Cybersecurity Perspectives

Paul Marco & Owahn Bazydlo

Cybersecurity Perspectives is a show for IT and cybersecurity professionals who want real talk, not talking points. Every episode, a guest draws one of three cards, each one holding a real statistic pulled from an industry report or news outlet. Whatever card they pick becomes the topic. No pre-set questions, no rehearsed answers. Just an honest conversation about what that number actually means for their company, their team, and the industry at large, and what to do about it. Hosted by Paul Marco and Owahn Bazydlo, co-founders of TALAS Security, the show brings together practitioners, leaders, and builders from across IT and cybersecurity to talk shop, share hard-won lessons, and build a stronger community for the people doing this work every day. Stats. Insights. Real talk. https://www.talas.io/podcast

Episodes

  1. 7h ago ·  Bonus

    S1:E2 - Bonus - Departing Blackhat, Thoughts from the Airport

    Black Hat’s biggest lesson this year is not about AI, it’s about control. Paul and Owahn unpack fragmented security stacks, why “agentic AI” is just the latest rebrand of old identity problems, and what defenders actually need to do to reduce risk without drowning in hype. From the airport after five intense days in Las Vegas, they break down the real conversations happening on the vendor floor, the SMB-sized gaps that enterprise tools keep ignoring, and the one startup that genuinely stood out with file-level and even page-level encryption at a price smaller teams can actually afford. Along the way, they trace how prompt injection, model poisoning, and over-permissioned agents map back to the same control failures security teams have wrestled with for years. You’ll hear why Paul is so done with AI being slapped on every booth and every pitch, why Owahn keeps pushing the idea that security has to be treated as a connected control web, and how both of them see the same core issue from different angles: isolated tools don’t create resilience. Standards, policy, process, people, tech, and service all have to work together. They also dig into one of the most important shifts in cybersecurity right now - treating agents like identities, cataloging what you actually have, and building a program that starts with operations, governance, and business impact instead of chasing the newest shiny product. If you’ve ever wondered how small and midsize organizations are supposed to keep up, or how security can become a business enabler instead of a cost center, this conversation gives you a sharper way to think about it. The episode closes on the part most people miss at conferences: the hallway conversations, random dinners, and unexpected CISO chats that often matter more than the giant booths and flashy demos. Essential listening if you care about practical cybersecurity, smarter buying decisions, and what actually works once the hype cycle fades.

  2. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    S1:E1 - Promo - On the Walk to the Blackhat Conference

    Launching our first podcast at Blackhat, where cybersecurity pros don’t just talk tech, they share perspectives, challenge ideas, and build community. Episode one drops soon.

    S1:E1 - Promo - On the Walk to the Blackhat Conference

Trailer

About

Cybersecurity Perspectives is a show for IT and cybersecurity professionals who want real talk, not talking points. Every episode, a guest draws one of three cards, each one holding a real statistic pulled from an industry report or news outlet. Whatever card they pick becomes the topic. No pre-set questions, no rehearsed answers. Just an honest conversation about what that number actually means for their company, their team, and the industry at large, and what to do about it. Hosted by Paul Marco and Owahn Bazydlo, co-founders of TALAS Security, the show brings together practitioners, leaders, and builders from across IT and cybersecurity to talk shop, share hard-won lessons, and build a stronger community for the people doing this work every day. Stats. Insights. Real talk. https://www.talas.io/podcast

Information

  • Creator
    Paul Marco & Owahn Bazydlo
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 TALAS Security
  • Show Website
    Cybersecurity Perspectives