The Segment

The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 23. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

And Christer Swartz joins us to unpack this month's Boos and Bravos. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 16. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• Hackers hijack nearly half a million dollars in New York school fraud.
• Government agencies breached after attackers exploit Ivanti zero-day vulnerability.
• And state-backed hackers weaponize generative AI to sharpen cyber operations.

And Michael Adjei explains why the cybersecurity “talent shortage” might actually be an allocation problem.

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In this episode of The Segment, Raghu sits down with Ross Haleliuk—Co-Founder & CEO of a stealth startup, author of Cyber for Builders, and host of Inside the Network and Venture in Security to unpack why most security failures aren’t caused by a lack of tools, but by a failure to execute the fundamentals.

Ross brings a pragmatic, business-first lens to cybersecurity, cutting through hype, buzzwords, and so-called “silver bullets” to focus on what actually works in the real world. Together, they explore why breaches still happen even in organizations that invest heavily in security and why that investment still matters.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

• Why most cyber breaches still come down to security fundamentals, not next-gen tools
• Why cybersecurity has become a “market for silver bullets”—and what that means for buyers and vendors
• How misaligned incentives across engineering, IT, sales, and security undermine long-term security
• Why compliance should be treated as a baseline, not the finish line
• How to think about security ROI in a way executives actually understand
• How to evaluate AI in cybersecurity without getting lost in the hype
  Why security leaders must learn to lead without authority, similar to product managers
• What gives Ross optimism about the future of cybersecurity heading into 2026

The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 9. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• A massive espionage campaign infiltrates government networks in 37 countries.
• Hackers go for the gold as the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl create a perfect storm.
• And a new social engineering tactic crashes your browser to steal your data.

And John Kindervag joins us to discuss why cybersecurity dashboards may be measuring the wrong things.  

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 2nd. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• Major consumer brands caught in a fresh wave of cyberattacks
• Nike scrambles as hackers leak years of prototype and R&D data
• And the White House shelves proposed Biden-era software security rules

And Gary Barlet joins us to unpack the NSA's newly released Zero Trust Guideline Primer

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 26th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• A critical vulnerability is being actively exploited in core infrastructure, VMware warns.
• Hackers looking for extortion payoff tell Nike to… just do it.
• And a massive database leak exposes 149 million stolen credentials.

And Christer Swartz joins us for January's Boos and Bravos. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 19th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• Europe’s space agency suffers a massive data breach.
• Attackers keep cashing in on Oracle’s old breach.
• And credit card skimmers go digital.

And Aishwarya Ramani joins us to discuss executive sponsorship.  

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 12th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• A cyber incident snarls operations at a major European port.
• Ransomware gangs go after cloud backups.
• And Ivanti warns that its VPN devices are being actively exploited.

And Gary Barlet joins us to unpacks cyber warfare hitting critical infrastructure. 

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The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 5th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• New year, new zero-day vulnerability in Windows Server.
• Ransomware rings in 2026 by hitting healthcare in Europe.
• And attackers cash in on holiday passwords.

And Aishwarya Ramani joins us for a special Book Club segment! 

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Download The 2025 Global Cloud Detection and Response Report: https://www.illumio.com/resource-center/global-cloud-detection-and-response-report-2025 

The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 15th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.

• Apple tells users not to ho-ho-hold off on emergency patches as it warns about state-backed spyware.
• Cyber grinches disrupt UK education and water services.
• And Microsoft flags a not-so-jolly zero-day flaw in SharePoint.

And Christer Swartz joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment! 

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Download The 2025 Global Cloud Detection and Response Report: https://www.illumio.com/resource-center/global-cloud-detection-and-response-report-2025