This week's guest is GitLab's VP of Product Security Julie Davila

We chat about AI, identity, trust in the context of the latest cybersecurity trends, as well as the best route into learning ice hockey!

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This week’s special guest Kayne McGladrey, (blog: kaynemcgladrey.com ), CISO-in-Residence at Hyperproof, outlines the business challenges that CISO's face, as we discuss new types of risk in daily threat management.

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Rory is off this week due to illness, so this episode is brought to you by two AI hosts who discuss some of our latest research and what services Richmond Advisory Group offers.

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This week's guest - Ryan LaSalle, CEO of Human Threat Management solutions vendor Nisos - discusses how to identify human exposure, behavioral patterns, and adversarial intent, and protect your cybersecurity infrastructure.

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This week we discuss the future of penetration testing and AI in cybersecurity with NetSPI’s Principal AI Researcher Kurtis Shelton.

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THIS WEEK

Verizon DBIR, AI Agents and the Future of Threat Intelligence with Special Guest Alex Pinto, Associate Director of Threat Intelligence at Verizon!

NEWS

EU Cybersecurity Agency ENISA Launches European Vulnerability Database

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NEXT WEEK

Special Guest: Damian Archer, VP Consulting & Professional Services, Americas at Trustwave

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Show Notes

In an extended episode this week, we recap on who we met and what we saw at RSAC 2025!

We also talk identity hygiene and AI Agents with Rosario Mastrogiacomo of SPHERE Technology Solutions

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LIVE FROM RSAC 2025

This week's episode was recorded live at RSAC 2025! For the first time we recorded using video: https://youtu.be/1LcUnxaJOaI

We discuss some of our takeaways from the show - including trends, acquisition news, Agentic AI, and more.

This week's special guests are: Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner, Cybersecurity Services at IBM, and Jake Paulson, Deputy Head of IBM X-Force (Head of Delivery & Strategy).

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SHOW NOTES

This week's Special Guest

Our special guest this week is veteran cybersecurity expert Ed Martin, who leads the Product Management function for Microsoft Threat Intelligence.

RSAC & Security Tinkerers

Information on Pitch For Charity - [email protected]

Sponsor Okta’s website = https://www.okta.com

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