Back from the archives! This week we're spotlighting one of our favorite episodes in Summer 2021 with The New York Times journalist Nicole Perlroth where she shares insights from her decade long research for her book “This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends” It previously ran as episode 138.

This week Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry join the podcast to share perspective from the security threat frontlines. We explore zero day vulnerabilities and information stealers, differing risk appetites across organizations of every size, the criticality of information sharing to mitigate emerging threats, and breaking down the security basics that are key to shoring up defenses.

This week John Zangardi, President and CEO of Redhorse Corporation joins us on the podcast to talk about his remarkable career starting with his time in the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, his many years on the frontlines of security mission - including his favorite professional role in government as Department of Homeland Security CIO – and shares perspective on bridging the security talent gap in government as well as the many talents veterans bring to the security industry.

This week we welcome Adam K. Levin back to the podcast to talk about the hacker’s day job. He is a long-time consumer affairs advocate with more than 40 years of experience. He’s the author of the book Swiped and formerly Chairman and founder of CyberScout as well as co-founder of Credit.com. He joins us at the apex of the consumer security awareness time of year. Holiday shopping, COVID, flu, and other health concerns run rampant in addition to geopolitical security concerns that are ever present.

This week we welcome Adam Levin to the podcast to talk about the hacker’s day job. He is a long-time consumer affairs advocate with more than 40 years of experience. He’s the author of the book Swiped, and formerly Chairman and founder of CyberScout as well as co-founder of Credit.com. He joins us at the apex of the consumer security awareness time of year. Holiday shopping, COVID, flu, and other health concerns run rampant in addition to geopolitical security concerns that are ever-present.

Joining the podcast this week is Maria Roat, who has had an impressive career in both government and the private sector for more than 35 years. She shares insights on the power of thinking from her time in government. Among the many roles, she held included Deputy Federal CIO and Small Business Administration CIO. The opportunities she helped identify to change the system from the inside out. 

In honor of November as Infrastructure Awareness Month, we wanted to bring back this episode from our 2021 archives with Rob Lee, CEO and co-founder of Dragos. He breaks down the Operational Technology (OT) challenge that many businesses are facing today including a lack of clarity on who within the business owns OT and defining what acceptable OT risk means within the business.

Joining the podcast this week is Eric Mill. He’s Senior Advisor on Technology and Cybersecurity to the Federal CIO in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). We discuss some of the latest and impactful security initiatives, policies, and technologies in the U.S. Government today, including highlights from some that OMB is helping to drive.

Joining us this week is Peter W. Singer. He’s a New York Times bestselling author of books including Ghost Fleet, LikeWar, and the techno-thriller Burn In. He shares details on the New America non-profit organization and its awesome #SharetheMicinCyber program helping to bring a diversity of thought to the cybersecurity front lines. 

This week we officially welcome Petko Stoyanov as the new co-host for the To The Point podcast. Petko shares his perspective on how he found his way to cyber, the origin of the name “Petko”, and differences in working in government and the private sector. We also discuss the state of the cybersecurity landscape and the ongoing challenge of attribution – which is really asking the question, “Who is smarter” in executing cyber attacks?