ISF Podcast
Episodes
S6 Ep4: Jonathan Brill — Survive and Profit from Radical Change
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin speaks with Jonathan Brill, futurist and author of the new book, Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Pr...
S6 Ep3: Steve Durbin — Global Cyber Crisis
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our season six theme is disruption, and today ISF CEO Steve Durbin and ISF Podcast host Tavia Gilbert discuss a paper on global cyber crisis. This is ...
S6 Ep2: Steve Durbin — Digital Totalitarianism
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our theme this season is disruption, and today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin and podcast host Tavia Gilbert discuss digital totalitarianism, a topic based on ...
S6 Ep1: Season 6 Introduction: Global Disruption with CEO Steve Durbin
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the start of a new season focusing on global disruption. It will feature a mix of conversations between Steve Durbin, CEO of the ISF, our hos...
S5 Ep6: Bonus Episode: Dame Inga Beale — Communication: Listen and Be Heard
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3dMNgcH In this episode, originally released on January 26, 2021, ISF CEO Steve Durbin talks with Dame Inga Beale, the former CEO of ...
S5 Ep5: Steve Durbin — Authors Roundtable in Review
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3w4PjPz ISF CEO Steve Durbin and Tavia Gilbert close out the Authors Roundtable season, discussing what they’ve learned from inte...
S5 Ep4: Matt Blumberg — Scaling Up Your Business
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3ycpEGv In today’s episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin speaks with Matt Blumberg, a technology entrepreneur and business builder based in...
S5 Ep3: Michelle Seiler Tucker — Exit Rich: The 6P Method to Sell Your Business
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3vLxFAr In today’s episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Michelle Seiler Tucker, speaker, author, and CEO of Seiler...
S5 Ep2: Michele Wucker — You Are What You Risk...
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3wCmKKo In this episode, Steve Durbin speaks with commentator and policy analyst Michele Wucker, author of The Gray Rhino: How To Rec...
S5 Ep1: Thomas Eisenmann — Why Startups Fail
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3cmUjZa Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is speaking with Harvard Business School Professor Thomas Eisnemann about his new book, Why Start...
S4 Ep7: Bonus Episode: Dr. Hannah Fry — What Data Can & Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/3wMrLzX In this episode, originally released in November 2020, Steve is in conversation with Dr. Hannah Fry, associate professor in t...
S4 Ep6: Matthew Doan — Talent Investment and Retention
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://bit.ly/34dFpzR Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin speaks with Matthew Doan, Senior Manager at BCG Platinion and Cybersecurity Policy Fellow at New ...
S4 Ep5: Mehak Vohra & Richard Guida – Generations in Security
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin considers cyber in the workplace from the perspective of a digital native and a more experienced security l...
S4 Ep4: Margaret Cunningham — Healthy Workplaces and Trust
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Dr. Margaret Cunningham, principal research scientist at Forcepoint. They discuss leading a team t...
S4 Ep3: Thomas Erl — Training for Digital Transformation
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Thomas Erl, best-selling IT author and founder of Arcitura Education, which offers vendor-neutral ...
S4 Ep2: Dan Norman — Influencing Security Behaviour
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re bringing you a conversation between ISF CEO Steve Durbin and ISF analyst Dan Norman from the 2020 ISF Congress. Steve and Dan discuss t...
S4 Ep1: Steve Durbin — Security Workforce of the Future
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin and producer Tavia Gilbert give an overview of the podcast’s season 4 theme: The Security Workforce of th...
S3 Ep4: Steve Durbin — Security Fails in a Brave New World
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the last in a special four-part series in which ISF CEO Steve Durbin and producer Tavia Gilbert discuss the ISF’s latest report...
S3 Ep3: Steve Durbin — Identity Is Weaponised
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the third in a special four-episode series in which ISF CEO Steve Durbin and producer Tavia Gilbert discuss the ISF’s latest re...
S3 Ep2: Steve Durbin — Machines Seize Control
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the second in a special four-episode series in which ISF CEO Steve Durbin and producer Tavia Gilbert discuss the ISF’s latest r...
S3 Ep1: Steve Durbin — Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we begin a special four-episode series focusing on the ISF's latest report, Threat Horizon 2023: Security at a Tipping Point. This episode sets...
S2 Ep6: Kate Stone — The Role of Analogue in the Digital Age
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Steve speaks with Dr. Kate Stone, a "creative scientist" whose company, Novalia, blends art and science to create fusions of new...
S2 Ep5: Shoshana Zuboff — The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Steve speaks with Harvard professor, social psychologist, philosopher, and scholar Shoshana Zuboff, author of three influential books on tech a...
S2 Ep4: Kate Montague — How to Rethink, Reset, and Refocus
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Steve speaks with actress, voice coach, leadership consultant, and expert in core energetics, or body-led psychotherapy, Kate Mo...
S2 Ep3: Dame Inga Beale - Communication: Listen and Be Heard
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, ISF CEO Steve Durbin talks with Dame Inga Beale, the former CEO of Lloyd’s of London, about the role that listening played when she...
S2 Ep2: Captain Tammie Jo Shults - Habits, Hope and Heroes in a Time of Crisis
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Steve is in conversation with Tammie Jo Shults, retired Southwest Airlines captain and former naval aviator. Captain Shults received wide accla...
S2 Ep1: Steve Durbin - Leadership in a Time of Transition
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF CEO Steve Durbin about the episodes in our second season focusing on Leadership in a Time of Transition. We previe...
S1 Ep7: ISF Annual Threat Update — Emerging Threats for 2021 with Steve Durbin
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin about emerging security threats to expect in 2021. Steve breaks down the top five t...
S1 Ep6: Reggie Butler — Bringing Your Home to Work
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Steve welcomes motivational speaker, corporate consultant, and educator Reggie Butler back to the podcast. Reggie last connected with Steve in ...
S1 Ep5: Sir Bob Geldof — Challenging Orthodox Thinking
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Steve speaks with a guest whose focus includes human culture, behavior, and storytelling: singer/songwriter and activist Sir Bob Geld...
S1 Ep4: Brigid Schulte - Remeasuring Values
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Steve speaks with writer and researcher Brigid Schulte, author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love ...
S1 Ep3: Hannah Fry - What Data Can & Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Steve is in conversation with Dr. Hannah Fry, associate professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at U...
S1 Ep2: Anders Indset - Responding to Disruption
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Steve is in conversation with philosopher, author, and speaker Anders Indset. Steve and Anders discuss the importance of leaders engaging in wh...
S1 Ep1: Steve Durbin on Leadership
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin about what we’ve gained and lost from altering our workplaces and our workflows d...
S1: A Celebration of Five Years of ISF Podcasts
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the ISF Podcast enters its fifth year of production, we’re celebrating with a listen back to some of the timeless insights our guests have shared...
S1: Welcome to our New Winter 2020 Series - Series 1: Leadership
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to know how innovative leaders are guiding their enterprises through unprecedented global upheaval? How visionary executives hold themselv...
CxO series – Cyber Resiliency in a defining moment in history
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber Resiliency in a defining moment in history Episode 1: Cyber Resilience - Reaping the Benefits Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF William Beer,...
Threat Horizon 2022: Internet of forgotten things
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve been encouraged to embrace IoT for its convenience and its integration into our daily lives. But what happens when the Internet of Things bite...
Threat Horizon 2022: Behavioural Analytics and Deepfakes
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Highly connected ecosystems of digital devices will enable organisations to harvest, repurpose, and indeed sell sensitive behavioural data about c...
Threat Horizon 2022: Digital and physical worlds collide
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“So the real challenge I think that we have to face up to here is that organizations are simply not going to be able to disentangle the digital fro...
Sherina Edwards - The Growing Pressure on Critical Infrastructures
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“I think there are two different concerns here, right? There's an infrastructure issue, period, regardless of the pandemic. And then, of course, th...
Technology in a Brave New World
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I do think actually that one of the positive outcomes from COVID-19 will be that people will perhaps realise that the human element, the natural elem...
Jay Edelson - Data Privacy: The People of Illinois Vs Facebook
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The reason why it was so hard to get a settlement of this size wasn't because Facebook was worried that if they lost $550 million, it would hurt the...
Dr Mary Aiken - Cyberpsychology and the Impact of Technology on Human Behaviour
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Everything is connected, from the protocols that we use to advise and educate parents in terms of how their children interact with technology, all t...
Peter Hinssen - The Day After Tomorrow: Surviving Radical Innovation
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Then there's what I call the day after tomorrow. New ideas, new technologies, new innovations, new challenges, new players, new business models that...
COVID-19: Top Security Tips for Working From Home
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I think it's about understanding how you combat the remote element, how you provide advice and guidance to people about what they should be doing, ho...
James Arroyo: Cyber 2025 - This Time it's Personal
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Reputation is everything. If you lose some money, then that's bad, it's worse if you lose personal data, people's personal data, and then they're sub...
Nicholas Witchell & Steve Durbin: Cyber in Society
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Threat Horizon is there to try to identify upcoming threats so that we are forewarned and forearmed. And what the ISF has always done with that Threa...
Colonel Chris Hadfield - An Astronaut's Guide to Managing Risk
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It requires persistence of professionalism. A recognising that even if I'm great at this, there are still ways for failure to happen, for it to rear ...
The CEO vs The CISO: The Security Breach Blame Game
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"In today's modern way of doing business, when cyber breaches and information security make or break an organisation, there is an increased need for c...
#Cyber2020 - Striving for Cyber Resilience
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“One of the criticisms around all this is that the cost of creating a cyber-resilient organisation might on the surface appear excessive. That is un...
#Cyber2020 - China, USA, and the Geopolitical Arena
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“The geopolitical area is set to remain fairly complex. I would also say sort of turbulent and fragile as the US and China battle it out for global ...
#Cyber2020 - Entrepreneurial Cybercrime
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Cybercrime is certainly an entrepreneurial growth business. There’s no getting away from it and the arrest rate is very low. So, unfortunately, c...
#Cyber2020 - Third-Party IoT and the Cloud
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“So much of our critical data is now held in the cloud. Whether we put it there as individuals or organisations have put it there on our behalf. And...
#Cyber2020 - The Race for Technology Dominance
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Technology has changed the world in which we live. Old norms are changing and it's clear that the next industrial revolution will not only be entir...
Chris Frenz - The Zero-Trust Network Security Model
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“It showed that the risk was really unacceptable because you couldn't afford to lose a whole department. The impact on patient care would be fairly ...
Human-Centred Security - Managing Human Vulnerabilities
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“A new approach is need, one that helps organisations to understand and manage psychological vulnerabilities and adopts technology and controls desi...
Human-Centred Security - Exploiting Human Vulnerabilities
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“The methods of psychological manipulation used by attackers have not just moved online since humans entered the digital era, but today's attack tec...
Laura Norén - The Crusade to Protect Employees' Data
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“We are seeing, the EU being an important leader in trying to advocate for consumers' rights, to some degree for employees' rights, although I would...
Human-Centred Security - The Human Vulnerabilities
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“By identifying the fundamental vulnerabilities in humans and understanding how psychology works and what triggers risky behaviour, organisations ca...
Will Houston: The Effect of a Breach on a CISO's Value
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Not long ago it was generally seen as a bad thing. Now we’re having clients say, ‘we want somebody who’s been through a breach’.” In t...
Human-Centred Security - The Insider Threat
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The latest ISF Podcast will bring the first in a series of episodes focusing on human-centred security. In this episode, Steve Durbin, Managing Direct...
Innovating Your Cybersecurity
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Steve, given the speed of change in cyber, do you believe that a CEO should be encouraging innovative, out-of-the-box thinking from their CIO or CISO...
Leaving the Weight of the World on the CIO's Shoulder
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I think that when we look at cybersecurity today, it isn't just a technology issue. It is much bigger than that. Cyber is pretty much integrated acro...
Embedding Cyber Hygiene into the Organisation
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It isn't just about technology. The human piece has a key role to play in securing our environment, and so yes, for me, the Board has to be setting a...
Bridging the gap between the CISO & the Board
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Why is it not enough for an organization to hire a CISO and have that person report to the board periodically? Why is that not enough due diligence?"...
VS Subrahmanian - Cyber Security and the Individual
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Nobody is immune from attack, especially as these attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated. You have the spearphishing attacks, which are ver...
VS Subrahmanian - AI: Security Benefit or Threat?
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“But over the last, I would say 15 years, what's become increasingly clear is that AI, artificial intelligence, is going to play a huge role both on...
Jon Fisher - Think Before You Click
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“You can have the best security implementations in the world, but if your users are not trained, and they click on the link, you're going to be in t...
Jon Fisher - Law Enforcement and Business Collaboration
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Depending on your industry, you may be targeted by a different set of actors with different tactics, and I think as the CISO or as a security pract...
The Evolving Security Operations Centre
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I think we've really seen the concept of a SOC grow and evolve over the past 10 years or so," says Emma Bickerstaffe, Senior Research Analyst at the ...
Adam Levin: Is Scaring Caring When It Comes To Cyber Security?
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of this three-part series, Adam Levin, CEO and founder of Cyber Scout and author of Swiped: How to Protect yourself in a World Fu...
Adam Levin: Integrating Cyber Into The DNA Of Your Business
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this three-part series, Adam Levin, author of Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Iden...
Adam Levin: Consumers - Protecting yourself against everyday scams
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Breaches have become the third certainty in life and cyberwar has replaced the cold war. The truth is we are under attack every minute of every day. S...
Axel Voss - Mit Veränderungen Datenschutzlandschaft Schritt halten
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Die Umsetzung der Allgemeinen Datenschutzverordnung in Deutschland stieß auf große Kritik. Gibt es zu viel Verwirrung um unterschiedliche Rechtsvors...
Dr. Ann Cavoukian: Privacy by Design, Security by Design
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today's podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF talks with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, the Distinguished Expert-in-Residence of Ryerson Universi...
Leo Taddeo - Know what to protect: Think like a cyber criminal
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding what assets are critical to your business is fundamental. Adversaries are often able to spot these assets ahead of businesses. CISOs nee...
Tech Giants “versus” Gesetzgeber
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leo Taddeo - New York City and Cybercrime
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
70% of the US financial industry is located within New York City, this sits on a complex urban infrastructure. Impacting this infrastructure (through ...
Axel Voss - Neue Technologien und Ethik
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In der ersten Folge dieser dreiteiligen Serie diskutiert Axel Voss, Vertreter der deutschen CDU im Europäischen Parlament, mit Sebastian Tischer, Reg...
Leo Taddeo - From FBI Agent to CISO
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of this three-part series, Leo Taddeo, Former FBI agent and current CISO of Cyxtera shares his unique history and career path fro...
Threat Horizon 2021: Digital Competitors Rip Up the Rule Book
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Competing in the digital marketplace will become increasingly difficult, as threat to businesses grow in speed and precision: Software and application...
Threat Horizon 2021: Digital Cold War Engulfs Business
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The race to develop strategically important, next-generation technologies is laying the foundation for nation state-backed espionage where intellectua...
Threat Horizon 2021: Digital Connectivity Exposes Hidden Danger
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, digital connectivity is essential in everyday life, and this is only set to increase over the next two years as we see technology such as the I...
Threat Horizon 2021 Overview
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By 2021 the world will be heavily digitised and connected. The race to develop next generation technologies will enable innovative, digital business m...
The Enemy is the State: Cybersecurity and Nation-State Attacks (Mike Eckel, part 2)
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nation-state cyber-attacks have increasingly occupied news headlines in the past few years from alleged Russian electoral interference to accusations ...
The Origins of Russian Cyber Terrorism (Mike Eckel, Part 1)
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The power and influence of Russian cyber actors continue to rise, but where did this ability for cyber terrorism and espionage originate? In the fi...
The CEO vs The CISO: The Security Breach Blame Game
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"In today's modern way of doing business, when cyber breaches and information security make or break an organisation, there is an increased need for c...
Holding the Board Accountable for Security (Jeff Engle, Part 3)
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Even after many devastating examples of the impact of cyber-attacks on business, cyber is still drastically underestimated. Organisations must impleme...
How Security Leaders can Communicate with the Board (Jeff Engle, Part 2)
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this three-part series, Jeff Engle, Veteran of US Army Special Operations Commands and Vice President of Federal for United D...
What can Businesses Learn from Military Security Strategies? (Jeff Engle, Part 1)
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People can either be your first line of defence, or your weakest link – it is up to organisational leadership and how they approach risk management ...
The Life of a Cybercriminal (Brett Johnson, Part 2)
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this series, former US most-wanted cybercriminal Brett Johnson, the ‘Original Internet Godfather’, speaks with Steve Durb...
The Myth of Supply Chain Assurance
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The global supply chain is increasingly complex, diverse and hyper-connected so that gaining assurance of its security, safety and reliability is beco...
Inside the Mind of Today's Cybercriminals (Brett Johnson, Part 1)
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Cybercrime was an estimated $600 billion industry affecting approximately 2.8 million victims a day. The rise in ransomware attacks (an estim...
The Impact of Legislation in 2019
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Legislation by its nature is government and regulator driven, resulting in a move towards national regulation at a time when cross border collaboratio...
Governments and the Challenge of Rapid Digitalisation (Dr. Reinhard Brandl, Part 1)
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the threat landscape evolves, digitalisation is an ongoing challenge for governments and politicians, making it increasingly difficult to secure ne...
ISF Podcast: The Increasing Sophistication of Cybercrime & Ransomware
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cybercrime is now a market that is growing and increasing in sophistication, worth $600 billion in 2018 and affecting 2.7 million of us globally on a ...
Emerging Cyber Threats for 2019
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Will 2019 see cyber attacks come in isolation, or in combinations? A question organisations should think about as we see cyber space becoming increasi...
CISOs: The Need for a Clear Vision (Ondrej Krehel, Part 2)
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Attacks from nation-states, where organisations are at risk are increasingly appearing on the threat horizon. As extortion is predicted to become one ...
A Digital Forensics Specialist on Data Breaches (Ondrej Krehel, Part 1)
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It is an unavoidable fact that businesses and organisations’ sensitive information will be breached at some stage in the future. When a network has ...