Secure Talk Podcast
Secure Talk reviews the latest threats, tips, and trends on security, innovation, and compliance.
Host Justin Beals interviews leading privacy, security and technology executives to discuss best practices related to IT security, data protection and compliance. Based in Seattle, he previously served as the CTO of NextStep and Koru, which won the 2018 Most Impactful Startup award from Wharton People Analytics. He is the creator of the patented Training, Tracking & Placement System and the author of “Aligning curriculum and evidencing learning effectiveness using semantic mapping of learning assets,” published in the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJet). Justin earned a BA from Fort Lewis College.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 235
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
AI Coding Hype vs Reality: The 2025 AI Code Security Report with Chris Wysopal
In a converted hat factory in 1990s Boston, a group of hackers worked through the night to techno beats and Soul Coughing, driven by a simple philosophy: "smarter beats bigger." One of them, Chris Wy…
The Invisible Majority: How Social Media Erases 90% of Voices | Dr. Claire Robertson
90% of Twitter users are represented by only 3% of tweets. When you scroll through your feed and form opinions about what "people are saying" about politics, you're not seeing the voices of nine out …
An Identity Crisis: How AI Agents Are Redefining Enterprise Security | with Rishi Bhargava
The cybersecurity landscape just shifted permanently, and most organizations aren't ready. While CISOs struggle with alert fatigue from 40+ security tools, a new threat vector is emerging that makes …
The Insider Threat: How a US Soldier Planned for Years to Kill His Own Unit
The most dangerous threats don't break down the door - they already have the keys.
March 23, 2003, Kuwait: Command Sergeant Major Bart Womack was loading ammunition and watching Tiger Woods play golf …
Machines Running Amok: We've Created More Than We Can Secure with Oded Hareven
Machines Running Amok: We've Created More Than We Can Secure
Twenty years ago, you could count the servers in your data center. Today, we've unleashed an army of digital entities that's spiraling beyo…
Open Source vs Commercial: How "Winning Culture" Has Made Us More Vulnerable | Greg Epstein
Open Source vs Commercial: How "Winning Culture" Has Made Us More Vulnerable | Greg Epstein
Silicon Valley's shift from collaborative open-source principles to winner-take-all commercial dominance has…
Securing AI at Enterprise Scale: Lessons from Walmart's Transformation with Tobias Yergin
When one of the world's largest enterprises deploys AI across 10,000+ developers, the security challenges are unlike anything most organizations have faced. In this episode of SecureTalk, we explore …
Special Episode: The Secure Talk Security Awareness Training 2025 (With HIPAA!)
SecureTalk 2025 Security Awareness Training | Complete Compliance Guide
Welcome to SecureTalk's comprehensive 2025 Security Awareness Training video! This annually updated training is designed to help…
The Security Leader Who Predicted AI Would Replace His Own Team (And Why He's Right) with Satyam Patel
🌙 THE MIDNIGHT SECURITY GUARDIAN: A CISO'S ORIGIN STORY
At 2 AM, most people are dreaming. Satyam Patel is wide awake, sending texts to his security team: "Are we secure? Did we patch that server? Is …
Can Cybersecurity be "Agile"? with Brian Wagner
Can Security be “Agile”? with Brian Wagner
In this comprehensive interview, Brian Wagner, CTO at Revenir and former AWS security executive, shares insights from his new book "Redefining Information Se…
The AI Creator's Confession: "I Built Google Translate to Unite People. It's Now Tearing Us Apart" with De Kai
What happens when you realize your life's work is being used to destroy what you hoped to create?
Meet De Kai - the man who helped build Google Translate, Siri, and modern AI systems. In 1990s Hong Ko…
Securing Society Through Data Kindness: How Cooperation Becomes Our Best Defense with Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
Episode Description:
Every device around you is collecting data about you and everyone you interact with. Amazon Echo recordings are being subpoenaed in murder trials. Period tracking apps are being…
The Quantum Security Precipice: Why Michele Mosca is Building Cryptographic Resilience Before It's Too Late
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National Security in Crisis How Geopolitical Chaos Threatens Cybersecurity & Democracy" SecureTalk with Mike LeFever
In this riveting episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals welcomes back decorated military leader and security expert Mike LeFever, Executive Vice President of National Security at Concentric, to dis…
How Russian Disinformation Networks Are Poisoning AI Chatbots | SecureTalk with NewsGuard Experts
Episode Summary: In this eye-opening episode of Secure Talk, host Justin Beals investigates how foreign disinformation campaigns have evolved to target AI systems. NewsGuard researchers McKenzie Sade…
The Future of APIs in the Age of AI Agents A Conversation with Postman's Sam Chehab
In this episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals explores the evolving world of API technology and security with Sam Chehab, Head of Security at Postman - the platform used by over 35 million develop…
Beyond the Blinky Lights: Why Security Governance Drives Technology with Bryant Tow
In this eye-opening episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals welcomes Bryant Tow, Chief Security Officer at LeapFrog Services, to discuss why technology alone can't solve cybersecurity challenges. Br…
From Burning Servers to Enterprise Resilience: The Evolution of Internet Security With Akamai
In this eye-opening episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals welcomes Joe Gronemeyer, Solutions Engineer at Akamai Technologies, for a masterclass in how internet security has evolved from basic cont…
"There's No Such Thing as Crypto Crime": Nick Furneaux on Blockchain Investigation, Digital Forensics, and the Future of Cryptocurrency
In this eye-opening episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals sits down with Nick Furneaux, renowned cryptocurrency investigator and author of the provocatively titled book "There's No Such Thing as C…
Hijacking AI Memory: Inside Johann Rehberger's ChatGPT Security Breakthrough
In this eye-opening episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals interviews Johann Rehberger, a seasoned cybersecurity expert and Red Team Director at Electronic Arts, about his groundbreaking discovery …