Cyber Sidekicks

Rory Duncan

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Cyber Sidekicks

A 30-minute, weekly insight into the cybersecurity market's most significant news, trends and technologies with Richmond Advisory Group Principal Analysts Christina Richmond and Rory Duncan.

5D AGO

AI Security Survey Results Preview, Cyber Sidekicks EP#11, 8 March 2025

Episode Notes AI SECURITY SURVEY RESULTS PREVIEW Richmond Advisory Group has surveyed 300 US-based security professionals regarding their use and planned adoption of AI Security tools. We preview some of the results in this episode... If you would like to learn more, please contact either Christina or Rory via the links below! NEWS Google DeepMind Unveils Framework to Exploit AI’s Cyber Weaknesses EvilCorp & RansomHub Working Together to Attack Organizations Worldwide RSA LATEST Reminder: RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco As of the 8th April we have only three weeks – 21 sleeps! – until the first day of the show! We have a PACKED schedule… Looking forward to meeting with friends, colleagues – new and old – and all the lovely tech vendors and service providers who will be attending. LEAVE US SOME FEEDBACK! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link CONTACT Christina Richmond - christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com MUSIC Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/kitchen-dance License code: 2WTFLOYAMBLZSNPC

31 min
APR 1

Crypto hunting rats? Cyber Sidekicks Ep#10, 1 April 2025

S1 EPISODE#10 - SHOW NOTES SEND US A MESSAGE! Want to leave some feedback and suggestions but would prefer not to write an email? You can leave us a voicemail (90 seconds max). We will share any that are not too spicy in the following episode. SpeakPipe link NEWS Microsoft Warns of New StilachiRAT Malware Legacy Medical Devices Remain Easy Targets for Ransomware THIS WEEK'S GUEST This week’s special guest is Saryu Nayyar, the Founder and CEO of Gurucul Saryu talks with us about User Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), next-gen SIEM and how AI/ML and automation can help with incident triage and identifying the “unknown unknowns” CONTACT Christina Richmond - christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com

31 min
MAR 25

$32 billion?? Gee Wiz! Cyber Sidekicks EP#9

Episode Notes SPECIAL EPISODE This week is devoted to a deep-dive discussion about Google's announcement that it plans to acquire Wiz for $32 billion...! The news has been reported extensively (like... everywhere), so we take a deeper dive into what may (or may not) be behind the move, what it means for Google, its cybersecurity strategy and more... Links to some additional sources we reference: Security Tinkerer Ross Haleliuk’s blog post from July 2024: The Wizard Of Cyber: what is behind Wiz's success and what got the security industry craving for magic David Strom’s September 2022 article in CSO Online, CNAPP buyers guide: Top tools compared YOUTUBE CHANNEL Richmond Advisory Group’s YouTube channel is now live! Our YouTube channel is where we post videos of tradeshow and event visits, discussions with vendors and other folks in the industry, and some “behind the scenes” insights. The first pieces of content are already published: · A quick tour of the Cloud & Cybersecurity Expo in London on 12th March Three short discussions with some interesting technology vendors and service providers: · Yoav Cogen, CTO, Satori Cyber · Nico Sanguinetti, Inside Partner Account Manager, ESET UK · Ed Hume, Managing Director, Advanced Cyber Defence Systems (ACDS) RSAC 2025 RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco • We’ll be there! • Reach out if you would like to meet us – thanks to all of you who have done so already! Our calendar is filling up! • Vendors: we are always happy to have a chat • Newcomers to the industry: let’s grab a coffee and chat… CONTACT US Send us your comments, suggestions and feedback! Christina Richmond - christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com

35 min
MAR 18

Cyber Sidekicks EP#8 - 18 MARCH 2025

Episode Notes NEWS New CCA Jailbreak Method Works Against Most AI Models New Polymorphic Attack That Mimics Any Chrome Extension Installed On The Browser THIS WEEK'S GUEST We had a great chat with Josh Ray, Founder & CEO of Blackwire Labs! RSA LATEST RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco We’ll be there! Reach out if you would like to meet us Vendors: we are always happy to have a chat Newcomers to the industry: let’s grab a coffee and talk. Security Tinkerers - Pitch for Charity - REGISTER Vendor Submission Form Contact for more information - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com Sponsored by Okta and SentinelOne REACH OUT TO US Christina Richmond - christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com

42 min
MAR 11

Cyber Sidekicks EP#7 - 11 MARCH 2025

Episode Notes NEWS Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason Shocking? Or not really a surprise? In an open letter to clients, partners, trustees, CEO Eric Harmon announced on Friday 7th March that Trustwave will no longer be merging with Cybereason, following the announcement in November 2024. Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies Japanese telecommunication services provider NTT Communications Corporation (NTT) is warning almost 18,000 corporate customers that their information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident. Was the DDoS attack in January are precursor to this most recent incident? RSA LATEST RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco We’ll be there! Reach out if you would like to meet us Vendors: we are always happy to have a chat Newcomers to the industry: let’s grab a coffee and talk. Security Tinkerers - Pitch for Charity - REGISTER Vendor Submission Form Contact for more information - pitchforcharityinfo@okta.com Sponsored by Okta and SentinelOne CYBER SIDEKICKS UNIVERSITY PRESENTS.... ... A history of Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) First in an irregular series looking at the history of cybersecurity Designed to be educational and informative - reflecting on how key technologies and topics came into being and what we can learn from their development. REACH OUT TO US Christina Richmond - christina@richmondadvisorygroup.com Rory Duncan - rory@richmondadvisorygroup.com

35 min
MAR 4

Cyber Sidekicks EP#6 - 4 MARCH 2025

Episode Notes Welcome to Episode #6! Today we talk about cyber cruising, the challenges of early advantage in AI and security; GenZ privacy & security concerns; as well as the perils of having raccoons in your kitchen. SPECIAL GUEST This week, we chat with Allan Alford, Senior Vice President of Information Security at NTT Global Datacenters NEWS Apple removes iCloud end-to-end encryption in the UK Forget Phishing, “mishing” is the new threat we have to worry about Poor old Nvidia - earnings beat expectations but stock still slides…. RSA CONFERENCE & SECURITY TINKERERS Information / background about Pitch for Charity Pitch for Charity Attendee form Vendor Submission form Feedback, suggestions, comments and questions welcome! Yours hosts, Rory & Christina

35 min
FEB 25

Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #5, 25 FEB 2025

Episode #5 Show Notes Hello! Episode #5 continues our chats with cybersecurity practitioners, this week with Adriana Duarte, a SIEM Engineer with NDM Technologies based in Spokane, WA. An MSP and MSSP, NDM Technologies specialises in application software, cloud computing, data center, networking, security, storage, unified communication, virtualization, and managed services. Christina and I also have the first part of our discussion on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (aka CTEM) as outlined by Gartner's framework - https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/how-to-manage-cybersecurity-threats-not-episodes Part 2 will follow in the next episode. Richmond Advisory Group will be publishing a paper on the topic of CTEM in advance of RSAC 2025. Let us know if you have any feedback, suggestions or comments. All the best from Rory & Christina

24 min
FEB 18

Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #4, 18 FEB 2025

Episode Notes TODAY’S GUEST We’re very happy to have George Werbacher, Director of Information Security at Live Oak Bank on the show. We had a wide-ranging discussion, but George summed-up the challenge of dealing with the continuing emergence of new technologies: “The existential crisis from a security standpoint is going to be, are we going to let all this transformative stuff take away our attention from what’s foundational” If you would like to be a guest on the show, let us know! We are always interested in hearing from cyber security 'sidekicks' - the CISO's, engineers, IT directors and the many others on the cyber frontlines. NEWS UK Government rebrands AI Safety Institute .... drops "Safety" and substitutes "Security" in the title? Researcher gets $10,000 bug bounty for disclosing vulnerability in YouTube ... attackers could have potentially access email addresses by exploiting a design flaw in Google APIs. RSAC LATEST Security Tinkerers To Host “Pitch for Charity” Event cosponsored by Okta and SentinelOne CLOSING COMMENTS Please get in touch if you have any comments, questions, suggestions or would simply like to say "hi"! Rory & Christina

30 min
FEB 11

Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #3, 11 FEB 2025

Episode Notes A special episode this week where we are joined by a special guest: Adam Brennick, Director of Security, Risk and Compliance at Cockroach Labs. We talk about a bunch of different cyber-related things including DeepSeek (again!); the challenge of keeping up with technology development and security threats; advice from Adam on where to learn about - and be kept informed about - what's happening in the security industry, and; the correct meat choices for BBQ’ing depending on State.... To learn more, take a look at Cockroach University (yes, that's right!) for lots of information around distributed databases, cloud-native applications, general purpose SQL databases & much more!

19 min
FEB 4

Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #2, 4 FEB 2025

Episode Notes NEWS Our trailer gained us some attention! Cyber Sidekicks was briefly at #4 in the Apple Podcasts Technology section in… Hungary! For our Hungarian listeners out there: Köszönöm, hogy meghallgattál !!!! DeepSeek'ing Missile? Open source Chinese AI model causes waves in the US tech industry. We have a long discussion. Christina attended a LaunchPad INW event last where DeepSeek was the hot topic of discussion. Josh Bernoff's blog from January 29: No-one Whines Louder Than A Disrupted Disruptor NVIDIA stock takes a nosedive What now for US federal cybersecurity oversight? New US administration sacking members of the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) RSA LATEST Reminder: RSAC 2025 – April 28 to May 1 – Moscone Center, San Francisco We’ll be there, so please reach out if you would like to meet us Vendors: we are always happy to have a chat Newcomers to the industry: let’s grab a coffee and talk. RSAC has been doing a series of webinars: One coming on the 7th February: The Spy Who Hacked Us: Espionage, Cybersecurity, and the Supply Chain A shout out to the Security Tinkerers: https://www.securitytinkerers.org/about "Pitch For Charity" – donating to Code Path and Hack In the Woods.

29 min
JAN 28

Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #1, 28 JAN 2025

Episode Notes Episode #1 of Cyber Sidekicks - your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today. Hosted by Christina Richmond & Rory Duncan, Principal Analysts with Richmond Advisory Group https://www.richmondadvisorygroup.com/ In this episode we cover: NEWS Trellix CEO Bryan Palmer steps down Conduent confirms cybersecurity incident behind recent outagehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conduent-confirms-cybersecurity-incident-behind-recent-outage/ Threat Actors Delivering Ransomware Via Microsoft Teams Using Voice Callshttps://cybersecuritynews.com/threat-actors-delivering-ransomware-via-microsoft-teams/ Cyber risks sound alarm for energy firmshttps://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/cyber/cyber-risks-sound-alarm-for-energy-firms--report-521737.aspx RSAC 2025 We’ll be there! Reach out if you would like to meet us Vendors & Service Providers: we are always happy to have a chat Look out for us vlogging from the show floor! FEATURE - M&A ACTIVITY IN 2024 After a relatively quiet 2023, 2024 ramped-up!https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/top-cybersecurity-mergers/ Sophos’ intended purchase of SecureWorks for $859m CyberArk’s $1.5bn acquisition of Venafi Thoma Bravo’s $5.3bn deal to purchase UK-based Darktrace in October 2024. Arctic Wolf buys Cylance (Nov 2024) – shameless plug for our analysis! New episode every Tuesday!

33 min
JAN 24

Cyber Sidekicks - Intro & Trailer

Episode Notes Welcome to Cyber Sidekicks – the weekly podcast that brings fresh perspectives and essential insights to the world of cybersecurity. Hosted by Rory Duncan and Christina Richmond, two dynamic co-hosts who are each other’s trusted sidekicks, this podcast is your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today. But we don’t stop there. At Cyber Sidekicks, we go beyond the surface by spotlighting not just the top executives and leaders driving security programs and vendor innovation—but also their indispensable sidekicks: the behind-the-scenes heroes whose expertise and efforts often go unrecognized. Whether you’re designing products and services, leading a security program, supporting one, or just passionate about cybersecurity, we’re here to be your sidekick—delivering relatable conversations, actionable insights, and a fresh take on what it takes to navigate the fast-evolving cyber landscape. Tune in weekly on Tuesdays to Cyber Sidekicks: where the unsung heroes take center stage, and everyone gets the insights they need to thrive.

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A 30-minute, weekly insight into the cybersecurity market's most significant news, trends and technologies with Richmond Advisory Group Principal Analysts Christina Richmond and Rory Duncan.

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