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TechSpective Podcast
by Tony Bradley
The TechSpective Podcast brings together top minds in cybersecurity, enterprise tech, AI, and beyond to share unique perspective on technology—unpacking breakthrough trends like zero trust, threat intelligence, AI-enabled security, ransomware’s geopolitical ties, and more. Whether you’re an IT pro, security exec, or simply tech‑curious, each episode blends expert insight with real-world context—from microsegmentation strategies to the human side of cyber ethics. But we also keep it fun, sometimes riffing on pop‑culture debates like Star Wars vs. Star Trek or Xbox vs. PS—so it’s not all dry and serious.
Episodes
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The Real Cost of AI Hasn’t Shown Up Yet
I realize I am dating myself to some extent, but my first cell phone plan came with a fixed number of minutes and a small allotment of text messages, and anything beyond that was billed one at a time. You got in the habit of watching the clock on calls and thinking twice before you replied to a...
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Rebuilding Identity Security From Scratch for the Age of AI Agents
Amihai Niederman joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about what happens to identity security once AI agents start outnumbering the humans on a company's network. He's the co-founder of NewCore, a startup betting the answer isn't another tool bolted onto what companies...
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Moving Past Indicators Toward Behavior
Nicole Beckwith joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about a problem most of the security industry still hasn't fully reckoned with. Beckwith runs security engineering and operations at Cribl, and before that she spent years in law enforcement and digital forensics, which…
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When the AI Breaks Its Own Rules
For most of the last year, the AI security conversation had a clear villain. Attackers were using AI to write better phishing lures, adapt malware mid-attack, and move faster than defenders could keep up with. That story was easy to tell because it fit the shape we already understood. Bad guys…
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Your AI Agents Are Multiplying and Nobody’s Counting
Think about every account you've ever created and then forgotten about. A login for a gym you canceled two years ago. A free trial you signed up for and never used again. A vendor portal from a job you left. Nobody deletes those things, and nobody circles back to check whether they still work.…
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The Attack That Turns Your AI Agent Into A Weapon Against You
Barak Sternberg spent a chunk of this year proving something that should worry anyone who has plugged an AI coding agent into their observability stack. His team at Tenet Security found that a single fake error report, sent to a public Sentry endpoint with no login required, was enough to get AI...
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Building an AI That Learns Like an Analyst
Most AI-driven security tools lean on retrieval-augmented generation: pull relevant precedent, drop it into the context window, let the model reason over it. It works, but it has a cost problem and a consistency problem. The more data you feed a large language model to improve its answer, the…
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Most AI Problems Are Really Capitalism Problems
Bruce Schneier joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about hacking, power, and why so much of what gets blamed on AI might actually be something else. Schneier is one of the most well-known and respected names in cybersecurity. He has been working in and writing about...
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The Case For Rebooting Democracy With AI
Beth Simone Noveck joins me on this episode of the TechSpective Podcast to talk about her book, Reboot, AI and the Race to Save Democracy. She's a professor at Northeastern, where she leads the Burns Center for Social Change. She also founded Innovate US, a training program for public sector...
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The Remediation Cycle No Security Team Wants to Be Running
Most cloud security tools have a detection problem. They find misconfigurations well enough. The issue is what happens after — a ticket gets opened, someone works the queue, the fix goes in, and three weeks later the same misconfiguration is back because a different person on the team made the…
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Remote Hiring Opened the Talent Pool — and the Fraud Surface
Before COVID forced everyone out of the office, hiring for most companies was a pretty localized exercise. You posted the job, you interviewed whoever could physically show up, and you picked someone. If you were based in a mid-sized city, you hired from a mid-sized city talent pool. Remote work...
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The AI Risk Blind Spot Most Organizations Don’t Know They Have
Most organizations believe they have a solid handle on their AI risk. According to a new report, that confidence may be misplaced. ArmorCode partnered with the Purplebook community to survey more than 650 cybersecurity leaders to produce the State of AI Risk Management 2026 report. The results...
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The Attack Surface Changed but the Fundamentals Didn’t
Every few years, something comes along that reshapes the threat landscape and sends the industry scrambling for new tools, new frameworks, and new buzzwords. The perimeter died. Then it came back. Endpoints became the priority. Now they're not the whole story. Identity is the new battleground. AI...
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What the Breach Reveals That the Budget Never Did
There's a pattern that shows up in incident response work that nobody talks about in the vendor briefings. You bring in forensics after something goes wrong, and somewhere in that process, you find a tool — already deployed, already licensed, sometimes running for years — that had the data to…
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The Agentic AI Reckoning Nobody Saw Coming
I keep having versions of the same conversation. The names and logos change, but the underlying tension doesn't: organizations are deploying AI agents fast, they're deploying them into production, and a lot of them weren't ready when they did it. Monte Carlo's co-founder and CTO Lior Gavish…
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The Microsoft Enterprise Recovery Problem AI Can’t Fix
There's a moment in my conversation with Bob Bobel where he mentions that customers are having a harder time finding people who actually know Active Directory. Not cloud identity — the old on-premise stuff that most large organizations still run. Even if they've also got Entra ID and Office 365...
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When AI Agents Go Rogue the Problem Starts at Runtime
Every conversation I’ve had for the past couple of years has followed the same arc. First, it was generative AI. Then agentic AI. Now the question everyone is circling is how you actually secure agentic AI — and it turns out that’s a harder problem than most people expected. I sat down with Naor...
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The Browser Was Already a Problem – Now Add a Billion AI Agents
Fresh off RSAC 2026, I sat down with Ramin Farassat, Chief Product Officer at Menlo Security, to work through what agentic AI is actually doing to the enterprise attack surface. Menlo has spent 13 years focused specifically on browser security. The idea is that the browser, not the endpoint, not...
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Why Ransomware Should Be Getting Your Attention Again
Ransomware has been a persistent headline topic for years now. As a result, a lot of people have probably gotten numb to it. I know I had. It starts to feel like background noise — another attack, another breach, another company paying out. So when I sat down with Derek Manky, Chief Security...
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The Agentic AI Hype Is Real — But So Is the Confusion
Everyone is talking about agentic AI. And that's part of the problem. Over the last couple of years, the term has gone the way of every other buzzword in tech — slapped onto products and platforms regardless of whether it actually applies. Marketing departments are busy. As Adi Kuruganti, Chief…
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Why Cloud Still Feels Harder Than It Should Be
Cloud was supposed to make everything easier. In some ways, it absolutely has. You can spin up infrastructure in minutes, scale on demand, and deploy globally without ever touching a piece of hardware. That’s a massive shift from the days when a “deployment” meant racking servers and hoping you...
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Most Companies Are Still Just Playing With AI
Everybody's got an AI strategy. Every platform claims to be AI-powered. Every vendor deck has a slide about how their product uses machine learning to deliver transformative outcomes. Most of it is still theater. I had a conversation with David DeSanto, CEO at Anaconda, recently for the...
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Rethinking Cybersecurity For A World Of AI And Machine Identities
I spend a lot of time talking with people in cybersecurity. Founders, analysts, CISOs, researchers. One thing that comes up again and again is that the problem space keeps getting bigger. Not just more threats—more complexity. That’s really the thread running through my recent TechSpective…
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Who Do You Trust Online—And Why?
Trust on the internet used to be a fairly simple calculation. You looked for familiar names, recognizable brands, maybe a blue checkmark, and you made a judgment call. Today, that math often fails. AI has changed the game. Deepfakes are convincing. Entire personas can be spun up in minutes. Fraud...
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Why Identity Is the Key to AI-Driven Defense
If you’ve been following trends in cybersecurity and enterprise tech, you already know that AI has become more than a buzzword—it’s a foundational shift. What may surprise you, though, is just how central identity has become in that evolution. In the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I...
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Zero Trust, Real Talk: A Conversation with Dr. Chase Cunningham
How do you know your cybersecurity investments are actually making you safer? That’s the question at the heart of the latest TechSpective Podcast episode, where Dr. Chase Cunningham—better known to many as “Dr. Zero Trust”—joins me for an unfiltered, candid conversation about the state of modern...
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Algorithms, Thought Leadership, and the Future of Digital Influence
It’s getting harder to have a “normal” conversation about content, social media, or visibility anymore—mostly because the rules keep changing while you're still mid-sentence. Just a few years ago, you could create a blog post, optimize it for SEO, promote it on Twitter (back when it was still...
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Shadow AI, Cybersecurity, and the Evolving Threat Landscape
The cybersecurity landscape never sits still—and neither do the conversations I aim to have on the TechSpective Podcast. In the latest episode, I sit down with Etay Maor, Chief Security Strategist at Cato Networks and a founding member of Cato CTRL, the company’s cyber threats research lab. Etay...
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Agentic AI and the Art of Asking Better Questions
I’ve had a lot of conversations about AI over the past couple years—some insightful, some overhyped, and a few that left me questioning whether we’re even talking about the same technology. But every now and then, I get the opportunity to sit down with someone who not only understands the...
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Building Security for a World That’s Already Changed
There’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately: Are we prepared for what AI is about to expose in our organizations—not just technically, but operationally? In this episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sit down with Kavitha Mariappan, Rubrik’s Chief Transformation Officer, to unpack some of…
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Cybersecurity’s Quiet Revolution: What We’re Missing While Chasing the Hype
There’s something happening in cybersecurity right now that’s both exciting and a little disorienting. As generative and agentic AI take over headlines, conference keynotes, and investor decks, it’s easy to assume we’re on the verge of some great leap forward. The reality is more complicated—and...
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The Identity Problem No One Saw Coming—Until AI Exposed It
Every once in a while, a conversation forces you to stop and rethink something you thought you already understood. Recording this latest TechSpective Podcast episode with Semperis CEO Mickey Bresman did exactly that—and it has everything to do with how AI is quietly rewriting the rules of…
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Exploring the Future of Identity Security and Agentic AI
Every once in a while, I end up in a conversation that hits at exactly the right moment—when the industry is shifting, the vocabulary is changing, and everyone is quietly circling the same questions. This new episode of the TechSpective Podcast is one of those. Art Poghosyan, CEO and co-founder…
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From Polymorphic Attacks to Deepfakes: The Shifting Threat Landscape
One thing I’ve learned after years of covering cybersecurity is that the “state of the threat landscape” rarely sits still long enough to fit neatly into a headline. Every time you think you’ve understood the latest trend, something shifts under your feet. That’s part of the fun—and part of the...
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Why AI Agents Need Guardrails — And Why Everyone’s Talking About It
The latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast dives straight into one of the most pressing questions in cybersecurity right now: what happens when the vast majority of identities in your environment aren’t human anymore? I sat down with Danny Brickman, co-founder and CEO of Oasis Security, for a...
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From Alert Fatigue to Cyber Resilience: Rethinking the Future of the SOC with AI
Cybersecurity has a long memory—and an even longer list of recurring frustrations. Chief among them: alert fatigue. For as long as security teams have existed, they’ve been drowning in notifications, dashboards, and blinking red lights. Each new platform promises to separate signal from noise…
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Fighting Machines with Machines: How AI Is Redefining the SOC
Cybersecurity has always been a race against time—but in the era of artificial intelligence, it’s become a race against the machine. In this episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sit down with Ankur Singla, founder and CEO of Exaforce, to explore what it really means to build an AI-powered SOC.…
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When the Phish Leaves the Inbox
For years, phishing has been the king of cyberattacks. It’s simple, cheap, and it works. Most of us have learned to spot the obvious red flags in email—strange senders, misspelled domains, suspicious links. But the threat has started to evolve. And it’s moving to places where we’re far less...
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When Security Automation Meets Agentic AI
Security teams know the pressure all too well: attackers move faster, the attack surface expands every year, and the tools meant to protect enterprises often create more friction than clarity. Traditional SOAR platforms promised efficiency but often delivered complexity, inflexibility, and...
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Rethinking Cybersecurity in the Age of AI and Digital Twins
Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry, and cybersecurity is no exception. On the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I spoke with Kevin Simzer, COO of Trend Micro, about how generative and agentic AI are reshaping development and defense strategies. Kevin shared…
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The Evolving Face of Ransomware — and How We Can Stay Ahead of It
Ransomware has been part of the cybersecurity conversation for years, but if you think it’s yesterday’s problem, think again. The headlines might be dominated by AI these days, yet behind the scenes, ransomware continues to disrupt organizations of every size — from small businesses to...
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Why Data Must Be the Heart of Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity strategy has evolved over the years—first focusing on keeping the bad guys out, then on detecting and responding to threats faster, and now on cyber resilience and the notion of ensuring business continuity no matter what happens. In the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast,...
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Retail Under Fire: Why Hackers Love Shopping Season
When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking in binaries—good guys and bad guys, black hats and white hats, defenders and attackers. But the reality is far more complex, especially in an age where artificial intelligence is changing the rules for everyone, whether...
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Navigating Cybersecurity Complexity
The ever-expanding world of cybersecurity is full of big promises, bold claims, and—if we’re being honest—a lot of noise. As security leaders face mounting pressure to do more with less, it’s no longer enough to simply buy the newest tool or chase the latest trend. What organizations really need…
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Rethinking Cloud Security for the Evolving Threat Landscape
Cloud security is one of the most talked-about issues in cybersecurity today—but are we talking about the right things? In the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sat down with Cristian Rodriguez, Field CTO for the Americas at CrowdStrike, to explore the evolving landscape of cloud...
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Why Data Security Is the Real AI Risk
Artificial intelligence may be the headline, but data is the story. In this episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sat down with Todd Moore, VP of Data Security at Thales, to unpack the newly released 2025 Thales Data Threat Report. Our conversation explored the increasingly complicated...
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Why Being Bold Matters in Cybersecurity—and Branding
In a sea of sameness in the cybersecurity market, it’s easy to walk away feeling like every company says the exact same thing. “Autonomous.” “Agentic.” “AI-powered.” After a while, it all blends together. But every now and then, a brand cuts through the noise—not just because of a flashy event...
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A New Reality for Cybersecurity Collaboration
In the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast, Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer at Health-ISAC, joins me to dive into a timely and thought-provoking conversation on how cybersecurity collaboration is changing—especially when it comes to public and private sector relationships. For over a...
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Cybersecurity, Trust, and the Shifting Landscape of Government Oversight
How do you navigate a cybersecurity landscape where the threats are constantly evolving—and so is the government’s role in defending against them? I sat down with Jeff Man, a respected voice in cybersecurity and someone with deep roots in both the public and private sectors, to talk about this…
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Breach Ready: Rethinking Zero Trust and Lateral Movement Defense
Cybersecurity isn’t what it used to be—and that’s a good thing. In the latest episode of the TechSpective Podcast, I sat down with Sunil Muralidhar, Vice President of Marketing and Partnerships at ColorTokens, to explore how organizations are rethinking traditional security approaches and what it...
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The TechSpective Podcast brings together top minds in cybersecurity, enterprise tech, AI, and beyond to share unique perspective on technology—unpacking breakthrough trends like zero trust, threat intelligence, AI-enabled security, ransomware’s geopolitical ties, and more. Whether you’re an IT pro, security exec, or simply tech‑curious, each episode blends expert insight with real-world context—from microsegmentation strategies to the human side of cyber ethics. But we also keep it fun, sometimes riffing on pop‑culture debates like Star Wars vs. Star Trek or Xbox vs. PS—so it’s not all dry and serious.
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