Cybersecurity News & Analysis by Cyber Sidekicks - Your Weekly Update’

This week we have an in-depth discussion about post quantum cryptography (PQC), AI & digital sovereignty with Utimaco's CTO, Nils Gerhardt Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe....

In this episode we deep-dive into LevelBlue's announced plan to acquire Trustwave. We also have a great discussion with Wallarm's Tim Erlin about what's coming next in API Security. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode....

This week's guest is GitLab 's VP of Product Security Julie Davila We chat about AI, identity, trust in the context of the latest cybersecurity trends, as well as the best route into learning ice hockey!   Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in...

This week’s special guest Kayne McGladrey , (blog: kaynemcgladrey.com ), CISO-in-Residence at Hyperproof , outlines the business challenges that CISO's face, as we discuss new types of risk in daily threat management. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not...

Rory is off this week due to illness, so this episode is brought to you by two AI hosts who discuss some of our latest research and what services Richmond Advisory Group offers. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. Spea...

This week's guest - Ryan LaSalle, CEO of Human Threat Management solutions vendor Nisos - discusses how to identify human exposure, behavioral patterns, and adversarial intent, and protect your cybersecurity infrastructure. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that ar...

This week we discuss the future of penetration testing and AI in cybersecurity with NetSPI’s Principal AI Researcher Kurtis Shelton. Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link - https://www.speakpipe.com/Cyber_...

This week: The challenges of talent & recruitment in the security services sector and the state of the incident response market with Trustwave's Damian Archer . News about how AI Agents and Assistants are affecting Google , and Gitlab via Indirect Prompt Injection (IPI) attacks! Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leav...

THIS WEEK Verizon DBIR, AI Agents and the Future of Threat Intelligence with Special Guest Alex Pinto, Associate Director of Threat Intelligence at Verizon! NEWS EU Cybersecurity Agency ENISA Launches European Vulnerability Database Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share an...

Show Notes In an extended episode this week, we recap on who we met and what we saw at RSAC 2025! We also talk identity hygiene and AI Agents with Rosario Mastrogiacomo of SPHERE Technology Solutions Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the f...

LIVE FROM RSAC 2025 This week's episode was recorded live at RSAC 2025! For the first time we recorded using video: https://youtu.be/1LcUnxaJOaI We discuss some of our takeaways from the show - including trends, acquisition news, Agentic AI, and more. This week's special guests are: Mark Hughes, Global Managing Partner, Cybersecurity Services at IBM, and Jake Paulson, Deputy Head of IBM X-Force (H...

SHOW NOTES This week's Special Guest Our special guest this week is veteran cybersecurity expert Ed Martin , who leads the Product Management function for Microsoft Threat Intelligence. RSAC & Security Tinkerers Information on Pitch For Charity - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com Sponsor Okta’s website = https://www.okta.com Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would...

NEWS IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index AI Hallucinations Create a New Software Supply Chain Threat   RSA & Security Tinkerers Information on Pitch For Charity - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com Sponsors websites: Okta -  https://www.okta.com SentinelOne - https://www.sentinelone.com   Leave us a message! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? Y...

Episode Notes NEWS Google announces Google Unified Security (GUS) Oracle Faces Mounting Criticism as It Notifies Customers of Hack RSA & Security Tinkerers Further Information regarding Pitch For Charity - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com https://www.okta.com Leave us a message! Do you want to leave some feedback and suggestions? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any tha...

Episode Notes AI SECURITY SURVEY RESULTS PREVIEW Richmond Advisory Group has surveyed 300 US-based security professionals regarding their use and planned adoption of AI Security tools. We preview some of the results in this episode... If you would like to learn more, please contact either Christina or Rory via the links below! NEWS Google DeepMind Unveils Framework to Exploit AI’s Cyber Weaknesses...

S1 EPISODE#10 - SHOW NOTES SEND US A MESSAGE! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link NEWS Microsoft Warns of New StilachiRAT Malware Legacy Medical Devices Remain Easy Targets for Ransomware THIS WEEK'S GUEST This week’s speci...

Episode Notes SPECIAL EPISODE This week is devoted to a deep-dive discussion about Google's announcement that it plans to acquire Wiz for $32 billion ...! The news has been reported extensively (like... everywhere), so we take a deeper dive into what may (or may not) be behind the move, what it means for Google, its cybersecurity strategy and more... Links to some additional sources we reference:...

Episode Notes NEWS New CCA Jailbreak Method Works Against Most AI Models New Polymorphic Attack That Mimics Any Chrome Extension Installed On The Browser THIS WEEK'S GUEST We had a great chat with Josh Ray , Founder & CEO of Blackwire Labs! RSA LATEST RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco We’ll be there! Reach out if you would like to meet us Vendors: we are always happ...

Episode Notes NEWS Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason Shocking? Or not really a surprise? In an open letter to clients, partners, trustees, CEO Eric Harmon announced on Friday 7th March that Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason, following the announcement in November 2024. Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies Japanese telecommunication ser...

Episode Notes Welcome to Episode #6! Today we talk about cyber cruising, the challenges of early advantage in AI and security; GenZ privacy & security concerns;  as well as the perils of having raccoons in your kitchen. SPECIAL GUEST This week, we chat with Allan Alford , Senior Vice President of Information Security at NTT Global Datacenters NEWS Apple removes iCloud end-to-end encryption in...

Episode #5 Show Notes Hello! Episode #5 continues our chats with cybersecurity practitioners, this week with Adriana Duarte, a SIEM Engineer with NDM Technologies based in Spokane, WA. An MSP and MSSP, NDM Technologies specialises in application software, cloud computing, data center, networking, security, storage, unified communication, virtualization, and managed services. Christina and I also h...

Episode Notes TODAY’S GUEST We’re very happy to have George Werbacher , Director of Information Security at Live Oak Bank on the show. We had a wide-ranging discussion, but George summed-up the challenge of dealing with the continuing emergence of new technologies: “The existential crisis from a security standpoint is going to be, are we going to let all this transformative stuff take away our att...

Episode Notes A special episode this week where we are joined by a special guest: Adam Brennick , Director of Security, Risk and Compliance at Cockroach Labs. We talk about a bunch of different cyber-related things including DeepSeek (again!); the challenge of keeping up with technology development and security threats; advice from Adam on where to learn about - and be kept informed about - what's...

Episode Notes NEWS Our trailer gained us some attention! Cyber Sidekicks was briefly at #4 in the Apple Podcasts Technology section in… Hungary! For our Hungarian listeners out there: Köszönöm, hogy meghallgattál !!!! DeepSeek'ing Missile? Open source Chinese AI model causes waves in the US tech industry. We have a long discussion. Christina attended a LaunchPad INW event last where DeepSeek was t...

Episode Notes Episode #1 of Cyber Sidekicks - your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today. Hosted by Christina Richmond & Rory Duncan, Principal Analysts with Richmond Advisory Group https://www.richmondadvisorygroup.com/ In this episode we cover: NEWS Trellix CEO Bryan Palmer steps down Conduen...