Cloud Security Today
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AI agents and the future of cyber
11 Mar 2026
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Send a textKelly Bissell shares his extensive experience in cybersecurity, from early internet security challenges to the transformative impact of AI ...
From GTA to MFA
08 Nov 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, Nicole Dove shares her unique journey into the cybersecurity field, highlighting her transition from a finance and au...
CISO burnout and boardroom truths
01 Sep 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, Rinki Sethi, a seasoned cybersecurity leader, shares her journey from being a CISO at major companies to her current ...
Iron Maiden and cloud security
14 Jul 2025
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Send a textIn this month's installment, Toni De La Fuente shares his journey into cybersecurity, detailing his early experiences with computers a...
Navigating identity security
29 May 2025
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Send a textIn this episode, Matt interviews Bel Lepe, CEO and co-founder of Cerby, discussing the challenges and opportunities in identity security. T...
The human side of cyber
22 Apr 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, Tammy Klotz discusses her journey as a leader and author, focusing on her book 'Leading with Empathy and Grace.&...
Principles in cyber leadership
23 Mar 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, MK Palmore shares insights from his diverse leadership journey, spanning the Marine Corps, FBI, and cybersecurity. He...
Rethinking security awareness
23 Feb 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, Lance Spitzner shares his unique journey from a military tank officer to a pioneer in cybersecurity, detailing the ev...
Dr. Zero Trust on zero trust
20 Jan 2025
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Send a textIn this conversation, Dr. Chase Cunningham, aka Dr. Zero Trust, shares his unique journey into the cybersecurity field, emphasizing the imp...
Cybersecurity compensation 2025
20 Dec 2024
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Send a textIn this conversation, Steve Martano discusses his journey from writing about baseball analytics to becoming a key player in cybersecurity e...
LLMs: risks, rewards, and realities
20 Nov 2024
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Send a textNate Lee discusses his transition from a CISO role to fractional CISO work, emphasizing the importance of variety and exposure in his caree...
Tackling cyber & AI in the boardroom
20 Oct 2024
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Send a textSummaryIn this conversation, Chris Hetner discusses the evolving role of boards of directors in cybersecurity, emphasizing the need for imp...
Attracting and retaining cyber talent
22 Sep 2024
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Send a textMeg Anderson, the CISO at Principal Financial Group, discusses her 17-year tenure as a CISO and the factors contributing to her long-term s...
Microsoft 365 incident response
20 Aug 2024
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Send a textPurav Desai is a Microsoft 365 incident responder at a large financial institution (name withheld to protect the innocent). He shares his j...
The world of purple teaming
21 Jul 2024
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Send a textThis month, we welcome Eric Gagnon, Team Lead of Adversary Simulation, Purple Teaming, and Tradecraft Development at Desjardins. The conver...
Building a SaaS security program
23 Jun 2024
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Send a textThis month, we welcome Swathi Joshi, VP of SaaS Cloud Security at Oracle, to discuss key moments and decisions that shaped her career path,...
Zombie identities: the hidden threat in your cloud
03 Jun 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Sandy Bird, CTO and Co-Founder of Sonrai Security, joins the show to discuss identity security in the Cloud...
The future of cybersecurity in healthcare
20 May 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryCorey Elinburg, a cybersecurity leader, discusses the importance of approaching cybersecurity as a transformational force an...
Bonus: AI and data security
06 May 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Global Head of InfoSec and GRC Strategy at VMWare, Ashish Suri, joins the show to discuss data security and...
The art of security transformation
22 Apr 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, CISO at Palo Alto Networks, Niall Browne, joins the show to talk about Security, Cloud, and AI. Before joi...
Cybersecurity's secret weapon
20 Mar 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryIn this episode, Jerich Beason, CISO at WM, joins the show to discuss becoming a CISO. Before joining WM, Jerich served in v...
Security is a process
16 Feb 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Co-Founder and CTO of Gutsy, John Morello, joins Matt to talk about Process Mining in Cybersecurity. Before...
The Talent Shortage That Doesn’t Exist
20 Jan 2024
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Best Selling author of Cyber for Builders and blogger Ross Haleliuk joins the show to talk about his writin...
30 years in cybersecurity
20 Dec 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, InfoSec veteran, Aaron Turner, joins the show to talk about everything from Cloud to AI. Over the past thre...
The New SEC Rule
20 Nov 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryIn this episode, Special Advisor for Cyber Risk at the NACD, Christopher Hetner, returns to the show to discuss the new SEC ...
The AI Episode
21 Oct 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryIn today’s episode, AI Safety Initiative Chair at Cloud Security Alliance, Caleb Sima, joins Matt to talk about some of th...
SBOMs: Good but less than a silver bullet
21 Sep 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn today’s episode, Senior Advisor and Strategist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Allan Friedman,...
AppSec: Engineering, Attackers, and Defense
21 Aug 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryIn today’s episode, AppSec CTO at Palo Alto Networks, Daniel Krivelevich, joins Matt to talk about AppSec for the modern e...
Securing Democracy: DNC's Cyber Cop
21 Jul 2023
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Send a textOn today’s episode, CSO at the Democratic National Committee, Steve Tran, joins Matt to talk about magic, AI, and cybersecurity. As the C...
Open Source Security: A Deep Dive
21 Jun 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, the Co-Founder and CEO of Endor Labs, Varun Badhwar, joins Matt to talk about software supply chain securit...
Accelerating security maturity
21 May 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, AWS Security Practice Manager, Chad Lorenc, joins Matt to talk about Cloud Security. Chad has spent over 20...
Cloud Native Security: A Year in Review
21 Apr 2023
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Send a textOn this episode, the Chief Security Officer of Cloud at Palo Alto Networks, Bob West, joins Matt to discuss Palo Alto Network's latest...
Book review: CISO Evolution
21 Mar 2023
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Send a textOn this episode, the Founder of CISO Evolution LLC, Matthew Sharp, joins Matt to talk about his book, CISO Evolution. Prior to founding CIS...
Unraveling unmanageable apps
21 Feb 2023
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Send a textOn this episode, co-founder and CEO of Cerby, Belsasar Lepe, joins Matt to talk about unmanageable applications (apps that don't suppo...
SEC-retly Telling All: The New Cyber-Disclosure Rules
21 Jan 2023
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Send a textEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Matt speaks with Senior Executive, Board Director, and leader in Cybersecurity, risk management, and regula...
Cloud Threat Report Vol 6
21 Dec 2022
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Send a textThis episode of the Cloud Security Today podcast welcomes back favorite special guests Jay Chen and Nathaniel “Q” Quist to unpack the l...
Pockets of Innovation
21 Nov 2022
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Send a textPockets of Innovation with John ChavanneEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Solutions Architect at Palo Alto Networks, John Chavanne, joins Mat...
What Serverless Can Do For You
21 Oct 2022
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Send a textWhat Serverless Can Do For You? With Mark GouldEpisode SummaryOn this episode, Cloud Security Engineer at Manhattan Associates, Mark Gould,...
Book Review: Startup Secure
21 Sep 2022
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Send a textBook Review: Startup Secure with Chris CastaldoEpisode SummaryOn this episode, CISO at Crossbeam and Author of Startup Secure: Baking Cyber...
The Software Factory
22 Aug 2022
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Send a textS2E8 - The Software Factory with Chris HughesEpisode SummaryOn this episode, CISO and Co-Founder of Aquia, Chris Hughes, joins Matt to talk...
Zero trust with no FUD
21 Jul 2022
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Send a textIn today’s episode, the Creator of Zero Trust, John Kindervag, joins Matt on the show to discuss implementing Zero Trust in your organiza...
Matt joins a startup
27 Jun 2022
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Send a textThis episode of the Cloud Security Today podcast is a little different from the others because this time host Matthew Chiodi gives the inte...
MITRE + Cloud
21 Jun 2022
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Send a textAs the world of cloud security continues to progress at high speed, new challenges and threats arise and morph on a constant basis. The MIT...
Building security natively
21 May 2022
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Send a textOriginally recorded in September of 2021...today’s guest is Justin Berman, the Vice President of Infrastructure and IT and the CISO at Th...
What Is Threat Intelligence?
18 Apr 2022
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Send a textIn this episode (originally recorded in November of 2021) we speak with Palo Alto Networks, VP of Threat Intel, Ryan Olson. Ryan helps defi...
Compliant Unicorns
21 Mar 2022
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Send a textNearly all companies that have started in the last few years have been cloud-native from the very start. Someone who has experienced this i...
Fed Clouds
14 Feb 2022
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Send a textIn a world where cyber-attacks are ever-changing, cybersecurity has to adapt accordingly. Joining us today to delve into the world of cloud...
Cloud Native Pharma
17 Jan 2022
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Send a textThe pharmaceutical industry has a reputation for being cautious when it comes to adopting new technologies. However, in this episode, you’...
Supply Chain Security
15 Dec 2021
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Send a textDespite the media coverage afforded to the SolarWinds and Kaseya breaches, Palo Alto Networks, Unit 42 threat research indicates supply cha...
Cloud Immigration
10 Nov 2021
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Send a textThe journey toward the cloud is filled with challenges, but the benefits it brings make the struggle worthwhile. Today we talk about all th...
Innovating at the Speed of Relevance
18 Oct 2021
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Send a textWhen thinking of innovation, the first things that usually come to mind are tech startups. It’s not often you think of examples from the ...
What (actually) Works In Cloud Security
21 Sep 2021
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Send a textSome of the most pertinent issues in cloud security are also very foundational. Questions like where to start, what works, and also what do...
Putting the Sec in DevOps
10 Aug 2021
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Send a textToday’s guest is Guy Eisenkot and he joins us to talk about how culture is a critical aspect of shift-left security and DevOps. Guy is th...
Keeping Governments Secure in the Cloud
13 Jul 2021
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Send a textCloud security is essential for any business but particularly for government agencies. On today’s episode, we speak with an expert in the...
How COVID-19 Impacted Cloud Security
14 Jun 2021
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Send a textIn this episode, Nathanial Quist, also known as ‘Q’ returns along with Dr. Jay Chen, both of whom listeners might recognize from our in...
How to Operationalize Cloud Security
10 May 2021
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Send a textKeeping it simple is Brett’s mantra, and it has led to a great amount of success for him and the company he works for. As a security lead...
Did You Know You Have a SaaS Problem?
12 Apr 2021
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Send a textWhile most companies have significantly increased their investments in SaaS, they have not updated their security controls and processes to...
How Common Identity Misconfigurations Can Undermine Cloud Security
10 Mar 2021
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Send a textWelcome to a brand new cloud security podcast, Cloud Security Today. Instead of focusing on the latest news, we’re exploring a different ...