
Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast (DtSR)
The DtSR Podcast is dedicated to the cyber security profession - with timely topics, lively personalities, deep dives, and no fear of the third rail. Running since 2011 - founded by Rafal Los (aka "@Wh1t3Rabbit"), and co-hosted by James Jardine and now featuring Mr. Jim Tiller - the weekly show will entertain you while you're learning something.
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Episodes
678 episodes
DtSR Episode 640 - A Practitioner View of Security Automation
TL;DR: This week is a real treat! Eva Georgieva - a seasoned cybersecurity automation engineer - joins me, James, and Jim to talk about automation in cyber. We talk about...
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Season 15
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Episode 640
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39:03

DtSR Episode 639 - Richard Bird Famous With 12 People
TL;DR: This week's episode features a long-time-coming discussion with Richard Bird discussing his book "Famous with 12 people", and the "influenc...
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Season 15
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Episode 639
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49:24

DtSR Episode 638 - Matt Shufeldt Cyber Security's Specialist Problem
TL;DR: This week's episode is all about a growing issue in CyberSecurity (and I'm sure it's there in other disciplines as well) - "specialization" or more to the point "over-specialization". Why is it a problem?
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Season 15
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Episode 638
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35:48

DtSR Episode 637 - Amanda Berlin Build SMB Tools That Don’t Suck
TL;DR: On this episode Amanda Berlin, Senior Product manager at Blumira, joins Jim and Rafal to talk about her career, the second edition of her book, and building products for...
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Season 15
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Episode 637
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45:28

DtSR Episode 636 - CISO Perspectives Kayla Williams
TL;DR: Kayla Williams, CISO of Devo, joins Rafal & James on this episode to talk about her career path, the impor...
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Season 15
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Episode 636
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42:40

DtSR Episode 635 - The State of Trust 2025
TL;DR: Oh boy. Welcome to 2025, and the first podcast of the year is off to a flyer. Robert "RSnake" Hansen & Patrick...
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Season 15
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Episode 635
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1:03:59

DtSR Episode 634 - The 2024 Year End Episode
TL;DR: On this lengthy and very informal episode of the podcast, James, Jim and I close out the year with James Robinson (CISO of N...
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Season 15
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Episode 634
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1:30:02

DtSR Episode 633 - Getting the Band Back Together
TL;DR: On this Christmas episode of the podcast, I (Rafal) get together with two of my team from back in the Optiv days - Mark Arnold &
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Season 15
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Episode 633
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46:43

DtSR Episode 632 - The Politics of Detection Response and Security Operations
TL;DR: This week is a special show - where Raja Mukerji (Co-Founder, Chief Scientists at ExtraHop),
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Season 15
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Episode 632
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56:34

DtSR Episode 631 - Building and Securing Extreme Scale Network Infrastructure
TL;DR: If you've ever wondered what kind of skill, scale, and engineering goes into building carrier-grade (and bigger) infrastructure this episode is for you. Joe DePalo (Exec...
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Season 15
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Episode 631
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46:36

DtSR Episode 630 - We Need to Talk About Algorithm Bias in AI
TL;DR: Our guest this week is Marcus Carey, who wrote a piece (with one heck of a clickbait title, as he admitted) that calls out the biases we see in algorithmic (or "AI"...
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Season 15
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Episode 630
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37:46

DtSR Episode 629 - What The Hell Is Identity Security
TL;DR: New intro alert! On this episode, we welcome Hed Kovetz from SILVERFORT - a company in the "identity secur...
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Season 15
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Episode 629
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34:48

DtSR Episode 628 - Rob Allen Endpoint Security Does Not Have to Suck
TL;DR: Join us on an adventurous conversation in the wild and wacky world of endpoint security. At a time where evolution seems to have come to a standstill, there are things going on you may not be aware of. Endpoint security doesn't ha...
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Season 15
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Episode 628
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38:23

DtSR Episode 627 - Talent Gap Lies and Truths
TL;DR: On this spicy episode where returning guest Erik Bloch joins us, we host Lee Kushner to talk about the talent gap. Is there a talent gap? Who's to blame for the mess we're in right now? And of course, what to do next? For anyone w...
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Season 15
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Episode 627
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1:00:10

DtSR Episode 626 - Patrick Dennis Investing in CyberSecurity is Hard
TL;DR: Today, the podcast takes a meeting in the finance department with Patrick Dennis - current CEO of Avaya and friend of the podcast. Patrick has extensive experience in investments in both tech and beyond, and he's here to disp...
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Season 15
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Episode 626
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59:18

DtSR Episode 625 - Cyber Ghost Stories to Tell in the Dark
TL;DR: On this week's episode, Jim, James, and I sit down to a Halloween "scary story" episode. You know the feeling... that sinking feeling of dread when you can't quite put your finger on what's wrong but something is definitely wrong....
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Season 15
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Episode 625
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39:27

DtSR Episode 624 - Kevin Clark One Month A Year That Security Matters
TL;DR: This week on the pod, Kevin Clark joins James and I to talk about his career, how his walked his journey to a successful security leader (spoiler alert, it's another round...
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Season 15
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Episode 624
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45:19

DtSR Episode 623 - SOC Metrics Suck
TL;DR: Erik Bloch and Anton Chuvakin join James, Jim, and myself to talk about why security metrics...
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Season 15
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Episode 623
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1:00:24

DtSR Episode 622 - Doug Burks Building the Security Onion
TL;DR: This week's episode is a special one. I've been a fan of Security Onion for a long, long time and this week Jim Tiller and I welcome Doug Burks its creator to the show. Doug giv...
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Season 15
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Episode 622
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42:38

DtSR Episode 621 - Cyber Security Has a Data Problem Part 2
TL;DR: This is part 2 of the two-part episode with Jason Clark and Nathan Smolenski on data protection. In this episo...
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Season 15
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Episode 621
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42:05

DtSR Episode 620 - Cyber Security Has a Data Problem Part 1
TL;DR: This week Jason Clark and Nathan Smolenski join Jim Tiller and I on part 1 of a 2-part series on data security. It'...
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Season 14
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Episode 620
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39:20

DtSR Episode 619 - Aaron Bray The Complete Novice Guide to SBOM
TL;DR: This week's episode features Aaron Bray, CEO of Phylum. We use this episode as a complete primer on SBOM (Software Bill of Mat...
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Season 14
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Episode 619
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41:50

DtSR Episode 618 - Jeff Collins Microservices Killed the Vulnerability Scan
TL;DR: This week's episode sees the return of Mr Jeff Collins (of WanAware fame) as we talk over the long-prophesied death of vulnerability scanning. Maybe. What does the cloud have to do with the demise of vulnerability scanning? L...
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Season 14
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Episode 618
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40:12

DtSR Episode 617 - Defending Forgotten but Business Critical Systems (SAP) Part 2
TL;DR: This week, part 2 of the SAP ("Critical Enterprise Apps") discussion where Tom Venables & Jay Th...
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Season 14
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Episode 617
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48:23

DtSR Episode 616 - A Wh1t3 Rabbit at Black Hat 2024
TL;DR: This episode is a "walk-around" episode, where I walked around Black Hat 2024 and ran into some friends to talk about what we're seeing, anything that caught their attention, and some other interesting insights in short-form recor...
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Season 14
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Episode 616
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50:17
