Chenxi Wang brings her academic research and market analysis expertise to ITSPmagazine with her new column, The New Factor. Hear her - in this introductory podcast with ITSPmagazine Co-Founders Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli - as she describes some of the trends she will be exploring, technologies she will be dissecting, and innovation journeys she will be following... all with the aim of identifying disruptive technologies that move us beyond what she calls "the new cyber reality."

Some of her future guests could incude:

Ted Schlein, Kleiner Perkins

Gaurav Banga, Babalik

Alex Gounares, Polyverse

Joe Horowitz, Icon Ventures

Debra J. Farber had a lively discussion with Melanie Ensign, Head of Privacy & Security Communications at Uber, Board Member at Women in Security & Privacy, and Lead Press Goon for DEF CON, about the effective tactics for messaging complex privacy and security issues internally and to the public at large. How can organizations earn and keep trust? Is there more than just compliance? Tune in to find out.

WISP co-founder and Aleada Consulting partner, Kenesa Ahmad, chats with ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton for the Diverse IT podcast about being an introvert in the security and privacy industry. Tune in to hear how an introvert keeps from getting overwhelmed in networking situations, how being an introvert has both helped and hindered her in her career, and which elements of the working world she would adapt for introverts.

Mixing the opinion elements captured in his Backspin column and the tech elements from his Gearhead column, veteran InfoSec expert, author, and journalist, Mark Gibbs, brings his new column - The New Gearhead - to ITSPmagazine! In this interview with ITSPmagazine co-founders, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli, Mark describes the types of articles he will be bringing to the table, including his focus on raising information security awareness in small and medium sized businesses.

Having been a CISO for a fortune 100, a mid-tier enterprise, and a smaller 3rd-party vendor, Jack Jones of the FAIR Institute tells Sean Martin how organizations can successfully begin to approach risk and apply proven risk management principles. It all starts with a common set of terminology and is lead by a champion within the organization. As a CISO, proper risk management can be used to change the binary conversation surrounding InfoSec into one that leads the business toward better decision making and away from simply blaming a CISO for some cyber risk exposure.

Nuala O'Connor, President & CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology sits down with Debra Farber, Host of The Privacy Pact, to discuss voter privacy, ways in which list-building can serve as a means of surveillance, the important role that institutions play within a democracy, and securing voting technology.

Joonko Co-founder and CEO, Ilit Raz, chats with ITSPmagazine’s Selena Templeton for the Diverse IT podcast about her AI-powered application that gets rid of unconscious bias in the workplace. Unlike other tools like Textio or Blendoor that weed out unconscious bias in the recruiting and hiring stage, Joonko tackles the issue of maintaining diverse talent by using machine learning on the job to identify unconscious bias in real time. Tune in to hear what inspired Ilit to create this tool, how she came up with the name, and the obstacles of using AI and machine learning to improve diversity and inclusion.

Rick McElroy from Carbon Black and Ted Harrington from Independent Security Evaluators sit down with ITSPmagazine's Sean Martin to discuss threat modeling, infosec planning, cutting through the marketing noise, the need to trust but verify, the value of assess and measure, and how critical it is to focus on the things that matter.

The status quo for safety and security in the digital world (whatever that is or has been) is failing. Leaving it to the experts is not keeping us safe, as individuals, institutions, or a society. It's time for a change, time to drive new conversations. All of us at ITSPmagazine -- and many of you listening now -- are here because the need for these conversations is urgent. We didn't want to wait to get started, and that may mean that things aren't "perfect". We're figuring this out a bit as we go and we appreciate your patience... and your support!

This week, historian, ethicist, and infosec pro Davi Ottenheimer (@DaviOttenheimer) takes us through the centuries as we discuss innovation, adoption, and adaptation in society. How do stakeholders react when confronted with a game-changer like germ theory? When market forces support the status quo-- even if it's dangerous-- what does it take to change directions? Are rules and regulations effective ways to get stakeholder buy-in?