Mitchell, we'll discuss what defenders need to know to protect against today's ransomware attacks. He'll share some stories and anecdotes from his experiences with customers. He'll also share some tips, and tricks for successful hunts, and how to catch attacks before even your tools trigger alerts. Segment Resources: And now, for something completely different! I've always urged the importance for practitioners to understand the underlying technology that they're challenged with defending. When we're yelling at the Linux admins and DevOps folks to "just patch it", what does that process entail? How do those patches get applied? When and how are they released in the first place? This is often one of the sticking points when security folks get nervous about "going open source", as if 90% of the code in their environments doesn't already come from some open source project. It's a legitimate concern however - without a legal contract, and some comfort level that a paid support team is actually going to fix critical vulnerabilities, how do we develop trust or a relationship with an open source project? In this interview, benny Vasquez, the Chair of the board of directors for AlmaLinux, will fill in some of the gaps for us, and help us understand how an open source project can not only be trusted, but in many cases may be more responsive to security teams' needs than a commercial vendor. Segment Resources: benny's on cloud vs on-prem usage across AlmaLinux users In the enterprise security news, Why is a consulting firm raising a $75M Series B? A TON of Cybereason drama just dropped Skybox Security shuts down after 23 years The chilling effect on security leaders is HERE, and what that means IT interest in on-prem, does NOT mean they’re quitting the cloud Updates on the crazy Bybit heist the state of MacOS malware Skype is shutting down Mice with CRISPR’ed woolly mammoth fur is NOT the real life Jurassic Park anyone was expecting All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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First Do No Harm - Security Challenges in Healthcare - Ed Gaudet, Tanya Janca - ESW #396
03/03/2025
First Do No Harm - Security Challenges in Healthcare - Ed Gaudet, Tanya Janca - ESW #396
In 2011, Marc Andreessen predicted that software would eat the world. Specifically, the prediction was that software companies would take over the economy and disrupt all industries. The economic prediction has mostly come true, with 9 out of 10 of the most highly valued companies being tech companies. The industry disruption didn't materialize in some cases, and outright failed in others. Healthcare seems to be one of these 'disruption-resistant' areas. Ed joins us today to discuss why that might be, and what the paths towards securing the healthcare industry might look like. Segment Resources: Ed's podcast, We get a visit from Tanya Janca to discuss her latest book, Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding! Segment Resources: Tanya's latest book on Tanya's previous book, Alice and Bob Learn Application Security on Tanya's website, This week, in the enterprise security news, we’ve got some funding and acquisitions! ransomware payments are DOWN 35% infostealers on Macs are UP 101% Bybit got hit by a $1.5B heist and shrugged it off A SaaS report says AI is having no impact on pricing Microsoft’s CEO says AI is generating no value Google is dropping SMS as a second factor Google creates a 4th state of matter instead of fixing Teams What it’s like to be named “Null” All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly. Visit for all the latest episodes! Show Notes:
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