Did you know the best way to bring down hackers is to punch them in the face? That if you don’t have a seven screen set up you’re a rogue amateur? Or that the best hackers have fins? This Episode we are joined by Simon Painter a senior software engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry and author of the book Functional Programming with C# . In this episode, Hack The Movies! The Best And Worst Hacker Movies Part 2! Our regular programming has been hijacked to bring you a discuss...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast We all know running a cybersecurity function is expensive and many of us have a hard time successfully negotiating the budgets we need to keep our organisation safe. But what if we let you in on the secrets of successfully securing your cybersecurity budget? This week we are joined by Scott Robertson, CFO of CreateFuture and he gives us the insights on what you should ask for when it comes to your next yearly budget, how to ask for it and crucially (because timing is everything when it comes to ...
Nov 14, 2024•41 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast The data landscape is changing faster than ever, and with it, the security threats - so whose responsibility is it to make sure your data is safe? Is it the data team? Or is it the cyber team? We tackle this question and more with Head of Data at AND Digital, Tim Hatton. From leveraging AI to secure data to the importance of real user testing, to how Tim threat models his client’s data capability, you won’t want to skip this ever-important topic! We also talk about ‘ data mesh ’ and if you’re no...
Nov 07, 2024•44 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast LinkedIn is very divisive! Some people love it, and others hate it and everything it stands for. And if you’ve ever hangout on the subreddit, LinkedIn lunatics, then you can see why. Now for all the braggarts and the ‘what working during my wedding taught me about b2b sales’ posts, there is a lot to like about LinkedIn and many opportunities to be had…if you do it right! We can all learn how to be good LinkedIn citizens, So if you’re LinkedIn has two followers, or 20,000, there is plenty to be g...
Oct 31, 2024•50 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast No new episode this week because we’re are both speaking at the AI for the Rest of Us conference this week. So instead we’ve hit up the vaults for the wonderful Paula Cizek , Chief Research Officer at Nobl. She guides leaders and teams through the change management process, from assessing the organization’s readiness for change to implementing initiatives. In this episode, we explore the fascinating topic of Corporate Change and how its lessons can be applied to cybersecurity. Normal serv...
Oct 23, 2024•44 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Dreaming of a career in Cybersecurity? Currently a Student and wondering how to succeed? In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Thalita Vergilio. Thalita is a passionate technologist and cybersecurity expert dedicated to demystifying complex concepts. This episode is for those dreaming of a thrilling career in cybersecurity as Thalita gives her roadmap for success from cybersecurity student to your first job in cyber. She also highlights where cybersecurity professionals can do better now ...
Oct 16, 2024•42 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we are joined by Marcy Charollois. Marcy is a socialtech writer, content strategist , and the founder of Merci Marcy and The Safe Place . Her mission is to enable teams to embody a culture of genuine inclusion beyond superficial measures. This week we explore the complex, important, and under-discussed topic of diversity, equity and inclusion in cybersecurity. As an industry, we do an alright job talking about hiring diversity in cyber, but that is not where the topic should e...
Oct 09, 2024•48 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast In this Episode we are joined by Kelly Paxton . Kelly Paxton has more than 20 years of investigative experience. Kelly is a Certified Fraud Examiner , author, and podcast host-founder of Fraudish . This week’s episode asks why it is so hard to commit a crime these days ! But when people do, what is their motivation behind it! We also look at the nature of surveillance , how it can be used to catch criminals but also the implications of being willing to bring in surveillance devices into yo...
Oct 02, 2024•54 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast In this Episode we are joined by Dr. Rebekka Reinhard . Dr Reinhard is a philosopher and the founder and editor-in-chief of Human magazine, which aims to holistically address the impact of AI beyond the technical to include the cultural and the human. In this episode, Hacking Our Capacity to Think - The Philosophy of Trust, Cybersecurity and AI , we explore these topics and more within the lens of philosophy. We discuss the importance of an interdisciplinary dialogue between te...
Sep 25, 2024•50 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast In this Episode we are joined by Sergès Goma , a Paris-based software developer specialising in JavaScript. In this episode, Sometimes, we are the Villains - Tech ethics in software development , we dive deep into the ethical dilemmas we face as workers and creators of technology. Heroes are few and far between in this tech landscape, even if we don’t like to admit it, and that includes us in cybersecurity! So it is important we have these conversations and look inward at our industry and the im...
Sep 18, 2024•51 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we are joined by the awesome Steve Trapps . Steve is the co-owner of Scrum Facilitators , an experienced Scrum Master, and a Professional Scrum Trainer with 20 years plus of experience in delivering complex products in many different business sectors. This week we answer that age old question, Can Cybersecurity Teams Actually Do Scrum? To answer that, we do a deep dive into when you should and shouldn’t use scrum in your cybersecurity teams and of course, we will learn exactly what ...
Sep 11, 2024•50 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we are joined by the brilliant Stefan Gaillard , the co-founder and current chair of the Journal of Trial & Error , a journal dedicated to highlighting the importance of trial and error in scientific practice and scholarship. Trial and error is part of the scientific method but most of us are risk averse because we are so afraid of failure or we take great lengths to cover up anyone finding out that we have failed. There is so much shame around admitting to failure, especially i...
Sep 04, 2024•53 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we are joined by the wonderful Jamie Sherman , a cultural anthropologist and principal UX researcher at ESRI. We explore how words like ‘security and privacy’ are slippery and that can lead to a lot of confusion and misunderstanding. How to ask better questions to really understand how to protect the people and our customers in an organisation and how to create the perfect ‘sniff test’ in our organisations so people feel more able to trust their intuition rather than relying on crap...
Aug 28, 2024•52 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we’re heading back into the vaults to bring you the unabridged version of our fantastic and extremely popular interview with Bec McKeown, a chartered psychologist with extensive experience in carrying out applied research for organisations including the UK Ministry of Defence and the founder and director of Mind Science , an independent organisation that works with cybersecurity professionals. Ever wanted to know the psychology behind cybersecurity? Bec takes us an a fascinating jou...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast We’re still on a summer break but in the meantime we are delighted to share with you an episode from friend of the show, Cyber Empathy which Lianne appeared on earlier this year. In this episode Lianne discussed how she hates the term ‘weakest link’ when talking about our colleagues, how the language that we use in cybersecurity can be incredibly harmful to our cybersecurity posture, and how she applies her skills as an anthropologist to her organisation. Key Takeaways: Why Anthropology and Cybe...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast We’re still on a summer break but in the meantime we are delighted to share with you an episode from friend of the show, The Modern.Net Show in which Jeff and Lianne we’re interviewed on. In this discussion we talked about how you protect your ass-ets, your SDLC, and how to overall improve cybersecurity practices within your organisation. Jamie is a great interviewer and we are sure you’ll enjoy his show. And if you do, don’t forget to look him up and subscribe to his channel. We’ve put details ...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Compromising Positions! The award-winning tech podcast that asks non-cybersecurity professionals what we in the industry can do to make their lives easier and help make our organisations more prepared to face ever-changing human-centric cyber threats! This Episode we’re heading back into the vaults to bring you the unabridged version of our fantastic and extremely popular interview with Christian Hunt, the founder of Human Risk . He's a Behavioural Science expert and author...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we are joined by Simon Painter a senior software engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry and author of the book Functional Programming with C# . In this episode, Hack The Planet! The Best And Worst Hacker Movies Reviewed! Our regular programming has been hijacked to bring you a discussion on the best, and worst, hacker movies! In this episode we cover greats like Hackers, Sneakers, Jurassic Park and War Games, and not so great movies like The Net! So boot up that...
Jul 24, 2024•36 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Compromising Positions! The award-winning tech podcast that asks non-cybersecurity professionals what we in the industry can do to make their lives easier and help make our organisations more prepared to face ever-changing human-centric cyber threats! This Episode we are joined by Simon Painter a senior software engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry and author of the book Functional Programming with C# . In this episode, There is no perfect cybersecurity bu...
Jul 17, 2024•32 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we are joined by Martina Mitz , a UX Psychologist, Strategist and Designer. In this episode, When Perception is Everything: Is it Time to Ditch the name "Cybersecurity"?, we explore how people feel when they see the title ‘cybersecurity’ and ask the question: is the term ‘cybersecurity’ it actually putting people off engaging with us! We also talk about the power of perception , how to learn from failure , and supporting cognitive shifts so people feel like a contributing cog ...
Jul 10, 2024•34 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we are joined by Martina Mitz , a UX Psychologist, Strategist and Designer. In this episode “Can Cybersecurity Teams Flex Their Creativity To Keep Us All Safe?”, we’re going to talk about the natural intersection between psychology, UX and Cybersecurity, and the importance of understanding human behaviour to create user-centric digital interfaces, that people will not only want to interact with, but will also keep them safe. We’ll also discuss the importance of bridging the gap betw...
Jul 03, 2024•33 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we are joined by Michael Walford-Williams , a consultant specialising in operational resilience and third-party risk management. His consultancy Westbourne Consultancy Limited sees him working for various clients providing risk management services for the financial service industry. In this episode, we look at how risk appetite evolves over time, the power of red teaming , how to empower everyone to care about risk and ask the question: ‘Is your risk management toast?’ Key Takeaways...
Jun 26, 2024•46 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast This Episode we are joined by John Sills , managing partner at customer-led growth company, The Foundation and author of the book ‘ The Human Experience’ John joined us last week and shared with us fantastic tales of his time working for a major bank and how the IT team decided to rollout a new cybersecurity control without talking to the customers insights team - spoiler alert, didn’t end well - do go back and listen if you haven’t already! This week we continue the conversation fr...
Jun 19, 2024•32 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Compromising Positions! The award-winning tech podcast that asks non-cybersecurity professionals what we in the industry can do to make their lives easier and help make our organisations more prepared to face ever-changing human-centric cyber threats! This Episode we are joined by John Sills , managing partner at customer-led growth company, The Foundation and author of the book ‘ The Human Experience’ In cybersecurity we have many customers, our external customers who en...
Jun 12, 2024•28 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Compromising Positions! The tech podcast that asks non-cybersecurity professionals what we in the industry can do to make their lives easier and help make our organisations more prepared to face ever-changing human-centric cyber threats! For the longest time podcast host, Lianne Potter has been saying: “Cybersecurity has a PR problem!” So what better way of tackling this problem than to get on the show an actual PR and marketing expert? This week we are joined by Sarah Evans , t...
Jun 05, 2024•42 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are joined by James Charlesworth , a seasoned Director of Engineering at Pendo with 15 years of experience in software engineering. James is also the creator of the Train to Code YouTube channel, where he shares a wealth of excellent training videos on software development. In this episode, Say Goodbye to ‘Git Blame’: Building Collaborative and Secure Software Development Lifecycles , we dive into some great topics aimed at saying goodbye to the blame game and hello to good app and ...
May 29, 2024•37 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast We are joined again by Dr Bettina Palazzo a business ethics expert ! She works with compliance managers to create a culture of integrity that focuses on the leadership and behavioural dimensions of compliance. In this episode, “The Dilemma Game”: Unleashing The Power of Ethics and Good Cybersecurity Through Play”, we delve into the complexities of power dynamics within organisations, exploring the efficacy of policies and the role of ethical standards in both corporate and personal settings. We ...
May 22, 2024•23 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to season 3! To kick things off we are joined by Dr Bettina Palazzo a business ethics expert! She works with compliance managers to create a culture of integrity that focuses on the leadership and behavioural dimensions of compliance. She states that unethical organisations make people unhappy - and we couldn’t agree more. So she has dedicated her life work to helping organisations create cultures that make work fun and meaningful. Ethics is such an important subject when it comes t...
May 15, 2024•29 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to the grand finale of season two of ‘Compromising Positions’, where we delve into the fascinating world of AI security. In this special episode, your hosts will guide you through the labyrinth of securing AI models, one step at a time. For those who prefer a quick overview, we offer an abridged version on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. This version deep dives into two key topics: Jeff’s unique mnemonic C-PTSD for threat modeling AI systems, and an intriguing discussion on the correlation b...
Apr 24, 2024•37 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are joined by Dr David Burkus , one of the world’s leading business thinkers and best-selling author of five books on the topic of business and leadership . Dr Burkus has worked with the leadership teams of some internationally known names such as PepsiCo, Adobe and NASA. In this episode, “It’s a Wonderful Hack! Building a high-performance cybersecurity team “, we discuss the three elements of the “ Team Culture Triad ”: common understanding, psychological safety and prosocial purpo...
Apr 17, 2024•27 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast 
