Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast

May 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 5.18.2023) Hot Topics: Cisco IOS vulnerabilities and UQAM’s 2023 Report on geopolitical cyber incidents. Spotlight: Amber Borgersen, Product Manager for IBM Security's Threat Management functionalities - the QRadar Suite, discusses “SIEM is dead! Or is it…?”

April 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 04.19.2023 in front of a live audience at Esterel Resort, Quebec Canada) Panelists: Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Byron Acohido (lastwatchdog.com), VG CEO Patrick Naoum, Co-Founders of NaviLogic Bill Strub and Bob Bennett, and VG’s Sr. Director Cybersecurity and host of the show, Marco Estrela. Hot Topics: Topic 1:  Article title: Six arrested in Qu...

March 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 03.16.2023) Hot Topics: Multi Factor Authentication Blind Spots, T-Mobile's Security Breach (API Attack vector), TikTok ban (US & Canada governments), Return of IceFire Ransomware. Sponsor/Spotlight: Branden Williams, VP of IAM Strategy at Ping Identity: "Fostering Collaboration to Build Trust in an Untrustworthy World. This is a recording of an eve...

Hot Topics: Mortgage Broker 8Twelve’s leak (where everything went wrong), Reddit cyberattack, AI in the wrong hands, and clickbait article of the month: “Cyber Apocalypse 2023: Is The World Heading For A ‘Catastrophic’ Event”. Spotlight Speaker & Sponsor: Mike Britton, CISO for Abnormal Security (sponsor), brings guest customer Joel Godbout, Cybersecurity Manager at PCL Construction, to discus...

Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends. This episode is a special "Year In Review" featuring 7 panelists talking the most memorable 2022 cybersecurity hacks and events, followed by their wishes and predictions for 2023. This event originally aired on 1/19/2023. To join future Behind the Shield events and ask your questions live, visit www.virtualguardian.com/event.

Monthly cybersecurity podcast from Virtual Guardian experts and friends.  Hot Topics: Empire, Maple Leaf Foods breach; Ransomware attack on Boeing; Twitter verified users; Breaches across Australia; LockBit ransomware mastermind arrested. Spotlight by OVHcloud: Hyper Resilience and the Future of Data Centers.

Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. Spotlight on "Zero Trust" with speaker Brad Stocking of IBM Security.

The Virtual Guardians are back! Hot Topics include: 18 year old hacks Uber, Sephora's fine under the CCPA, and the summer attacks in Quebec on big targets like Bombardier, The National Research Institute, The City of Laval, Bell Technical Solutions, and Montmorency College. September's Spotlight is by Halcyon . Speaker Chris Vincent, Senior VP of Go-To Market Strategy, talks "The Truth About Ranso...

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Come behind the shield and inside our cyber war room for a breakdown of the world’s latest cybersecurity events! After Hot Topics, the  spotlight is on Tim Chase (Field CISO, Lacework): Secure Your Cloud: First Easy Steps. This is an encore presentation of Behind the Shield. Enjoy it live every month: Register at virtualguardian.com/event .

The Virtual Guardians take you behind the shield for a breakdown of the world’s latest cybersecurity events. Thank you to our June critical and spotlight sponsor: Jane Arnett of Check Point . Learn more about Behind the Shield and register for a future live event. This is a recording from the live webinar on 6/16/22.

The Virtual Guardians take you behind the shield for a breakdown of the world’s latest cybersecurity events. Thank you to our May critical and spotlight sponsor: NaviLogic . Learn more about Behind the Shield and register for a future live event. This is a recording from the live webinar on 5/19/22.