The Job Security Cybersecurity Podcast

The Job Security Cybersecurity Podcast , brought to you by Expel Security, explores the unique perspectives and stories of the people who make the cybersecurity industry what it is—whether they realize it or not. Hosts Dave Johnson and Tyler Zito recognize that we're living in an enlightenment period of cybersecurity, where the industry has stabilized with established education systems, compliance frameworks, and documented methodologies. But it took a lot to get here. This podcast looks inward at our community and culture, sharing the stories of how we built this industry through DIY traditions, mythologies, and countless people figuring it out as they went. We explore not just the technical aspects of security, but the human elements—from current students and interns to seasoned professionals, and even those outside cybersecurity who offer valuable perspectives on risk, strategy, and innovation. Expect conversations about where we've been, w

The Job Security Cybersecurity Podcast is a technology podcast hosted by Expel MDR, with 9 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.

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  Episode #8

  Episode 8: Early Adopters

  Mar 27, 202634 minS1

  <p>Host Dave Johnson and co-host Ben Baker sit down with <b>Greg Notch</b>, Chief Security Officer at Expel, and <b>Jay Beale</b>, CEO and CTO of InGuardians, for the first installment of the Early Adopters series. Greg and Jay share how they stumbled into cybersecurity before it had a name, built tools and standards that didn't exist yet, and found that the same curiosity that makes a great practitioner also makes a surprisingly good leader.</p><p><b>Key topics & timestamps</b></p><p><b>How they got started</b> (1:41 - 8:15)</p>Jay: Unix sysadmin at a...

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  Episode #7

  Episode 7: Red Team Village: Break stuff, make friends

  Mar 2, 202631 minS1

  <p>Host Dave Johnson sits down with <b>Mike Lisi</b>, President of Red Team Village, and <b>Wes Thurner</b>, Advisor at Red Team Village, to explore offensive security training and community building. Mike and Wes share how Red Team Village creates a collaborative environment where practitioners at all levels can develop skills, share knowledge, and push boundaries—without the gatekeeping that often plagues the industry.</p><p><b>Key topics & timestamps</b></p><p><b>AI's role in red team operations </b>(0:00 - 1:26)</p>Tools help with vulnerability discovery but can't replace human creativityThe real threat: being replaced by...

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  Episode #6

  Episode 6: Becoming a tech evangelist

  Feb 4, 202644 minS1

  <p>Hosts Dave Johnson and Ben Baker sit down with Tim Chase, Global Field CISO at Orca Security, to demystify one of cybersecurity's most intriguing and often misunderstood roles. With over 20 years in information security—from manual penetration testing in 2002 to leading cloud security programs and now evangelizing cutting-edge technology—Tim shares the real story of what tech evangelism means, how to break into the field, and why listening matters more than talking. </p><p><b>Key topics & timestamps</b></p><p><b>Defining</b> <b>tech evangelism</b> (4:00 - 6:07)</p>Not just talking about products—educating on industry trends and cha...

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  Episode #5

  Episode 5: Hackers helping hackers: Mental health in cybersecurity

  Jan 14, 202638 minS1

  <p>In this episode of The Job Security Podcast, host Dave Johnson sits down with Amanda Berlin, CEO and co-founder of Mental Health Hackers, to explore the mental health challenges facing cybersecurity professionals and what the community is doing to address them.</p><p>This conversation covers the unique stressors in cybersecurity work, the prevalence of neurodivergence in tech, practical strategies for combating burnout, and how Mental Health Hackers is creating safe spaces at conferences worldwide where hackers can support other hackers.</p><p><br/></p><p><b>KEY TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS</b></p><p>4:00 How Mental Health Hackers got started </p...

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  Episode #4

  Episode 4: Making cybersecurity events findable

  Dec 2, 202538 minS1

  <p>Host Dave Johnson sits down with Walter Martín Villalba, founder of InfoSecMap, to explore how he's solving one of the cybersecurity community's most persistent challenges: finding and tracking the thousands of InfoSec events happening worldwide. This conversation covers the origin story of InfoSecMap, the mechanics of manually curating event data at scale, and the unique welcoming nature of the InfoSec community that keeps people coming back.</p><p><b>Key topics & timestamps</b></p><p><b>The problem InfoSecMap solves (3:37 - 5:16)</b></p>Missing events after expensive travel, information scattered everywhereTurned frustration into action during early pandemic 2020<p><b...

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