Security Cocktail Hour
Security veterans Joe Patti and Adam Roth welcome a diverse lineup of cybersecurity and information security experts to share their insights at the virtual bar.
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Michael Simmons: Raw Vulnerability Scans Are Not Security (opens the original)
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Running a vulnerability scan is easy. Deciding what matters, what is noise, and what a business should do next is the real work. Michael Simmons, founder of Elysium Trace, joins Joe Patti and Adam Roth to discuss business-focused vulnerability reporting for MSPs, IT consultants, and smaller security teams. They cover false positives, context, risk acceptance, repeatable reporting, automation, and why human judgment still matters. Michael describes Elysium Trace and its product approach from his
Gaurav Keerthi: Why Most Companies Can’t Afford Cybersecurity (opens the original)
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Cybersecurity was built for enterprises. Gaurav Keerthi explains what that leaves behind for the companies without a cyber team, and why their exposure becomes everyone else’s problem. Gaurav, CEO of StrongKeep and a cybersecurity leader in the public and private sectors, joins Joe Patti and Adam Roth to break down why smaller organizations are still expected to buy, operate, and manage enterprise-style security. They discuss supply-chain risk, the “hopes and prayers” gap, cybersecurity’s IKEA p
Eva Galperin: Stalkerware, Surveillance, and Real-World Harm (opens the original)
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Eva Galperin explains how stalkerware, ordinary phone access, coercion, and weak privacy defaults can let someone close create devastating real-world harm. In this episode, we cover: What stalkerware is and why hiding from the user matters Why intimate-partner abuse changes the cybersecurity threat model Privacy as consent and control, not isolation Why end-to-end encryption is not magic if the endpoint is compromised Password managers, VPN myths, patching, and backups What security teams miss w
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