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S7E10 Security through community: Ameet Jugnauth, ISACA
How can cybersecurity professionals "engineer" resilience? And why is an effective community an increasingly important part of our defence against cyber attacks? In this episide, editor Stephen…
S7E9 Resilience, recovery and living through a cyber attack: VNOG
How do you live through a cyber attack, and recover from it? What lessons can you learn? And why is resilience moving up the cybersecurity agenda? In this special episode, we speak to Edwin Moraal,…
S7E8 Quantum, cryptography and Q Day: are we ready?
Soon, quantum computers will be able to decrypt "production grade" encryption, putting both privacy and security at risk. But how close is "Q Day", and is a cryptographically relevant quantum…
S7E7 DDoS: complex attacks, persistent threats
DDoS attacks have posed a threat since the late 1990s. And distributed denial of service attacks have proven to be hard to prevent, and to deter. Security teams are better at detecting and blocking…
S7E6 CISO Interview: Mike Baker, DXC Technology
In this CISO interview, we discuss the role of a CISO in a global technology services business, the changing threat landscape -- from geopolitics to the growth of AI -- and the importance of skills, …
S7E5 Insights Interview: Haider Pasha, CSO EMEA and LATAM, Palo Alto Networks
Over the last few years, we’ve seen the resurgence of geopolitics as a driver for cybersecurity, especially in Europe. But the return of war to the continent is just one factor changing CISOs’ views…
S7E4 Inside threat intelligence: Rafe Pilling, Sophos
What, exactly, is threat intelligence? And how do CISOs use it? Security teams now have access to multiple sources of information on threats and threat actors. These come from industry, from law…
S7E3 Sovereignty, resilience and data: Keepit CISO Kim Larsen
What is digital sovereignty, how does it relate to data sovereignty, and to resilience? In this CISO Interview, we speak to Kim Larsen, CISO at Keepit, a service provider specialising in protecting…
S7E2 Cybersecurity skills: a people shortage, or a skills gap?
The cybersecurity skills gap might be narrowing. According to the latest Cybersecurity Workforce Study, from ISC2, CISOs are less concerned about the number of cyber professionals in their…
S7E1 Politics, geography, AI and cyber threats: 2026 and beyond.
In the first episode of Series 7 of Security Insights,we welcome back Charl van der Walt, head of security research at Orange Cyber Defense. We discuss the key findings of his team's 2026 Security…
S6E24 Resilience in cyber: an agony aunt's view
Cybersecurity is about building resilient organisations. But this is impossible without resilient people. Cyber defence is often a highly pressured working environment. And it can be lonely too. But…
S6E23 Calm under fire: the importance of cyber resilience
Cybersecurity is changing its focus. Increasingly, it is less about defence and more about resilience. Organisations have to be able to withstand and recover from an attack. It's no longer about…
S6E22 Insights Interview: Chris Dimitriadis, ISACA
This year has not been easy for cybersecurity teams. Businesses continue to face cybercrime and state-sponsored attacks, especially ransomware. AI is proving to be a double-edged sword, helping both…
S6E21 Ukraine, cyberwar and CNI
Critical infrastructure is on the front line of the war in Ukraine. And as the conflict approaches its fourth year, there is little sign of that changing. Strikes against infrastructure, though, are…
S6E20 Bug bounties: risks and rewards
A growing number of organisations now offer "bug bounties", paying hackers or security researchers rewards for finding vulnerabilities. But how do these programmes operate, and how do CISOs ensure…
S6E19 DDoS, geopolitics and AI
DDoS – or distributed denial of service attacks – remain a serious source of disruption across the internet. DDoS attacks continue to grow in their frequency and volume. And increasingly, they’re…
S6E18 Cyber skills: a crisis of our own making?
Is cybersecurity's skills crisis one of its own making? And why have initiatives to close the skills gap made relatively little impact? In this episode, our guests Thom Langford, of Rapid7, and Lee…
S6E17 Defending education: countering the cyber threat
Education is increasingly in the crosshairs for malicous actors. Along with other public sector bodies, schools, colleges and universities are being targeted for the information they hold, as well as…
S6E16 Vulnerabilities, CVEs and the attack surface
In this episode, we discuss whether vulnerability scores are still a viable tool when it comes to measuring cyber threats. Both CVEs and CVSS are core security tools. But, our guest this week argues,…
S6E15 Human risk factors: cybersecurity's weak spot
More than three quarters of security breaches result from human behaviour. But as an industry, we focus far more on technical security measures, than on the human element. Human risk management sets…
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