InfoSec to Insanity

Recorded Live on YouTube: Thursday, September 11, 2025 – 9:00 PM CT This week on InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive headfirst into a problem that’s bigger than firewalls, frameworks, or fancy AI tools—our obsession with short-term thinking. Inspired by Evan’s latest blog post, We’re Addicted to Short-Term Thinking (And It’s Screwing Us All), we’ll break down how chasing the n...

Streamed live on Sep 4, 2025 In this episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre are back with Part 5 of the Accountability in Cybersecurity is Broken series: Selling Fear – Why the Cybersecurity Industry Loves the Chaos. Confusion sells. Simplicity doesn’t. And that’s not an accident—it’s a business model. Too many vendors, “experts,” and even practitioners are getting rich off of fear, uncertainty,...

Part 4 of the “Accountability in Cybersecurity is Broken” series - Recorded LIVE August 21, 2025 on YouTube . Every breach is a gold mine—but not for the victims. In this episode, Evan Francen (30+ year InfoSec badass) and Matt strip away the shiny headlines to expose the ugly truth: when cyber disasters strike, lawyers strike the jackpot. We’re unpacking how class-action lawsuits have turned cybe...

Accountability in Cybersecurity Is Broken, Part 3 – “Cybersecurity Doesn’t Win Elections: So Politicians Don’t Give a Sh*t” Cybersecurity doesn’t win votes—so politicians don’t care. That political apathy leaves CEOs, boards, and tech giants free to make terrible security decisions with no real accountability. In this episode, Evan Francen (30+ year veteran, co-founder of FRSecure & SecuritySt...

Part 2: It’s Not Real Until It Hurts Cybersecurity doesn’t change because we know better . It changes because someone bleeds. Not until the breach is splashed across headlines. Not until patients are turned away mid-surgery. Not until your CEO’s kid finds their identity on the dark web.   In Part 2 of our six-part series, Accountability in Cybersecurity is Broken , Evan Francen (30+ years of cyber...

Get ready—this isn’t your typical cybersecurity rant: In Part 1: Is It Really Broken?, Evan lays down the truth: accountability in cybersecurity is broken badly and has been for a long time. We’ve confused responsibility (doing the work) with accountability (owning the fallout when it fails)—and that’s where the mess starts. In this episode, Evan and Matt unpack: Why responsibility ≠ accountabilit...

📅 Recorded Live on YouTube: July 17, 2025 • 8 PM CT Based on: “Leading With Vulnerability” — Entry #10 of the Mental Health Without the Bullsht series ( https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/27/le... ) We’ve been sold a lie: that leaders must be bulletproof—always confident, always composed, never showing cracks. In this episode, Evan tears that mask off. He shares raw, real experiences about faking in...

Recorded LIVE on July 10, 2025 ( https://www.youtube.com/@evanfrancenproject ) Based on: “ Masculinity and Mental Health ” — Entry #9 in the Mental Health Without the Bullsht series In this episode, Evan and Matt cut through the crap and tear down toxic masculinity. We’re talking about the conditioning that says real men don’t cry, don’t ask for help, and must suffer in silence. Evan gets raw and...

📅 Recorded Live on June 26, 2026 @ 9 PM CT on YouTube In this next-level continuation of our Mental Health Without the Bullsh*t series, we’re diving deeper into what real support looks like—not just therapy or self-care lip service, but the kind of help that actually sticks. Drawing from Evan’s raw and vulnerable blog post ( https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/23/real-help-looks-like/ ) , and the 8th...

📅 Recorded LIVE on YouTube – Thursday, June 19th @ 9PM CT 🔗 https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/20/healing-isnt-linear/ In this brutally honest episode of InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive into a truth we don’t talk about enough—healing isn’t a straight line. Whether it’s healing from burnout, trauma, failure, addiction, or the everyday wear and tear of life in information sec...

SPECIAL GUEST: John Harmon, CEO FRSecure They’re the ones who always show up.  Always have the answers. Always say, “I’m good.” And they might be the ones hurting the most. In this deeply personal episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre shine a light on something we all overlook: the silent suffering of the strong ones — the leaders, the fixers, the ones who never ask for help. Based on Evan’s blo...

Burnout isn’t always a breakdown. Sometimes it looks like working late, smiling in meetings, answering emails at 2am — and slowly falling apart behind the scenes. In this episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dig into the real face of burnout — the version that’s high-functioning, hidden, and happening to more of us than we’d like to admit. Based on Evan’s blog post, “ Burnout Looks Different Th...

Streamed live on May 29, 2025 #Addiction #Burnout #MentalHealth When we hear the word addiction, we think of needles, bottles, and rehab. But what if the most dangerous addictions are the ones we don’t even recognize? In this raw and revealing episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre take on the addictions we normalize — workaholism, chaos, constant stimulation, toxic relationships, tech dependency...

In this brutally honest and deeply personal episode, Evan Francen and co-host Matt Goodacre dive headfirst into the chaos, creativity, and constant mental noise of living with ADHD — especially in a nonstop, hyper-connected world like ours. Based on Evan’s blog post, “The ADHD Mind in a 24/7 World”, this conversation explores: What it really feels like to have an ADHD brain in cybersecurity How th...

We all know someone who seems to have it together. They’re high-performing, always reliable, maybe even admired. But beneath the surface, they’re barely holding it together. In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity , Evan Francen and co-host Matt Goodacre dive into the brutal reality of high-functioning depression and anxiety, especially in high-stress careers like cybersecurity. Based on Evan’s dee...

In this deeply personal episode, Evan Francen and co-host Matt Goodacre confront the often-ignored mental health crisis within the cybersecurity industry. Drawing from Evan’s recent blog post ( https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/02/we... , they discuss the hidden struggles faced by professionals in a field where admitting vulnerability is often seen as a weakness.  What’s Inside: The pervasive cultu...

In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive into the winding, messy, and sometimes hilarious journey of figuring out what the hell you’re actually built for in life. Spoiler: it’s probably not what your high school guidance counselor told you.  Live from a cruise ship (yep, really), Evan shares a powerful conversation with an older couple that sparked this episode’s...

In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we dive headfirst into the explosive story shaking the cybersecurity and legal worlds—the FBI investigation into Mark Lanterman, a high-profile cyber forensic expert who’s worked on over 2,000 cases. How did someone with that much influence—and trust—end up under federal scrutiny? What does this say about our industry’s obsession with credentials over charac...

Two decades deep into the “War on Terror” and guess what? We’re still footing the bill—and it’s not just in dollars. It’s in surveillance, silence, and the slow death of civil liberties. In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we’re digging into what we’ve really lost since 9/11. From the Patriot Act’s shady legacy to the mass surveillance that makes Orwell look like an optimist, we’re pulling zer...

Why do massive security failures happen—and nobody gets held accountable? In this raw and unfiltered episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we’re diving headfirst into the Accountability Vacuum that plagues the cybersecurity industry. Breaches keep happening. Sensitive data keeps leaking. Companies issue statements, pay fines (sometimes), and move on… but the people responsible? They skate. Join us as we...

The security industry is flooded with paper tigers—people who look the part, talk the talk, but can’t actually do the damn job. We’ve all seen them. The security “leaders” who push policies they don’t understand. The certification collectors who crumble when real shit hits the fan. The compliance jockeys who think checking a box is the same as being secure. In this episode, we’re diving deep into...

Cybersecurity is full of half-truths, marketing BS, and outright LIES that have misled businesses, security pros, and the general public for decades. In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we’re calling out the biggest offenders, exposing why they persist, and serving up a reality check that the industry desperately needs. 🔥 Some of the biggest lies we’ll be tearing apart: ✅ "Compliance = Secur...

Leadership in InfoSec is broken—hell, leadership in general is broken. Too many so-called "leaders" are just in the way, making things harder instead of actually leading. In this episode, we break down what REAL leadership looks like and why sometimes the best thing a leader can do… is GTFO of the way. Joining us for this no-BS conversation is Oscar Minks, President of FRSecure—one of the best lea...

Join Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre for a brutally honest, no-BS recording of InfoSec to Insanity! This episode tackles the original sin of cybersecurity—the fact that security was never built into technology from the start. From the early days of computing to the modern mess we deal with today, we'll break down why security was always an afterthought, how that led to the broken industry we have n...

In Episode #22, we dive into the chaotic and dysfunctional state of the current cybersecurity job market. Inspired by Evan Francen's no-holds-barred blog post on the topic, we explore the absurdity of job postings, unrealistic hiring expectations, and the relentless grind faced by both job seekers and employers. From gatekeeping madness to the never-ending "5 years of experience in a 2-year-old te...