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.
On Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/@DtSR_Podcast
On YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyo0dkKRvfVtWXjRxNISrhme1MgBj3C2U&si=scHDiTuLXSEQ9qHq
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/down-the-security-rabbithole-podcast/
Episodes
687 episodes
DtSR Episode 649 - Casey Ellis Other People's Software Bugs
TL;DR: This week's guest is BugCrowd's founder Casey Ellis. Casey's a pioneer in the security space and has some tremendous insights on how...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 649
•
47:02
DtSR Episode 648 - CyberSecurity Market Forces
TL;DR: This week we're joined by the one and only Mike Privette - to talk about the market forces pushing and pulling cyber security's momentum. Whether you're into startups a la VC...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 648
•
43:52
DtSR Episode 647 - Shiran Bareli AI as More Than Next Gen DLP
TL;DR: If you're deciding whether to listen to this episode - let me help you - YES. This episode is about the application of AI to one of the most difficult problems facing security teams - what and where is my most s...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 647
•
41:10
DtSR Episode 646 - Ward Pyles on Human Centric Security for Real
TL;DR: This week Ward Pyles joins Jim Tiller and myself to talk about a relatively unremarkable topic - people-centric security. We've talked about it a bunch but it's not...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 646
•
35:33
DtSR Episode 645 - Zero Trust Applied in the Real World
TL;DR: This week's episode is a sit-down in person at Zero Trust World 2025 (sponsored by ThreatLocker) with Ryan Benner. Ryan's the ca...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 645
•
23:43
DtSR Episode 644 - Inside the Minds of Great Product Managers
TL;DR: This week's episode shifts the focus from leadership in the enterprise, to leadership in the vendor space. Building security products that innovate, inspire, and meet market and customer demand is far from trivial. Meet two o...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 644
•
43:52
DtSR Episode 643 - A CISO's Guide to the First 90 Days
TL;DR: This week's podcast features the wisdom and wit of Merlin Namuth - currently serving as the CISO for the city & county of Denver. Merlin provides insights into how he vi...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 643
•
39:55
DtSR Episode 642 - Chase Cunningham An Epic Zero Trust Keynote
TL;DR: This episode was recorded live from Zero Trust World 2025 in Orlando, FL sponsored by ThreatLocker. Chase Cunningham
•
Season 15
•
Episode 642
•
23:49
DtSR Episode 641 - Kevin Fielder Security Principles and Guard Rails
TL;DR: On this episodes we welcome Kevin Fielder, CISO @ NatWest Boxed & Mettle, Advisor, investor, Coach, and speaker to talk about building guard rails and principles to minim...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 641
•
38:58
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 640
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 639
•
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?
•
Season 15
•
Episode 638
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 637
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 636
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 635
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 634
•
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 &
•
Season 15
•
Episode 633
•
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),
•
Season 15
•
Episode 632
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 631
•
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"...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 630
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 629
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 628
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 627
•
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...
•
Season 15
•
Episode 626
•
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....
•
Season 15
•
Episode 625
•
39:27