Spotlight

Spotlight podcasts bring Security Ledger’s audience up close and personal with some of the leading cybersecurity firms in the world: exploring the history, technology and vision that drives innovation in the information security field. Hosted by Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts, this premium podcast features interviews with leading executives, security researchers and entrepreneurs as they chart the future of the cybersecurity industry.

Spotlight: When Ransomware Comes Calling

With the attention given to the threats posed by ransomware, why do organizations still fall victim to these attacks? Max Henderson, the Manager of Incident Response at Pondurance joins us to talk about what companies get wrong in responding to ransomware and other threats.

Spotlight: Is There A Cure For InfoSec’s Headcount Headache?

In this Spotlight Podcast, Lyndon Brown, the Chief Strategy Officer at Pondurance joins host Paul Roberts to talk about how changes in both the threat landscape and the workplace are driving demand for managed detection and response (MDR) services, in which companies hire outside security talent to help keep sophisticated cyber adversaries at bay.

Episode 226: The Cyber Consequences Of Our Throw Away Culture

We speak with John Shegerian of ERI about his new book: “The Insecurity of Everything” and how our e-waste may be exposing sensitive data to other nations.

Spotlight: Securing COVID’s New Normal with Cathy Spence of Intel

What will it mean to secure the “new normal” after the COVID pandemic has receded? In this spotlight edition of the podcast, Cathy Spence, a Senior Principal Engineer at Intel, joins us in The Security Ledger Podcast studios to talk about what that new normal wt ill look like. For Cathy, the future looks a lot like the COVID-influenced present, with recent developments like the shift to remote work more or less permanent and many flavors of hybrid workplaces. But that will greatly complicate the work of security teams, she predicts.

Episode 225: Unpacking the Azure CHAOS DB Flaw with Nir Ohfeld of Wiz

We’re joined by Nir Ohfeld of Wiz. Nir helped discover the recent CHAOS DB flaw in Azure COSMOS DB, the flagship database for Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.