Behind the Shield

Your monthly pass into the world of advanced cybersecurity events.

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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 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.

Recorded on 11.02.2023 (Special #AIWeek episode)

Behind the Shield November 2023

Hot Topics: Expert panelists, including our guest Chris ‘Tito’ Sestino of HiddenLayer, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. Credit card fraud while traveling; AI generated phishing attacks, Johnson Controls Breach, Emerging AI Regulations & Effects
Extras: “Securing AI Innovation: Safeguarding AI Amid Emerging Threats” – Chris Sestito, Co-founder & CEO of HiddenLayer, a cybersecurity start-up dedicated to preventing adversarial artificial intelligence attacks.

Recorded on 9.21.2023

Behind the Shield September 2023

Hot Topics: Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. MGM and Caesar’s Cyberattack, TransUnion Data stolen, Microsoft AI Employee Accidental Leak, Canadian Airports DOS, Clorox Breach
Extras: CISCO’s $28B purchase of SPLUNK, NaviLogic’s name change to Virtual Guardian

Recorded on 8.3.2023

Behind the Shield August 2023

Hot Topics: Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

Recorded live on 6.15.2023

Behind the Shield June 2023

Hot Topics: US-based white hat researcher, Eaton Zveare, discovers serious flaws in well-known carmaker; Phishing controversy using pay raise as bait; Making progress in the war against cybercrime.
Special Guest Panelist: Graham Cluley of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast.
Extras: Rudolph Araujo, Arista Networks: “IoT, Ransomware, Insider Threats and Your Data: Threat Hunting to the Rescue”.”.

Recorded live on 5.18.2023

Behind the Shield May 2023

Hot Topics: Cisco IOS vulnerabilities and UQAM’s 2023 Report on geopolitical cyber incidents.
Extras: Amber Borgersen, Product Manager for IBM Security’s Threat Management functionalities – the QRadar Suite, discusses “SIEM is dead! Or is it…?”.

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