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Security You Should Know

What if you could get a no-nonsense look at security solutions in just 15 minutes? Security You Should Know, the latest podcast from the CISO Series, does just that. Hosted by Rich Stroffolino, each episode brings together one security vendor and two security leaders to break down a real-world problem and the solution trying to fix it. Expect straight answers on:How to explain the issue to your CEOWhat the solution actually does (and doesn't do)How the pricing model worksThen, our security leaders ask the tough questions to see what sets this vendor apart. Subscribe now and and stay ahead of t...

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Jun 15, 2026

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Episodes

Elevating the SOC with Prophet Security 15.06.2026

In this episode, Grant Oviatt , vp of product and co-founder at Prophet Security , explains how his platform deploys AI agents to investigate and respond to alerts the way a skilled analyst would, using REST API integrations across existing security tools rather than absorbing all your data into another SIEM. Joining him are Will Gregorian , CISO at Galileo Medical , and Howard Holton , CEO at Gig...

Securing AI Agents with CompFly AI 08.06.2026

In this episode, Venkat Siva , co-founder and CEO at CompFly AI , explains how his platform gives security, engineering, and business teams a control plane for autonomous AI agents across their full lifecycle. CompFly discovers agents, assigns each one a verifiable distributed identity, runs adversarial and safety simulations before launch, enforces deterministic policies at runtime through a gate...

Automating Offensive Security with XBOW 01.06.2026

In this episode,  Nico Waisman , CISO at  XBOW , explains how XBOW uses autonomous AI agents to run continuous, incremental penetration testing without triggering false-positive avalanches or taking down production systems. Joining him are  Jacob Combs , CISO at Tandem Diabetes Care, and  Davi Ottenheimer , president at  Flying Penguin . Want to know: Why can't traditional pen tests keep up with m...

Rethinking Tabletops with Reflex Security 18.05.2026

In this episode,  Cassio Goldschmidt , co-founder and CTO at  Reflex Security , explains how Reflex replaces static, script-driven tabletops with adaptive AI-driven simulations that fight back, measure real human behavior under pressure, and surface the gaps that scripted exercises never reach. Joining him are  Nick Espinosa , host of the nationally syndicated  Deep Dive Radio Show , and  Jay Wils...

Securing Mobile Apps with Guardsquare 11.05.2026

In this episode, Ryan Lloyd , Chief Product Officer at Guardsquare , explains how the platform combines code obfuscation, runtime integrity checks, and real-time threat monitoring to secure mobile apps at the binary level, integrated directly into the CI/CD pipeline. Joining him are TC Niedzialkowski , Head of IT & Security at Opendoor , and Montez Fitzpatrick , CISO at Navvis . Want to know: Why...

Verifying Identities with Trusona 04.05.2026

In this episode, Ori Eisen , founder and CEO at Trusona , makes a case for getting out of the AI detection arms race entirely. He argues that trying to catch AI-generated fakes with AI detection is the antivirus playbook, and we know how that ends. Trusona instead anchors verification to authoritative sources, DMV records and physical-world signals, things AI can mimic on screen but can't actually...

Transitioning to Quantum-Safe Encryption with enQase 16.03.2026

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode, Raj Patil , CTO at enQase , explains how enQase's full-stack platform helps enterprises implement quantum-safe security through a structured, integrated approach. This covers everything from cryptographic asset discovery and governance to out-of-band key generation for network appliances, without requiring organizations to rip and...

Solving GRC Complexity with Anecdotes 23.02.2026
Operationalizing Threat Intelligence with Recorded Future 09.02.2026

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode,  Jamie Zajac , Chief Product Officer at  Recorded Future , explains how autonomous threat operations can close this gap by automatically deploying intelligence across security controls at machine speed. Joining him are  Dan Holden , CISO at  Commerce , and  Arvin Bansal , CISO at  C&S Wholesale Grocers . Want to know: Why do organi...

Getting Visibility into AI Usage with Harmonic Security 02.02.2026

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode,  Alastair Paterson , CEO and co-founder at Harmonic Security , explains how Harmonic Protect addresses these challenges by securing workforce AI adoption through browser-based visibility, endpoint agents, and MCP gateways. Joining him are Ross Young, co-host at CISO Tradecraft , and Johna Till Johnson , CEO and founder at Nemertes....

Unifying Detection and Response with Athena Security 26.01.2026

In this episode, Peter Worth , founder, president, and CEO at Athena Security , explains how their security operations platform addresses these challenges through unified detection and response. Joining him are Jason Taule , CISO at Luminous Health , and Will Gregorian , head of security at Galileo Medical . Want to know: Why are security teams still struggling with alert fatigue despite decades o...

Bridging the Cloud Security Gap with Trend Micro 12.01.2026

In this episode,  Franz Fiorim , field CTO at  Trend Micro , explains how  Trend Vision One  consolidates multiple cloud security tools across AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud to streamline management, automate controls, and reduce integration overhead. Joining him are  Nick Espinosa , host of the  Deep Dive Radio Show , and  Jason Shockey , CSO at  Cenlar FSB . Want to know: Why d...

Stopping Lateral Movement with Zero Networks 05.01.2026

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode,  Benny Lakunishok , co-founder and CEO at  Zero Networks , explains how their automated approach to microsegmentation addresses these challenges by putting a network bubble around every asset, from clients and servers to OT devices and cloud resources, without requiring agents or breaking existing environments. Joining him are  Sha...

Verifying Identity with Incode Technologies 01.12.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Traditional identity systems authenticate credentials and devices, but they can't verify who's actually behind them. Attackers use AI-generated IDs and deepfake videos to pass background checks, then clone voices to reset MFAs at the help desk. Identity has become the primary attack surface, and existing IAM platforms still trust the human layer fa...

Securing Application Delivery with Island 17.11.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series . Modern application security has become a tangled mess of VPNs, proxies, DLP, CASBs, and remote browser tools—all creating friction for users and security teams alike. The root issue? Browsers were built for consumers, not enterprise security, forcing organizations to pile on complexity that undermines both protection and performance. In this episo...

Optimizing Access Management with Imprivata 03.11.2025

Watch our demo with Imprivata on our site. In this episode,  Chip Hughes , chief product officer at Imprivata , explains how the company addresses shared access management challenges with specialized solutions that prioritize both security and user experience. Joining him are Kathleen Mullin , former CISO at MyCareGorithm, and Howard Holton , CEO at GigaOm . Want to know: Why does shared access ma...

Securing Your Attack Path with SpecterOps 27.10.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Identity has become the Gordian knot of cybersecurity. Threat actors no longer need to break in. They log in. As organizations manage increasingly complex ecosystems spanning cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, the challenge isn't just understanding who has access to what. It's about understanding how an attacker could chain together seemi...

Turning Trust into a Growth Engine with SafeBase by Drata 20.10.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Earning and maintaining customer trust has become increasingly complex as organizations struggle with manual, repetitive security review processes that frustrate customers and slow revenue cycles. Despite decades of talking about customer trust in security, companies still rely on outdated approaches like sending spreadsheets back and forth for que...

Tackling Misconfigurations with ThreatLocker 06.10.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Misconfigurations represent one of cybersecurity's most persistent and damaging vulnerabilities. Organizations often fall into the trap of deploying tools with overly permissive "permit everything" default settings, only to struggle with the operational overhead required to lock them down properly. Every configuration change away from these permiss...

Navigating Your Meeting Shadow Data with FORA 29.09.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Organizations excel at generating massive volumes of unstructured data through recorded meetings. The struggle lies in extracting value from it. The reality is that most of this data is never touch again after its created. The temporal nature of voice communication creates unique challenges. These conversations capture real-time insights and concer...

Exploring Storage Control with ThreatLocker 22.09.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode,  Rob Allen , chief product officer at ThreatLocker , explains how their Storage Control solution addresses these challenges by implementing program-level access restrictions that work alongside traditional user permissions. Joining him are Jonathan Waldrop , CISO-at-large, and Nick Ryan , former CISO at RSM. The conversation explor...

Transforming Asset Visibility with Trend Micro 15.09.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Asset visibility remains a persistent challenges in cybersecurity. Despite working on this challenge for decades, CISOs continue to struggle with knowing what assets exist in their environments, where they're located, and what risks they present. The problem has only intensified with dynamic cloud resources spinning up and down in seconds, APIs pro...

Harnessing AI-Native PAM with Formal 08.09.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. Most data breaches don't happen because attackers are geniuses. They happen because organizations give too much access to too many people for far too long. Despite decades of security frameworks and best practices, enforcing least privilege remains one of cybersecurity's most persistent challenges. The culprit isn't technology: it's politics. In th...

Enhancing Humans in Your SOC with RedCarbon 25.08.2025

All links and images can be found on CISO Series. In this episode, Simone Rapizzi , CSO at RedCarbon , explains how their AI-powered platform uses specialized models to automate threat detection and response while learning from each customer's unique environment. Joining him are Jonathan Waldrop , former CISO, and John Scrimsher , CISO at Kontoor Brands . Huge thanks to our sponsor, RedCarbon RedC...

Proving Trust with Drata 18.08.2025

In this episode, Matt Hillary , CISO at  Drata , explains how their AI-native trust management platform addresses these challenges by automating evidence collection from integrated systems and reducing manual effort by over 90%. Joining him are  Mike Lockhart , CISO at  EagleView , and  Johna Till Johnson , CEO at  Nemertes . We talk about how Drata's platform bridges the policy-execution gap thro...

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