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Simplifying Cyber

Aaron Pritz, Cody Rivers

This show features an interactive discussion, expert hosts, and guests focused on solving cyber security and privacy challenges in innovative and creative ways. Our goal is for our audience to learn and discover real, tangible, usable ideas that don"t require a huge budget to accomplish. Shows like “How It’s Made” have become popular because they explain complicated or largely unknown things in easy terms. This show brings the human element to cyber security and privacy.

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35:41

Pro Wrestling to Pen Testing - Phillip Wylie

Simplifying Cyber ·

2026/10/05

Send us Fan Mail A guest who once wrestled a 750-pound bear joins us to talk about something even harder to pin down: trust. Phillip Wiley walks us through how he moved from system administration into application security and then full-time penetration testing, and why that “boring IT background” ends up being a serious edge when you’re trying to break things responsibly. We get practical about what actually helped him get hired, including self-driven learning, building real projects, and usi...

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28:46

Part 2: Swords, Subpoenas, & Software

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2026/06/23

Send us Fan Mail A champagne bottle, a blade, and a clean strike turns into one of the clearest cybersecurity conversations we’ve had. We’re joined by attorney and cyber contracting veteran Drew Tharp, with Todd Wilkinson stepping in as guest host, and we use swords and fencing to unpack why breaches happen and why “just add more tools” rarely fixes the root problem. Drew walks us through the four quadrant fencing model (active vs passive, offense vs defense) and how most security programs c...

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18:20

Part 1: Saberage and Cyber

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2026/06/23

Send us Fan Mail A champagne bottle can teach you more about cybersecurity than you’d expect. We start with sabrage, the old French tradition of opening champagne with a saber, and we get hands-on with the real mechanics: finding the bottle seam, aiming at the pressure-focused weak spot under the lip, and using a controlled slide instead of raw strength. When it works, it’s clean, safe, and oddly satisfying. When it doesn’t, it’s a fast lesson in why technique beats confidence. From th...

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22:23

The Vulnerability Playbook

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2026/06/15

Send us Fan Mail A vulnerability backlog can look like a crisis, but sometimes the real crisis is that you’re staring at the wrong picture. We’re joined by Dave Sims, most recently Staff VP at Elevance Health and a longtime technology leader, to talk through vulnerability risk management in plain terms and why “more findings” doesn’t automatically mean “more security.” We get specific about the difference between vulnerability management and patch management, and how confusion between the two...

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23:04

Spot That Vish!

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2026/06/08

Send us Fan Mail A phone call from “IT security” used to be easier to dismiss when it sounded robotic or scripted. That’s not the world we’re in anymore. We built a voice agent fast, with no coding, and it can place outbound calls, sound convincingly human, and guide a conversation toward the exact kinds of details attackers love to collect. The scary part is not that social engineering exists, it’s that the hard-to-scale parts just became cheap, quick, and repeatable. We play a live v...

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44:16

The Evolution of Human Risk

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2026/05/19

Send us Fan Mail You can’t just “train harder” to mitigate human risk. We sit down with Ashley Rose, CEO and co-founder of Living Security, to unpack why classic security awareness training (SAT) often produces neat dashboards with flimsy outcomes, and what it takes to build a security culture that people actually engage with. Ashley shares her non-traditional path into cybersecurity, how marketing principles map nicely to behavior change, and why the security team has to become approachable ...

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43:02

From NIL Dollars to Data: New High Stakes in College...

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2026/05/06

Send us Fan Mail What happens when college athletes suddenly become brands… and targets? In this episode of Simplifying Cyber, we sit down with sports law expert Matt Banker to unpack the fast-moving world of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) and the cybersecurity risks hiding beneath the surface. From hacked athlete data and fake endorsement deals to deepfakes, shady agents, and social engineering scams, we explore how money in college sports is creating a whole new attack surface. 💸 We also

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28:42

Cyber Insurance, Unfiltered

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2026/04/28

Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to turn a cyber incident into a business disaster isn’t ransomware, it’s confusion. We sit down with Violet Sullivan, AVP and Cyber Solutions Team Lead at Crum & Forster, who has worked across cyber law, breach notification, digital forensics and incident response, and now cyber insurance. That vantage point lets her translate what each group needs when pressure is high and everyone is speaking a different language. We get practical about the moments that...

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43:19

Shame, Spinach, and the Human Side of Cybercrime

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2026/04/16

Send us Fan Mail When a romance fraud expert, bestselling author, and professional scam-troll meets two cybersecurity pros obsessed with deepfakes and social engineering, you get one of the most eye‑opening – and strangely funny – episodes we’ve ever recorded. In this episode of Simplifying Cyber, British author Becky Holmes (aka “Death to Spinach” and author of Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You) joins Aaron Pritz and Cody Rivers to unpack the murky world of online romance fraud, cel...

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27:22

From Audit to the CISO Seat

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2026/03/24

A contract clause can change your entire security roadmap overnight, and in healthcare the stakes are higher than most industries want to admit. We sit down with Brian Waltz, longtime healthcare technology leader and former CISO at Cardinal Health, to unpack how cyber risk becomes business risk the moment patient care, diagnostics, or critical operations get disrupted. We start with Brian’s path from audit to executive security leadership and why an auditor’s skepticism can be a superpower w...

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26:32

Vibe Coding vs. the CISO

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2026/03/09

What happens when a cybersecurity CEO spends 10 hours vibe coding a fully functional SaaS app…using company IP? He crashes a meeting to find out. In this special edition of Simplifying Cyber, Reveal Risk CEO Aaron Pritz gatecrashes a scheduled session with Chris Adickes, Todd Wilkinson, and Michael Milroy to demo a third-party risk management platform he built using AI tools like Claude Code. The twist? He did it the same way many executives and employees are doing it right now — fast, iterat...

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30:18

Cybersecurity as Patient Care with Nick Sturgeon

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2026/03/02

This week on Simplifying Cyber, Aaron Pritz and Cody Rivers sit down with Nick Sturgeon — CISO at Community Health Network, Speedway Town Councilor, and current Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University — for a conversation about the challenges of securing systems that no longer stay within four walls. When healthcare happens almost everywhere, how do you keep patients, caregivers, and data secure? Nick shares how his IT background landed him a role in law enforcement, he walks through some ...

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44:06

AI & Cybersecurity: Balancing Risk & Innovation

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2025/12/17

This week on Simplifying Cyber, Aaron Pritz and Cody Rivers sit down with Jax Scott — combat veteran, podcast host (Two Cyber Chicks), and VP of Cybersecurity at Pearson — for a conversation that’s equal parts leadership, risk reality, and “why is everyone still confused about BISOs?” Jax shares her unconventional path into cybersecurity (perfume sales → special operations → NATO cyber strategy → Mandiant → Capital One → consulting → Pearson), then breaks down what BISOs/CISOs do when done ri...

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35:59

Cybersecurity and Food Systems

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2025/11/25

Cyber attacks don’t just knock systems offline—they can empty shelves, disrupt feeding schedules, endanger animals, and muddy price signals across the food supply. We sat down with Kristin (Demoranville) King, CEO of Anzen Sage and host of Bites and Bytes Podcast, to unpack how modern agriculture runs on a mesh of OT, data, and logistics that adversaries increasingly target. From GPS-guided tractors to sensor-packed dairy parlors, the farm has become an edge-compute environment where ra...

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41:10

Who’s That CISO? Allan Alford vs. Himself on...

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2025/10/01

How does a CISO react to a live deepfake? In this eye-opening conversation with Alan Alford, CISO at NTT Global Data Centers, we kick off with a live deepfake demonstration that showcases the capabilities and limitations of this emerging technology. The demonstration serves as a springboard into a crucial discussion about the genuine threat deepfakes pose to organizations. While video deepfakes capture headlines, Alan reveals why audio deepfakes currently present the more dangerous and immed...

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37:53

Crocodiles in the Board Room! With Andy Ellis

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2025/09/23

What makes a truly effective security leader in today's complex threat landscape? In this enlightening conversation with Andy Ellis, former CISO of Akamai Technologies and author of "1% Leadership," we explore how the role of the security executive has transformed from a technical specialist to a strategic business enabler. Andy shares his remarkable journey from Air Force information warfare specialist to becoming Akamai's first security hire, where he spent 20 years building a multi-billio...

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35:45

Cybersecurity and User Experience

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2025/09/09

WATCH this episode on our YouTube channel! Ever wondered why employees keep finding ways around your security controls? The answer might lie in how those controls are designed and implemented. In this thought-provoking episode, we're joined by Matt Belanger, CIO of Republic Airways, to tackle one of cybersecurity's most persistent challenges: the friction between security requirements and user experience. When security measures become obstacles rather than enablers, "cyber erosion" occ...

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22:02

Third-Party Risk Management in Healthcare

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2025/08/25

Ever wonder why healthcare organizations are such prime targets for cyberattacks? In this eye-opening conversation with Kelly White, founder of Risk Recon, we uncover the startling reality that healthcare accounts for 37% of all breach events in the last decade. Kelly's journey from soldering Timex Sinclair computers in the late 70s to founding a pioneering third-party risk management platform offers a fascinating perspective on cybersecurity evolution. He shares how his side project—identif...

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40:23

Meet the Security Awareness Apologist

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2025/08/18

What happens after an employee clicks on a phishing link? Jason Hoenich (hey-nick), the self-proclaimed "Security Awareness Apologist," believes that's where the real education begins. Drawing from his experiences at major entertainment companies like Disney and Sony, Jason shares how live hacking demonstrations where employees witness real-time compromises create powerful, unforgettable learning moments. The conversation dives deep into why traditional security awareness approaches fall sho...

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26:51

Cybersecurity Mergers & Acquisitions - Crown Jewels...

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2025/08/11

Ever wonder what lurks beneath the surface of that shiny acquisition target? Our expert panel, featuring M&A Expert Brandon Kern, pulls back the curtain on the hidden cyber risks that can make or break your next deal. When companies merge or acquire, cybersecurity considerations often take a backseat to financial projections and market synergies. Yet overlooking digital vulnerabilities can transform a strategic investment into a costly liability. In this revealing conversation, corporate...

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