The Job Security Cybersecurity Podcast

Host Dave Johnson and co-host Ben Baker sit down with Greg Notch , Chief Security Officer at Expel, and Jay Beale , CEO and CTO of InGuardians, for the first installment of the Early Adopters series. Greg and Jay share how they stumbled into cybersecurity before it had a name, built tools and standards that didn't exist yet, and found that the same curiosity that makes a great practitioner al...

Host Dave Johnson sits down with Mike Lisi , President of Red Team Village, and Wes Thurner , Advisor at Red Team Village, to explore offensive security training and community building. Mike and Wes share how Red Team Village creates a collaborative environment where practitioners at all levels can develop skills, share knowledge, and push boundaries—without the gatekeeping that often plagues the...

Hosts Dave Johnson and Ben Baker sit down with Tim Chase , Global Field CISO at Orca Security, to demystify one of cybersecurity's most intriguing and often misunderstood roles. With over 20 years in information security—from manual penetration testing in 2002 to leading cloud security programs and now evangelizing cutting-edge technology—Tim shares the real story of what tech evangelism mean...

In this episode of The Job Security Podcast, host Dave Johnson sits down with Amanda Berlin, CEO and co-founder of Mental Health Hackers, to explore the mental health challenges facing cybersecurity professionals and what the community is doing to address them. This conversation covers the unique stressors in cybersecurity work, the prevalence of neurodivergence in tech, practical strategies for c...

Host Dave Johnson sits down with Walter Martín Villalba, founder of InfoSecMap, to explore how he's solving one of the cybersecurity community's most persistent challenges: finding and tracking the thousands of InfoSec events happening worldwide. This conversation covers the origin story of InfoSecMap, the mechanics of manually curating event data at scale, and the unique welcoming natur...

Host Dave Johnson and co-host Tyler Zito sit down with Peter Holcomb, founder and CEO of Optimo IT and self-described "AI Samurai," to explore how AI is reshaping cybersecurity—from automating compliance workflows to defending against emerging threats. Peter shares practical insights on shadow AI risks, AI observability, and how fractional CISOs are becoming essential for AI-native compa...

Host Dave Johnson and co-host Tyler Zito sit down with Sydney Marrone and Lauren Proehl, co-founders of the THOR Collective, to explore the evolving world of threat hunting. This conversation covers the fundamentals of building a threat hunting program, how AI is transforming both offensive and defensive security, and the importance of community collaboration in advancing the practice of "thr...

Host Dave Johnson sits down with Matthew Gracie and Brandon Levene, two longtime security practitioners who have transitioned into teaching the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. This conversation explores their educational journeys, teaching philosophies, and what makes today's cybersecurity students different from previous generations. Key topics & timestamps Educational ba...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Job Security Podcast! In this introductory episode, co-hosts Dave Johnson and Ben Baker (filling in for the vacationing Tyler Zito) share the vision behind this new podcast. Dave Johnson, Principal Solutions Architect at Expel and co-host, and Ben Baker, producer and co-host, discuss what listeners can expect in the coming episodes. Episode highlights: An &q...