⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technology https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com _____________________________ This Episode’s Sponsors BlackCloak provides concierge cybersecurity protection to corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals to protect against hacking, reputational loss, financial loss, and the impacts of a corporate data breach. BlackCloak: https://itspm.ag/itspbcweb _____________________________ The Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Be...
Jul 20, 2025•11 min•Ep. 2444
ITSPmagazine Weekly Update | From AI Agents to Tape Mixes, to Guitars and Black Hat Buzzwords and much more with Marco & Sean's Random & Unscripted Podcast ⸻ In this weekly unscripted update, Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin catch up on their latest stories, from AI agents replacing SOC analysts to mixtape nostalgia and vintage guitars made from NYC history. They also tease big things coming at Black Hat USA and reflect on why collaboration is core to ITSPmagazine. ⸻ In this week’s Random...
Jul 18, 2025•22 min•Ep. 2443
⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technology https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com Title: The Human Side of Technology with Abadesi Osunsade — From Diversity to AI and Back Again Guest: Abadesi Osunsade Founder @ Hustle Crew - We train ambitious & inclusive teams in tech & beyond WebSite: https://www.abadesi.com On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abadesi/ Host: Marco Ciappelli Co-Founder & CMO @ITSPmagazine | Master Degree in Political Science - Sociology of Communi...
Jul 17, 2025•32 min•Ep. 2442
⬥ GUEST ⬥ Tobias Halmans , OT Incident Responder | GIAC Certified Incident Handler | Automation Security Consultant at admeritia GmbH | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-halmans/ ⬥ HOST ⬥ Host: Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast | On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imsmartin/ | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com ⬥ EPISODE NOTES ⬥ Business continuity planning is a familiar exercise for most IT and security leaders—but when yo...
Jul 17, 2025•50 min•Ep. 2441
Title: "Catching Up With Ken Munro After Infosecurity Europe 2025 — Hacking the Planet, One Car, One Plane, and One System at a Time" A Post–Infosecurity Europe 2025 Conversation with Ken Munro Guests Ken Munro Security writer & speaker https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-munro-17899b1/ Hosts Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine Website: https://www.seanmartin.com Marco Ciappelli , Co-Founder, CMO, and Creative Director at ITSPmagazine Website: https://www.marcociappelli.com ___________ Epis...
Jul 17, 2025•23 min•Ep. 2440
Before a power crew rolls out to check a transformer, sensors on the grid have often already flagged the problem. Before your smart dishwasher starts its cycle, it might wait for off-peak energy rates. And in the world of autonomous vehicles, lightweight systems constantly scan road conditions before a decision ever reaches the car’s central processor. These aren’t the heroes of their respective systems. They’re the scouts, the context-builders: automated agents that make the entire operation mo...
Jul 09, 2025•5 min•Ep. 2439
Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is no longer just a technical stream of indicators or a feed for security operations center teams. In this episode, Ryan Patrick, Vice President at HITRUST; John Salomon, Board Member at the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN); Tod Beardsley, Vice President of Security Research at runZero; Wayne Lloyd, Federal Chief Technology Officer at RedSeal; Chip Witt, Principal Security Analyst at Radware; and Jason Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer at SixMap, each bring the...
Jul 02, 2025•7 min•Ep. 2438
Getting a start in cybersecurity has never been easy — but for today’s aspiring pen testers, the entry barriers are even higher than they were a decade ago. In this conversation, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli sit down with Greg Hatcher and John Stigerwalt from White Knight Labs to unpack why they decided to flip the script on entry-level offensive security training. Greg, a former Army Special Operations communicator, and John, who got his break as a self-taught hacker, agree that the traditio...
Jun 30, 2025•40 min•Ep. 2437
In this Random and Unscripted episode, Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin connect the dots between AI, robotics, connected systems, and human behavior. How do machines reshape society—and how do we reshape ourselves in response? A conversation born from their latest articles. This Random and Unscripted episode is exactly what the title promises—a raw, thoughtful exchange between Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin, sparked by their most recent written reflections. The starting point? Two timely article...
Jun 30, 2025•20 min•Ep. 2436
⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technology https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com _____________________________ This Episode’s Sponsors BlackCloak provides concierge cybersecurity protection to corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals to protect against hacking, reputational loss, financial loss, and the impacts of a corporate data breach. BlackCloak: https://itspm.ag/itspbcweb _____________________________ Robbie, From Fiction to Familiar — Robots, AI, and the Illusion o...
Jun 29, 2025•10 min•Ep. 2435
Guest and Host Guest: Regan Sommer McCoy, Chief Curator of Mixtape Museum | Website: https://sommer.nyc/ Host: Sean Martin , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast & Music Evolves Podcast | Website: https://www.seanmartin.com/ Show Notes In this episode of Music Evolves , host Sean Martin connects with Sommer McCoy, founder of the Mixtape Museum, to explore how a simple cassette tape became a cultural vehicle for creativity, connection, and entrepreneurship—e...
Jun 27, 2025•56 min•Ep. 2434
Cyber threats are not static—and HITRUST knows assurance can’t be either. That’s why HITRUST's Michael Moore is leading efforts to ensure the HITRUST framework evolves in step with the threat environment, business needs, and the technologies teams are using to respond. In this episode, Moore outlines how the HITRUST Cyber Threat Adaptive (CTA) program transforms traditional assessment models into something far more dynamic. Instead of relying on outdated frameworks or conducting audits that only...
Jun 25, 2025•36 min•Ep. 2433
⸻ Podcast: Redefining Society and Technology https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com Title: Bridging Worlds: How Technology Connects — or Divides — Our Communities Guest: Lawrence Eta Global Digital AI Thought Leader | #1 International Best Selling Author | Keynote Speaker | TEDx Speaker | Multi-Sector Executive | Community & Smart Cities Advocate | Pioneering AI for Societal Advancement WebSite: https://lawrenceeta.com On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-eta-9b11139/...
Jun 25, 2025•39 min•Ep. 2432
FORBIX — THE HAIRDRESSER WITH AN ARTIST’S TOUCH In the heart of the town of Tagliaspunta, nestled among shops of all kinds, there’s a hairdresser named Forbix, for women, men, teenagers, and children — though not too little. Forbix is no ordinary hairdresser: he has the magical touch of an artist. His scissors are made of silver and, as they cut, they whisper stories. His ivory comb makes hair shine, and his hairdryer doesn’t blow air — it blows dreams. At his cutting station, he becomes a magic...
Jun 24, 2025•5 min•Ep. 2431
Guest: Justin Thompson , Senior Artist at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-thompson-91a47339/ On Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/mythtickle/ _____________________________ Host: Marco Ciappelli , Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [ @ITSPmagazine ] and Host of Redefining Society Podcast & Audio Signals Podcast On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli _____________________________ This Ep...
Jun 22, 2025•44 min•Ep. 2430
Title: “These Aren’t Soft Skills — They’re Human Skills” A Post–Infosecurity Europe 2025 Conversation with Rob Black and Anthony D'Alton Guests Rob Black UK Cyber Citizen of the Year 2024 | International Keynote Speaker | Master of Ceremonies | Cyber Leaders Challenge | Professor | Community Builder | Facilitator | Cyber Security | Cyber Deception https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-black-30440819/ Anthony D'Alton Product marketing | brand | reputation for cybersecurity growth https://www.linkedin.c...
Jun 19, 2025•28 min•Ep. 2429
William Lyne of the UK’s National Crime Agency joins us live at Infosecurity Europe to talk ransomware, AI threats, and the future of cybercrime disruption. When the UK’s top cyber intelligence strategist sits down with you in London, you listen — and you hit record. At Infosecurity Europe 2025, the ITSPmagazine podcast team — Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin — sat down with William Lyne, Deputy Director and Head of Cyber Intelligence at the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). This is the guy who n...
Jun 16, 2025•18 min•Ep. 2428
What Hump? Thirty Years of Cybersecurity and the Fine Art of Pretending It’s Not a Human Problem A new transmission from Musing On Society and Technology Newsletter, by Marco Ciappelli June 6, 2025 A Post-Infosecurity Europe Reflection on the Strange but Predictable Ways We’ve Spent Thirty Years Pretending Cybersecurity Isn’t About People. ⸻ Once there was a movie titled “Young Frankenstein” (1974) — a black-and-white comedy directed by Mel Brooks, written with Gene Wilder, and starring Wilder a...
Jun 15, 2025•10 min•Ep. 2427
What does it really mean to be crisis-ready? In this conversation from InfoSecurity Europe 2025, Steve Wright—a data privacy and cybersecurity leader with three decades of experience spanning Siemens, Unilever, John Lewis, and the Bank of England—joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to unpack the heart of effective crisis management. With a career that’s evolved from risk, through cybersecurity, and now into privacy, Wright offers a refreshingly grounded perspective: crisis management starts wi...
Jun 10, 2025•29 min•Ep. 2426
As Infosecurity Europe prepares to mark its 30th anniversary, Portfolio Director Saima Poorghobad shares how the event continues to evolve to meet the needs of cybersecurity professionals across industries, sectors, and career stages. What began in 1996 as a niche IT gathering has grown into a strategic hub for over 14,000 visitors, offering much more than just vendor booths and keynotes. Saima outlines how the event has become a dynamic space for learning, collaboration, and strategic alignment...
Jun 10, 2025•21 min•Ep. 2425
What if the key to cybersecurity isn’t more tech—but more humanity? In this On Location episode of ITSPmagazine, Rob Black—UK Cyber Citizen of the Year and founder of the Global Institute of Cyber Deception—joins hosts Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin to challenge conventional thinking around cyber defense. With a background spanning military operations and human sciences, Rob brings a fresh perspective that prioritizes multidisciplinary thinking, behavioral insight, and creative disruption over ...
Jun 10, 2025•23 min•Ep. 2424
In this episode, Amanda Finch, Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Institute of Information Security, offers a perspective shaped by decades of experience in a field she has grown with and helped shape. She shares how cybersecurity has transformed from an obscure technical pursuit into a formalized profession with recognized pathways, development programs, and charters. Her focus is clear: we need to support individuals and organizations at every level to ensure cybersecurity is inclusive, ...
Jun 10, 2025•27 min•Ep. 2423
Dr. Jason Nurse, academic and cybersecurity behavior researcher, joins Marco Ciappelli at Infosecurity Europe to unpack the shift in cybersecurity thinking—away from purely technical measures and toward a deeper understanding of human behavior and psychology. Nurse focuses his work on why people act the way they do when it comes to security decisions, and how culture, community, and workplace influences shape those actions. Behavior is increasingly taking center stage in security conversations, ...
Jun 10, 2025•15 min•Ep. 2422
Security teams often rely on scoring systems like Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), and Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) to make sense of vulnerability data—but these frameworks don’t always deliver the clarity needed to act. In this episode, Tod Beardsley, Vice President of Security Research at runZero, joins host Sean Martin at InfoSec Europe 2025 to challenge how organizations use these scoring systems and to explain ...
Jun 10, 2025•27 min•Ep. 2421
As Infosecurity Europe prepares to mark its 30th anniversary, Portfolio Director Saima Poorghobad shares how the event continues to evolve to meet the needs of cybersecurity professionals across industries, sectors, and career stages. What began in 1996 as a niche IT gathering has grown into a strategic hub for over 14,000 visitors, offering much more than just vendor booths and keynotes. Saima outlines how the event has become a dynamic space for learning, collaboration, and strategic alignment...
Jun 09, 2025•30 min•Ep. 2420
As Infosecurity Europe prepares to mark its 30th anniversary, Portfolio Director Saima Poorghobad shares how the event continues to evolve to meet the needs of cybersecurity professionals across industries, sectors, and career stages. What began in 1996 as a niche IT gathering has grown into a strategic hub for over 14,000 visitors, offering much more than just vendor booths and keynotes. Saima outlines how the event has become a dynamic space for learning, collaboration, and strategic alignment...
Jun 09, 2025•24 min•Ep. 2419
Cybersecurity isn’t just about code, controls, or compliance—it’s about people. That’s the core message from Purvi Kay, Head of Cybersecurity for the Future Combat Air System at BAE Systems, and Rob Black, founder of the UK Cyber Leaders Challenge, as they share how genuine collaboration is reshaping security success in high-stakes environments. In this InfoSecurity Europe conversation, Purvi emphasizes that cybersecurity is still too often seen as an IT issue, when in reality it cuts across eve...
Jun 09, 2025•17 min•Ep. 2418
Sometimes, the best conversations happen when there’s no agenda. This is one of those moments. With London as the backdrop — its history, energy, and unpredictable charm — Sean and I sat on the grass in Hyde Park and hit record. No script, no plan. Just two friends talking about music, memories, meditation, and why we still believe in experiencing things without a phone between us and reality. From yoga poses on park benches to tales of Clapton at Royal Albert Hall and an upcoming Oasis reunion ...
Jun 03, 2025•18 min•Ep. 2417
In this On Location episode during OWASP AppSec Global 2025 in Barcelona, Maria Mora, Staff Application Security Engineer and active OWASP lifetime member, shares how her experience at the OWASP AppSec Global conference in Barcelona has reaffirmed the power of community in security. While many attendees chase back-to-back talks and technical training, Maria highlights something often overlooked—connection. Whether at the member lounge ping-pong table, during late-night beach meetups, or over key...
Jun 03, 2025•16 min•Ep. 2416
As Chief Technology Officer at eSentire, Dustin Hillard brings a deeply rooted background in AI and machine learning—going back over 15 years—to the practical challenges of cybersecurity. In this episode, Hillard discusses how his team is using agentic AI not for the sake of hype, but to augment real human workflows and achieve measurable, high-impact outcomes for clients. The conversation begins with a critical point: AI should be an enabler, not a shiny object. Hillard contrasts the superficia...
Jun 02, 2025•45 min•Ep. 2415
