Cyber Sidekicks
A 30-minute, weekly insight into the cybersecurity market's most significant news, trends and technologies with Richmond Advisory Group Principal Analysts Christina Richmond and Rory Duncan.
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Our special guest this week is veteran cybersecurity expert Ed Martin, who leads the Product Management function for Microsoft Threat Intelligence.
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IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index
AI Hallucinations Create a New Software Supply Chain Threat
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Google announces Google Unified Security (GUS)
Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack
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AI SECURITY SURVEY RESULTS PREVIEW
Richmond Advisory Group has surveyed 300 US-based security professionals regarding their use and planned adoption of AI Security tools. We preview some of the results in this episode...
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Google DeepMind Unveils Framework to Exploit AI’s Cyber Weaknesses
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Microsoft Warns of New StilachiRAT Malware
Legacy Medical Devices Remain Easy Targets for Ransomware
THIS WEEK'S GUEST
This week’s special guest is Saryu Nayyar, the Found...
SPECIAL EPISODE
This week is devoted to a deep-dive discussion about Google's announcement that it plans to acquire Wiz for $32 billion...!
The news has been reported extensively (like... everywhere), so we take a deeper dive into what may (or may not) be behind the move, what it means for Google, its cybersecurity strategy and more...
Links to some additional sources we reference:
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New CCA Jailbreak Method Works Against Most AI Models New Polymorphic Attack That Mimics Any Chrome Extension Installed On The Browser
THIS WEEK'S GUEST
We had a great chat with Josh Ray, Founder & CEO of Blackwire Labs!
RSA LATEST
RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco
- We’ll be there! Reach out if you would like to meet us
- Vendors: we are always happy to have a chat
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Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason
Shocking? Or not really a surprise? In an open letter to clients, partners, trustees, CEO Eric Harmon announced on Friday 7th March that Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason, following the announcement in November 2024.
Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies
Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications C...
Welcome to Episode #6!
Today we talk about cyber cruising, the challenges of early advantage in AI and security; GenZ privacy & security concerns; as well as the perils of having raccoons in your kitchen.
SPECIAL GUEST
- This week, we chat with Allan Alford, Senior Vice President of Information Security at NTT Global Datacenters
NEWS
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Episode #5 continues our chats with cybersecurity practitioners, this week with Adriana Duarte, a SIEM Engineer with NDM Technologies based in Spokane, WA.
An MSP and MSSP, NDM Technologies specialises in application software, cloud computing, data center, networking, security, storage, unified communication, virtualization, and managed services.
Christina and I also have the first part of our discussio...
TODAY’S GUEST
We’re very happy to have George Werbacher, Director of Information Security at Live Oak Bank on the show.
We had a wide-ranging discussion, but George summed-up the challenge of dealing with the continuing emergence of new technologies: “The existential crisis from a security standpoint is going to be, are we going to let all this transformative stuff take away our attention from what’s foundational”
I...
A special episode this week where we are joined by a special guest: Adam Brennick, Director of Security, Risk and Compliance at Cockroach Labs.
We talk about a bunch of different cyber-related things including DeepSeek (again!); the challenge of keeping up with technology development and security threats; advice from Adam on where to learn about - and be kept informed about - what's happening in the security industry,...
Our trailer gained us some attention! Cyber Sidekicks was briefly at #4 in the Apple Podcasts Technology section in… Hungary! For our Hungarian listeners out there: Köszönöm, hogy meghallgattál !!!!
DeepSeek'ing Missile? Open source Chinese AI model causes waves in the US tech industry. We have a long discussion. Christina attended a LaunchPad INW event last where DeepSeek was the hot topic of discussion.
Episode #1 of Cyber Sidekicks - your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today.
Hosted by Christina Richmond & Rory Duncan, Principal Analysts with Richmond Advisory Group https://www.richmondadvisorygroup.com/
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Welcome to Cyber Sidekicks – the weekly podcast that brings fresh perspectives and essential insights to the world of cybersecurity.
Hosted by Rory Duncan and Christina Richmond, two dynamic co-hosts who are each other’s trusted sidekicks, this podcast is your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today.
But we don’t stop th...
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