teissPodcast - Cracking Cyber Security

• How modern ransomware actors are deploying multidimensional tactics to outpace traditional defences
• Strategies to reduce data loss and sustain business operations after an attack
• AI and automation – enhancing visibility and accelerating response to ransomware threats

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Edward Starkie, Director, GRC | Cyber Risk, Thomas Murray
https://www.l...

• Identifying critical assets and dependencies to focus investment where impact is highest
• Designing for rapid recovery with tested runbooks and clear RTO/RPO targets
• Strengthening resilience through training, playbooks, and cross-functional drills

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Scott Hardy, CISO, Sargent-Disc
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-hardy-cissp-ccsk-44882a45<...

• Leveraging AI-powered solutions to anticipate, detect and contain asymmetric cyber threats
• Augmenting security teams through AI efficiencies – reducing alert fatigue whilst improving detection speed and accuracy
• Best AI security practices on safeguarding critical systems and sensitive data against AI-driven cyber threats

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Michela Resta, Solic...

• Bridging the CISO-board disconnect which hinders your cyber-security progress
• Measuring cyber-risk in financial, economic and operational terms and demonstrating value in cyber-investments
• Focusing on governance and compliance – how to answer when asked “are we compliant?

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Zia Ush Shamszaman, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Teesside Univ...

• How appreciation and gamification can improve your employees’ security awareness
• Making security behaviours stick – reframing mistakes as opportunities for growth
• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement with an inclusive learning environment

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Sara Carty, Founder & CEO, Unboring
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saracarty/

Pen...

• Which techniques and methods use by threat actors are bypassing security parameters
• Reducing your cyber risk - using lessons learned from recent high-profile attacks
• Strategies to protect your service desk against identity-based attacks

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Paul Holland, Cyber Capability Manager, Royal Mail
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinfosec/

L...

• 70% of critical security debt stems from third-party code - what can be done upstream?
• How real-time threat intelligence and policy enforcement are closing the gap
• Why DORA and modern CI/CD pipelines demand pre-emptive visibility and automation 

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Paul Holland, Cyber Capability Manager, Royal Mail
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinfosec/

• Protecting against sophisticated AI-powered attacks on APIs - identifying anomalies and threats
• Meeting API compliance and data protection challenges with emerging technologies
• Moving towards a mature posture for API security

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Satyam Rastogi, Director of Information Security & DevOps, BAMKO
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hackersatyamrast...

• Protecting against sophisticated AI-powered attacks on APIs - identifying anomalies and threats
• Meeting API compliance and data protection challenges with emerging technologies
• Moving towards a mature posture for API security

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Tiago Rosado, Chief Information Security Officer, Asite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiagorosado/

Anne Co...

• Analysing how your teams cope with a cyber incident or a failure scenario
• Learning from crises - building resilience strategies to mitigate future incidents
• Building a cyber resilient mindset within your infosec team and in the wider organisation

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Raza Sadiq, Head of Enterprise Risk, MQube
https://www.linkedin.com/in/razasadiq7/

...

• Risk-based prioritising using severity scoring and patch analysis
• Escaping the silo trap - bridging the gap between IT and security teams
• Automate rules to handle high-severity vulnerabilities and zero-days

Jonathan Craven, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbcraven/

Tiago Rosado, Chief Information Security Officer, Asite
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiagorosado/

Cameron Brown, Head of Cyber Th...

• How cyber criminals are using AI tools to scale malicious operations
• Streamlining user experience with biometrics or device-based authentication
• Making your organisation cyber resilient and securing critical systems as AI continues to advance

Featuring: 

Thom Langford, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Derek Hanson, VP Solutions Architecture and Alliances, Yubico
https://www.linkedin.co...

• Which behaviours increase risk and how we can measurably change them 
• Driving employee engagement without incentives 
• Which real-time interventions encourage safer employee behaviours 

Jonathan Craven, Host, teissTalk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbcraven/

Rebecca Stephenson, Specialist Lead Lecturer, Highlands College
https://www.linkedin.com/in/creative-minds-in-cyber/

Penny Jackson, Director...

• Reducing personal risk with your organisation’s liability insurance 
• Understanding the evolving risk landscape through recent case studies 
• Creating a workplace ethos of shared accountability 

This episode is hosted by Thom Langford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Michela Resta, Solicitor, CYXCEL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelarestacyxcel/

Kelly Hagedorn, Partner, ALSTON & BIRD
https://ww...

• Trends in the current credential theft landscape and changing compliance standards
• Strategies to reduce password risk - continuous scanning, enforced policies and exclusion dictionaries
• Encouraging users to create strong, securely stored passwords without reuse

This episode is hosted by Thom Langford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Shannon Muller, Cyber security Specialist, Microsoft
https://www.lin...

• What DORA is specifically asking of organisations
• Where the likely CTI gaps are when attempting to align with DORA
• Why innovation is key to aligning your CTI capabilities

This episode is hosted by Thom Langford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Benoit Heynderickx, Principal Analyst, Information Security Forum (ISF)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoithey/

Tim Parker, Chair, South West Cyber Sec...

• Preparing for ransomware - where is your data and how is it protected? 
• Building cyber resilience for your data, across on-premises and cloud 
• Reducing the window of damage and minimising the time to recover 

This episode is hosted by Thom Langford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomlangford/

Heather Lowrie, Independent Advisor, Earthgard Ltd
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-lowrie/

Raza Sadiq, Head ...

• Identifying and removing barriers to cyber resilience
• Reducing complexity - consolidating and eliminating legacy systems
• Building a cyber-resilient organisation - moving from a reactive to a proactive model 

This episode is hosted by Thom Langford:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbcraven/

Heather Lowrie, Independent Advisor, Earthgard Ltd
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-lowrie/

Sasha Henry, C...

• Where metrics and evaluations fall short in measuring holistic security effectiveness 
• Identifying gaps between tools and determining which gaps you need to fill 
• Showing the board and the business that cyber-security is moving the needle on resilience 

This episode is hosted by Jonathan Craven:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbcraven/

Richard Absalom, Principal Research Analyst, Information Security Forum (I...