Explore every episode of the podcast Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)
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| DtSR Episode 679 - Wasting Time Patching | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:55:29 | |
TL;DR: Patching. Your least favorite thing. Well, it turns out that most of the work we have been doing in the last 20+ years has been for nothing. Robert "RSnake" Hansen's theory, backed by a lot of data, seems to point to a much bigger problem in cyber, and it's time we talk about it. Rob's Closing Keynote that started this conversation: https://youtu.be/80ZtAsuC4v4?si=-liUcLX4adz092yP YouTube Video: https://youtube.com/live/k4kvKWZVh78 Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 678 - CyberSecurity Has Lost the Plot | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:44:32 | |
TL;DR: This week's pod features your favorite hosts reflecting on how security has lost its way. When everything is a catastrophe, nothing is. When every breach is world-ending, none of them matter. Have we completely lost the plot? Prepare to have a good think. YouTube Video: <coming soon> Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 669 - ADR Enters the SOC Chat | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:43:26 | |
TL;DR: This week's pod features our favorite former analyst Anton Chuvakin, and an AppSec OG Jeff Williams as we tackle the subject of AppSec's favorite new acronym - ADR. What is it? Why is it? Should it be? We answer all these questions and more, and laugh along the way a bit too. YouTube Video: https://youtube.com/live/69xeGDoDYbU Links
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| DtSR Episode 580 - Of Cyber and Snowflakes | 19 Dec 2023 | 00:53:57 | |
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| DtSR Episode 579 - Mike Towers on Trust in the Digital Age | 28 Nov 2023 | 00:38:00 | |
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| DtSR Episode 578 - Maybe A Modern Day SOC Discussion | 21 Nov 2023 | 01:01:48 | |
TL;DR: I finally decided that Erik Bloch's LinkedIn posts have provoked a certain interest in a conversation about what a "modern-day" SOC should look and behave like. I then invited Jim Tiller and Anton Chuvakin (because they have some opinions), on the show to join James and me to discuss this. Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 577 - CISOs Turn at the Big Kids Table | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:42:46 | |
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| DtSR Episode 576 - Fixing Executive Security Events | 07 Nov 2023 | 00:45:58 | |
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| DtSR Episode 575 - Crushed Under a Mountain of Security Tools | 31 Oct 2023 | 00:43:03 | |
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| DtSR Episode 574 - HealthCare CyberSecurity is Sick | 24 Oct 2023 | 00:39:14 | |
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| DtSR Episode 573 - The Urge to Converge | 17 Oct 2023 | 00:45:02 | |
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| DtSR Episode 572 - Managing Vendors Sucks | 10 Oct 2023 | 00:43:27 | |
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| DtSR Episode 571 - Can We Talk About the vCISO | 03 Oct 2023 | 00:45:53 | |
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| DtSR Episode 668 - Actionable Crowd Sourced Defenses | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:38:53 | |
TL;DR: This week's returning guest is the man, the myth, the Alpaca farmer, Philippe Humeau of CrowdSec. Life comes at you fast, threats come at you faster. The good news is - defenses can keep up. Listen in, then go check out CrowdSec! YouTube video: https://youtube.com/live/7Xc99bXCfwQ Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 570 - Starting a Conversation About Securing the Food Supply_Part 2 | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:35:07 | |
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| DtSR Episode 570 - Starting a Conversation About Securing the Food Supply_Part 1 | 26 Sep 2023 | 00:30:55 | |
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| DtSR Episode 569 - Keeping Secrets a Secret | 19 Sep 2023 | 00:39:07 | |
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| DtSR Episode 568 - Breaches Cyber Insurance White Castle and the SEC | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:50:37 | |
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| DtSR Episode 567 - SMBs The Forgotten CyberSecurity Voices | 05 Sep 2023 | 00:38:47 | |
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| DtSR Episode 566 - Kellman's Irreverent Cloud Security Take | 29 Aug 2023 | 00:42:18 | |
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| DtSR Episode 565 - All Tiller, No Filler | 22 Aug 2023 | 00:54:40 | |
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| DtSR Episode 564 - What Happens at Black Hat 23 | 15 Aug 2023 | 00:41:26 | |
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| DtSR Episode 563 - AI Washing Black Hat 2023 Pre-Gaming | 08 Aug 2023 | 00:40:47 | |
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| DtSR Episode 562 - Is There Even a BYOD Debate Anymore? | 01 Aug 2023 | 01:00:02 | |
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| DtSR Episode 667 - Market Consolidation is Screwing the CISO | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:49:59 | |
TL;DR: This week's guest is Dr Sam Liles - who's been CISO'ing since most of us have been in the industry. Sam gets it, and he has some perspective on what's going on with all this market consolidation. What is it good for? He's got some things to say, and he's not shy about it. YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/ROEA6z5Q-sk Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 561 - Telling Generative AI Your Corporate Secrets | 25 Jul 2023 | 00:38:47 | |
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| DtSR Episode 560 - AppSec Philosophers | 18 Jul 2023 | 00:43:38 | |
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| DtSR Episode 559 - The Law of Diminishing Returns Ride Again | 11 Jul 2023 | 00:38:33 | |
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| DtSR Episode 558 - The Problems Of Massive Scale | 04 Jul 2023 | 00:52:19 | |
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| DtSR Episode 557 - Changing Culture and Not Getting Fired | 26 Jun 2023 | 00:35:58 | |
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| DtSR Episode 556 - Will Regulation Price Out the Competition | 20 Jun 2023 | 00:47:43 | |
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| DtSR Episode 555 - Why Can't We Figure Out the Developer Security Relationship | 13 Jun 2023 | 01:03:18 | |
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| DtSR Episode 554 - This is Why AppSec Can't Have Nice Things | 06 Jun 2023 | 00:46:44 | |
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| DtSR Episode 553 - Leadership Series - Selling Cyber Security | 31 May 2023 | 00:58:22 | |
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| DtSR Episode 552 - VPN And Other Dinosaur Tales | 23 May 2023 | 00:43:28 | |
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| DtSR Episode 665 - From Black Hat 2025 with Exhaustion | 12 Aug 2025 | 00:29:12 | |
TL;DR: This week's show is a testament to surviving a week of Hacker Summer Camp out in Las Vegas. I have an interview with Ray Canzanese, Jr. (again, because y'all love him) and a bit of my take-away / rant from the week I spent out in the desert. Enjoy, I hope you made it home safe and learned something. Good God it was hot. YouTube Video: ( standby, waiting on me to edit ) Thanks again to my friends at Netskope! Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 551 - Patching Prioritizing and Punting | 16 May 2023 | 00:48:57 | |
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| DtSR Episode 550 - Lift Shift and Fail to the Cloud | 09 May 2023 | 00:53:14 | |
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| DtSR Episode 549 - Wheres The Beef From RSAC 2023 | 02 May 2023 | 00:39:35 | |
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| DtSR Episode 548 - What's HR Got to Do With It | 25 Apr 2023 | 00:39:03 | |
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| DtSR Episode 547 - Don't Believe All the Cyber Hype | 18 Apr 2023 | 00:48:25 | |
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| DtSR Episode 546 - Rethinking SecOps Tooling Strategy | 11 Apr 2023 | 00:48:17 | |
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| DtSR Episode 545 - Security Products Are Too Complex | 04 Apr 2023 | 00:47:30 | |
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| DtSR Episode 544 - CrowdStrike Global Threat Report March 2023 | 28 Mar 2023 | 00:39:43 | |
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| DtSR Episode 543 - National Cyber Security Policy Daydreams (2023) | 21 Mar 2023 | 01:02:56 | |
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| DtSR Episode 542 - Distilling 20 Years of CISO Wisdom | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:37:06 | |
TL;DR: On this week's episode of the podcast, James joins me to co-host a great episode with an old friend - Ray Emerly. Ray is a long-time veteran of the CISO chair, and no stranger to working at all aspects of the security leadership role. We talk through a number of important topics, ask him what's changed (and what hasn't) and of course we have a stumper at the end. Listen to the end, or you'll miss a golden nugget.
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| DtSR Episode 664 - Everything You Wanted to Know About RaffCon | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:32:31 | |
** Early release, due to Black Hat Conference and RaffCon XVIII. TL;DR: This episode is all about #RaffCon. Ever wanted to know what the heck it is? Well, Raffael Marty and I break it down, give you a little history, and reminisce. As we got into Black Hat week, this is the perfect precursor to #RaffCon XVIII. YouTube video: https://youtube.com/live/jwArV_EwuZc Have something to say? Let's hear it. >>> Please consider clicking the link above to support the show! | |||
| DtSR Episode 541 - The Calculus of Cyber Insurance | 14 Mar 2023 | 00:46:23 | |
** This episode is being re-published due to an issue with the RSS feed/provider ** TL;DR: We've talked about cyber insurance a lot here on this podcast, and this episode is yet another angle on the topic. Nate Smolenski joins us to discuss his view, from the perspective of a CISO. This is a great conversation for those who are still investigating Cyber Insurance, or realizing that their policies are astronomical, or trying to right-size their security program along with insurance. Video link: https://youtube.com/live/O0gpapA_r08?feature=share Guest:
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| DtSR Episode 540 - David Barton on Simplifying the Complex | 28 Feb 2023 | 00:41:08 | |
** This episode is being re-published due to an issue with the RSS feed/provider ** TL;DR: This week I brought on David Barton the CTO of HighWire Networks - who knows a few things about a few things. We discuss the complex nature of our business, where things get weird, and how we can work to make them better. We talk about complexity, specifically, and what makes this such a difficult thing for our industry where simple is the arch-enemy of secure. Join us, and catch the video on the YouTube page (smash that subscribe button), or on LinkedIn.
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| DtSR Episode 539 - SBOM Paving the Road of Good Intent | 21 Feb 2023 | 00:47:01 | |
TL;DR It's been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I feel like this applies to SBOM so much it's scary. All the good intentions in the world seemed to have led us to a place where we have tools that produce inconsistent results, tool sets that aren't necessarily integrated or mission-focused to deliver results, and a lot of confusion. Varun joins us with a boatload of entrepreneurial expertise and an eye for problem-solving so it's an interesting conversation. Join Rafal & James in a conversation that you'll want to listen to a few times, and take notes. Link to YouTube video Guest
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