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WE'RE IN!

On WE’RE IN!, you'll hear from the newsmakers and innovators who are making waves and driving the cyber security industry forward. We talk to them about their stories, the future of the industry, their best practices, and more.

Management Technology Tech Business
Update frequency
every 16 days
Average duration
35 minutes
Episodes
68
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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The Offense Catch-Up Game

The Offense Catch-Up Game

Rob and Blake discuss vulnerability and exploit discover in the age of AI and increasingly intelligent cyber threats. 

Rob Lee is the Chief of Research and Head of Faculty at SANS Institute and runs h…

00:32:08  |   Wed 03 Sep 2025
Agentic AI in Cybersecurity

Agentic AI in Cybersecurity

In this bonus episode, Blake, Sharon Mandell and Mark Kuhr have a discussion about the impact of agentic AI in cybersecurity, focusing on both threats and opportunities. They touch on the rise of AI-…

00:30:10  |   Tue 19 Aug 2025
Cybersecurity as a Bipartisan Cause

Cybersecurity as a Bipartisan Cause

Jim Langevin, former chair of the Congressional Cyber Caucus and Democratic Congressman from Rhode Island, reflects on his belief that cybersecurity remains a bipartisan issue. He emphasizes the impo…

00:25:01  |   Tue 05 Aug 2025
Paul Mote on being right 100% of the time

Paul Mote on being right 100% of the time

Paul Mote, Vice President, Solutions Architects at Synack, discusses if we're ready to embrace AI in a world of ever-evolving threats. Who will AI help more, attackers or defenders?

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00:26:31  |   Tue 22 Jul 2025
Bringing Humanity to Cybersecurity with Lea Kissner, CISO of LinkedIn

Bringing Humanity to Cybersecurity with Lea Kissner, CISO of LinkedIn

 Lea Kissner, CISO of LinkedIn, describes the dangers of perverse metrics, the importance of phishing-resistant technologies, and the ongoing challenge of recruiting and retaining top talent in the f…

00:18:43  |   Tue 15 Jul 2025
Mike Witt on NASA’s cybersecurity mission in space

Mike Witt on NASA’s cybersecurity mission in space

Mike Witt, NASA's Senior Agency Information Security Officer and Chief Information Security Officer for Cybersecurity and Privacy, has a long history of public service. In addition to serving 10 year…

00:27:49  |   Thu 12 Dec 2024
Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds on the evolution of cyber warfare

Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds on the evolution of cyber warfare

Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds' (Ret., USMC) career journey from a Naval Academy graduate to a key figure in cybersecurity and information warfare illustrates the progression of military communicat…

00:33:38  |   Thu 21 Nov 2024
Melissa Vice on the value of vulnerability disclosure programs

Melissa Vice on the value of vulnerability disclosure programs

The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) operates a Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) that handles critical cybersecurity issues reported by the public, including using an actual red p…

00:35:17  |   Thu 07 Nov 2024
The AI Episode: Experts Share Security Insights on LLMs and GenAI

The AI Episode: Experts Share Security Insights on LLMs and GenAI

Hear from this season’s guests for their thoughts and predictions on AI and cybersecurity. We took sound bites from a range of WE’RE IN! interviewees, whose opinions on AI vary from thinking it’s ove…

00:15:25  |   Wed 23 Oct 2024
Bill Dunnion on the push for transparency in security breaches

Bill Dunnion on the push for transparency in security breaches

Bill Dunnion, chief information security officer at global telecommunications company Mitel, is well-versed in the critical nature of telecom infrastructure and the devices that support it. He’s also…

00:29:39  |   Wed 02 Oct 2024
Jennifer Villarreal on how she upped her hacking game

Jennifer Villarreal on how she upped her hacking game

Jen, a former military professional turned hacker, shares her journey into cybersecurity and her experiences with the Synack Red Team in the latest episode of WE’RE IN! She transitioned from fixing s…

00:30:45  |   Thu 19 Sep 2024
Sara Mosley on best practices for Zero Trust

Sara Mosley on best practices for Zero Trust

Sara Mosley, technical director for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's Cybersecurity and Technology Services, works with the U.S. State Department to help identify threats and potential compromises.…

00:29:47  |   Wed 21 Aug 2024
Michael Daniel on untangling cybersecurity’s complexity problem

Michael Daniel on untangling cybersecurity’s complexity problem

Cybersecurity has a complexity problem. A tangled web of technical, psychological, economic and geopolitical factors enable and motivate malicious actors. Michael Daniel, CEO and president of the Cyb…

00:35:13  |   Wed 31 Jul 2024
Anand Prakash on cloud security startups and next-gen hacking

Anand Prakash on cloud security startups and next-gen hacking

Anand Prakash on cloud security startups and next-gen hacking 

Anand Prakash, founder of startup PingSafe, shares his insights on building a successful cybersecurity business and his experience as a t…

00:28:38  |   Wed 17 Jul 2024
Ads Dawson on developing the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Models

Ads Dawson on developing the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Models

Ads Dawson, release lead and founding member for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications project, has no shortage of opinions on securing genera…

00:36:09  |   Wed 26 Jun 2024
Kevin Tambascio on balancing security with availability of services in healthcare

Kevin Tambascio on balancing security with availability of services in healthcare

Integrating security into the product development lifecycle is a tall order for any industry. It’s particularly challenging for healthcare, with its wide range of critical needs from HVAC systems to …

00:32:09  |   Wed 05 Jun 2024
Tennisha Martin on bridging the cyber talent gap through diversity

Tennisha Martin on bridging the cyber talent gap through diversity

Cybersecurity organizations tend to have unrealistic hiring expectations, according to Tennisha Martin, founder and executive director of the training-focused nonprofit BlackGirlsHack. That can make …

00:31:01  |   Wed 15 May 2024
Mara Winn on protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyberthreats

Mara Winn on protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyberthreats

A first-of-its-kind 2016 cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid was a wake-up call for countries around the world to shore up protection of vulnerable energy resources. Mara Winn, Deputy Director for Pr…

00:35:58  |   Wed 01 May 2024
Amy Chang on squaring cyber policy with real-world threats

Amy Chang on squaring cyber policy with real-world threats

Amy Chang, a resident senior fellow for Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats at the R Street Institute, has many tough problems to consider, from election security to adversarial AI attacks to the geop…

00:33:39  |   Wed 17 Apr 2024
Mark Kuhr on AI pentesting and the Synack Red Team

Mark Kuhr on AI pentesting and the Synack Red Team

Dr. Mark Kuhr, a former National Security Agency employee, faced a host of challenges when he co-founded Synack with CEO Jay Kaplan in 2013. As CTO for the security testing company, Mark has led Syna…

00:36:18  |   Wed 27 Mar 2024
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