Happy New Year Behind the Shield listeners! This month we welcome back guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to reflect on the biggest cybersecurity headlines of 2024 and share predictions for 2025! Our guest is joined by host Marco Estrela and expert panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, and Jason ... more
This month we welcome guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.To learn more about Appdome's consumer survey on mobile security mentioned in this episode visit: https://... more
This month we're joined by Mike Melo, CISO of Ontario’s Life Labs, for a Q&A about his CISO role, what keeps him up at night and the pitfalls of trying to achieve cyber-resilience. If you’re interested in having a sneak peek into the daily life of a CISO, you won’t want to miss this interview.Hot Topics segment includ... more
This month we welcome guest and sponsor Lisa Jones-Huff of Elastic to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.Hot Topics: Topic 1: JasonArticle title: Microsoft summit plots end of kernel access for EDR security clientsSource: ht... more
Back from our summer hiatus, we have a brand new episode of Behind the Shield! This month we’ve brought back one of our favorite special guests, Chris Vincent, to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.Hot Topics: CrowdStrike’s glo... more
The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month join our panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and Marco Estrela as they chat with one of our favourite special guests Chris Vincent about this month’s biggest cyber headlines.. Hot Topics: CrowdStrike’s global blue screen o... more
The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month is a Hot Topics only show with panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and your host Marco Estrela. Hot Topics: Fortigates get breached, Do you recall when Recall was recalled?, medical-related ransomware breaking all kinds of ... more
Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.This episode's Hot Topics include: Do bounties for ransomware work? Black Basta, wreaking havoc again! Google accidentally wiping out a huge account and APT28 cybercrime group updates. ... more
Behind the Shield host Marco Estrela and panelists Patrick Naoum and Jason Williams are joined by Bruno Germain of this episode's sponsor: Zscaler. This episode's hot topics include:Sources:Topic 1: JasonArticle title: Hackers Deploy Python Backdoor in Palo Alto Zero-Day AttackSource: https://thehackernews.com/2... more
Expert panelists (including our new panelist Jason Williams) and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.This episode's all Hot Topics format includes: The Volt Typhoon announcement, Cyberattack on US healthcare payment system, SEC Cybersecurity ... more
Expert panelists, including our guest Matt Konwiser from this month's sponsor IBM Security, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.This episode's Hot Topics include: Open AI’s concerns about #GenAI, the data security of AI boy/girlfriends, Matt’s take on the #AppleProVisi... more
Virtual Guardian's BTS panelists and guest Jane Arnett of Check Point cover hot topics, revisit the highs and lows of cybersecurity in 2023, and make their predictions and wishes for 2024. Hot Topic Sources:Article title: Hackers Extort Victim with SEC Whistleblower ComplaintSource: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalne... more
We didn't have time to get to all of our Hot Topics in the Nov 2nd Behind the Shield! Ready for a little more cyber news from Marco, Bill and Patrick?Bonus Hot Topics:AI Kidnapping Hoaxes: https://www.darkreading.com/black-hat/virtual-kidnapping-ai-tools-enabling-irl-extortion-scamsJohnson Controls Breach - An Upd... more
November 2023 Episode (Recorded on 11.02.2023) – Special #AIWeek EpisodeExpert panelists, including our guest Chris ‘Tito’ Sestino of HiddenLayer, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.Hot Topics: Credit card fraud while traveling; AI generated phishing attacks, Johnso... more
September 2023 Episode (Recorded on 9.21.2023)Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.Hot Topics: MGM and Caesar’s Cyberattack, TransUnion Data stolen, Microsoft AI Employee Accidental Leak, Canadian Airports DOS, Clorox BreachExtras: CISCO’s $28B purch... more
August 2023 Episode (Recorded on 8.3.2023)Hot Topics: Cybersecurity labeling for smart devices, New 4-Day disclosure requirement by SEC, Chinese Malware’s Potential Impacts to US, WormGPT, JumpCloud hack linked to North Korea, US’s Data Breach RecordExtras: Rapid Fire Q&A for the panel; Remembering Kevin Mitnick, 19... more
June 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 6.15.2023)Hot Topics: US-based white hat researcher, Eaton Zveare, discovers serious flaws in well-known carmaker; Phishing controversy using pay raise as bait; Making progress in the war against cybercrime.Special Guest Panelist: Graham Cluley of the award-winning “Smashin... more
May 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 5.18.2023)Hot Topics: Cisco IOS vulnerabilities and UQAM’s 2023 Report on geopolitical cyber incidents.Spotlight: Amber Borgersen, Product Manager for IBM Security's Threat Management functionalities - the QRadar Suite, discusses “SIEM is dead! Or is it…?”
April 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 04.19.2023 in front of a live audience at Esterel Resort, Quebec Canada)Panelists: Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Byron Acohido (lastwatchdog.com), VG CEO Patrick Naoum, Co-Founders of NaviLogic Bill Strub and Bob Bennett, and VG’s Sr. Director Cybersecurity and host of ... more
March 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 03.16.2023)Hot Topics: Multi Factor Authentication Blind Spots, T-Mobile's Security Breach (API Attack vector), TikTok ban (US & Canada governments), Return of IceFire Ransomware.Sponsor/Spotlight: Branden Williams, VP of IAM Strategy at Ping Identity: "Fostering Collabora... more
Hot Topics: Mortgage Broker 8Twelve’s leak (where everything went wrong), Reddit cyberattack, AI in the wrong hands, and clickbait article of the month: “Cyber Apocalypse 2023: Is The World Heading For A ‘Catastrophic’ Event”.Spotlight Speaker & Sponsor: Mike Britton, CISO for Abnormal Security (sponsor), brings guest... more
Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends. This episode is a special "Year In Review" featuring 7 panelists talking the most memorable 2022 cybersecurity hacks and events, followed by their wishes and predictions for 2023. This event originally aired on 1/19/2023. To join future Behind the... more
Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends. Hot Topics: Empire, Maple Leaf Foods breach; Ransomware attack on Boeing; Twitter verified users; Breaches across Australia; LockBit ransomware mastermind arrested. Spotlight by OVHcloud: Hyper Resilience and the Future of Data Centers.
Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. Spotlight on "Zero Trust" with speaker Brad Stocking of IBM Security.
The Virtual Guardians are back! Hot Topics include: 18 year old hacks Uber, Sephora's fine under the CCPA, and the summer attacks in Quebec on big targets like Bombardier, The National Research Institute, The City of Laval, Bell Technical Solutions, and Montmorency College. September's Spotlight is by Halcyon. Speaker ... more