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: 5.24.24

Behind the Shield May 2024

Hot Topics: Do bounties for ransomeware work? Black Basta, wreaking havoc again! Google accidentally wiping out a huge account and APT28 cybercrime group updates.
Extras: RSA 2024, IBM think and ITSec recap/insights.

Recorded live on 4.18.2024

Behind the Shield April 2024

Hot Topics: The Just for Laughs email scam, Roku’s most recent cyberattack affecting 576 000 accounts, and Palo Alto’s Zero-Day attack.
Extras: Bruno Germain of Zscaler spotlights: “SDXCentral reports: “SASE is future, ZT is past, but SSE is right now”; The many ways this is wrong!”

Recorded live on 3.26.2024

Behind the Shield March 2024

Hot Topics: This episode’s all Hot Topics format includes: Volt Typhoon announcement, Cyberattack on US healthcare payment system, SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure coming into effect, Lessons from the Microsoft’s Password Spray Hack, and Why Companies Are Bringing Data In-House.
Extras: This month we’re joined for the first time by a new panelist, Jason Williams, Virtual Guardian’s new Director of Client Success and Solutions Architecture.

Recorded live on 2.22.2024

Behind the Shield February 2024

Hot Topics: Open AI’s concerns about #GenAI, the data security of AI boy/girlfriends, our guest’s take on the #AppleProVision, and LockBit’s recent bust by the UK government.
Extras: Matt Konwiser, from this month’s sponsor IBM Security, spotlights: “How Generative AI is forcing security teams to re-think their approach to security”.

Recorded live on 1.18.2024

Behind the Shield January 2024

Hot Topics: Extortion scam linked to the SEC. The effects of ransomware not on hospitals but on the patients themselves.
Extras: The highs and lows of #cybersecurity in 2023. Predictions and wishes for 2024.

Recorded on 11.08.2023

Behind the Shield Special Overtime

Bonus Hot Topics: We didn’t have time to get to all of our Hot Topics in the Nov 2nd Behind the Shield! Ready for a little more cyber news from Marco, Bill and Patrick? Hot topics in this episode include: AI Kidnapping Hoaxes, Johnson Controls Breach – An Update from Patrick from last week’s discussion, Fraudsters target Booking.com customers, and Okta breach.

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