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Episode 3.3 - CyberMarketingCon is coming. Be there.

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Episode 13.2 - Licensing AI use, part 2

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Episode 13.1 - Drivers licensing for AI use

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Episode 12.21 - Is AI destroying collaborative engineering

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Episode 12.20 - Cities make like shepherds and get the Flock out

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Episode 12.19 - I knew it was AI marketing BS!

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Episode 12.18 - So what's the deal with AI watermarks?

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12.17 - Getting back control of personal information

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Episode 12.16 - The totally avoidable shoulder-surfing vulnerability (sponsored by Haven

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Episode 12.15 - Fighting a Click-Fix attack for Small Businesses, Sponsored by Haven

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Episode 12.14 - Ian and Lou talk brighter times ahead

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Episode 12.13 -- Are we realizing AI can't replace humans?

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Episode 12.12 - Escape Meta's hellscape

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Episode 12.11 - The bad guys are in your smart TV. You can do something about it.

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Episode 12.10 - The problem of configuration drift with Reach Security

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Episode 12.9 - Data brokers and health care with Rob Shavell of Deleteme

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Episode 12.8 - Marketing misinformation

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Episode 12.7 - When scams are legal: a Chat with MirrorTab's Brian Silverstein

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Episode 12.6 - Reporter's Notebook on Breach Irrelevance

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Episode 12.5 - The Future of Truth, Stephen Rosenbaum

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Episode 12.4 - Forward, into the past: AI makes legacy media relevant again

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Episode 12.3 -- $500/m security with MirrorTab/Haven and DNSfllter

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Episode 12.2 - Putting AI and security into perspective

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Season 12.1 - Reporter's notebook: Orca Security, intro to CNAPP

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Episode 11.24 - Is the AI industry collapse beginning?

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Episode 11.23 - DROP and give me privacy! New California mechanism for deleting your records

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Episode 11.22 - A conversation with Claude: AI industry on a knife edge

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Episode 11.21 - Vibe coding losing it's shine, but we're trying it anyway

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Episode 11.20 - Will you miss CISA 2015 now that it's gone?

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Episode 11.19 -- Are you naive enough to fall for a ticket scam

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Episode 11.18 - Decentralization for many, not all

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Episode 11.17 - Decentralization and Sovereign Cloud Predictions

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Episode 11.16 - California Press Foundation: Saving journalism with tech

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Episode 11.15 - How to make proper predictions

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Episode 11.14 - Cheap marketing gets poor results

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Episode 11.13: Prediction failures, dysinformation, and affordable marketing

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Episode 11.12 - The will to market is weak in cyber training niche

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Episode 11.11 - The problem with proxies

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Episode 11.10 : Bolaji Ojo explains why companies should support journalism

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Episode 11.9 - Can AI survive? (Part Two)

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Episode 11.8 - Can AI survive? (part one)

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Episode 11.7 - Book Review: AI Made Easy for Parents

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Episode 11.6 - Making the case for winning the cyberwar

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Episode 11.5 - Giving up and accepting mediocrity for AI

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Episode 11.4: Coming attractions and how to bury the lede

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Episode 11.3 - Fixing the hole in Agentic AI

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Episode 11.2 - Separating fact from fiction in Deepfakes

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Episode 11.1 - Controlling access could help close Agentic AI security holes, but it's not security

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Episode 10.27 - Why some companies don't carry cyberinsurance

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Episode 10.26 - The rise of NHI and the impact of Predatory Sparrow

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Episode 10.25 - The degradation of tech PR

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Episode 10.24 - Q-Day? Meh. And a view on how M&A affects security

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Episode 10.23 - When reporters get fired... and hope from the insurance industry

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Episode 10:22 Ping and Identity Access Management in the AI age

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Episode 10:20b - Dale Hoak on understanding Zero Trust, redux

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Episode 10.21 - Netacea and stopping malicious bots

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Episode 10.19 - The "key" to security could be in your hands

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Episode 10.18 - Battle of the bots: stealing student aid

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Episode 10.17 - Bruce Schneier gives a stunning prediction on AI at RSAC Conference, and how deep risk goes

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Episode 10.16 - RSAC preview, Government doing good and bad PR

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Episode 10.15 - Divorce the orange git!

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Episode 10.14 - Encryption, Insurance and why you should care

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Episode 10.13 - The AI bubble and how it affects cybersecurity

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Episode 10.12 - Encryption is all around us, until it isn't

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Episode 10.11 - The problem with surveys

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Episode 10.10 - The X DDoS attack was avoidable, and it's not over

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Episode 10.9 - How bad marketing obscures the problems of deepfakes and identity theft

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Episode 10.7 - Bob Ackerman, Generative AI, and Universal Basic Income

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Episode 10.6 - DORA, Insurance and the state of international regulations

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Episode 10.8 - Phishing on the rise, but there is hope

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A reminder of where we come from

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Episode 10.5 - Lawyers and insurance companies stand firm on security

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Episode 10.4 - How moderation works (It ain't what you think)

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Episode 10.3 - James Bore on our fascination with shiny objects

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Episode 10.2 - Bye bye, Zuck

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Episode 10.1 - China, oligarchs and tradewars with Lou and Ian

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Episode 9.11 - Who do you Trust?

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Threat report for Thanksgiving week

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Episode 9.10 - Are consumers getting fed up with security?

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Episode 9.9 - The mental toll cause by AI

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Episode 9.8 - Top threat reports and a preview of what's coming

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Episode 9.7 - How to boost customer confidence in security

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Special episode: Threat reports for Nov 5

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Special episode: Top three threat reports for the week

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Episode 9.6 - FHE starts getting serious

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Special episode -Threat reports for October 21

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Episode 9.5 - Pig butchering: It's not just for breakfast

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Episode 9.4 - Digital tech is hitting the physical wall

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Episode 9.3 - AI and telemarkeing: Marriage from Hell?

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Episode 9.2 - Innocence is not a defense against online fraud

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Episode 9.1 - Getting serious about PQC

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Episode 8.23 - Fixing marketing in Tech

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Episode 8.22 - Social engineering affects nations

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Episode 8.21 - Have we reached peak ransomware? One lawyer's view

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Episode 8.20 - Crowdstrike: who's at fault?

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Episode 8.19 -- Are we losing the data war, Part 2

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Episode 8.18 -- Are we losing the data war? Part 1

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Journalism needs a kick in the a**

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Episode 8.17 - Elder fraud: bigger than you think and not how you think.

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Episode 8.16 - Avoiding election scams