The Monica Talks Cyber Show

In this episode, Monica Verma talks to Marc Vael, CISO and risk management expert on cyber and systemic risks, cyber risk exposure, how to make your risks more tangible, visible and understandable, and key elements for effective risk management, integration and communication. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Start here with The Predictability Factor n...

In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader and a cybersecurity researcher Keren Elazari on cyberwarfare, cybercrime, national security, critical infrastructure and more. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Start here with The Predictability Factor newsletter at The Monica Talks Cyber  (https://www.monicatalkscyber.com).

In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader Kai Roer, who has worked with security awareness & security cultures for decades. He is a security culture coach, an author and creator of security culture framework. In this episode, they cover: What is 'good' security culture? Can you define and measure good security culture?  Does the security culture start and stop? Ar...

In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader and a technology lawyer. Yup, hard to find those combinations. Monica sits down and talks to Jan Sandtrø, who is a renowned legal expert and has been working with technology, privacy and their intersections for more than two decades. In this episodes engaging conversations, they covering What is Schrems I, Schrems II, and how did they c...

Monica Verma talks with Anton Chuvakin, Head of Solutions Strategy at Google and former Research Director at Gartner. It this episode they talk about some of the security issues with cloud, especially with regards to cloud migration.  Can we trust cloud less to trust more?  What are some of the key paradoxes when it comes to cloud breaches and how can we increase accountability when it comes to cl...

Here we are with the season finale and an absolutely engaging topic for you - Robotics vs. Security. On the season finale, Monica talks with Mark Folmer, VP Security and Industry, Robotic Assistance Devices, on the robotics industry, the state of security within the robotics industry, Industry 4.0, augmentation, challenges, risks and implications, opportunities it brings with itself and more. Look...

The goals of security isn’t confidentiality, integrity and availability but to understand, support and enable organization’s goals and mission. Business acumen, leadership and communication play a vital role in that.  Security is not an IT problem but everyone’s responsibility. In this episode, we turn the tables and talk to a business leader on his role and involvement in security as well as expe...

In this episode of We Talk Cyber with Monica, we talk with Bjorn R. Watne, CISO, Storebrand on  - threat landscape over last decade and amidst pandemic - how to build robustness, visibility and detection amidst increasing digitalization  - how do you know you are doing enough?  Need for security leaders at the executive levels is vital to understand and manage cyber threats and risks in today’s la...

In one corner we have privacy. On a very fundamental level, privacy is a basic human right recognized in the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights.  Even though it's not yet a human right in every constitution globally, we have seen regulations like GDPR and CCPA come into place in the last years. We have also had discussions on this in the US congress, EU parliament and in the world in the wake o...

“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Eliezer Yudkowsky In this episode, Monica Verma talks with our guest Eirik Gulbrandsen from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, about Artificial Intelligence, demystifying its possibilities and perils, use cases and challenges, and what it could mean for cybersecurity, privacy a...

In this episode, Monica Verma talks with Carsten Maartmann-Moe, CEO, Transcendent Group, about hacking, the big bang of the internet, connected devices, Internet of Things and emerging technologies.  They talk about the evolution and the threat landscape, risks and consequences of both legacy and emerging tech, the ethics behind it, use of data and more. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictabili...

In this episode Chris Kiønig from Watchcom talks with Monica Verma about the EU standard and framework called TIBER - Threat Intelligence Based  Ethical Red Teaming.  - What's the goal and purpose of the framework? - How to implement and build resilience and ensure financial stability during external events such as cyber attacks? - What's are the challenges, for example with regards to b...

This episode of We Talk Cyber is dedicated to HACKER to HACKER conversation. In this episode, Chris Dale from River Security talks with Monica Verma about 1. upstream thinking to security 2. high-value pen-testing & the psychology behind it 3. the threat landscape & its global consequences Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Start here with The P...

Join CISOs and Ethical Hackers, Chris Roberts and Monica Verma, on the latest episode of We Talk Cyber as they talk about the era of cyborg  the security risks, ethics and the privacy implications data security and awareness around augmentation, artificial intelligence and more. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Start here with The Predictability Facto...

We have talked in the previous episodes that 100% security doesn’t exist. But what about traceability? How do you know what digital footprint do you have out there? Can you manage, protect and “truly” delete all or even a part of it? Once you are online, your existence and your data is out there. You are a target, even when you don’t believe so and your data is valuable, even when you don’t care a...

Monica Verma in conversation with Lance Spitzner, Director at SANS Security Awareness, on top human risks, key questions leadership should be asking, and key behaviors we need in order to secure and manage those human risks. You can only make so many behavioral changes. In this episode, we talk about how to focus and prioritize, what strategies to use and how to understand the psychology behind a...

In this episode Monica Verma talks with Lars Eirik Berg, CSO and CISO, DNB, about 1. a business leader’s perspective on cybersecurity, threats and risks 2. is security really just about securing or does it serve a bigger purpose and 3. how to approach security, risk and crisis management to help businesses and society    They talk about COVID-19, pandemic, deep fakes, phishing, data breaches and m...

In this episode Monica Verma talks with Deidre Diamond, CEO and Founder, CyberSN, about career challenges cyber security talent face in our industry importance of succession planing and retention and what can we do about it to help both young talent and professionals in our industry, as well as to build a business that’s not only successful but also cost effective.  Looking to go from chaos and un...

Here comes the long awaited podcast episode with a highly requested topic on cyber resilience. In this episode of We Talk Cyber, Monica Verma talks to Hanne Tangen Nilsen, Cyber Security Officer and Security Director Business from Telenor Norway, about key elements of cyber resilience, what role do threat intelligence and SOC/CERT play to build a cyber resilient organization and what are the key c...

In today’s episode, Monica talks with Tanya Janca on challenges businesses face with regards to cybersecurity talent, how algorithms and data can be (unintentionally) biased, and what can we do for better communication and diversity. Tanya and Monica share their stories and passion for podcasts, learning and sharing knowledge. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the worl...

In today's episode of We Talk Cyber with Monica, Cloud Researcher Mark Nunnikhoven, Trend Micro, talks about complexity, responsibility and visibility in cloud, how that affects cloud security and what you can do about it! Get your coffee/tea and enjoy the scintillating discussions, experiences and philosophies on cloud security. Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in...

Security experts, Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen talk with Monica Verma about what is asset discovery, why is it important and why should businesses care. If you are interested in listening to amazing stories about how Jeremiah and Robert came to download the entire Internet, tune in right now! Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Start here with The...

Roar Thon, Specialist Director Security Culture at the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM - Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) joins Monica Verma on the podcast series We Talk Cyber.  Roar talks about the human aspect of cybersecurity and the challenges of terminology and communication in the security industry.  Looking to go from chaos and unpredictability to resilience in the world of AI? Sta...