Behind the Shield

Your monthly pass into the world of advanced cybersecurity events.

Headline News, Hot Topics and Q&A

An In Depth Look Behind the Shield

The Virtual Guardians take you behind the shield and inside the Cyber War Room for a breakdown of the world’s latest cybersecurity events.

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Recorded live on: 02.23.25

Behind the Shield February 2025

Hot Topics: How the Trump presidency has affected the current cybersecurity landscape, and the impact of AI on social engineering attacks.

Extras: Join us for an interview with Virtual Guardian SOC manager Tommy Koorevaar discussing the behind-the-scenes life of a SOC team and learn about the inner workings of their critical work.

Recorded live on: 01.23.25

Behind the Shield January 2025

Hot Topics: Join the Behind the Shield team and special guest Tom Tovar, Co-creator and CEO of Appdome as they reflect on the biggest cybersecurity headlines of 2024 and discuss their expert predictions for what’s to come in 2025.

Recorded live on: 11.24.24

Behind the Shield November 2024

Hot Topics: BCDR oversights that leave organizations exposed to ransomware, FTC announces a crackdown on deceptive AI claims and schemes, November 2024 patch Tuesday insights, rethinking cybersecurity from cost center to value driver, and a new Google Pixel AI feature analyzes phone conversations for scams.

Extras: Join us for an interview with Tom Tovar, CEO and co-creator of our sponsor Appdome on how organizations can defend their mobile business when on-device AI-agents emerge.

Recorded live on: 10.17.24

Behind the Shield October 2024

Hot Topics: Utilities getting attacked (again!), is quantum computing threatening Bitcoin, vulnerable API headaches and we will see if collaboration is achievable in the face of rising cyberthreats.
Extras: This month we’re joined by Mike Melo, CISO of Ontario’s Life Labs, for a Q&A about his CISO role, what keeps him up at night and the pitfalls of trying to achieve cyber-resilience. If you’re interested in having a sneak peek into the daily life of a CISO, you won’t want to miss this interview.

Recorded live on: 9.19.24

Behind the Shield September 2024

Hot Topics: Acquisitions and mergers in the SIEM/Analytics space; Microsoft’s end of kernel access for EDR security clients; Mastercard acquires Recorded Future; TfL directs 30,000 employees to verify identities and reset passwords after data breach.
Extras: 3000 pagers kill several and injuring thousands in Lebanon; Spotlight from Lisa Jones-Huff of Elastic on how AI is impacting the way cybersecurity analysts do their jobs.

Recorded live on: 8.20.24

Behind the Shield August 2024

Hot Topics: CrowdStrike’s global blue screen of death debacle, splitting the CISO role, Oracle’s NetSuite woes and the largest password leak of all time?!?
Extras: An interview with Chris Vincent from AKA Identity.

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