ISF Podcast

In this episode, Steve speaks with a guest whose focus includes human culture, behavior, and storytelling: singer/songwriter and activist Sir Bob Geldof, lead singer of the Boomtown Rats and founding member of Band Aid, famous for raising money for Ethiopian famine relief. Steve and Sir Bob discuss the effect of the Covid19 pandemic on creativity, the political turmoil facilitated by rapidly advan...

Today Steve speaks with writer and researcher Brigid Schulte, author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play When No One Has the Time . Formerly an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine, and part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Schulte is a global speaker on time, productivity, leisure, an...

Today, Steve is in conversation with Dr. Hannah Fry, associate professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, and a researcher in the patterns of human behaviour, particularly in an urban setting. In this conversation, Steve and Hannah discuss the challenge and imperative of communicating across demographics with simplicity and clar...

Today, Steve is in conversation with philosopher, author, and speaker Anders Indset . Steve and Anders discuss the importance of leaders engaging in what he calls a “self audit,” having the strength and courage to get vulnerable, the importance of listening, and more. Mentioned in this episode: Arne Næss Lofoten The Social Dilemma Read the transcript for this episode Subscribe to the ISF Podcast w...

As the ISF Podcast enters its fifth year of production, we’re celebrating with a listen back to some of the timeless insights our guests have shared over the past few years. Featured in this episode: Col. Chris Hadfield Dr. Mary Aiken Dr. Ann Cavoukian James Arroyo OBE Christopher Frenz Reggie Butler Nicholas Witchell Dr. VS Subrahmanian Will Houston Jon Fisher Sherina Edwards Read the transcript...

Producer Tavia Gilbert talks to ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin about what we’ve gained and lost from altering our workplaces and our workflows during the pandemic; how heads of enterprises can support their teams throughout this unprecedented period of change; the difference between good leadership and great leadership; and more. Today’s episode marks the beginning of our podcast’s fifth year...

Do you want to know how innovative leaders are guiding their enterprises through unprecedented global upheaval? How visionary executives hold themselves accountable to the values that guide their business? And how personal responsibility for safeguarding security can infuse corporate culture at ever level? Welcome to the ISF Podcast, bringing you cutting-edge conversation, tailored to CISOs, CTOs,...

Cyber Resiliency in a defining moment in history Episode 1: Cyber Resilience - Reaping the Benefits Steve Durbin, Managing Director, ISF William Beer, Member of the ISF USA planning team Recorded 14th July 2020  30 mins In this first episode of our CISO series, William and Steve explore how despite the unexpected, complex and far-reaching implications of COVID-19, the verdict is clear – planning p...

We’ve been encouraged to embrace IoT for its convenience and its integration into our daily lives. But what happens when the Internet of Things bites back?  In today’s ISF podcast, ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin and podcast host Tavia Gilbert brings you the third episode in a series focusing on Threat Horizon 2022: When digital and physical worlds collide. In the series so far, Steve has explo...

“Highly connected ecosystems of digital devices will enable organisations to harvest, repurpose, and indeed sell sensitive behavioural data about consumers without their consent, with attackers having the potential to then target and compromise poorly secured systems and databases at will.” In today’s ISF Podcast, we bring you the second episode in a series focusing on Threat Horizon 2022: Digital...

“So the real challenge I think that we have to face up to here is that organizations are simply not going to be able to disentangle the digital from the physical. And they will be forced to respond to this growing blend of threats from new technologies, people, and indeed nature.” We are heading into an era, unlike anything we've ever seen before. Digital and physical worlds are on an irreversible...

“I think there are two different concerns here, right? There's an infrastructure issue, period, regardless of the pandemic. And then, of course, there's the additional pressure and increased precautions needed to address this current crisis that we're in.” In today’s ISF Podcast, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF is joined by Sherina Edwards, Partner at Quarles and Brady LLP. Sherina is a...

"I do think actually that one of the positive outcomes from COVID-19 will be that people will perhaps realise that the human element, the natural element, has a probably more significant role to play in society than technology. Technology should only ever be a tool. And I do wonder what the world will be like post-COVID-19." In this week's podcast, ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin and ISF Podcas...

"The reason why it was so hard to get a settlement of this size wasn't because Facebook was worried that if they lost $550 million, it would hurt them. They can pay the 550. What they were worried about was setting some sort of precedent where now this is the price for privacy violations, and that's what we're fighting so hard for" In this episode, ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin speaks with Ja...

"Everything is connected, from the protocols that we use to advise and educate parents in terms of how their children interact with technology, all the way through to hard-core cyber criminal activity. It's connected." In this ISF Podcast, Cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken sits down with ISF Managing Director Steve Durbin to discuss the difference between cyberspace and real life, whether or not hum...

"Then there's what I call the day after tomorrow. New ideas, new technologies, new innovations, new challenges, new players, new business models that can really change the nature of the game that you're in. And how much time do you as companies or leaders think about today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." In this week's ISF Podcast, Peter Hinssen, serial entrepreneur, best selling author, ke...

"I think it's about understanding how you combat the remote element, how you provide advice and guidance to people about what they should be doing, how they should be working." The COVID-19 outbreak has turned many regular office goers and commuters into home workers. They have been thrust into an environment that can pose novel risks for both staff and their employers.  In today's Podcast, ISF Ma...

"Reputation is everything. If you lose some money, then that's bad, it's worse if you lose personal data, people's personal data, and then they're subject to cyber attacks. That's really bad. But you can make restitution for that. If you lose your reputation, you've lost everything." In this week's ISF Podcast, James Arroyo OBE, Director of the Ditchley Foundation, sits down with ISF Managing Dire...

"Threat Horizon is there to try to identify upcoming threats so that we are forewarned and forearmed. And what the ISF has always done with that Threat Horizon is try to pull out issues, yes, at the basic security level, but also then say, what does this actually mean from a business standpoint? And what does a business, an organization need to do in order to avoid some of those threats, mitigate...

"It requires persistence of professionalism. A recognising that even if I'm great at this, there are still ways for failure to happen, for it to rear its ugly head. You have to build an ever-increasing base of readiness to deal with things going wrong, readiness for failure." In this week's special ISF Podcast, Colonel Chris Hadfield, decorated astronaut, engineer and pilot, sits down with ISF Man...

"In today's modern way of doing business, when cyber breaches and information security make or break an organisation, there is an increased need for company structure and better use of technology."  Organisations focus most of their efforts on meeting strategic and financial targets. However, the board and security leaders need to be aware that this is when cybercriminals are most likely strike –...

“One of the criticisms around all this is that the cost of creating a cyber-resilient organisation might on the surface appear excessive. That is until a cyber crisis occurs.” In this week’s podcast, we bring you the fifth and final episode in a series focusing on forecast 2020: the global security threat outlook.  Throughout the series, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF, has discussed th...

“The geopolitical area is set to remain fairly complex. I would also say sort of turbulent and fragile as the US and China battle it out for global dominance” In this week’s podcast, we bring you the fourth episode in a series focusing on Forecast 2020: the global security threat outlook. Throughout the series, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF, has discussed the race for technology domin...

“Cybercrime is certainly an entrepreneurial growth business. There’s no getting away from it and the arrest rate is very low. So, unfortunately, cybercrime does pay” In this week’s podcast, we bring you the third episode in a series focusing on Forecast 2020: the global security threat outlook. Throughout the series, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of the ISF, has discussed the race for technology...

“So much of our critical data is now held in the cloud. Whether we put it there as individuals or organisations have put it there on our behalf. And that opens even more opportunity for cybercriminals.” In this week’s podcast, we will be bringing the second episode in a series focusing on Forecast 2020: The Global Security Threat Outlook. In the previous episode, Steve Durbin, Managing Director of...