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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

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55:54

Why Security Leaders Struggle With Security Culture |...

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/12/02

Brown University cognitive scientist Steven Sloman reveals the hidden mechanism driving cultural division—and why it matters for security leadership. In this wide-ranging conversation, Sloman explains the fundamental tension between sacred values and consequentialist thinking, and how understanding this dynamic transforms how leaders communicate risk and build organizational culture.Justin Beals opens with a personal story about leaving a religious environment defined by absolute values,

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51:25

From Punk Rock Anarchist to Bank Security Leader: An...

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2025/11/18

Most threat intelligence programs can't prove their value. Joe Rossi's team at Zions Bank did the opposite—preventing $3 million in fraud annually while actually attracting new customers to the bank.In this episode, former punk rock kid turned threat intelligence leader Joe Rossi reveals why your most valuable security intelligence isn't from expensive vendor feeds—it's sitting in your own logs right now. He shares the hard lessons learned building CTI programs from scratch, why most

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55:38

Inside CMMC Implementation: What November 10th Means...

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2025/11/04

Bob Kolasky walked the halls where CMMC was built. As founding director of CISA's National Risk Management Center, he watched this policy evolve from concept to pilot program to federal law—surviving three presidential administrations because the need never changed.On November 10, 2025, that policy becomes mandatory reality for every defense contractor pursuing new DoD solicitations. Self-certification ends. Independent verification begins. And the defense industrial base faces its most

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51:57

Beyond Big Cities: Understanding Cybersecurity in...

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2025/10/21

When we think about cybersecurity, images of tech giants and major financial centers come to mind—but what about the towns where most of us actually live? This SecureTalk episode with cybersecurity researcher Lars Kruse explores an often-overlooked question: how do communities of 20,000-100,000 residents protect themselves in an increasingly digital world?Host Justin Beals and Kruse, who studies at Sweden's Defense University, discuss the practical realities of implementing cybersecurity in

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46:19

Preparing for the Quantum Era: Why Blockchain is...

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2025/10/07

Quantum computing represents one of the most significant advances in computer science we'll see in our lifetimes. We're watching error correction rates improve faster than predicted, with Google's Willow chip achieving benchmarks that compress development timelines dramatically.For security professionals, this creates an exciting challenge: how do we architect systems today that remain secure as computing power evolves? What makes this particularly interesting is that blockchain and Web3

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52:38

Breaking Cybersecurity's 12 Hidden Paradigms: A...

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2025/09/23

Discover how strategic foresight is revolutionizing cybersecurity thinking. In this compelling SecureTalk episode, renowned futurist Heather Vescent reveals the 12 invisible paradigms that have shaped our entire approach to cybersecurity - and why breaking them could transform how we defend digital systems.Back in 2017, Vescent applied strategic foresight methodology to cybersecurity, uncovering fundamental assumptions like "security always plays catch-up," "the user is always wrong," and

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46:36

AI Coding Hype vs Reality: The 2025 AI Code Security...

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2025/09/09

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 Wysopal, would later stand before Congress and deliver a stark warning—a small group of dedicated hackers could bring down the entire internet in 30 minutes.Today, that same hacker faces a new challenge. The AI revolution everyone celebrates may be creating the largest security vulnerability in

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44:08

The Invisible Majority: How Social Media Erases 90%...

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2025/08/26

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 of ten users. You're seeing the loudest, most extreme 10% who create 97% of all political content on the platform.In this episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals explores the "invisible majority problem" with Dr. Claire Robertson, Assistant Professor at Colby College. Together they examine how

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41:13

An Identity Crisis: How AI Agents Are Redefining...

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2025/08/12

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 traditional identity management obsolete: AI agents acting autonomously across enterprise systems.Join Secure Talk host Justin Beals for a critical conversation with Rishi Bhargava, the security architect who built Demisto into a $560M category-defining platform and now leads Descope in solving

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55:05

The Insider Threat: How a US Soldier Planned for...

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2025/07/29

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 at 1 AM when a grenade rolled into his tent. What followed was every leader's worst nightmare - discovering that one of your own had been planning to destroy you all along.This isn't just a military story. It's a threat to security we face everywhere.In today's world of workplace shootings,

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45:12

Machines Running Amok: We've Created More Than We Can...

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2025/07/15

Machines Running Amok: We've Created More Than We Can SecureTwenty years ago, you could count the servers in your data center. Today, we've unleashed an army of digital entities that's spiraling beyond our control. For every human employee, there are 50-100 machine identities operating in your environment—containers, serverless functions, and automated processes that spawn and disappear by the minute. We've created more computing power than we have the ability to secure, and the machines

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60:00

Open Source vs Commercial: How "Winning Culture" Has...

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2025/07/08

Open Source vs Commercial: How "Winning Culture" Has Made Us More Vulnerable | Greg EpsteinSilicon Valley's shift from collaborative open-source principles to winner-take-all commercial dominance hasn't just changed business models—it's made us fundamentally more vulnerable. When companies prioritize winning everything over building secure, collaborative ecosystems, we all pay the price. But there's a profound irony: the more desperately these leaders chase absolute victory, the more they

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44:22

Securing AI at Enterprise Scale: Lessons from...

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2025/07/01

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 the critical security and strategic considerations for deploying AI tools at enterprise scale with Tobias Yergin, who led AI transformation initiatives at Walmart.Key Topics Covered:Why traditional security rules fail with probabilistic AI systemsThe exponential risk of scaling AI agents from

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71:17

Special Episode: The Secure Talk Security Awareness...

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/06/24

SecureTalk 2025 Security Awareness Training | Complete Compliance GuideWelcome to SecureTalk's comprehensive 2025 Security Awareness Training video! This annually updated training is designed to help organizations meet their security compliance requirements while building a strong security culture.🎯 What You'll Learn:Social Engineering & AI-Enhanced ThreatsAdvanced phishing detection in the AI eraVoice and video deepfake attack recognitionFinancial verification protocols to prevent

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42:02

The Security Leader Who Predicted AI Would Replace...

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2025/06/17

🌙 THE MIDNIGHT SECURITY GUARDIAN: A CISO'S ORIGIN STORYAt 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 MFA enabled on that service account?"This isn't insomnia—it's the origin story of how a "big firewall guy" transformed into one of cybersecurity's most forward-thinking leaders, and why his journey from infrastructure skeptic to AI evangelist mirrors the entire industry's evolution.📖 THE

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46:02

Can Cybersecurity be "Agile"? with Brian Wagner

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/06/10

Can Security be “Agile”? with Brian WagnerIn this comprehensive interview, Brian Wagner, CTO at Revenir and former AWS security executive, shares insights from his new book "Redefining Information Security" and explains why the cybersecurity industry needs a fundamental shift in approach. With over 20 years of experience leading security transformations across enterprise organizations, Wagner presents a practical framework for moving beyond reactive security models.About the Guest:Brian

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44:18

The AI Creator's Confession: "I Built Google...

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2025/06/03

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 Kong, he dreamed of AI that could bridge cultural divides. Thirty years later, he experienced his "Oppenheimer moment" - the same machine learning he pioneered to unite people was dividing humanity through social media algorithms.The Reality Check: We don't just have 8 billion humans anymore. We

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53:36

Securing Society Through Data Kindness: How...

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/05/27

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 used to prosecute women. Ancestry websites are revealing family secrets. We're participants in the largest social experiment in human history—and we never opted in.In this episode of SecureTalk, host Justin Beals sits down with Dr. Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert, co-authors of "The Secret

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51:34

The Quantum Security Precipice: Why Michele Mosca is...

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/05/20

***Are you attending the Gartner GRC Summit? If so, come along on our Sunset Trip on June 10, 2025. Register here! https://www.strikegraph.com/boat-party-2025?utm_source=secure-talk&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=gartner-boat-partyEpisode Description: When quantum computing pioneer Michele Mosca met Peter Shor in the 1990s, he thought quantum computing was "science fiction." Now, he's warning that we're just "a few quarters" away from quantum computers capable of shattering the

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48:14

National Security in Crisis How Geopolitical Chaos...

Secure Talk Podcast ·

2025/05/13

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 discuss the intersection of physical security, geopolitical instability, and the future of national defense. From the polarization of American politics to the innovative warfare tactics in Ukraine, this conversation offers cybersecurity professionals an essential perspective on how global security

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