Security Insights

06/11/2025

Our current podcast episode is a special episode report on Ukraine.

In it, we look at how Ukraine’s critical infrastructure has come under sustained kinetic and cyber attack.

How has Ukraine defended itself, and what can its allies learn from its experience? Our guest is Mihoko Matsubara, who heads up cyber strategy at Japan’s NTT, and is an associate fellow at IISS.

Click below for the story, or listen to the episode here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-zfxqu-19ab1f4

08/10/2025

In the current Security Insights podcast episode, we look at the link between DDoS attacks, and geopolitical events:

Distributed denial of service attacks, or DDoS, remain a serious source of disruption across the internet. DDoS attacks continue to grow in their frequency and volume. Researchers at NETSCOUT recorded over 8m DDoS attacks in [...]

19/09/2025

In our latest podcast episode, we try to find the truth behind the industry's skills crisis.

Is there really a skills gap? Or is it a mismatch between employers' and applicants' expectations?

Is the industry making it harder for itself by setting unrealistic expectations, with too much focus on certifications and experience, and not enough on aptitude and potential?

In practice, it is all of the above. Read on to find out more, or subscribe to the podcast here:

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https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/cyber-skills-a-crisis-of-our-own-making/

Is cybersecurity’s skills crisis one of its own making? There are between three and four million vacancies for cybersecurity professionals worldwide, depending on the research you read. Over the years, there has been plenty of [...]

14/07/2025

In the current Security Insights podcast we look at the rise of non-human, or machine, identities. What do they mean for cybersecurity, especially with the growth of automation and agentic AI?

Non-human identities now vastly outnumber human actors on the internet, perhaps by as many as 50 to one. APIs, online devices and service calls now dominate internet traffic, and access requests. And this is only set to increase, with the rise of AI and AI agents. Could we even see "robot wars" as A...

24/06/2025

In our latest podcast episode, we take a deep dive into the relationship between cybsersecurity and risk. Our guest is Richard Seiersen, author and researcher and chief risk technology officer at Qualys.

https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/balancing-risk-and-security-rich-seiersen/

You can also listen directly here: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-hybvc-18dfe61

Effective cybersecurity is no longer about stopping every attack. That is simply no longer possible. But moving from prevention to accepting that attacks will happen means thinking much more about business risk. That is not [...]

12/06/2025

Over the last couple of months, Security Insights has produced a short, spin-off series, Cybersecurity Skills.

We've looked at the recruitment and skills crisis with ISC2's Jon France, diversity in cyber with CAPSLOCK's Andrea Cullen, professionalisation with CIISec's Amanda Finch and open source skills with Nigel Douglas from Cloudsmith.

And lastly, an episode we've been wanting to produce for a while: the role of veterans in cybersecurity, featuring Kevin Breem from Immersive and Melissa Gurney from Punk Security.

You can find all the episodes here:

Skills, training and careers in cybersecurity. From the Security Insights podcast team

06/06/2025

In our latest podcast episode, we talk to academics at from the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, about their new book, Cyber Security Foundations.

The book aims to be a primer for anyone interested in cybersecurity, both for career professionals and students in the field.

There’s no shortage of information on cybersecurity online. But could a new book hold the answers to our cybersecurity challenges? Perhaps not, or at least not on its own. But a new book from the [...]

08/04/2025

The latest episode in our Cybersecurity Skills spin-off series features Amanda Finch, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Information Security.

In it we explore recruitment and retention in cyber, the industry's age profile, and why we need to do more to ensure that people with cyber skills are not attracted to crime:

https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/cybersecurity-skills-amanda-finch-ciisec/

13/03/2025

We've just released our latest podcast episode.
In it, we look at why CISOs are leaving their jobs: one study says 1 in 4 are quitting. What are the reasons, and is there a fix?
https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/why-cisos-quit-cybers-leadership-crisis/
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As many as one in four senior cybersecurity leaders plans to leave the profession, according to an industry survey. And as many as half are considering their positions. The causes include growing responsibilities, increasingly severe [...]

03/03/2025

In the latest Security Insights podcast, we look at stress testing in cyber. How does it work, what does it achieve, and what are its limits? Our guests are Simon PG Edwards from SE Labs and NetApp's Chris McKean.

Testing is an essential part of any technology deployment. And cybersecurity is no exception. Testing, exercises and drills are all part of day to day security operations, or at least they should be. But should [...]

27/01/2025

We've released two new episodes in January. Firstly, we spoke to Jack Mersey, CISO at catering company Westbury Street Holdings about how he ensures security across the business:

https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/ciso-interview-jack-mersey-westbury-street-holdings/

And we spoke to Dan Potter, of Immersive Labs, about how to handle a cyber attack, and the importance of drills and exercises to build connections within a team, and ensure they are as effective as possible when a breach does happen:

https://www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/the-eye-of-the-storm-dealing-with-a-cyber-crisis/

What happens when a cyber attack hits? What is it like to be in the eye of the storm, and how can security teams prepare? A cyber attack will always be a stressful and worrying [...]

20/12/2024

This week's podcast episode looks at how hacktivism is changing, and the threat it poses to cybersecurity:

Online hacktivism is not new: it has been around almost as long as the public internet. But the make up, and goals, of hacktivist groups has changed over the years. Today’s hactivist is less likely [...]