The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presented recent trends in software development that have seen the rise of low-code and no-code platforms, and strategic considerations from a cybersecurity perspective. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi). Check o...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presented a strategic overview of how tech companies are now looking toward Africa as they build out their internet infrastructure and take advantage of the higher energy efficiencies that data centers located in Africa provide. A key question will be how all of these affect the social, economic, and political landscape of the African continent. Please send qu...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed the fact that artificial intelligence can be used to deliberately generate and spread misinformation online. In other words, not everything we see, hear, or read on the internet is true or factual. For this episode, he used freely available open-source artificial intelligence tools to generate convincing sentences on different topics such as cybercri...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Michael Music , a friend, former colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Mike shared how he got interested in cybersecurity from a very young age while writing scripts for his video games, and then learning about SQL injection and cross-site scripting during web design classes in high school. We talked about how paranoia is a common trait...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed an unusual dispute between two federal agencies in the U.S. – the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed the U.S. government's efforts to assert dominance in the semiconductor industry. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed how the Chinese government is trying to achieve its semiconductor chip manufacturing goals as contained in their latest Five-Year Plan by co-opting Chinese tech companies using a carrot-and-sticks approach in terms of regulatory oversight. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on Link...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed how school clubs, sports teams, and even religious organizations are putting pressure on teenagers to use social media and what parents who disagree with that idea can do about it. The social media agreement template on the Social Institute website . Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in to...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Jacob Penovich , a friend, colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Jacob shared how he got into cybersecurity completely by accident - back in the day, he worked as a pastry chef and was even contemplating going to culinary school, but he heard about a 5-month information security boot camp and decided to go for it. He came out of that boo...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde discussed the metaverse from several perspectives: its definition, history, Facebook’s strategic goals for dominating that space, their other competitors and collaborators, and the possible risks and threats of a future world that incorporates several different metaverses. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can a...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Matt Larson , a friend, brother, former colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Matt shared how got interested in computers back when he was 12 years old with his family’s first-ever Windows 98 Service Pack 1 desktop computer that had a 4GB hard drive, 40MB of RAM, and was connected to a 56K modem. We talked about how he couldn’t get the j...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde described what is basically a case of Insider Threat on steroids, regarding how a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife conspired to sell Restricted Data regarding the design of nuclear-powered warships to someone they believed was a representative of a foreign government. Officials from that foreign government actually notified the FBI, which then led to a...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about how a well-known organized cybercrime group has evolved its hacks and attacks, from the days of stealing card information and hacking ATMs, to creating custom-made ransomware and even setting up fake companies to recruit new employees. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on Linke...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Grace Chi , the co-founder, and chief operating officer of Pulsedive Threat Intelligence , a cybersecurity company that is focused on high-fidelity, high-value threat intelligence solutions to help organizations proactively improve their security posture. Pulsedive was founded in 2017 and is based in New Jersey, in the U.S. Grace talked about her ro...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde addressed two key questions regarding the return to the office. First, what constitutes the right balance of how many days per week to spend working from home and how many days per week to spend in the office. Secondly, on the opposite end of the return to office spectrum, do we really need to meet in person? The opinions expressed in this episode are the host...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Paul O’Connor , a friend, brother, former colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Paul shared how a professor’s lecture during a class in Accounting for Information Security Systems consolidated his interest in cybersecurity, the importance of having good mentors, the soft skills that have helped him so far, his hands-on methods of motivat...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde provided new details and some plausible theories regarding the recent arrest of Ilya Sachkov, the Russian CEO of a leading cybersecurity company, Group-IB. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about the delicate balance between security and privacy, in terms of how geofence warrants are being used to arrest the rioters that breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. A link to the Capitol Breach Cases . Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubho...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde answered listeners’ questions about what working in cybersecurity entails in terms of daily job functions, stress levels, hours, and pay. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about how Canada ’ s military took advantage of the COVID pandemic to test propaganda techniques on Canadians. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and the Wisdom app (@bidemi).

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about the evolution of the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), based on several internal and external factors such as employee migration, wage inflation, changing government regulations, cyberattacks, and so on. A general assumption for this episode is that the CISO reports to the CIO and the CIO reports to the CFO, but that may not be the case...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Khanh Nguyen , a good friend, former colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. We talked about how a conversation she had earlier on with her sister spurred her on to enter the cybersecurity field, the hard and soft skills that have served her well in the industry so far, and the importance of both education and experience. Khanh also shared...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about the recent upward trend in high-profile treason accusations against prominent Russians and even the lawyers representing them, including, most recently, a well-known cybersecurity expert. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpicture.com . You can also get in touch on LinkedIn , Twitter , the Clubhouse app (@bid), and th...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Vladimir Duque , a friend, brother, former colleague, and fellow cybersecurity professional. Vlad shared how tinkering with computers when he was much younger got him interested in cybersecurity, and how his decision to take the CompTIA Network+ certification before he began an online cybersecurity program helped him build a solid foundation in cybe...

In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde talked about the weirdly strange and fascinating case of a 50-year-old woman who is an accountant and church leader in Tampa, Florida. She was arrested for trying to get the spouse of her former lover killed by hiring a hitman on the dark web and paying over $12,000 for the hit using bitcoin. Please send questions, comments, and suggestions to bidemi@thebidpic...