Tom Barter

Pressure Zone a podcast by Hack The Box

Technology EN ↓ 3 episodes

Pressure Zone is a game-driven cybersecurity podcast where CISOs and executives are placed inside escalating, realistic risk scenarios that mirror the complexity of today's cyber leadership. Each rung requires the guest to make a decision under pressure, explain the rationale, and translate the impact into business terms, just as they would with a board, CEO, or executive team. The episode unfolds as a structured game, creating an engaging format that reveals authentic leadership judgment, tradeoffs, and security insight without feeling like a traditional interview or sales pitch. Each episode...

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Tom Barter

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The Innovation Blindspot 08.07.2026 31:03

Securing a vital funding round relies entirely on launching an AI-driven global logistics platform within 48 hours. However, a final validation sweep reveals a devastating anomaly: the integrated third-party model is hallucinating security roles and treating unauthenticated guest users as root administrators. In this live decision simulation, host Christine Bartlett drops veteran tech leader Mar...

The Glass Room 24.06.2026 28:36

A breakthrough patent forty-eight hours from launch. An industry gala celebration. A hidden corporate espionage operation extracting core proprietary secrets over a glass of bubbly champagne. In this second episode of Pressure Zone , host Christine Bartlett puts veteran security leader Brian Markham straight into a fast-moving cybersecurity scenario where every decision raises the stakes. What beg...

The Poison Pill 09.06.2026 23:52

The Poison Pill A $50 million acquisition. A final code review. A hidden logic bomb buried deep inside the target company’s core database architecture. In this episode of Pressure Zone , host Christine Bartlett puts Hack The Box founder and CEO Haris Pylarinos into a fast-moving cybersecurity scenario where every decision raises the stakes. What begins as a suspicious discovery inside an acquisiti...