Episodios

  • PP083: A CISO’s Perspective on Model Context Protocol (MCP)

    PP083: A CISO’s Perspective on Model Context Protocol (MCP)
    Oct 21 2025
    Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source protocol that enables AI agents to connect to data, tools, workflows, and other agents both within and outside of enterprise borders. As organizations dive head-first into AI projects, MCP and other agentic protocols are being quickly adopted. And that means security and network teams need to understand how... Read more »
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    44 m
  • PP082: Building a Workable Mobile Security Strategy In a World of Risky Apps

    PP082: Building a Workable Mobile Security Strategy In a World of Risky Apps
    Oct 14 2025
    Today we’re bringing back one of our favorite guests — Akili Akridge. He’s a former Baltimore cop who transitioned to building and leading mobile offense and defense teams for federal agencies and Fortune 100s. These days he’s a straight-talking expert on all things mobile security. We’re digging into mobile threats, why they keep CISOs up... Read more »
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    1 h y 2 m
  • PP081: News Roundup – BRICKstorm Backdoor Targets Network Appliances, GitHub Unveils Supply Chain Defense Plans

    PP081: News Roundup – BRICKstorm Backdoor Targets Network Appliances, GitHub Unveils Supply Chain Defense Plans
    Oct 7 2025
    From a massive SIM farm takedown to dealing with supply chain attacks targeting npm, our news roundup provides context and commentary on a fresh crop of security news. We discuss exploits against Cisco firewalls and switches, a SonicWall firmware update to remove a rootkit targeting its SMA 100, and GitHub’s plans to harden npm packages.... Read more »
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    48 m
  • PP080: The State of OT Risks in 2025 (and What to Do About Them)

    PP080: The State of OT Risks in 2025 (and What to Do About Them)
    Sep 30 2025
    What does the risk environment for Operational Technology (OT) look like in 2025? JJ and Drew review four recent reports on the state of OT security from Dragos, Fortinet, and others. We discuss ransomware impacts, ongoing risks of RDP traffic, directly exposed OT devices, and overall attack trends and the tools and processes that organizations... Read more »
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    45 m
  • PP079: Rethinking the Architecture of Microsegmentation

    PP079: Rethinking the Architecture of Microsegmentation
    Sep 23 2025
    Microsegmentation is a complex topic. We did an overview episode earlier this year, and we invited listeners to reach out to keep the microsegmentation conversation going. Today’s guest did just that. Philip Griffiths is Head of Strategic Sales at Netfoundry. However, this isn’t a sponsored show about NetFoundry. Philip is also involved in a working... Read more »
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    58 m
  • PP078: Using Free Tools for Detection Engineering

    PP078: Using Free Tools for Detection Engineering
    Sep 16 2025
    You can build effective, scalable detection pipelines using free and open-source tools like Zeek, Suricata, YARA, and Security Onion. Today on Packet Protector we welcome Matt Gracie, Senior Engineer at Security Onion Solutions — the team behind the open-source platform used for detection engineering, network security monitoring, and log management. Matt has over 15 years... Read more »
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    49 m
  • PP077: News Roundup–Drift Breach Has Long Reach; FCC Investigates Its Own IoT Security Program

    PP077: News Roundup–Drift Breach Has Long Reach; FCC Investigates Its Own IoT Security Program
    Sep 9 2025
    Is any publicity good publicity? On today’s News Roundup we talk about how Salesloft, which makes the Drift chat agent that’s been used as a jumping-off point for credential harvesting and data breach attacks against a bunch of big-name companies, is testing that proposition. We also discuss bugs affecting industrial refrigeration controllers, and Microsoft making... Read more »
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    37 m
  • PP076: RF Risks and How to See Unseen Threats

    PP076: RF Risks and How to See Unseen Threats
    Sep 2 2025
    Our airwaves are alive with radio frequencies (RF). Right now billions of devices around the world are chattering invisibly over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and other protocols you might not have heard of. On today’s show we peer into the invisible world to better understand the RF threat environment. Our guest is Brett Walkenhorst, CTO of... Read more »
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    1 h