Lessons from the School of Security Hard Knocks

Lynn Dohm: A Global Sisterhood

Today's guest is Lynn Dohm, Executive Director at Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS). In today’s episode, Lynn discusses WiCyS and her role as Executive Director, how WiCyS

Scott McCrady: Only the Paranoid Survive

Today's guest is Scott McCrady, CEO of SolCyber. In today's episode, Scott discusses SolCyber and his role as CEO, what brings customers to MSSPs, how the security lands

Special Edition: Women in Cybersecurity

In a special edition of the podcast 'Lessons from the School of Security Hard Knocks' we delve into a compelling discussion that shines a spotlight on the incredible wome

Christine Gadsby: There is Value in Business

Today's guest is Christine Gadsby, VP of Product Security Operations at Blackberry. In today's episode, Christine discusses Blackberry and her role there, what organizat

Madison Horn: Understand the Why

Today's guest is Madison Horn, CEO of Critical Fault and former US Senate nominee. In today’s episode, Madison discusses Critical Fault and her role there, how trends in

Candice Frost: Never Stop Knocking

Today's guest is Colonel Candice Frost, Adjunct Professor of Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. In today's episode, Colonel Frost discusses her transiti

Teresa Shea: Trust

Today's guest is Teresa Shea, President of Oplnet LLC. In today's episode, Teresa shares how she got involved in signals intelligence, the role universities should play

Jen Sovada: People Are Our Best Asset

Today's guest is Jen Sovada, President of Public Sector at SandboxAQ. In today's episode, Jen discusses SandboxAQ and her role there, what role quantum computers can pla

Bob Ackerman: Technology is Necessary But Insufficient

Today's guest is Bob Ackerman, Founder & Managing Director of AllegisCyber Capital. In today's episode, Bob discusses AllegisCyber Capital and his role there, how he got

Kiersten Todt: The Value of People

Today's guest is Kiersten Todt. In today's episode, Kiersten discusses her time at CISA and her recent transition from Chief of Staff, how the industry has matured over

Patrick O'Brien: It All Comes Down to Communication

Today's guest is Patrick O'Brien, Senior Safety and Cybersecurity Engineer at exida. In today's episode, Patrick discusses exida and his role there, the safety and cyber

Ralph Langner: The Importance of Innovation

Today's guest is Ralph Langner, founder/CEO of Langner, Inc. In today's episode, Ralph discusses Langner, Inc., his role in what happened at stuxnet, our progress over t

Chris Blask: SBOMs, Supply Chain, and Open Source Software, Oh My!

Today's guest is Chris Blask, VP of Strategy at Cybeats. In this episode, Chris discusses Cybeats and his role there, his work with SBOMs, why SBOMs are a corporate asse

Bryan Ware: Cybersecurity is a Soccer Game, Not a Football Game

Today's first return guest is Bryan Ware, CEO of LookingGlass Cyber. Today we welcome back our first returning guest, Bryan Ware! In this episode, Bryan discusses his mo

Emily de La Bruyère: Learn to Say No

Today's guest is Emily de La Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory. In this episode, Emily discusses Horizon Advisory, China's digital strategy, examples of China's in

David Weston: Builders and Breakers

Today's guest is David Weston (aka "DWIZZLE"), Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security at Microsoft. In this episode, David talks about his role at Microsoft, chang

Richard Stiennon: On Cyber Warfare

Today's guest is Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest. In a nod to Clausewitz and Gaddis, this episode is called On Cyber Warfare. In this episode, Ri

Dmitri Alperovitch: Great Power Competition

Today's guest is Dmitri Alperovitch, executive chairman at Silverado Policy Accelerator. In this episode, Dmitri discusses the story behind co-founding CrowdStrike, how

Dr. Laurie Williams: Solving Real Problems

Today's guest is Dr. Laurie Williams, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. In this episode, Laurie discusses some o

Thomas Pace: Once You Commit

Today's guest is Thomas Pace, founder/CEO of NetRise. In this episode, Thomas discusses NetRise and his role as founder/CEO, how the approach to OT security has changed