The Segment

The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 18th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. - DHS releases AI framework for critical infrastructure - A critical zero-day vulnerability hits Palo Alto firewalls - And grandma gets an AI upgrade in the fight against scam calls And John Kindervag joins us for an Ask the Expert segment.    Head to The Z...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 11th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. North Korean hackers target Apple MacOS with new crypto-stealing malware  Interlock ransomware group emerges as new threat to healthcare and government  And a U.S. government agency tells its staff to stop using mobile phones after Chinese hack And Trevor D...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of Novemeber 4th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Election infrastructure has 'never been more secure,' CISA chief says  Cyber saboteur tries to make Disney the hackiest place on earth And severe vulnerabilities found in hardware powering many industrial devices And Sudha Iyer joins us for a Tech Tips segm...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Neil Thacker, CISO EMEA at Netskope. Neil joined the show to discuss the evolving role of the CISO, as well as the challenges and opportunities they face in the context of new technologies.    -------- “A good friend of mine is a CIO for a very large organization and he shared a great story. Obviously, during the pandemic, everyone was working...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 28th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Cisco urges customers to patch their firewalls and VPN software amid active exploits LockBit copycat targets Apple MacOS systems with new ransomware strains And Microsoft’s boss takes a pay cut for a series of security incidents And Raghu Nandakumara joins u...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 21st. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Suspected cyber bandit in data broker breach busted! In Brazil! LockBit dethroned as RansomHub crowned new king of the ransomware arena And Casio races the clock as it struggles in the wake of a ransomware attack And Gary Barlet joins us again to talk about...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Sherrod DeGrippo, Director of Threat Intelligence Strategy at Microsoft, to explore the evolving landscape of cyber threats and the importance of resilience in the face of ransomware. They discuss the changing tactics of threat actors, the critical role of Zero Trust in modern cybersecurity, and the growing influence of AI on both cyber defens...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 14th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. Tiny company, massive data breach, and a swarm of lawsuits. New details in NPD bankruptcy The Wayback Machine moving forward after a series of attacks And OpenAI shuts down efforts to use it for AI-powered wrongdoing And Gary Barlet to talk about Cybersecuri...

The Monday Microsegment for the week of October 7th. All the cyber security news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast. China breaches U.S. broadband providers in months long breach It’s double trouble as two flaws put critical networking infrastructure at risk And U.S. authorities seize dozens of internet domains tied to Russian hackers. And John Kindervag joins us to talk ab...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Nicole Tisdale, Founder and Principal of Advocacy Blueprints. Nicole spent 15 years as a national security expert at The White House - National Security Council and the U.S. Congress's House Committee on Homeland Security. She joins the podcast to discuss cyber equity and security policy.  -------- “Should have, would have, could have - public...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Tristan Morgan, Managing Director Cyber Security at BT Group, and Mark Hendry, Digital Services Partner at Evelyn Partners to discuss DORA regulations and compliance in the financial services sector. They discuss the interplay between regulatory standards like NIS2 and DORA, the importance of proportionality and operational resilience, and the...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Thomas Mueller-Lynch, Global Director Digital Identities at Siemens to explore Siemens' ambitious zero trust program. They delve into the challenges of implementation and the strategic benefits of zero trust in bolstering product security and streamlining IT architecture. Thomas highlights the essential role of identity management and the impo...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Indy Dhami, Partner at KPMG UK, to explore the evolution from traditional InfoSec to cyber resilience. They discuss the strategic implementation of Zero Trust, the impact of regulatory pressures, and the challenges posed by AI. Indy emphasizes the critical role of foundational cybersecurity practices in maintaining business continuity and driv...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Kyla Guru, a Stanford University student and passionate cybersecurity advocate. Kyla's journey started at the age of 14, leading her to found Bits N' Bytes Cybersecurity Education. She shares the importance of proactive cyber education, insights from her work with government and private sector organizations, and the role of AI in cybersecurity...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Stephen J. White, the CEO of Viking Technology Advisors to discuss the critical role of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), cloud adoption, and AI in modernizing network security. He emphasizes the importance of visibility, automation, and holistic approaches to enhance operational efficiency and security. -------- “It's about making security th...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Sean Connelly, Former Director of CISA’s Zero Trust Initiative, to discuss the evolution of network architectures; why incidents over the past 5 years have catalyzed a greater federal focus on cyber resilience, and specifically Zero Trust; and how CISA is thinking about protecting data in new ways. Timestamps:  (04:39) How the nature of the pe...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Carlos Buenano, CTO, OT at Armis, to discuss his path to OT security, the importance of Zero Trust in industrial environments, and how to make progress in security while not compromising productivity. -------- “They are not in charge of security. Until now they haven't been accountable  to basically provide security. Okay. Of course, they are...

“The more that we distribute, the more that we decentralize, the more that we fragment, the more that we go down pathways of things like no code low code, the more that we go down serverless. We're just creating a distributed environment that is a target rich environment for the bad actors and an incredibly difficult landscape for us to manage from a security standpoint.”  - Richard Bird --------...

Welcome back to The Segment! In our Season 2 premiere, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with John Kindervag, Chief Evangelist at Illumio and the “Godfather of Zero Trust”, to unpack John’s Zero Trust origin story, where folks go wrong on their Zero Trust journeys, federal Zero Trust momentum, and so much more. -------- “I said all interfaces should have the same trust and it should be zero. And th...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security Business Development, to explore AI, everyday Zero Trust conversations, cyber resilience best practices, and so much more.   -------- “Democratization has to exist as well, and there has to be global standards and there has to be global regulation, but there also has to be global cooper...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Richard Staynings, Chief Security Strategist at Cylera, to discuss how the role of the CISO has changed over the past 30 years, the IT challenges facing modern healthcare organizations, and today’s cybercrime landscape. -------- “I'd like to think that all healthcare organizations are looking at all aspects of Zero Trust, right? But Zero Trust...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Ryan Fried, Senior Security Engineer at Brooks Running, to discuss the role of cybersecurity in the manufacturing and retail sectors, building a successful Zero Trust program, and the difference between being compliant and being secure.  -------- “How can we go towards Zero and, I’ll say, Zero-ish Trust? Actual Zero Trust is really hard to do,...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Rob Ragan, Principal Researcher at Bishop Fox – live at RSAC 2023! – to discuss the different types of threats, offensive security trends, and how to continuously find new opportunities to improve cyber resilience. -------- "I'm seeing a lot more folks that are security engineers and are on blue teams that are also then wanting to participate...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Gary Barlet, Federal Field CTO at Illumio, to discuss his own personal experience with Zero Trust, top cyber challenges facing federal organizations, and why embracing an “assume breach” approach to cybersecurity matters. -------- "You wanna continue to try to do your best, but there's no such thing as perfect. And you have to be ready for the...

In this episode, host Raghu Nandukumara chats with Shawn Kirk, Worldwide Leader for Security Go to Market at Amazon Web Services. The two of them discuss the shared responsibility model, making incremental Zero Trust improvements in the cloud, and understanding cloud economics and ROI.  -------- "When we're having conversations with customers we are very, very reluctant to put the actual technolog...