Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)

Mar 24 2025 684 ep. 43 mins 986
Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR) artwork

The DtSR Podcast is dedicated to the cyber security profession - with timely topics, lively personalities, deep dives, and no fear of the third rail. Running since 2011 - founded by Rafal Los (aka "@Wh1t3Rabbit"), and co-hosted by James Jardine and now featuring Mr. Jim Tiller - the weekly show will entertain you while you're learning something.

On Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/@DtSR_Podcast
On YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyo0dkKRvfVtWXjRxNISrhme1MgBj3C2U&si=scHDiTuLXSEQ9qHq
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/down-the-security-rabbithole-podcast/

  News  Technology
RSS feed Share
Copy RSS


Subscribe on Podcast Addict


DtSR Episode 646 - Ward Pyles on Human Centric Security for Real

Mar 24 2025 36 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week Ward Pyles joins Jim Tiller and myself to talk about a relatively unremarkable topic - people-centric security. We've talked about it a bunch but it's not until this episode that something finally clicked in my brain. When Ward talks about the data that security needs - see if you can pick it up too. Also - I'm trying some new

DtSR Episode 645 - Zero Trust Applied in the Real World

Mar 17 2025 24 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week's episode is a sit-down in person at Zero Trust World 2025 (sponsored by ThreatLocker) with Ryan Benner. Ryan's the caretaker of "anything that powers up", as he puts it, which means this small organization's security is also his responsibility. So how do you do it with next to no staff, and on a small budget? And how do you e

DtSR Episode 644 - Inside the Minds of Great Product Managers

Mar 10 2025 44 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week's episode shifts the focus from leadership in the enterprise, to leadership in the vendor space. Building security products that innovate, inspire, and meet market and customer demand is far from trivial. Meet two of the best in the business - Arash Marzban and Bryan Lares - and hear what makes the job exciting, and how they m

DtSR Episode 643 - A CISO's Guide to the First 90 Days

Mar 03 2025 40 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week's podcast features the wisdom and wit of Merlin Namuth - currently serving as the CISO for the city & county of Denver. Merlin provides insights into how he views the first 90 days of a CISO's role with a new organization, frameworks and processes he goes through to get his bearings and start a successful residency. YouTub

DtSR Episode 642 - Chase Cunningham An Epic Zero Trust Keynote

Feb 24 2025 24 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This episode was recorded live from Zero Trust World 2025 in Orlando, FL sponsored by ThreatLocker. Chase Cunningham joins after finishing an epic keynote where he eviscerates security dogma and the repeated stupidity of the Cyber sector. Chase & Rafal discuss Zero Trust, implications, implementation, and value. YouTube: Big thanks

DtSR Episode 641 - Kevin Fielder Security Principles and Guard Rails

Feb 17 2025 39 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: On this episodes we welcome Kevin Fielder, CISO @ NatWest Boxed & Mettle, Advisor, investor, Coach, and speaker to talk about building guard rails and principles to minimize security's negative impact on business and technology while raising the bar for attackers. YouTube Video: https://youtube.com/live/xYPdHkUW0TQ Drunk AgileDan Va

DtSR Episode 640 - A Practitioner View of Security Automation

Feb 10 2025 39 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week is a real treat! Eva Georgieva - a seasoned cybersecurity automation engineer - joins me, James, and Jim to talk about automation in cyber. We talk about challenges, what to automate first, good versus bad automation, and even get a little practical. YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/lA20Mgl3AxE Drunk AgileDan Vacanti and Prat

DtSR Episode 639 - Richard Bird Famous With 12 People

Feb 03 2025 50 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week's episode features a long-time-coming discussion with Richard Bird discussing his book "Famous with 12 people", and the "influencer culture" in cybersecurity. It's an interesting discussion on how our industry works, and who makes it really turn. YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/hk42GbjzDZQ?feature=share Drunk AgileDan Vacant

DtSR Episode 638 - Matt Shufeldt Cyber Security's Specialist Problem

Jan 27 2025 36 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: This week's episode is all about a growing issue in CyberSecurity (and I'm sure it's there in other disciplines as well) - "specialization" or more to the point "over-specialization". Why is it a problem? Matt Shufeldt, a returning guest and friend of the pod, joins us to talk about it and suggests some ways we can avoid the giant icebe

DtSR Episode 637 - Amanda Berlin Build SMB Tools That Don’t Suck

Jan 20 2025 46 mins  
Send the hosts a message - try it now! TL;DR: On this episode Amanda Berlin, Senior Product manager at Blumira, joins Jim and Rafal to talk about her career, the second edition of her book, and building products for SMBs that "don't suck". The unfortunate fact is that there aren't a lot of products designed for the unique challenges of companies that can't afford an army of securit