Brand Stories Podcasts
by ITSPmagazine
Listen Up, These Are Brand Stories!A good story connects us. A good story makes us imagine and visualize a scenario; it makes us think and feel; it drives us to take action. A Promotional Brand Story Podcast or Webcast on ITSPmagazine is designed to accomplish these same things; connecting businesses to customers — and, more importantly, the other way around. An old saying in advertising goes something like this: A brand is not what the company thinks it is, it is what the customers think it is.Every company has a story to tell—from the small start-up to the large enterprise and everything in between.
Episodes
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2026 Security Predictions: Agentic SOC, China Threats, and Quantum Readiness | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Vincent Stoffer, Field Chief Technology Officer of Corelight
Vincent Stoffer, Field Chief Technology Officer at Corelight, shares his predictions for 2026 and what security teams should prepare for in the coming year. With nearly a decade at Corelight and a background in network and security engineering, Stoffer brings a unique perspective on where the...
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Securing the Decentralized Energy Grid | A Brand Story Conversation with Rafael Narezzi of Cyber Energia
The renewable energy sector faces a critical cybersecurity gap. As wind farms, solar installations, and battery energy storage systems proliferate across the globe, they create a decentralized network of digitally controlled assets that remain largely unprotected. Rafael Narezzi, Co-Founder and…
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From Department of No to Department of Know: The CISO Evolution | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Ivan Milenkovic, Vice President, Cyber Risk Technology of Qualys
In this Brand Highlight, Ivan Milenkovic, Vice President, Cyber Risk Technology at Qualys, joins host Sean Martin to discuss how security leaders can break free from the whack-a-mole cycle of vulnerability management. With more than 48,000 vulnerabilities disclosed in 2025 alone and the average...
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Real-Time Protection Against AI-Driven Account Takeover Fraud | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Israel Mazin, Co-Founder and CEO of Memcyco
As AI makes it easier for attackers to launch account takeover campaigns at scale, organizations face mounting pressure to protect their customers and their brand. Israel Mazin, Co-Founder and CEO of Memcyco, joins the conversation to discuss how real-time detection and protection capabilities…
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Identity, Access, and the Rise of Synthetic Identities | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Denny LeCompte, CEO and Co-Founder of Portnox
In this Brand Highlight, we talk with Denny LeCompte, CEO and Co-Founder of Portnox, about how identity and access control are changing as AI-driven agents and synthetic identities become active participants inside enterprise environments. Passwords still sit at the root of many security…
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When AI Guesses and Security Pays: Choosing the Right Model for the Right Security Decision | A Brand Story Highlight Conversation with Michael Roytman, CTO of Empirical Security
Title: The Right Model for the Right Security Task | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Michael Roytman, Co-Founder and CTO of Empirical Security In this Brand Highlight conversation, Michael Roytman, Co-Founder and CTO of Empirical Security, joins Sean Martin to discuss why choosing the right…
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AI Adoption Without Readiness: When AI Ambition Collides With Data Reality | A TrustedTech Brand Story Conversation with Julian Hamood, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at Trusted Tech
As organizations race to adopt AI, many discover an uncomfortable truth: ambition often outpaces readiness. In this episode of the ITSPmagazine Brand Story Podcast, host Sean Martin speaks with Julian Hamood, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at TrustedTech, about what it really takes to...
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Mastering The Art of Risk Management Without Losing Your Mind | A CyXcel Brand Story Conversation with Megha Kumar, Partner, Chief Product Officer & Head of Geopolitical Risk
Risk has always been part of doing business. What has changed is its scale, speed, and interconnected nature. In this episode, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli are joined by Megha Kumar, Chief Product Officer and Head of Geopolitical Risk at CyXcel, to explore how organizations can think more...
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A Practical Look at Incident Handling: How a Sunday Night Bug Bounty Email Triggered a Full Investigation | A Screenly Brand Spotlight Conversation with Co-founder of Screenly, Viktor Petersson
This episode focuses on a security incident that prompts an honest discussion about transparency, preparedness, and the importance of strong processes. Sean Martin speaks with Viktor Petersson, Founder and CEO of Screenly, who shares how his team approaches digital signage security and how a…
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Solar EV That Never Needs Charging w/ Robert Hoevers (Squad Mobility) | Brand Highlight Story
The Solar Car That Charges Itself While You Live Your Life Growing up, I always wondered: why can't cars just recharge themselves as we drive? Turns out, someone finally built exactly that. Robert Hoevers and his team at Squad Mobility created a solar-powered city car that does something...
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How to Make One SOC Analyst Work Like Ten: Stop Normalizing Everything—Start Solving Something | A Crogl Brand Story Conversation with CEO, Monzy Merza
When “Normal” Doesn’t Work: Rethinking Data and the Role of the SOC Analyst Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to discuss how cybersecurity teams can finally move beyond the treadmill of normalization, alert fatigue, and brittle playbooks that keep...
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The Schema Strikes Back: Killing the Normalization Tax on the SOC | A Crogl Spotlight Brand Story Conversation with Cory Wallace
Breaking Free from Data Normalization: A Smarter Path for Security Teams Traditional security models were built on a simple idea: collect data, normalize it, and analyze it. But as Director of Product Marketing Cory Wallace explains in this conversation with Sean Martin, that model no longer fits...
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Why This Cybersecurity Executive Left Corporate to Start Asimily and Secure Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Critical Infrastructure | An Asimily Brand Origin Story with Shankar Somasundaram, CEO and Founder
The decision to leave a successful corporate position and start a company requires more than just identifying a market opportunity. For Shankar Somasundaram, it required witnessing firsthand how traditional cybersecurity approaches consistently failed in the environments that matter most to...
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Legal, Technical, and Human: A New Model for Cyber Resilience | A CyXcel Brand Origin Story with Bryan Marlatt
What happens when a cybersecurity incident requires legal precision, operational coordination, and business empathy—all at once? That’s the core question addressed in this origin story with Bryan Marlatt, Chief Regional Officer for North America at CyXcel. Bryan brings over 30 years of experience...
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Access Roulette: How to Stop Betting Your Security on Standing Privileges | A Brand Story with Ofir Stein, CTO and Co-Founder of Apono | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
At Black Hat 2025, Sean Martin sits down with Ofir Stein, CTO and Co-Founder of Apono, to discuss the pressing challenges of identity and access management in today’s hybrid, AI-driven environments. Stein’s background in technology infrastructure and DevOps, paired with his co-founder’s deep...
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Event Recap: Kieran Human at Black Hat USA 2025 — ThreatLocker Unveils Configuration Defense, Achieves FedRAMP Status & More | Brand Story with ThreatLocker from Black Hat USA 2025
Event Recap: Kieran Human at Black Hat USA 2025 — ThreatLocker Unveils Configuration Defense, Achieves FedRAMP Status & More ThreatLocker introduced DAC configuration monitoring and achieved FedRAMP certification at Black Hat 2025, strengthening zero trust capabilities while expanding government...
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Data Kidnapping: Because File Encryption Is So 2020 | A Brand Story with Brett Stone-Gross, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Zscaler | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
At Black Hat USA 2025, Sean Martin, co-founder of ITSPmagazine, sat down with Brett Stone-Gross, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Zscaler, to discuss the findings from the company’s latest ransomware report. Over the past five years, the research has tracked how attack patterns, targets,...
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From Excel to Excellence: Transforming Cybersecurity Workforce Management | A Brand Story with Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO of CyberSN, and Carraig Stanwyck, CEO and Former Fortune 200 CISO | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Marco Ciappelli of ITSPmagazine explores cybersecurity workforce transformation with CyberSN's Deidre Diamond and Fortune 200 CISO-turned-CEO Carraig Stanwyck The corridors of Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas buzzed with conversations about AI and emerging threats, but one of the most compelling...
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How to Automate Cybersecurity Operations Without Coding, Crying, or Calling IT at 2 A.M. | A Brand Story with Mike Wayne, Vice President, Global Sales at BlinkOps | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Mike Wayne, responsible for global sales at BlinkOps, joins ITSPmagazine host Sean Martin to discuss how organizations can harness agentic AI to transform security operations—and much more. The conversation begins with a clear reality: business processes are complex, and when security is added…
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Your Business Apps Are Bringing Friends You Didn’t Invite | A Brand Story with Saša Zdjelar, Chief Trust Officer at ReversingLabs and Operating Partner at Crosspoint Capital | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
In an era where organizations depend heavily on commercial applications to run their operations, the integrity of those applications has become a top security concern. Saša Zdjelar, Chief Trust Officer at ReversingLabs and Operating Partner at Crosspoint Capital, shares how protecting the…
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Black Hat 2025: Crogl's CEO Monzy Merza Explains How AI Can Help Eliminate Alert Fatigue in Cybersecurity | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Black Hat 2025: Crogl's CEO Monzy Merza Explains How AI Can Help Eliminate Alert Fatigue in Cybersecurity Crogl CEO Monzy Merza discusses how AI-driven security platforms automate alert investigation using enterprise knowledge graphs, enabling analysts to focus on threat hunting while maintaining...
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The often-overlooked truth in cybersecurity: Seeing the Unseen in Vulnerability Management | A Brand Story with HD Moore, Founder and CEO of RunZero | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
The often-overlooked truth in cybersecurity: Seeing the Unseen in Vulnerability Management In this episode, Sean Martin speaks with HD Moore, Founder and CEO of RunZero, about the often-overlooked truth in cybersecurity: the greatest risks are usually the things you don’t know exist in your...
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Stellar Cyber Revolutionizes SOC Cybersecurity Operations with Human-Augmented Autonomous Platform at Black Hat 2025 | A Stellar Cyber Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Subo Guha
Stellar Cyber Revolutionizes SOC Cybersecurity Operations with Human-Augmented Autonomous Platform at Black Hat 2025 A Stellar Cyber Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas An ITSPmagazine Brand Story with Subo Guha, Senior Vice President Product, Stellar Cyber ____________________________...
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Simplifying CyberSecurity Without Sacrificing Control | A ThreatLocker Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Danny Jenkins
At Black Hat USA 2025, Danny Jenkins, CEO of ThreatLocker, shares how his team is proving that effective cybersecurity doesn’t have to be overly complex. The conversation centers on a straightforward yet powerful principle: security should be simple enough to implement quickly and consistently,...
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From Boardroom to Living Room: Securing the Modern Executive | A BlackCloak Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Chris Pierson
In today’s connected world, corporate executives and board members live in a digital space that extends far beyond their company’s networks. Chris Pierson, CEO and Founder of BlackCloak, explains how protecting leaders requires more than traditional enterprise security—it calls for securing their...
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When Bots Rewrite the Buyer’s Journey: Protecting Brand Value in the Age of AI Agents | An Akamai Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Rupesh Chokshi
At Black Hat USA 2025, Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Akamai Technologies, connected with ITSPmagazine’s Sean Martin to discuss the dual realities shaping enterprise AI adoption—tremendous opportunity and significant risk. AI is driving a seismic transformation in...
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Solving GRC Fatigue: How AI Is Helping Compliance Teams Do More With Less | An E-V-E GRC Brand Origin Story with Anders Søborg, Co-Founder of Eve, and Mark Humphrey
Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) has long been burdened by heavy manual processes, slow assessments, and limited visibility. In this Brand Story episode, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli are joined by Anders Søborg, Co-Founder of Eve, and Mark Humphrey, who brings two decades of fraud and...
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When the C-Suite Becomes the Attack Surface | A BlackCloak Pre-Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Chris Pierson
Digital risk is no longer confined to the enterprise perimeter. Executives and board members—along with their families—are increasingly targeted outside of work, in personal settings, and online. Dr. Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO of BlackCloak, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to discuss…
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Supply Chain Transparency Isn’t Just Technical—It’s a Business Imperative | A LevelBlue Brand Story with Theresa Lanowitz
As digital infrastructure becomes increasingly interwoven with third-party code, APIs, and AI-generated components, organizations are realizing they can’t ignore the origins—or the risks—of their software. Theresa Lanowitz, Chief Evangelist at LevelBlue, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to...
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ThreatLocker to Unveil Game-Changing Zero Trust Innovations at Black Hat 2025 | Visit Them at Booth #1933 | A ThreatLocker Pre-Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with John Lilliston
ThreatLocker to Unveil Game-Changing Zero Trust Innovations at Black Hat 2025 | Visit Them at Booth #1933 | A ThreatLocker Pre-Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with John Lilliston Join ITSP Magazine's Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin as they preview ThreatLocker's...
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Bots, APIs, and Runtime Risk: What Exposures Are Driving AI Security Innovation in 2025 | An Akamai Pre-Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Rupesh Chokshi
Ahead of Black Hat USA 2025, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli sit down once again with Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Application Security Group at Akamai, for a forward-looking conversation on the state of AI security. From new threat trends to enterprise…
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Dropzone AI Brings Agentic Automation to Black Hat USA 2025 | A DROP ZONE AI Pre Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Edward Wu Founder/CEO at Dropzone AI
As Black Hat USA 2025 approaches, the cybersecurity world is buzzing with innovation—and Dropzone AI is right at the center of it. With roots in Seattle and a mission to bring true intelligence into the security operations center (SOC), the Dropzone AI team is gearing up for a packed week in Las...
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The Proof Is in the Posture: What Real Security Maturity Looks Like | A HITRUST Brand Story with Bimal Sheth and Vincent Bennekers
The HITRUST 2025 Trust Report sheds light on a critical question organizations continue to ask: can you really rely on a certification to mean what it says? According to Vincent Bennekers, Vice President of Quality, and Bimal Sheth, Executive Vice President of Standards Development and Assurance...
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Hands-On, Job-Ready: A Fresh Approach to Building the Next Generation of Pen Testers | A White Knight Labs Brand Story With John Stigerwalt And Greg Hatcher
Getting a start in cybersecurity has never been easy — but for today’s aspiring pen testers, the entry barriers are even higher than they were a decade ago. In this conversation, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli sit down with Greg Hatcher and John Stigerwalt from White Knight Labs to unpack why…
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Building a Dynamic Framework for Cyber Risk and Control Alignment: A Threat-Adaptive Approach to Cybersecurity Readiness | A HITRUST Brand Story with Michael Moore
Cyber threats are not static—and HITRUST knows assurance can’t be either. That’s why HITRUST's Michael Moore is leading efforts to ensure the HITRUST framework evolves in step with the threat environment, business needs, and the technologies teams are using to respond. In this episode, Moore...
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From Vulnerability to Visibility: Rethinking Exposure Management | A Brand Story with Tod Beardsley from runZero | An Infosecurity Europe 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Security teams often rely on scoring systems like Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), and Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) to make sense of vulnerability data—but these frameworks don’t always deliver the clarity needed to...
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Reaching Human Equivalency with Agentic AI: A Real-World Look at Security Outcomes | An eSentire Brand Story With Dustin Hillard
As Chief Technology Officer at eSentire, Dustin Hillard brings a deeply rooted background in AI and machine learning—going back over 15 years—to the practical challenges of cybersecurity. In this episode, Hillard discusses how his team is using agentic AI not for the sake of hype, but to augment...
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When Simplicity Meets Strategy: Making Immutability Accessible for All | A Brand Story with Sterling Wilson from Object First | An RSAC Conference 2025 Post-Event Brand Story
When it comes to data protection, the word “immutability” often feels like it belongs in the realm of enterprise giants with complex infrastructure and massive budgets. But during this RSAC Conference conversation, Sterling Wilson, Field CTO at Object First, makes a strong case that immutability...
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From AppSec Training to AI Standards: Teaching AI to Code Securely | A Brand Story with Jim Manico from Manicode Security | An OWASP Global AppSec EU 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Jim Manico’s passion for secure coding has always been rooted in deeply technical practices—methods that matter most to developers writing code day in and day out. At OWASP Global AppSec EU 2025 Conference in Barcelona, Manico brings that same precision and care to a broader conversation around…
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What Helps You Sleep Better at Night: A Practical Take on Zero Trust | A Brand Story with Rob Allen from ThreatLocker | An Infosecurity Europe 2025 Pre-Event Brand Story
As InfoSecurity Europe prepares to welcome cybersecurity professionals from across the globe, Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, shares why this moment—and this location—matters. Allen doesn’t frame the conversation around hype or headlines. Instead, he focuses on a universal…
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Why Simplicity Might Be the Missing Ingredient in Your Zero Trust Strategy | A Brand Story with Rob Allen from ThreatLocker | An RSAC Conference 2025 Post-Event Brand Story
At RSAC Conference 2025, the conversation with Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, centered on something deceptively simple: making cybersecurity effective by making it manageable. During this on-location recap episode, Rob shares how ThreatLocker cut through the noise of flashy...
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Why Community Could Be the Strongest Defense in Cybersecurity | A Brand Story with Rob Clyde from ISACA | An RSAC Conference 2025 Post-Event Brand Story
At RSAC 2025, the most urgent signals weren’t necessarily the loudest. As ISACA board member and cybersecurity veteran Rob Clyde joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli for a post-conference recap, it’s clear that conversations about the future of the profession—and its people—mattered just as much...
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Why AI Needs Context, Not Just Hype | A Conversation With Steve Schlarman, Senior Director, Product Management at Archer | An RSAC Conference 2025 Post-Event Brand Story
In this post-RSAC 2025 Brand Story, Marco Ciappelli catches up with Steve Schlarman, Senior Director of Product Management at Archer, to discuss the evolving intersection of GRC, AI, and business value. From regulatory overload to AI-enhanced policy generation, this conversation explores how...
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Fixing the Detection Disconnect and Rethinking Detection: From Static Rules to Living Signals | A Brand Story with Fred Wilmot from Detecteam | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
Fred Wilmot, CEO and co-founder of Detecteam, and Sebastien Tricaud, CTO and co-founder, bring a candid and critical take on cybersecurity’s detection and response problem. Drawing on their collective experience—from roles at Splunk, Devo, and time spent in defense and offensive operations—they...
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Simplifying Cybersecurity Operations at Scale: Automation with a Human Touch | A Brand Story with Subo Guha from Stellar Cyber | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
In this episode, Subo Guha, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Stellar Cyber, shares how the company is reshaping cybersecurity operations for managed service providers (MSPs) and their customers. Stellar Cyber’s mission is to simplify security without compromising depth—making…
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From Tools to Trust: Why Integration Beats Innovation Hype in Cybersecurity | A Brand Story with Vivin Sathyan from ManageEngine | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
Organizations are demanding more from their IT management platforms—not just toolsets, but tailored systems that meet specific business and security objectives. Vivin Sathyan, Senior Technology Evangelist at ManageEngine, shares how the company is responding with an integrated approach that...
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From Red Teams to Real Impact: Bringing Artistry and Precision to Cybersecurity Programs | A Brand Story with Charles Henderson from Coalfire | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
Charles Henderson, who leads the cybersecurity services division at Coalfire, shares how the company is reimagining offensive and defensive operations through a programmatic lens that prioritizes outcomes over checkboxes. His team, made up of practitioners with deep experience and creative drive,...
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Not So Contained: When Container Isolation Is Just an Illusion | A Brand Story with Emily Long from Edera | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
Kubernetes revolutionized the way software is built, deployed, and managed, offering engineers unprecedented agility and portability. But as Edera co-founder and CEO Emily Long shares, the speed and flexibility of containerization came with overlooked tradeoffs—especially in security. What…
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This is What Happens When Security Stops Chasing Threats and Starts Managing Risk | A Brand Story with Rich Seiersen from Qualys | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Brand Story
In this episode, Sean Martin speaks with Richard Seiersen, Chief Risk Technology Officer at Qualys, about a new way to think about cybersecurity—one that puts value and business resilience at the center, not just threats. Richard shares the thinking behind Qualys’ Risk Operations Center, a new...
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From Term Sheets to Trust: What Mergers & Acquisitions Trends Reveal About Cybersecurity’s Future | An On Location RSAC Conference 2025 Conversation with Yair Geva
In this on-location conversation recorded during RSAC 2025, attorney, investor, and strategic advisor Yair Geva shares a global perspective shaped by years of legal counsel, venture investing, and deal-making across Israel, Europe, and the U.S. Geva offers unique insight into how cybersecurity…
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Listen Up, These Are Brand Stories!A good story connects us. A good story makes us imagine and visualize a scenario; it makes us think and feel; it drives us to take action. A Promotional Brand Story Podcast or Webcast on ITSPmagazine is designed to accomplish these same things; connecting businesses to customers — and, more importantly, the other way around. An old saying in advertising goes something like this: A brand is not what the company thinks it is, it is what the customers think it is.Every company has a story to tell—from the small start-up to the large enterprise and everything in between.
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