Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast

Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian 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.

Episodes

September 3, 2025 51 mins

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 ransomware shutdown, Canada joins the EU in a cybersecurity pact, Palo Alto acquires CyberArk, SharePoint hack vulnerability, the Uberization of hacking, WhatsApp and Telegram banned in Russia

 

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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, Bill Strub, and new to the panel, Toby Penn about their experience at the 2025 edition of RSA. Tune in to hear about some of this year's trending topics, most popular booths, and puppies at the conference?!

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March 28, 2025 61 mins

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 headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, and Bill Strub.

 

Topic 1: Patrick

Article title: Statement on People's Republic of China reconnaissance of Canadian systems

Source: https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/news-events/statement...

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February 25, 2025 57 mins

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 Guardian's top SOC managers Tommy Koorevaar. Their discussion dives into what a day in the life of a SOC manager entails and common misconceptions about the inner workings of SOC teams. Our panelists also share their hot topics including ho...

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January 28, 2025 68 mins

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 predictions for 2025! Our guest is joined by host Marco Estrela and expert panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, and Jason Williams.

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November 26, 2024 60 mins

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 Jason Williams.

 

To learn more about Appdome's consumer survey on mobile security mentioned in this episode visit: https://www.appdome.com/mobile-consumer-cyber-security-survey-2024/

 

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Topic 1: Jason

Article title: 5 BCDR Ov...

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October 23, 2024 59 mins

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 interested in having a sneak peek into the daily life of a CISO, you won’t want to miss this interview.

Hot Topics segment includes: Utiliti...

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September 24, 2024 56 mins

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 Williams.

Hot Topics: 

Topic 1: Jason

Article t...

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September 4, 2024 60 mins

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 cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.

Hot Topics: CrowdStrike’s global blue screen of death debacle, splitting the CISO role, Oracle’s NetSuite woes and, the largest password leak of...

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June 26, 2024 49 mins

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 Topics: Fortigates get breached, Do you recall when Recall was recalled?, medical-related ransomware breaking all ki...

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May 29, 2024 60 mins

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 work? Black Basta, wreaking havoc again! Google accidentally wiping out a huge account and APT28 cybercrime group updates. Stay tuned to the end of this episode for some bonus insights from some of the biggest cyber conferences including ...

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April 25, 2024 58 mins

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 include:

Sourc...

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March 28, 2024 56 mins

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 Hot Topics format includes: The Volt Typhoon announcement, Cyberattack on US healthcare payment system, SEC Cyberse...

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February 26, 2024 60 mins

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 Topics include: Open AI’s concerns about #GenAI, the data security of AI boy/girlfriends, Matt’s take on the #Apple...

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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 Topic Sources:

Article title: Hackers Extort Victim with SEC Whistleblower Complaint

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hackers-extort-victim-with-sec-2694993/#:~:text=In%20an%20unintended%20consequence%20of,isn%27t%20even%20require...

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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:

  1. AI Kidnapping Hoaxes: https://www.darkreading.com/black-hat/virtual-kidnapping-ai-tools-enabling-irl-extortion-scams
  2. Johnson Controls Breach - An Update from Patrick from last week's discussion. https://www.msspalert.com/news/johnson-controls-struck-by-king-si...
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November 7, 2023 65 mins

November 2023 Episode (Recorded on 11.02.2023) – Special #AIWeek Episode

Expert panelists, including our guest Chris ‘Tito’ Sestino of HiddenLayer, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

Hot Topics:  Credit card fraud while traveling; AI generated phishing attacks, Johnson Controls Breach, Emerging AI Regulations & Effects

Spotlight: “Securing AI Innovation: Safeguarding AI Amid E...

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September 26, 2023 50 mins

September 2023 Episode (Recorded on 9.21.2023)

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

Hot Topics: MGM and Caesar’s Cyberattack, TransUnion Data stolen, Microsoft AI Employee Accidental Leak, Canadian Airports DOS, Clorox Breach

Extras:  CISCO’s $28B purchase of SPLUNK, NaviLogic’s name change to Virtual Guardian

 

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Topic 1: Bill #1

Article title: MGM and Caesa...

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August 10, 2023 61 mins

August 2023 Episode (Recorded on 8.3.2023)

Hot Topics: Cybersecurity labeling for smart devices, New 4-Day disclosure requirement by SEC, Chinese Malware’s Potential Impacts to US, WormGPT, JumpCloud hack linked to North Korea, US’s Data Breach Record

Extras:  Rapid Fire Q&A for the panel; Remembering Kevin Mitnick, 1990s “Most Wanted Computer Outlaw”

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Topic 1: Patrick #1

Article title: Cybersecurity labeling for smart ...

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June 20, 2023 57 mins

June 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 6.15.2023)

Hot Topics: US-based white hat researcher, Eaton Zveare, discovers serious flaws in well-known carmaker; Phishing controversy using pay raise as bait; Making progress in the war against cybercrime.

Special Guest Panelist: Graham Cluley of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast.

Spotlight: Rudolph Araujo, Arista Networks: IoT, Ransomware, Insider Threats and Your Data: Th...

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