CTRL-ALT-DEFEND
Episodes
Episode 007: From Packets to Threats: A SANS Fellow’s Playbook
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are thrilled to be chatting with Phil Hagen, SANS Fellow, Principal Information Security Researcher at Red Canary, Author of FOR572: Advanced Netw...
Episode 006: From Main Street to Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Let’s Chat with Jackie McGuire
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During this episode, we chat with Jackie McGuire, recorded at the 2026 ISACA LA Spring Conference. Jackie McGuire is a cybersecurity analyst and AI re...
Episode 005: Discussing Spycraft & Cybercrime with Eric O'Neil
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During this episode, we chat with Eric O'Neil. Eric O'Neil is a cybersecurity expert, legendary FBI operative, attorney, and founder of The Ge...
Episode 004: Securing Black Hat to the Olympics: A Conversation with Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During this episode, we will chat with Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer, the Director of Security Operations within Cisco’s Threat Detection & Respons...
Episode 003: The AI Revolution in Cyber Defense with Brennan Lodge
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a podcast unlike any other—where storytelling meets live demos to showcase the real ways AI is transforming cybersecurity. This epis...
Episode 002: From Privacy to AI – Meet Michelle Dennedy
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Peter talk to Michelle Dennedy, a trailblazer in privacy engineering and data ethics, currently serving as Chief Data Strategy Officer at Aba...
Episode 001: Meet your Podcasters
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kick off the journey with the very first episode of Ctrl-Alt-Defend! This episode is all about introductions—both to the show and to the people behi...