Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast

Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast

Virtual Guardian

Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 58m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2022
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
75%
Hosting
feed.podbean.com

About This Podcast

Behind the Shield is a monthly webinar hosted by Virtual Guardian, an ESI family company. Our team of experts are veteran threat smashers, ethical hackers, and experienced security professionals who speak in terms of lessons learned – and how identification, protection, response and resilience help organizations stay ahead of digital criminals. After each live webinar, the content is reproduced as a podcast for your listening enjoyment. Check out virtualguardian.com/events to register to participate in live episodes to ask questions and experience without commercial interruptions.

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Recent Episodes

Behind the Shield - April 2026

Apr 14, 2026 57m

RSA Conference 2026 Recap This month on Behind the Shield, the team dives into their experience at RSA Conference 2026—one of the cybersecurity industry’s biggest annual gatherings. Host Marco…

Behind the Shield - February 2026

Mar 03, 2026 1h

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This month, we welcomed a very special guest: Jay Suggs,…

Behind the Shield – December 2025

Dec 23, 2025 1h 3m

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This month we had a special guest! Elisa Mula, Founder of EM…

Behind the Shield – October 2025

Nov 03, 2025 56m

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. Hot Topics: Cybercriminals Leveraging ChatGPT, AI’s “Lethal…

Behind the Shield September 2025 - Summer Recap

Sep 03, 2025 51m

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This episode's Hot Topics include: The city of St. Paul's…

Behind the Shield May 2025

May 21, 2025 48m

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. In this special episode, we hear from panelists Patrick Naoum,…

Behind the Shield - March 2025

Mar 28, 2025 1h 1m

This month we welcome guest and sponsor Julia Furst Morgado of Veeam for her spotlight topic "The Critical Nature of Incident Readiness and Response" and to chat about this month’s biggest cyber…

Behind the Shield February 2025

Feb 25, 2025 57m

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. In this special episode, the team interviews one of Virtual…

Behind the Shield - January 2025

Jan 28, 2025 1h 8m

Happy New Year Behind the Shield listeners! This month we welcome back guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to reflect on the biggest cybersecurity headlines of 2024 and share…

Behind the Shield November 2024

Nov 26, 2024 1h

This month we welcome guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and…

Behind the Shield - October 2024

Oct 23, 2024 59m

This month we're joined by Mike Melo, CISO of Ontario’s Life Labs, for a Q&A about his CISO role, what keeps him up at night and the pitfalls of trying to achieve cyber-resilience. If you’re…

Behind the Shield - Sept 2024

Sep 24, 2024 56m

This month we welcome guest and sponsor Lisa Jones-Huff of Elastic to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason…

Behind the Shield - August 2024

Sep 04, 2024 1h

Back from our summer hiatus, we have a brand new episode of Behind the Shield! This month we’ve brought back one of our favorite special guests, Chris Vincent, to chat about this month’s biggest…

Behind the Shield - June 2024

Jun 26, 2024 49m

The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month is a Hot Topics only show with panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and your host Marco Estrela.  Hot…

Behind the Shield May 2024

May 29, 2024 1h

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This episode's Hot Topics include: Do bounties for ransomware…

Behind the Shield - April 2024

Apr 25, 2024 58m

Behind the Shield host Marco Estrela and panelists Patrick Naoum and Jason Williams are joined by Bruno Germain of this episode's sponsor: Zscaler.    This episode's hot topics…

Behind the Shield - March 2024

Mar 28, 2024 56m

Expert panelists (including our new panelist Jason Williams) and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This episode's all…

Behind the Shield - Feb 2024

Feb 26, 2024 1h

Expert panelists, including our guest Matt Konwiser from this month's sponsor IBM Security, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This episode's Hot…

Behind the Shield Year-In Review - Jan 2024

Jan 22, 2024 56m

Virtual Guardian's BTS panelists and guest Jane Arnett of Check Point cover hot topics, revisit the highs and lows of cybersecurity in 2023, and make their predictions and wishes for 2024.    Hot…

Special Overtime Behind the Shield - Nov 2023

Nov 09, 2023 32m

We didn't have time to get to all of our Hot Topics in the Nov 2nd Behind the Shield!  Ready for a little more  cyber news from Marco, Bill and Patrick? Bonus Hot Topics: AI Kidnapping Hoaxes:…

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