Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)

TL;DR: This week's guest is here to talk about Zero Trust... in a practical way. We're talking with Rob Allen of ThreatLocker about zero trust from a way you may have not thought about before. It's a…

TL;DR: This week on the pod, Jonathan Rau joins to talk about SIEM. The thing we all lover to hate on, that thing that's been declared dead, and yet it's on its umpteenth incarnation. What does the f…

TL;DR: Friend of the pod, Karim Hijazi of Vigilocity, joins Rafal this week to talk about the state of ransomware, its "families", proliferation and motivations. It's a dark picture that's getting da…

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This week is part 2 of the 2-part series on "Outsourcing your security" with Paul Farley. Paul's expertise in this space means you should be taking notes! On this second part, we dive into how …

TL;DR: James and I spent a few minutes dissecting the high-level of a GAO report (Government Accountability Office) ...perhaps ironically named... that is awful in so, so many ways it's ridiculous. L…

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  This week Paul Farley, Deputy CISO of NCR Voyix joins myself, James, and Jim TIller to discuss outsourcing security in a modern company. We talk through a bit of history, some requirements fo…

TL;DR: Justin Foster is back (and James is out) with guest co-host Jim Tiller as we talk through network-based access control from the "old days" through today's modern approaches. What worked, what …

TL;DR: This week's episode is part 1 of ... (I'm not sure) in a series of conversations about that old, boring, yet remarkably relevant topic of "Access Control". We pull in Justin Foster and guest c…

TL;DR: Sitting atop the Moscone Center North, I met up with Mark Simos and we talked through his impressions and our overall analysis of RSA Conference 2024. Some interesting observations, particular…

TL;DR: This episode is a recap (my recap) of RSA Conference 2024. I wrote up a brief post on LinkedIn on my way out of town (linked here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:71946983…

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 -> 2hr party-line episode

This feels surreal, as I write this, that DtSR is pushing episode 600 out to your ears right now. I couldn't possibly have imagined when I started 14 years ago, that t…

Tl;DR: On the last episode before the big 600th extravaganza, James and I have a conversation about the types of conversations we've had on this show so far, reminisce about some of the favorite gues…

Tl;DR: This week on episode 598 as we are 1 episode away from the Big 600, Adam Meyers joins the podcast to provide an update on the interesting things happening in the world of ransomware, threat ac…

TL;DR: On this episode of the DtSR Podcast, Shawn Tuma joins James & I to talk over what's changed, what's new, and what's not going well at the intersection of cyber and legal. Spoiler Alert: Nothin…

TL;DR: On this installment of the podcast, David Monnier joins Rafal & special guest Jim TIller to talk about hunting bad actors in cyberspace. What it's like chasing down villains, challenges, and r…

TL;DR: This week on the podcast, the conversation with Phil Beyer goes all over the map. We start with the interesting (but short) story of how Phil got into cyber, to vCISO vs CISO, and how we reall…

TL;DR: On today's episode of the podcast, Jessica Hoffman joins James and I to talk about Emotional Intelligence. What is it? Why is it desperately important to cybersecurity professionals in  leader…

TL;DR: This week Episode 593 features Jeff Reich of the Identity Defined Security Alliance as we talk about some of the big-picture challenges of identity, interoperability, and security of identity …

TL;DR:  On this episode, James and I welcome CEO Patrick Dennis, CISOs Jack Korzeniowski and Sam Masiello, former CISO and vCISO, and industry veteran Jim Tiller onto a panel to discuss ransomware. R…

TL;DR: *Warning: This episode is ranty, and potentially offensive to overly sensitive types*. That said, in this episode Jim Tiller and I sit down, drink in hand, and have a good old rant about the s…