The ITSPmagazine Podcast

Dr. Steve Mancini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-steve-m-b59a525/ Marco Ciappelli: https://www.marcociappelli.com/ Nothing Has Changed in Cybersecurity Since War Games — And That's Why We're in Trouble "Nothing has changed." That's not what you expect to hear from someone with four decades in cybersecurity. The industry thrives on selling the next revolution, the newest threat, the latest solutio...

What Security Congress Reveals About the State of Cybersecurity This discussion focuses on what ISC2 Security Congress represents for practitioners, leaders, and organizations navigating constant technological change. Jon France, Chief Information Security Officer at ISC2, shares how the event brings together thousands of cybersecurity practitioners, certification holders, chapter leaders, and fut...

Spy's Mate: A Conversation with Bradley W. Buchanan About Chess, Cold War Intrigue, and the Stories That Save Us After a few months away, I couldn't stay silent. Audio Signals is back, and I'm thrilled that this conversation marks the official return. The truth is, I tried to let it go. I thought maybe I'd hang up the mic and focus solely on my work exploring technology and society. But my passion...

This episode focuses on a security incident that prompts an honest discussion about transparency, preparedness, and the importance of strong processes. Sean Martin speaks with Viktor Petersson, Founder and CEO of Screenly, who shares how his team approaches digital signage security and how a recent alert from their bug bounty program helped validate the strength of their culture and workflows. Scr...

⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ Understanding the Startup Engine Behind Cybersecurity This episode brings Sean Martin together with Ross Haleliuk, author, investor, product leader, and creator of Venture Insecurity, for a candid look at the forces shaping cybersecurity startups today. Ross shares how his decade of product leadership and long involvement in the security community give him a unique perspective on...

Author Kate O'Neill's Book "What Matters Next": AI, Meaning, and Why We Can't Delegate Creativity | Redefining Society and Technology with Marco Ciappelli Kate O'Neill: https://www.koinsights.com/books/what-matters-next-book/ Marco Ciappelli: https://www.marcociappelli.com/  When Kate O'Neill tells me that AI's most statistically probable outcome is actually its least meaningful one, I realize we'...

The Solar Car That Charges Itself While You Live Your Life Growing up, I always wondered: why can't cars just recharge themselves as we drive? Turns out, someone finally built exactly that. Robert Hoevers and his team at Squad Mobility created a solar-powered city car that does something brilliantly simple—it charges itself. There's a solar panel on the roof that continuously feeds the battery whe...

⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ Understanding Beg Bounties and Their Growing Impact This episode examines an issue that many organizations have begun to notice, yet often do not know how to interpret. Sean Martin is joined by Casey Ellis, Founder of Bugcrowd and Co-Founder of disclose.io, to break down what a “beg bounty” is, why it is increasing, and how security leaders should think about it in the context of...

AI in Healthcare: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who's at Risk in Our Hybrid Analog Digital Society 🎙️ EXPERT PANEL Hosted By Marco Ciappelli & Sean Martin Dr. Robert Pearl - Former CEO, Permanente Medical Group; Author, "ChatGPT, MD" Rob Havasy - Senior Director of Connected Health, HIMSS John Sapp Jr. - VP & CSO, Texas Mutual Insurance Jim StClair - VP of Public Health Systems, Altarum Robert Booke...

Show Notes As artificial intelligence begins generating music from vast datasets of human art, a fundamental question emerges: who truly owns the sound of AI? This episode of Music Evolves brings together a law student and former musician Chandler Lawn, music industry executive and professor Drew Thurlow, Michael Sheldrick, Co-Founder of Global Citizen, and intellectual property attorney Puya Part...

THE SEASONS IN A BREATH Autumn appeared at the window and looked around — it was November. "The leaves are yellow and red. The swallows fly away in flocks over the rooftops. The crisp air smells of roasted chestnuts and burning wood. I like it this way," Autumn exclaimed. Winter opened the door and looked around — it was January. "The snow and the freezing wind. In the woods, mistletoe on branches...

____________Podcast  Redefining Society and Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com    ____________Host  Marco Ciappelli Co-Founder & CMO @ITSPmagazine | Master Degree in Political Science - Sociology of Communication l Branding & Marketing Advisor | Journalist | Writer | Podcast Host | #Technology #Cybersecurity #Society 🌎 LAX 🛸 FLR 🌍 WebSite:...

When “Normal” Doesn’t Work: Rethinking Data and the Role of the SOC Analyst Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to discuss how cybersecurity teams can finally move beyond the treadmill of normalization, alert fatigue, and brittle playbooks that keep analysts from doing what they signed up to do—find and stop bad actors. Merza draws from his experience ac...

Breaking Free from Data Normalization: A Smarter Path for Security Teams Traditional security models were built on a simple idea: collect data, normalize it, and analyze it. But as Director of Product Marketing Cory Wallace explains in this conversation with Sean Martin, that model no longer fits the reality of modern security operations. Data now lives across systems, clouds, and lakes—making nor...

Most organizations have security champions. Few have a real security culture. In this episode of AppSec Contradictions, Sean Martin explores why AppSec awareness efforts stall, why champion programs struggle to gain traction, and what leaders can do to turn intent into impact. 🔍 In this episode: Why compliance training doesn’t build culture The data showing champion programs lack leadership and i...

⬥ GUEST ⬥ Andrew Morgan , Chief Information Security Officer | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmorgancism/ ⬥ HOST ⬥ Host: Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imsmartin/ | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com ⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ The cybersecurity community has long recognized an uncomfortable tr...

How to Market to Cybersecurity's Most Elusive Buyers: AI, Emotion, and the Human Touch - Interview with Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez | Cyber Marketing Con 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli CyberMarketingCon 2025 In Person & Virtual  https://www.cybermarketingconference.com Dec 7-10, 2025 in Austin, Texas  Why Cybersecurity Marketing Demands a Different Playbook...

⬥ GUEST ⬥ Eric O'Neill , Keynote Speaker, Cybersecurity Expert, Spy Hunter, Bestselling Author. Attorney | On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-m-oneill/ ⬥ HOST ⬥ Host: Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imsmartin/ | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com ⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ In this episode of the Red...

____________Podcast  Redefining Society and Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com    ____________Host  Marco Ciappelli Co-Founder & CMO @ITSPmagazine | Master Degree in Political Science - Sociology of Communication l Branding & Marketing Advisor | Journalist | Writer | Podcast Host | #Technology #Cybersecurity #Society 🌎 LAX 🛸 FLR 🌍 WebSite:...

Organizations pour millions into protecting running applications—yet attackers are targeting the delivery path itself. This episode of AppSec Contradictions reveals why CI/CD and cloud pipelines are becoming the new frontline in cybersecurity. 🔍 In this episode: A 188% surge in malicious open-source packages (Sonatype 2025) 30% of 2024 cyberattacks traced to suppliers (Financial Times 2025) 47% o...

Halloween over Florence: THE MARKET OF GHOSTS Severino lived in the bell tower on the hill — the one next to the ancient Basilica of San Miniato al Monte. Every evening, at sunset, he would lock the gate at the base of the entrance stairway and before climbing back up, he would pause to watch Florence color itself amber. And so he did today as well.  The tourists had left.  Time stopped and silenc...

____________Podcast  Redefining Society and Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com    ____________Host  Marco Ciappelli Co-Founder & CMO @ITSPmagazine | Master Degree in Political Science - Sociology of Communication l Branding & Marketing Advisor | Journalist | Writer | Podcast Host | #Technology #Cybersecurity #Society 🌎 LAX 🛸 FLR 🌍 WebSite:...

Guest and Host Guest: Marco Ciappelli , Co-Founder, ITSPmagazine and Studio C60 | Website: https://www.marcociappelli.com Host: Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine, Studio C60, and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast & Music Evolves Podcast | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com/ Show Notes In this candid episode of Music Evolves , Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli unpack the creative, ethi...

Show Notes In this episode, we unpack the core ideas behind the Sonic Frontiers article “From Sampling to Scraping: AI Music, Rights, and the Return of Creative Control.” As AI-generated music floods streaming platforms, rights holders are deploying new tools like neural fingerprinting to detect derivative works — even when no direct sampling occurs. But what does it mean to “detect influence,” an...

⬥ GUEST ⬥ Walter Haydock , Founder, StackAware | On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-haydock/ ⬥ HOST ⬥ Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imsmartin/ | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com ⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ No-Code Meets AI: Who’s Really in Control? As AI gets embedded deeper into business workf...