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Beg Bounty: The New Wave of Unrequested Bug Claims and What They Mean | A Conversation with Casey Ellis | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
This episode breaks down the rise of “beg bounties” and examines how unsolicited vulnerability claims create confusion, noise, and operational overhead for security teams. Sean Martin and Casey Ellis discuss what organizations can do to prepare, respond, and set clear expectations through structured disclosure policies
AI in Healthcare: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who's at Risk in Our Hybrid Analog Digital Society | Expert Panel Discussions With Marco Ciappelli & Sean Martin
Join Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin as they convene healthcare leaders Dr. Robert Pearl, Rob Havasy (HIMSS), John Sapp (Texas Mutual Insurance), Jim StClair (Altarum), and Robert Booker (HITRUST) for an urgent exploration of AI in healthcare. Who truly benefits from diagnostic algorithms and automated care? Who bears
The New Copyright and Rights Battle: Who Owns the Sound of AI When Machines Make Music? | A Panel Conversation with Chandler Lawn, Michael Sheldrick, Drew Thurlow, Puya Partow-Navid, and Marco Ciappelli | Music Evolves with Sean Martin
Artificial intelligence can now compose entire songs in seconds—but who owns the output when the input came from decades of human creativity? In this Music Evolves panel, artists, lawyers, and global thinkers unpack how AI is transforming rights, authorship, and the emotional core of music itself.
THE SEASONS IN A BREATH | A Short Bedtime Story Written By Marco e Lucia Ciappelli (English Version) | Stories Sotto Le Stelle Podcast | Short Stories For Children And The Young At Heart
Autumn appeared at the window and looked around— it was November. "The leaves are yellow and red.The swallows fly away in flocks over the rooftops.The crisp air smells of roasted chestnuts and burning wood.I like it this way,"Autumn exclaimed. Winter opened the door and looked around— it was January...
New Event | Global Space Awards 2025 Honors Captain James Lovell Legacy at Natural History Museum London | A conversation with Sanjeev Gordhan | Redefining Society And Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli
The inaugural Global Space Awards celebrates the Golden Era of Space on December 5, 2025, at London's Natural History Museum. Hosted by physicist Brian Greene, the event honors Captain James Lovell's legacy and recognizes innovators transforming space from government domain to commercial frontier in our Hybrid Analog D
How to Make One SOC Analyst Work Like Ten: Stop Normalizing Everything—Start Solving Something | A Crogl Brand Story Conversation and Product Demo with CEO, Monzy Merza
This Brand Story episode explores how security operations can move past the limits of data normalization and enable every analyst to perform like an entire team. Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, joins Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to show how AI-driven collaboration reshapes what’s possible in the SOC.
The Schema Strikes Back: Killing the Normalization Tax on the SOC | A Crogl Spotlight Brand Story Conversation with Cory Wallace
This episode explores how Crogl’s patented approach removes the need for data normalization, allowing security teams to query unstructured data directly across systems. Director of Product Marketing Cory Wallace joins Sean Martin to discuss how this innovation empowers analysts, reduces schema drift, and restores visib
Building a Real Security Culture: Why Most AppSec Champion Programs Fall Short | AppSec Contradictions: 7 Truths We Keep Ignoring — Episode 5 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Security champions were meant to bridge dev and AppSec—but most programs measure attendance, not outcomes. In this episode of AppSec Contradictions, Sean Martin explains why awareness isn’t culture, what research shows about champion success, and how to rebuild AppSec programs that actually reduce risk.
Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide Between the Haves and Have-Nots: Lessons from Australia’s CISO Community | A Conversation with Andrew Morgan | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
Andrew Morgan joins Sean Martin to unpack the widening cybersecurity gap between large enterprises and resource-strapped organizations. He shares how collaboration, cultural alignment, and practical resilience strategies can help close that divide.
How to Market to Cybersecurity's Most Elusive Buyers: AI, Emotion, and the Human Touch - Interview with Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez | Cyber Marketing Con 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Cybersecurity marketing demands a different playbook. Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez, founders of the Cybersecurity Marketing Society, explain why emotional intelligence trumps technical specs when reaching stressed, elusive security buyers—and how CyberMarketingCon 2025 equips marketers with AI tools and timeless
How to Stay Resilient When Cybercrime Becomes Your Competition | A Conversation with Author and Former FBI Agent, Eric O'Niell | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
Cybercrime has become a full-scale global economy, forcing legitimate businesses to compete with criminals for survival. Former FBI operative and NeXasure National Security Strategist Eric O’Neill joins Sean Martin to explain how preparation, clear strategy, and strong communication can keep companies resilient when—no
New Book | STREAMING WARS: How Getting Everything We Want Changed Entertainment Forever | Journalist Charlotte Henry Explains How Streaming Changed Entertainment Forever | Redefining Society And Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli
Journalist Charlotte Henry reveals how streaming transformed entertainment in her new book "Streaming Wars: How Getting Everything We Want Changed Entertainment Forever." From Netflix's rise to the 2023 Hollywood strikes, she examines how we consume media, express ourselves, and the surprising return to "old-fashioned"
CI/CD Pipeline Security: Why Attackers Breach Your Software Pipeline and Own Your Build Before Production | AppSec Contradictions: 7 Truths We Keep Ignoring — Episode 4 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Attackers don’t need to breach production—they’re owning the CI/CD pipeline long before code goes live. Sean Martin unpacks why cloud and build systems remain the weakest links, the data proving it, and what teams can do to restore delivery integrity.
Halloween over Florence: THE MARKET OF GHOSTS | A Short Story Written By Marco Ciappelli (English Version) | Stories Sotto Le Stelle Podcast | Short Stories For Children And The Young At Heart
Severino lived in the bell tower on the hill — the one next to the ancient Basilica of San Miniato al Monte. Every evening, at sunset, he would lock the gate at the base of the entrance stairway and before climbing back up, he would pause to watch Florence color itself amber. And so he did today as well. The tourists h
New Book: SPIES, LIES, AND CYBER CRIME | Former FBI Spy Hunter Eric O'Neill Explains How Cybercriminals Use Espionage techniques to Attack Us | Redefining Society And Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli
Former FBI counterintelligence specialist Eric O'Neill, who caught the most damaging spy in US history, reveals how cyber criminals use traditional espionage techniques to attack us. In his new book "Spies Lies and Cyber Crime," he exposes the $14 trillion cybercrime industry and teaches us to recognize attacks in our
Sampling, Stealing, or Something Else Entirely: Who Gets the Credit When AI Creates the Song? | A Conversation with Marco Ciappelli | Music Evolves with Sean Martin
Can machines make music that feels human—without stealing from humans? In this episode, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli unpack the ethics, creativity, and emotional reality of AI-generated music, challenging each other (and listeners) to rethink what we call art.
Beyond the Title: What It Really Takes to Be a CISO Today — Insights Following A Conversation with Solarwinds CISO, Tim Brown | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Being a strong CISO requires more than technical expertise — it takes context, perspective, and trusted relationships built long before a crisis hits. This article explores what current and aspiring security leaders can do to prepare for the role in a way that truly supports the business.
The Silent Risk in AI-Powered Business Automation: Why No-Code Needs Serious Oversight | A Conversation with Walter Haydock | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
AI-driven automation with no-code tools is empowering business teams to move fast—but at what risk? In this episode, Walter Haydock, founder of StackAware, joins Sean Martin to outline the hidden dangers, governance gaps, and practical safeguards every organization needs to understand before letting no-code AI fly free
From Sampling to Scraping: AI Music, Rights, and the Return of Creative Control | A Musing On The Connection Between Music, Technology, and Creativity | Music Evolves: Sonic Frontiers with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Let's explores how generative AI is reshaping music — from training data scraped without permission to the tools being built to detect and defend creative ownership. This episode questions what we might lose when machines generate emotion at scale, and whether human-made music will soon be prized for its imperfection.
First CISO Charged by SEC: Tim Brown on Trust, Context, and Leading Through Crisis - Interview with Tim Brown | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Tim Brown's job changed overnight. December 11th, he was the CISO at SolarWinds managing security operations. December 12th, he was leading the response to one of the most scrutinized cybersecurity incidents in history.
Everyone Is Protecting My Password, But Who Is Protecting My Toilet Paper? - Interview with Amberley Brady | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Empty shelves trigger something primal in us now. We've lived through the panic, the uncertainty, the realization that our food supply isn't as secure as we thought. Amberley Brady hasn't forgotten that feeling, and she's turned it into action.
Beyond Blame: Navigating the Digital World with Our Kids - Interview with Jacqueline (JJ) Jayne | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
There's something fundamentally broken in how we approach online safety for young people. We're quick to point fingers—at tech companies, at schools, at kids themselves—but Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) wants to change that conversation entirely.
The Once and Future Rules of Cybersecurity | A Black Hat SecTor 2025 Conversation with HD Moore | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Security pioneer HD Moore joins ITSPmagazine at SecTor 2025 to break down which cybersecurity “rules” still matter—and which are dangerously outdated. From password policies to AI vulnerabilities and the hidden risks in our own firewalls, this keynote conversation challenges us to rethink what we take for granted.
When the Coders Don’t Code: What Happens When AI Coding Tools Go Dark? | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
What happens when systems are built by AI coding tools—but no one fully understands how they work, or what to do when something breaks? This article explores the growing reliance on tools like ChatGPT and Claude for software development, raising open questions about resilience, incident response, and security in a worl