Cyber Work
Learn how to break into cybersecurity, build new skills and move up the career ladder. Each week on the Cyber Work Podcast, host Chris Sienko sits down with thought leaders from Carbon Black, IBM, CompTIA and others to discuss the latest cybersecurity workforce trends.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 392
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Creating a career roadmap for the cybersecurity beginner
Today’s Cyber Work Hacks is for security novices, people just getting started in learning cybersecurity and looking for their career path. Professor Robert McMillen is an Infosec Skills path author, …
Why do C-suites instinctively fire the CISO when a breach happens? | Guest Jonathan Gill
Today on Cyber Work, Jonathan Gill, CEO of Panaseer, joins me to talk about the stress-filled role of the Chief Information Security Officer. Jonathan notes that the most challenging part of a CISO’s…
Cyber resiliency and national defense | Guest Georgianna "George" Shea
Today on Cyber Work, I’m introducing you to Dr. Georgianna, or “George” Shea, the chief technologist at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. Shea find…
Using the CEH to create an ethical hacker career path
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are helping train the red teamers and blue teamers of tomorrow with our boot camps and study materials for the CEH exam. But how does ethical hacking proficiency translat…
Why is Log4J still so successful? | Guest Etay Maor
Today on Cyber Work, I talked with Etay Maor, Chief Security Strategist with Cato Networks. Etay is a founding member of the Cato Cyber Threats Research Lab, or CTRL — see what they did there? — and …
All about identity access management with the Identity Jedi | Guest David Lee
How does a childhood curiosity turn into a groundbreaking career in identity and access management? Join us for an engaging conversation with David Lee, the Identity Jedi, as he recounts his fascinat…
Cybersecurity’s role in U.S. foreign relations | Guest Tom Siu
Today on Cyber Work, Tom Siu, CISO of Inversion6, joins the podcast to talk about cyber diplomacy! As Siu says at the start of the show, the internet has no borders. It’s like water. There are pathwa…
Breaking down CEH exam questions with an Infosec expert
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks are here to help you pass the CEH, or Certified Ethical Hacker exam. For today’s Hack, Akyl Phillips, Infosec bootcamp instructor in charge of the CEH/Pentest+ dual-cert …
Roku’s hacked data breach – will we never learn our lesson? | Guest Zarik Megerdichian
Zarik Megerdichian, the co-founder of personal privacy controller company Loop8, joins me in breaking down the recent Roku breach, which landed hackers a whopping 15,000 users' worth of vital data. M…
Unlocking data privacy: Insights from the data diva | Guest Debbie Reynolds
Today on Cyber Work, I’m very excited to welcome Debbie Reynolds, the Data Diva herself, to discuss data privacy. Reynolds developed a love of learning about data privacy since working in library sci…
Inside a CEH boot camp: Advice from an Infosec instructor
Infosec and the Cyber Work Hacks podcast are here to help you pass the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam! So for today’s hack, we’re talking about bootcamps. The CEH exam, no matter how you slice i…
Revolutionizing digital identity, data privacy and data security | Guest Raj Ananthanpillai
Today on Cyber Work, my guest is Raj Ananthanpillai, CEO of Trua, a company that is steeped in the current issues around digital credentials and data privacy. As you’ve no doubt heard, AT&T reported …
OT cybersecurity jobs are everywhere, so why is nobody taking them? | Guest Mark Toussaint
Mark Toussaint of OPSWAT joins to talk about his work in securing operational technology, and specifically about his role as product manager. This is an under-discussed job role within security, and …
Mastering the certified ethical hacker exam: Strategies and insights with Akyl Phillips
Cyber Work Hacks knows that you have what it takes to pass the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) exam! And you don’t have to do it alone! Infosec’s CEH boot camp instructor Akyl Phillips gives you his t…
MGM Grand breach: How attackers got in and what it means for security | Guest Aaron Painter
Today on Cyber Work, we’re talking about last September’s breach of the MGM Grand Casino chain, an attack that lead to a week of tech failure, downtime and over a hundred million dollars in lost reve…
Jumping into the CCNA with both feet | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work hacks can help you pass Cisco’s CCNA certification exam! But what if you think you’re not ready to make that jump? What would it take for you to jump into the study of the CCNA…
What's it like to be the CISO for the state of Connecticut? | Guest Jeffrey Brown
Today on Cyber Work, I’ve got a big guest for you. Jeffrey Brown, Faculty at IANS Research, is also the chief information security officer for, not a company, not for a healthcare organization, but f…
Careers in operational technology: What does a security risk assessor do? | Guest Donovan Tindill
Today on Cyber Work, we continue our deep dive into industrial control systems and operational technology security by talking with Donovan Tindill of DeNexus. Now, I’m just going to come out and say …
What a CCNA boot camp is like | Cyber Work Hacks
Infosec and Cyber Work Hacks podcast want to help you pass the CCNA exam! So, for today’s hack, let’s talk boot camps. The CCNA is an intimidating exam, especially if you’re trying to go it alone, ju…
How to get started in industrial control systems cybersecurity | Guest Robin Berthier
Today on Cyber Work, we are talking operational technology, or OT, security with guest, Robin Berthier of Network Perception. From his earliest studies to his time as an academic researcher, Berthier…