Cyber Confersations

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Cyber Confersations is a podcast exploring the conversations shaping the future of cyber. Hosted by Katie Soper, the show brings together founders, operators, and investors to unpack what’s really happening across the industry - from emerging trends and real-world challenges to the people building in the space. Less scripted and a little more real conversation. If you’re building, investing, or just genuinely curious about where cyber is heading, you’re in the right place.

  1. 11h ago

    Exposure Management in 2026: Why Finding Vulnerabilities Isn't Enough Anymore

    The cybersecurity landscape has changed dramatically in the last few months - and security teams are being asked to respond faster than ever. In this live Black Hat episode of Cyber Cofersations, Katie Soper sits down with Seemplicity's team to discuss how exposure management is evolving and why identifying vulnerabilities is only one part of the problem.The conversation explores: 🔍 Why exposure management is becoming more important, but traditional approaches are becoming less relevant⚡ The growing need to move from exposure management into exposure response and remediation🤖 Why AI is accelerating both the threat landscape and the expectations placed on security teams💰 The reality of the cost and complexity of building AI capabilities internally🧑‍💻 How the role of the security practitioner is changing🏢 Why boards and leadership teams are putting more pressure on security teams to respond to AI-related risks🔄 Why organisations need both evolution and revolution in the way they approach security🚀 How AI can turn manual processes that take weeks into processes that take hours With the pace of change accelerating, the question is no longer simply "What vulnerabilities do we have?" It's "How quickly can we understand, prioritise and actually fix them?" A conversation about exposure management, AI, vulnerability remediation and what security teams need to do differently as the threat landscape continues to evolve.

  2. 5d ago

    Cloud Security in the Age of AI: How to Secure an Expanding Attack Surface

    How do you secure an environment that is changing faster than ever? In this live Black Hat episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie is joined by Toni de la Fuente, Founder & CEO of Prowler, to unpack how cloud security has evolved - and why AI is accelerating the challenge. Toni shares the story behind Prowler, which started as a tool he built 10 years ago to identify cloud misconfigurations and help teams remediate them. Today, Prowler has grown into an open-source project and company with more than 46 million downloads and 14,000+ GitHub stars. In the conversation, we explore: ☁️ How the cloud attack surface has changed over the last decade 🤖 How AI is accelerating development - and creating more to secure 🔍 Why organisations often don't know what they're exposing ⚡ Why security teams need to detect and remediate issues faster 🧠 How AI agents can be used to help defend the cloud 🛡️ The move towards autonomous and continuous cloud security 📋 Why continuous compliance matters alongside continuous security monitoring 🌍 The role of Prowler's open-source community in shaping the product With cloud environments becoming increasingly complex and AI accelerating the pace of change, the old approach of checking security periodically simply isn't enough. This is a conversation about cloud security, AI, automation and what it takes to defend an attack surface that never stops changing.

  3. Aug 12

    AI-Powered Scams: How Cybercriminals Are Using AI to Scale Fraud

    What happens when AI makes it easier to create scams, counterfeit products and fake identities at scale?In this live Black Hat episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie Soper is joined by Arthur Veinstein, CRO at Vetric, to unpack how the online threat landscape is changing - and why organisations need to look beyond the traditional places we associate with cybercrime.We discuss:🔎 The shift from dark-web intelligence to threats across the open internet🤖 How AI is changing the scale and speed of online fraud🎭 Executive impersonation and fake identities📱 Why social media has become an increasingly important attack surface💸 The real-world impact of counterfeit scams on consumers and brands⚠️ Why organisations need to think about the threats happening around their business, not just the ones trying to get inside itArthur also shares insights from Vetric's research into counterfeit activity on TikTok, which analysed 135 million videos and identified more than 4,000 counterfeit operations linked to 150 network operators.A conversation about AI, fraud, digital risk and the changing face of cybercrime - and why this is a problem that extends far beyond the security team.

  4. Jul 29

    Why Identity Is the Foundation of Modern Cybersecurity | Robin & Nachi from Booli

    Identity has always played an important role in cybersecurity - but with AI, cloud adoption and the rapid growth of non-human identities, it's becoming the foundation that connects everything. In this episode of Cyber Confersations, Katie sits down with Robin and Nachi from Booli to explore why modern security operations need to start with identity, how AI is reshaping the threat landscape, and why providing analysts with identity context could fundamentally change the way organisations investigate and respond to threats. From overwhelmed SOC teams and alert fatigue to AI agents, stale credentials and machine identities, this conversation explores why identity is no longer just an access management problem - it's becoming the operating system for modern security. In this episode we cover: 🪪 Why identity should be the foundation of modern security operations 🤖 How AI and non-human identities are rapidly expanding the attack surface ⚡ Why context is more valuable than simply generating more alerts 🔍 How identity enrichment helps SOC analysts investigate and prioritise incidents faster 📊 The growing risks around stale credentials, service accounts and AI agents 🤝 Why collaboration between identity providers and security vendors is critical for the future of cybersecurity 🚀 How Booli is helping organisations reduce alert fatigue by putting identity at the centre of threat detection As cyber attacks increasingly rely on compromised identities rather than traditional intrusion techniques, understanding who is behind an event may become the single most important piece of context a security team can have.

  5. Jul 24

    Why European Cybersecurity Matters More Than Ever | Guardsix on Building Simpler Security Operations

    Security teams are facing a familiar challenge: more tools, more alerts and more data - but not more time. In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Heena and Jakir from Guardsix to discuss the company's evolution from Logpoint, why simplifying security operations has become a priority, and how European organisations are increasingly looking for security platforms built around data sovereignty and operational efficiency. From integrating SIEM, NDR and SOAR capabilities to helping lean security teams reduce alert fatigue, this conversation explores how modern security platforms are evolving to keep pace with today's threat landscape. 🛡️ Why Guardsix rebranded from Logpoint and what that means for customers 🔍 How combining SIEM, NDR and SOAR helps reduce alert fatigue and improve threat detection 🇪🇺 Why European data sovereignty is becoming increasingly important for security teams ⚡ How automation helps security teams respond faster to incidents 📊 The challenge of managing growing data volumes without growing budgets 🔗 Why security platforms need to integrate with existing environments rather than replace them 🚀 How Guardsix is helping organisations simplify security operations while improving visibility and compliance As security teams continue to face growing complexity, reducing tool sprawl and improving operational efficiency may be just as important as adding new security capabilities.

  6. Jul 22

    What Does Secure by Design Really Mean? | Yogita Parulekar, Founder & CEO of Invigrid

    As AI accelerates software development, organisations can build and deploy applications faster than ever before. The challenge? Security hasn't kept up. In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Yogita Parulekar, Founder & CEO of Invigrid, to discuss why the industry needs to move beyond simply "shifting left" and start embracing secure by design - building security, governance and compliance into cloud infrastructure from the very beginning. Drawing on decades of experience across cloud security, enterprise technology and cybersecurity leadership, Yogita explains why infrastructure is fundamentally different from application code, how AI is changing the pace of innovation, and why security can no longer be treated as something to fix later. ☁️ The difference between secure by design and shift left 🔒 Why cloud infrastructure must be secured before it's deployed 🤖 How AI and vibe coding are changing the speed of software development ⚡ Why security and governance need to keep pace with innovation 🏗️ How embedding security into infrastructure design reduces costly rework later 📈 Why governance should accelerate innovation—not slow it down 🚀 How Invigrid is helping organisations build secure cloud infrastructure from day one As organisations embrace AI and cloud-native development, security has to evolve from an afterthought into a design principle. This episode explores why building securely from the start is becoming one of the most important shifts in modern cybersecurity.

  7. Jul 20

    How to Secure AI Agents Before They Become Your Biggest Cyber Risk | Peter Garraghan of Mindgard

    As organisations rapidly adopt AI agents and large language models, a new category of cybersecurity risk is emerging. In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Peter Garraghan, Founder & Chief Science Officer at Mindgard and Professor of Computer Science at Lancaster University, to explore why securing AI systems requires a completely different mindset from traditional software security. Drawing on years of academic research and real-world experience, Peter explains how AI systems introduce entirely new attack paths, why traditional security testing isn't enough, and what organisations should be doing today to safely adopt AI at scale. 🤖 Why AI agents create security risks that many organisations aren't prepared for 🔍 How attackers exploit AI systems beyond simple prompt injection and jailbreaks 🧠 Why AI should be treated as software - but tested differently 🔒 The importance of continuous security testing as AI systems evolve ⚠️ Why connecting AI to enterprise systems dramatically changes the threat landscape 📊 How organisations can identify and prioritise AI security risks before attackers do 🚀 What the future of AI security looks like as AI becomes embedded into critical business workflows As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise adoption, understanding how to secure these systems is becoming just as important as building them.

  8. Jul 17

    How to Reduce Cyber Risk Without Growing Your Team | Irfahn Khimji, Field CTO at BackBox

    Network infrastructure powers every modern organisation - yet it's often one of the most underfunded and overlooked areas of cybersecurity. In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Irfahn Khimji, Field CTO at BackBox, to explore why network resilience has become one of the biggest challenges facing security teams, how AI is changing vulnerability management, and why automation is becoming essential for organisations that simply can't keep up manually. From AI-powered vulnerability discovery to the realities of managing thousands of network devices with small teams, this episode breaks down why getting the basics right still matters more than ever. 🌐 Why network infrastructure is one of the most overlooked areas in cybersecurity ⚡ How AI is changing vulnerability discovery - and increasing the pressure on security teams 🔧 Why automation is critical for modern network resilience 📊 The biggest challenges CISOs face when balancing risk, budget and limited resources 🤖 Why AI should enhance experts - not replace them 🏀 What Kobe Bryant can teach us about building a resilient cybersecurity programme 💡 How BackBox helps organisations automate network backups, configuration management and vulnerability remediation at scale If you're responsible for network security, cyber resilience or infrastructure strategy, this episode is packed with practical insights into where the industry is heading - and why mastering the fundamentals still wins.

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Cyber Confersations is a podcast exploring the conversations shaping the future of cyber. Hosted by Katie Soper, the show brings together founders, operators, and investors to unpack what’s really happening across the industry - from emerging trends and real-world challenges to the people building in the space. Less scripted and a little more real conversation. If you’re building, investing, or just genuinely curious about where cyber is heading, you’re in the right place.

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  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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