Follow the White Rabbit - IT Security Podcast - English Edition

A security analyst experimented with a public AI, meticulously crafting malware capable of evading detection. This wasn't done by a nation state or a criminal gang; it was Northwave, a Dutch cybersecurity firm. Their CTO, Christiaan Ottow, a former ethical hacker, oversaw the experiment. In this episode of Follow the White Rabbit, Kofi Osae-Attah talks with Christiaan about the experiment's findin...

Right now, everyone's selling AI-powered security operations. The pitch sounds great: faster detection, smarter triage, and less noise. However, if your logging is disorganized, your playbooks don't exist, and no one is responsible for the process, AI won't improve your SOC. It'll just make it faster at doing the wrong thing. In this episode of Follow the White Rabbit, Link11 CISO Kofi Osae-Attah...

Most security teams are having the AI conversation about faster phishing, smarter malware, and automated attacks. However, a larger shift is occurring that barely makes it onto SOC dashboards. AI is now being used to industrialize disinformation on a scale no human-run operation could ever match. There are millions of AI agents, with no upper limit on volume, and the public can't tell what's real...

North Korea is infiltrating Fortune 500 companies with fake employees. They create authentic LinkedIn profiles, excel in remote interviews, collect salaries, and secretly steal intellectual property, cryptocurrency, and system access. This isn't a future threat. It's happening right now across more than 40 countries. In this episode of Follow the White Rabbit, Link11 ISO Kofi Osae-Attah sits down...

In this episode of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah sits down with Luigi Rebuffi, founder of the European Cybersecurity Organization (ECSO) and the Women4Cyber Foundation, for a deep dive. Drawing on his 40-year background in nuclear engineering, Luigi challenges the industry to move beyond digital resilience, which he views as a static buzzword, toward a more holistic, systemic approach to...

In this episode of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah is joined by Erlend Andreas Gjære, co-founder and CEO of Secure Practice. Together, they debunk the common misconception that "people are the weakest link." Erlend argues that, with the right focus, the human element can be an organization’s greatest asset. He believes this shift requires a change in focus from basic security awareness to...

In this episode of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah sits down with Luigi Lenguito, the CEO and co-founder of BforeAI, for an in-depth discussion about the revolutionary field of predictive security. Luigi explains his "Pre-Crime" philosophy, which shifts the cybersecurity posture from "assume breach" and reactive threat detection to a model of preemptive measures that identifies malicious i...

In this episode of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah sits down with Octavia de Weerdt, the general director of NBIP. They discuss the pervasive rise of botnets and the invisible digital threats lurking in our living rooms. Octavia explains how our digital infrastructure, which we take pride in for its high-speed connectivity and smart home ecosystems, has become a double-edged sword. As we e...

In the first episode of the English edition of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah sits down with Sabika Ishaq, the chief information security officer (CISO) at Grant Thornton Luxembourg and president of Women4Cyber Luxembourg. Together, they explore the front lines of financial security, revealing why trust is the ultimate currency and how the "human factor" is both our greatest vulnerability...

In this episode of Follow the Rabbit, host Kofi Osae-Attah welcomes Lili Guo, the CISO and partner at Modelverse. Together, they discuss the delicate balance between automation and human intuition in cybersecurity. Lili shares her experience transitioning from the "dark ages" of 100-page Word documents and endless Excel spreadsheets to establishing functional digital infrastructures. She emphasize...