The Cyber Security Matters Podcast

Valentina Flores, Co-Founder and CEO of Red Sentry, joins hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose for another fantastic edition of The Cyber Security Matters Podcast. Valentina shares her unconventional journey from cybercrime detective investigating human trafficking and child exploitation cases to building a penetration testing company focused on real-world attacker simulation and practical risk reduc...

Join hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose in episode 74 of Cyber Security Matters as they sit down with Marlow Bryant, co-founder and CEO of Reflex Security. This engaging conversation explores the evolution from static tabletop exercises to dynamic, AI-powered crisis simulations that adapt in real-time to team decisions. Marlow brings a unique perspective to cybersecurity, having spent nearly a deca...

In this episode of Cyber Security Matters, brought to you by neuco, we speak with Mike Walters, President and Co-Founder of Action1. Mike explores why patch management remains one of the most critical, and often overlooked, areas of cyber security, how AI is transforming vulnerability management, and what organisations need to do to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats. Mike reflects o...

In this episode of Cyber Security Matters, brought to you by neuco, hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Brian Bell, CEO of FusionAuth, to explore why customer identity has evolved from a back-office IT function into mission-critical infrastructure, and what the rise of AI agents means for the future of authentication and access management. Key Topics Covered How Brian's career acro...

In Episode 71 of Cyber Security Matters, hosts HarryBaldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Dominik Richter, Co-Founder and CPO of Mondoo, the agentic vulnerability management platform that doesn't just findsecurity flaws, it actually fixes them. Dom's journey into cybersecurity started with the 1995 film Hackers (and yes, Angelina Jolie may have played a part), which sent him down a path of l...

Mike McKenna, Co-Founder and CRO of Manifold Security, to dig into why the jump from LLMs to autonomous agents is the biggest inflexion point in cybersecurity and why most existing security tools aren't built for it.  Mike's path into cyber started with a stroke of luck: his then-girlfriend (now wife) fielded a cold recruiting call for Coalfire and pointed them his way. What followed was e...

In this episode of Cyber Security Matters, hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Bobby Ford, Chief Strategy & Experience Officer at Doppel, to explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the social engineering threat landscape. With nearly three decades in cybersecurity, from founding member of the Pentagon's Computer Incident Response Team to CISO roles at Exelis, Abbott, Unilever...

Application security has always been a balancing act but AI-generated code has tipped the scales entirely. In this episode, Harry and Matt sit down with Liav Caspi, Co-Founder & CTO of Legit Security, to explore how organisations can secure modern software pipelines without slowing development to a crawl. From his early days in Israel's elite cyber intelligence Unit 8200, to co-founding on...

From dial-up curiosity to killing ransomware in milliseconds, Glenn Wilkinson has been inside the attacker's mind his entire career, and now he's using it to defend you.  Hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Glenn Wilkinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Agger Labs, for a wide-ranging conversation covering Glenn's journey from self-taught teenage hacker in the 90s to serial founder,...

In this episode of the Cyber Security Matters podcast, hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Alison Eastaway, VP of People and Culture at Push Security . Alison brings a refreshingly pragmatic perspective to the often-overlooked human infrastructure behind high-growth startups and shares why, in cybersecurity especially, the team really is everything.  Alison's career is anything but...

In this episode of Cyber Security Matters, hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Ray Ruemmele, Chief Revenue Officer at Evolve Security. Ray shares insights from his 20+ year journey through enterprise technology, from selling typewriter ribbons at IBM to leading offensive security initiatives. The conversation explores the evolution of proactive cybersecurity, building high-performing t...

On this episode of Cyber Security Matters, hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose sit down with Michael Waite, Co-founder and CTO of Dune Security. Michael shares his journey from enterprise consulting to building a venture-backed startup tackling one of security's stickiest problems: the human element. Episode Summary Michael discusses how traditional security awareness training fails to change hu...

Welcome to Episode 63 of the Cyber Security Matters Podcast, brought to you by neuco.  In this episode, hosts Gia Thomas and Harry Baldwin sit down with Benny Czarny, Founder and CEO of OPSWAT, for a wide-ranging conversation about rethinking cybersecurity from the ground up, the power of patience in building teams, and what inspired him to write his upcoming book  Cybersecurity Upside Down .  Wit...

Welcome to Episode 62 of the Cybersecurity Matters Podcast, brought to you by neuco. In this episode, hosts Tom Wilding and Gia Thomas sit down with Dr. Heiko Klarl, CEO of Nexis, for an insightful conversation about identity and access management, cybersecurity leadership, and the evolving challenges facing enterprise security teams. With over 20 years of experience in security and IAM, Heiko sha...

Join us for Episode 61 of the Cybersecurity Matters Podcast as we sit down with Austin Gadient, CTO and Co-Founder of Vali Cyber, a company revolutionising Linux and hypervisor security. Austin shares his journey from the Air Force Academy's competitive hacking team to securing the nation's satellite infrastructure, and ultimately co-founding Vali Cyber after raising $20 million in funding...

In Episode 60 of the Cybersecurity Matters Podcast, we sit down with Boris Goncharov, Chief Strategy Officer at Plainsea and Co-Founder of AMATAS. With over 20 years of experience in information security, Boris brings a refreshingly unconventional perspective to cybersecurity, shaped by his background in fine art and philosophy. Boris shares his fascinating journey from aspiring painter to cyberse...

In Episode 59 of the Cybersecurity Matters Podcast, we sit down with Norman Currie, Head of Customer & Partner Experience at Bricklayer AI. With two decades of cybersecurity leadership across market-leading companies including McAfee, Hunters, Expel, and Optiv, Norman brings invaluable insights into building successful security organisations. Norman discusses how Bricklayer is taking a unique...

In Episode 58 of the Cybersecurity Matters podcast, we sit down with Tim Ward, Co-Founder and CEO of Redflags, to explore how behavioural science is transforming cybersecurity. With nearly 30 years of experience in corporate IT and cybersecurity consulting, Tim shares why traditional security awareness training often fails and how real-time contextual nudges can create lasting behaviour change. We...

In Episode 57 of the Cybersecurity Matters Podcast, we welcome Rune Knudsen, CEO and Co-Founder of Moxso, a Copenhagen-based cybersecurity company revolutionising how organisations approach human-less security through AI-driven adaptive security awareness. Rune shares his entrepreneurial journey from consultant to CEO, discussing the challenges of building a fast-growing startup in Denmark's c...

Join us for Episode 56 of the Cyber Security Matters Podcast as we speak with Bentsi Ben-Atar, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Sepio Systems, about the critical yet often overlooked world of hardware-based cybersecurity threats. In this episode, Bentsi shares his remarkable journey from a hardware-obsessed child to serving seven years in the IDF's elite intelligence unit to co-foundi...

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Alex Lisle, CTO of Reality Defender, who brings 25 years of cybersecurity innovation to the fight against deepfakes and synthetic media manipulation.  We explore how Reality Defender's multi-modal approach is protecting enterprises, governments, and high-profile individuals from increasingly sophisticated synthetic media attacks.  Alex provides eye-o...

Join Matt Rose and Harry Baldwin for Episode 54 of the Cyber Security Matters Podcast as we sit down with Tal Kollender, CEO and Co-Founder of Remedio, who's tackling one of enterprise security's biggest blind spots - misconfigurations.  With over 20 years in cyber security, Tal shares her remarkable journey from discovering hacking as a teenager playing online games, through military inte...

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Emily Long, CEO and Co-Founder of Edera, as she shares her unconventional journey from finance and accounting at KPMG to leading a cutting-edge cybersecurity startup. Emily takes us through her remarkable career path, beating the odds as a female founder (less than 2% of women teams get VC funding), and her mission to revolutionise proactive security in t...

Join us for an eye-opening conversation with Mike Wiacek, Founder and CTO of Stairwell, as he shares his unconventional journey from washing dishes to becoming a cybersecurity pioneer. Mike takes us through his remarkable career spanning the NSA, Google (including his pivotal role in Operation Aurora), and his current mission to revolutionise threat detection. Topics: - The serendipitous "bur...

Join hosts Harry Baldwin and Matt Rose as they welcome Tal Herman, Chief Product Officer at Orchid Security and former VP of Product Management at Okta, for an insightful discussion about product leadership in cybersecurity. With over 20 years of experience in identity and access management, Tal shares her journey from accidentally stumbling into cybersecurity to building Okta's identity gover...