Behind
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A once monthly virtual cybersecurity event

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

Expect Headline News, HotTopics, a themed Spotlight Topic, and open Q&A
guided by experts fighting deep inside today’s threat landscape.

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January 18, 2024
2PM – 3PM ET

Year-In-Review Special

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Behind the Shield events are recorded and republished as podcast episodes. Listen here, or subscribe to “Behind the Shield – A Virtual Guardian Podcast” wherever you find your favorite podcasts.

November 2023 Episode (Recorded on 11.02.2023) – Special #AIWeek Episode

Expert panelists, including our guest Chris ‘Tito’ Sestino of HiddenLayer, and host Marco Estrela discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.

Hot Topics: Credit card fraud while traveling; AI generated phishing attacks, Johnson Controls Breach, Emerging AI Regulations & Effects

Spotlight: “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.

September 2023 Episode (Recorded on 9.21.2023)

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

Hot Topics: 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

August 2023 Episode (Recorded on 8.3.2023)

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

Hot Topics: Cybersecurity labeling for smart devices, New 4-Day disclosure requirement by SEC, Chinese Malware’s Potential Impacts to US, WormGPT, JumpCloud hack linked to North Korea, US’s Data Breach Record

Extras: Rapid Fire Q&A for the panel; Remembering Kevin Mitnick, 1990s “Most Wanted Computer Outlaw”

June 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 6.15.2023)

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.

Spotlight: Rudolph Araujo, Arista Networks: “IoT, Ransomware, Insider Threats and Your Data: Threat Hunting to the Rescue”.

May 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 5.18.2023)

Hot Topics: Cisco IOS vulnerabilities and UQAM’s 2023 Report on geopolitical cyber incidents.

Special Guest Panelist & Spotlight: Amber Borgersen, Product Manager for IBM Security’s Threat Management functionalities – the QRadar Suite, discusses “SIEM is dead! Or is it…?”

April 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 04.19.2023 in front of a live audience at Esterel Resort, Quebec Canada)

Hot Topics: Six arrested in Quebec (closure of a major criminal marketplace on the Dark Web.), Putin’s secret weapon: weaponized ransomware, BYOD habits and how they put their data and organizations at risk.

Special Guest Panelist & Spotlight: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Byron Acohido (lastwatchdog.com): “Network security reborn: Leveraging machine learning, automation to drive legacy defenses into obsolescence.”

March 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 03.16.2023)

Hot Topics: Multi Factor Authentication Blind Spots, T-Mobile’s Security Breach (API Attack vector), TikTok ban (US & Canada governments), Return of IceFire Ransomware.

Sponsor/Spotlight: Branden Williams, VP of IAM Strategy at Ping Identity: “Fostering Collaboration to Build Trust in an Untrustworthy World”.

February 2023 Episode (Originally Aired Live on 02.16.2023)

Hot Topics: Mortgage Broker 8Twelve’s leak (where everything went wrong), Reddit cyberattack, AI in the wrong hands, and clickbait article of the month: “Cyber Apocalypse 2023: Is The World Heading For A ‘Catastrophic’ Event”.

Sponsor/Spotlight: Mike Britton, CISO for Abnormal Security, brings guest customer Joel Godbout, Cybersecurity Manager at PCL Construction, to discuss “Securing Your Cloud Email Platform from Socially-Engineered Attacks”.

2022 Year In Review Episode (Originally Aired on 01.19.2023)

Special “Year In Review” featuring 7 panelists talking the most memorable 2022 cybersecurity hacks and events, followed by their wishes and predictions for 2023.

November 2022 (Originally Aired on 11.17.2022)

Hot Topics: Empire, Maple Leaf Foods breach; Ransomware attack on Boeing; Twitter verified users; Breaches across Australia; LockBit ransomware mastermind arrested.

Spotlight: Christopher Reynolds, Partner Account Manager at OVHcloud: “Hyper Resilience and the Future of Data Centers”.

October 2022 Episode (Originally Aired on 10.20.2022)

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

Spotlight: Brad Stocking, Associate Partner Cloud and Infrastructure Security at IBM Security: “Zero Trust – No Silver Bullets”.

September 2022 Episode (Originally Aired on 09.22.2022)

Hot Topics: 18-year-old hacks Uber, Sephora’s fine under the CCPA, and the summer attacks in Quebec on big targets like Bombardier, The National Research Institute, The City of Laval, Bell Technical Solutions, and Montmorency College.

Spotlight: Chris Vincent, Senior VP of Go-To Market Strategy at Halcyon: “The Truth About Ransomware”.

August 2022 Episode (Originally Aired on 08.18.2022)

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

Spotlight: Tim Chase, Field CISO at Lacework: “Secure Your Cloud: First Easy Steps.”

June 2022 Episode (Originally Aired on 06.16.2022)

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

Spotlight: Jane Arnett, Strategic Advisor & Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies: “Down the Rabbit Hole: A Tour into the Dark Web”.