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
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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
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: https://www.darkreading.com/black-hat/virtual-kidnapping-ai-tools-enabling-irl-extortion-scams
- Johnson Controls Breach - An Update from Patrick from last week's discussion. https://www.msspalert.com/news/johnson-controls-struck-by-king-si...
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...
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
Sources:
Topic 1: Bill #1
Article title: MGM and Caesa...
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”
Sources:
Topic 1: Patrick #1
Article title: Cybersecurity labeling for smart ...
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...
May 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 5.18.2023)
Hot Topics: Cisco IOS vulnerabilities and UQAM’s 2023 Report on geopolitical cyber incidents.
Spotlight: Amber Borgersen, Product Manager for IBM Security's Threat Management functionalities - the QRadar Suite, discusses “SIEM is dead! Or is it…?”
April 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 04.19.2023 in front of a live audience at Esterel Resort, Quebec Canada)
Panelists: Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Byron Acohido (lastwatchdog.com), VG CEO Patrick Naoum, Co-Founders of NaviLogic Bill Strub and Bob Bennett, and VG’s Sr. Director Cybersecurity and host of the show, Marco Estrela.
Hot Topics:
Topic 1: Article title: Six arrested in Quebec as police dismantle internatio...
March 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 03.16.2023)
Hot Topics: Multi Factor Authentication Blind Spots, T-Mobile's Security Breach (API Attack vector), TikTok ban (US & Canada governments), Return of IceFire Ransomware.
Sponsor/Spotlight: Branden Williams, VP of IAM Strategy at Ping Identity: "Fostering Collaboration to Build Trust in an Untrustworthy World.
This is a recording of an event that took place live. To attend ...
Hot Topics: Mortgage Broker 8Twelve’s leak (where everything went wrong), Reddit cyberattack, AI in the wrong hands, and clickbait article of the month: “Cyber Apocalypse 2023: Is The World Heading For A ‘Catastrophic’ Event”.
Spotlight Speaker & Sponsor: Mike Britton, CISO for Abnormal Security (sponsor), brings guest customer Joel Godbout, Cybersecurity Manager at PCL Construction, to discuss “Securing Your Cloud Email Platfo...
Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends. This episode is a special "Year In Review" featuring 7 panelists talking the most memorable 2022 cybersecurity hacks and events, followed by their wishes and predictions for 2023. This event originally aired on 1/19/2023. To join future Behind the Shield events and ask your questions live, visit www.virtualguardian.com/event.
Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends.
Hot Topics: Empire, Maple Leaf Foods breach; Ransomware attack on Boeing; Twitter verified users; Breaches across Australia; LockBit ransomware mastermind arrested. Spotlight by OVHcloud: Hyper Resilience and the Future of Data Centers.
Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. Spotlight on "Zero Trust" with speaker Brad Stocking of IBM Security.
The Virtual Guardians are back! Hot Topics include: 18 year old hacks Uber, Sephora's fine under the CCPA, and the summer attacks in Quebec on big targets like Bombardier, The National Research Institute, The City of Laval, Bell Technical Solutions, and Montmorency College. September's Spotlight is by Halcyon. Speaker Chris Vincent, Senior VP of Go-To Market Strategy, talks "The Truth About Ransomware".
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