In Episode 11, we spoke with Jason Barthel, the CIO of Rockford Public schools about cybersecurity and privacy risks and challenges of school districts.

Conversation with Dr George K. Thiruvathukal on Cybersecurity

Feb 12th, 2022 36m 59s

In this episode, I spoke to Dr. George K. Thiruvathukal, Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Loyola University of Chicago. We discussed the following topics in cybersecurity: education and current risks.

Third Party Vendor Risk - Discussion with Arvin Verma and Jonathan Mandell

Mar 28th, 2021 23m 54s

In this episode, I discussed third-party vendor risk with Arvin Verma and Jonathan Mandell of Teepee Safe.

Interview with Mahesh Lunani, CEO of Aquasight

Mar 19th, 2021 20m 54s

In this episode, we discussed Aquasight and their technology. We also discussed cybersecurity issues relating to the water industry. For further information, please go to www.aquasight.io.

Interview with Myke Cole, Author and Former Intelligence Analyst

Feb 16th, 2021 27m 58s

In this episode we spoke with Myke Cole, currently working as a cybersecurity analyst and as an author. Myke was a former intelligence analyst for a government agency. We conversed on a range of topics from security concerns, deep fakes, and ho

Open Source Intelligence with Aki Peritz, former CIA Analyst

Dec 8th, 2020 41m 19s

In Episode 6, we had an interesting discussion with Aki Peritz, former CIA Analyst. We discussed current events, his experiences, and open source intelligence examples applied by US Intelligence agencies in Iraq and other conflict zones, and ho

Election Security - Discussion With Rahul Patel, Elections Information Security Officer

Aug 16th, 2020 25m 35s

In Episode 5, I had a brief discussion with Rahul Patel who is the Elections Information Security Officer with the Chicago Board of Elections Commissioners.

Interview with Andres Arrieta, Director of Consumer Privacy Engineering at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

May 28th, 2020 34m 9s

In Episode 4 we interviewed Andres Arrieta, the Director of Consumer Privacy Engineering at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org). We discussed the current state of privacy, and the efforts and projects that the EFF undertakes to pro

Interview With Dr. Lorrie Cranor, Director of CyLab at Carnegie Mellon University

May 23rd, 2020 17m 56s

In Episode 3, we interviewed Dr. Lorrie Cranor, Director of CyLab at Carnegie Mellon University. We discussed current issues relating to privacy and security and CyLab's groundbreaking efforts in safeguarding information. For more information,

Interview With Terry Ziemniak, President of North Wonders

Apr 20th, 2020 23m 41s

In Episode 2 we interviewed Terry Ziemniak, President of North Wonders (https://www.northwonders.com/). We discussed COVID-19 and its implications on cybersecurity and privacy for small businesses.

Interview with Erik Decker, Chief Security and Privacy Officer - UChicago Medicine

Mar 30th, 2020 37m 13s

On 2/27/20 we interviewed Erik Decker, Chief Security and Privacy Officer at University of Chicago Medicine. During this interview we discussed Erik's perspectives on healthcare cybersecurity and privacy issues.

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