Episodes

  • A Conversation with John Hammond: Hands-On Hacking

    A Conversation with John Hammond: Hands-On Hacking
    May 17 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes John Hammond, a cybersecurity researcher, educator, and content creator. Join us as they break down the hard work, grit, and patience required to become a hacker, much different from the fantasy world portrayed in TV and movies.
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    28 mins
  • A Conversation with Nina Alli: Expanding and Growing the Biohacking Village at DEF CON

    A Conversation with Nina Alli: Expanding and Growing the Biohacking Village at DEF CON
    Mar 29 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes Nina Alli, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Biohacking Village at DEF CON. Join us as they talk about what's new and exciting in this year's Biohacking Village. Nina notes the addition of a real word hospital simulation where each medical device exists as a system of connected devices.
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    34 mins
  • A Conversation with Joshua Motta: The Future of Cyber Insurance

    A Conversation with Joshua Motta: The Future of Cyber Insurance
    Mar 15 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes Joshua Motta, CEO & Co-founder of Coalition, a cyber insurance company. Join us they talk about the ins and outs of cyber insurance. How does it work? How is it different from traditional insurance? Joshua talks about Coalition's brand of insurance as "active insurance", providing broader coverage for all of the ways technology can go wrong in your organization.
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    28 mins
  • A Conversation with Kareem Zaki: Investing in Healthcare Cybersecurity

    A Conversation with Kareem Zaki: Investing in Healthcare Cybersecurity
    Mar 1 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes Kareem Zaki, General Partner with Thrive Capital. Join us as they discuss the importance of investing in healthcare cybersecurity as healthcare is quickly becoming the #1 breached industry. Also, Mike drops the big news of Scope Security's $20 million Series A funding led by Thrive Capital.
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    18 mins
  • A Conversation with IppSec: Learning To Think Like A Hacker

    A Conversation with IppSec: Learning To Think Like A Hacker
    Feb 15 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes hacker enthusiast, IppSec, currently working at Hack The Box. Join us as they discuss the importance of understanding how hackers think to defend and withstand attacks. In his training videos, IppSec prefers to go beyond methodology and encourage critical thinking and reasoning when approaching hacking, noting hackers have to go beyond the apparent.
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    27 mins
  • A Conversation with Wolfgang Goerlich: Security Doesn't Have To Be The Department of No

    A Conversation with Wolfgang Goerlich: Security Doesn't Have To Be The Department of No
    Feb 1 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes Wolfgang Goerlich aka "Wolf" Advisory CISO at CISCO. Join us they discuss the tendency within security to disregard the human element leading to a lack of adhering to security protocols and rather a working around those protocols. When this happens, we see a correlation to a human need not being met. If that is understood and considered, the result is the development of much better security products all around.
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    25 mins
  • A Conversation with Danny Akacki: Mission, Passion and the Security Community

    A Conversation with Danny Akacki: Mission, Passion and the Security Community
    Jan 18 2022
    In this episode, Mike welcomes Danny Akacki, Scope's newly appointed Director of Customer Success. Join us as they talk about how the security industry intersects with many other communities like healthcare and ICS, to name a few. These communities are full of individuals and groups very passionate and connected to the mission behind their work.
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    29 mins
  • Looking Back at 2021: Ransomware Attacks and More

    Looking Back at 2021: Ransomware Attacks and More
    Dec 21 2021
    In this bonus episode, Mike shares updates about the exciting developments coming from Scope Security and looks back at the recurring cybersecurity topics of this past year, both on our podcast and out in the world! Of course, it wouldn't be an end-of-year episode without 2022 predictions. Thank you for tuning in this year! We're excited to bring you more exciting topics and conversations in the coming year.
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    18 mins