The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast

The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast from IT Audit Labs features trusted security experts, industry leaders, and practitioners who unpack the threats, tactics, and trends shaping today’s risk landscape. With 90+ episodes and a top 10% global ranking on Listen Notes, The Audit goes beyond surface-level security talk. Each episode explores real-world threats, attacker techniques, compliance challenges, cyber risk, and the decisions security teams face before, during, and after an incident. IT Audit Labs helps organizations identify risk before attackers exploit it. Through threat assessments, security control reviews, compliance expertise, and a trusted network of partners and specialists, we help teams find their soft spots, strengthen their defenses, and make smarter security decisions. Listen in for sharp conversations, practical insight, and a clearer view of what’s coming next in cybersecurity.

The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 98 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Audit - Cybersecurity Podcast, a technology show with 98 episodes published.

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  Episode #94

  Decode Your Team: The Kolbe Index, Conative Strengths and Hiring Smarter

  Aug 10, 202644 minS1

  What if the way you solve problems has nothing to do with how smart you are or how you feel, and everything to do with instinct? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem are joined by Jen Lotze from SipCyber and guest David Kolbe of Kolbe Corp, whose company built the Kolbe Index to measure the instinctive way people take action. After the whole team takes the assessment live, David breaks down what their scores actually mean and why the crew's mix of Fact Finder, Follow Thru, Quick Start, and Implementor strengths shapes the way they operate under pressure. The conversation moves from the Johari Window and personal blind spots to why teams that clone each other's strengths tend to stall out, and why hiring people unlike yourself is one of the best things a leader can do. David also shares stories from decades of client work, from a CFO who built a physical model of a financing plan to a security engineer who cannot walk past an unsecured cable, before turning to what comes next for Kolbe Corp as they build AI tools around decades of behavioral data while trying to keep that data private and secure. In this episode: What the Kolbe Index actually measures, and why it's different from personality or IQ tests. Conative strengths describe how you instinctively take action, not what you think or how you feel, and they do not change over time. Why balanced teams outperform teams that clone each other. A team full of people with the same instincts feels comfortable right up until deadlines start slipping and nobody notices the blind spot. How opposite strengths cause friction, at work and at home. If this conversation sparked something, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Like, share, and subscribe for more of the discussions shaping the future of cybersecurity and IT. #KolbeIndex #TeamDynamics #Cybersecurity #Leadership #HiringSmart #ITAudit #WorkplacePsychology #TeamBuilding #Podcast #ITAuditLabs

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  Episode #93

  Lock Picking Secrets: Key Cloning, AI Coding and Safe Cracking

  Jul 27, 202646 minS1

  Can a $35 padlock from a hardware store really keep anyone out? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Eric Osterberg of Grey Duck Locks for a live lock picking demo, a deep dive into how modern car keys get cloned, and a wide-ranging conversation about vibe coding, AI agents, and 3D printing. Eric brings decades of hands-on locksmithing and automotive security experience, along with a builder's instinct that has him constantly shipping his own tools, from a computer-aided dispatch app for emergency management volunteers to a searchable database for ham radio operators. The crew gets into how pin tumbler locks are actually picked, why European vehicles like Audi and Volvo are harder to clone than most domestic trucks, and how devices like the Softdrill can manipulate a safe's dial by listening to its own internal mechanics. From there the conversation turns to AI, covering Eric's use of large language models to streamline his business, the rise of vibe coding for non-programmers, and a heated but even-handed debate over new federal rules pushing automakers toward built-in driver monitoring systems. In this episode: Live lock picking demo and how pin tumbler locks actually work How car key cloning really works, and why some brands resist it better Safe manipulation tools like the Softdrill and TL2000 Vibe coding, AI agents, and building your own tools without a dev team The driver monitoring debate — A new federal mandate pushes automakers toward built-in impairment detection Whether you're curious about lock picking as a hobby or trying to understand how exposed your car key really is, this episode has something for you. Like, share, and subscribe for more conversations at the intersection of security, hardware, and AI. #LockPicking #Locksmith #Cybersecurity #CarKeySecurity #VibeOps #AIAgents #ITAudit #Podcast #3DPrinting #InfoSec

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  Episode #92

  Live Cyber News: AI Ransomware, Identity Gaps and Quantum Countdown (Video Version)

  Jul 18, 202642 minS1

  What happens when a ransomware attack takes less effort than ordering takeout? In this live news episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Tabitha Senty of IT Audit Labs to break down the headlines shaping cybersecurity right now. The crew covers how AI is lowering the barrier to entry for ransomware attacks, why identity and access still sit at the center of every breach, and how threat actors are chaining together low and medium severity vulnerabilities to gain a foothold nobody saw coming. From there, the conversation moves into social engineering and the human side of security, including DEF CON's social engineering contest and lessons on training people without fear or punishment. The crew also digs into a CISA warning on how fast AI is accelerating cyber risk, a fresh executive push on post-quantum cryptography, and closes out with a head-scratching pivot from Midjourney into full-body health scanners at spas, and everything that could go wrong with it. In this episode: Why AI is lowering the cost of ransomware attacks — Identity and access are still the real entry point, and AI just makes the attack faster once someone's in. How threat actors chain low-severity vulnerabilities into major breaches — Eric explains why patching only highs and criticals is no longer enough to protect an environment. The social engineering tactics still fooling smart people — Pretexting as IT, DEF CON's live social engineering contest, and why fear-based training backfires. A CISA warning that cyber risk is accelerating faster than expected — The timeline for AI-driven offensive capability is no longer years away, it's months. Midjourney's pivot into full-body health scanners at spas — The crew unpacks the security, compliance, and data governance nightmare hiding behind a wellness trend. If this conversation sparked something, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Like, share, and subscribe for more of the discussions shaping the future of cybersecurity and IT. #AIRansomware #Cybersecurity #SocialEngineering #PostQuantum #IdentitySecurity #ITAudit #CyberNews #DEFCON #ThreatIntelligence #CyberRisk

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  Episode #92

  Live Cyber News: AI Ransomware, Identity Gaps and Quantum Countdown

  Jul 13, 202642 minS1

  What happens when a ransomware attack takes less effort than ordering takeout? In this live news episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Tabitha Senty of IT Audit Labs to break down the headlines shaping cybersecurity right now. The crew covers how AI is lowering the barrier to entry for ransomware attacks, why identity and access still sit at the center of every breach, and how threat actors are chaining together low and medium severity vulnerabilities to gain a foothold nobody saw coming. From there, the conversation moves into social engineering and the human side of security, including DEF CON's social engineering contest and lessons on training people without fear or punishment. The crew also digs into a CISA warning on how fast AI is accelerating cyber risk, a fresh executive push on post-quantum cryptography, and closes out with a head-scratching pivot from Midjourney into full-body health scanners at spas, and everything that could go wrong with it. In this episode: Why AI is lowering the cost of ransomware attacks — Identity and access are still the real entry point, and AI just makes the attack faster once someone's in. How threat actors chain low-severity vulnerabilities into major breaches — Eric explains why patching only highs and criticals is no longer enough to protect an environment. The social engineering tactics still fooling smart people — Pretexting as IT, DEF CON's live social engineering contest, and why fear-based training backfires. A CISA warning that cyber risk is accelerating faster than expected — The timeline for AI-driven offensive capability is no longer years away, it's months. Midjourney's pivot into full-body health scanners at spas — The crew unpacks the security, compliance, and data governance nightmare hiding behind a wellness trend. If this conversation sparked something, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Like, share, and subscribe for more of the discussions shaping the future of cybersecurity and IT. #AIRansomware #Cybersecurity #SocialEngineering #PostQuantum #IdentitySecurity #ITAudit #CyberNews #DEFCON #ThreatIntelligence #CyberRisk

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  Episode #91

  Next-Level AI: VibeOps, Agentic Employees and Rouge Bots

  Jun 29, 202649 minS1

  What if you didn't have to write a single line of code to automate your entire network — or manage AI agents the way you'd manage employees? In this episode of The Audit, Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with John Capobianco — Head of AI and DevRel at Itential, Google Developer Expert, and creator of NetClaw — alongside in-studio guest Samuel Cala. John draws on nearly a decade as Senior Network Architect for the Parliament of Canada and three years as a Technical AI Leader at Cisco to unpack where AI agents, MCP, and VibeOps are taking the industry right now. From loop engineering and spec-driven development to the security gaps nobody's addressing, John breaks down how network engineers can skip years of Python training and build production-grade systems using natural language. And then there's the story of John's MastoBot — an AI agent that woke up overnight, built its own mesh network, and invented a coin to fund its growth. The crew connects it to ant colonies, neural dendrites, and the deeper question of what intelligence actually means when agents start acting on their own. In this episode: What VibeOps actually is and why it matters — Interact with your infrastructure through natural language. No code required. Just results. Why managing AI agents is an HR problem, not a tech problem — John, Eric, and Nick break down how organizations should be thinking about agentic workforces before the standards catch up. The security and governance gaps nobody's addressing — As agentic AI scales, who's responsible for what the agents do? The crew digs into what security-minded organizations need to do. How to build production-grade systems without writing a line of code — Loop engineering, AFK coding, and spec-driven development with the GitHub Spec Kit. What happens when AI agents start acting on their own — John's MastoBot woke up, built a mesh network, invented a coin to fund its growth, and asked to be monetized. The crew connects it to ant colonies and the nature of intelligence itself. If this conversation sparked something, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Like, share, and subscribe for more of the discussions shaping the future of cybersecurity and IT. #VibeOps #AIAgents #Cybersecurity #NetworkAutomation #MCP #AIInfrastructure #ITAudit #EthicalAI #SpecDrivenDevelopment #LLM

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