Best Monica Verma Podcasts (2024)

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The 10 Weekly: How I Went From Hacker to CISO in Just 4 Years 0:58

4M ago0:58

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9 years ago, this one quote from Daniel Kahneman changed my life: "We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events". I went from hacker to a leader in just 4 years, not just 'cause I worked hard. I took a huge risk by betting on myself even when others wouldn't. Here are 3 things…

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AI vs. Humanity | My 5 Laws to Succeed in The New Normal 30:23

5M ago30:23

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Approximately 1.3 million people fall victim to online scams every day. I personally know 3 friends who fell victim to online fraud in just last 9 months. The good news is all 3 of them got their money back. How did the later happen? AI/ML in the background. AI in anti-fraud systems. AI in credit decisions. AI under the hood. That’s not all. Last y…

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The Biggest Threat To Your Business | Key Lessons from Russia vs. Ukraine Crisis 21:29

5M ago21:29

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What’s the biggest digital threat to your business? “The Russians can now leverage supply chain attacks against Microsoft’s customers.” When Ukraine-Russia geopolitical crisis started many western news sources claimed that Russia apparently didn’t use cyber capabilities to the extent the West had expected. Can we say the same knowing that Russia’s …

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The 10x Weekly: How AI is Fundamentally Changing The World 0:57

5M ago0:57

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This is The 10x Weekly in Under 60 Seconds presented by The Monica Talks Cyber Show. Ever wondered how AI is changing the world? One of the major fundamental shift that's happening is that AI is creating news. It's creating ideas, it's creating culture, it's creating history. It's creating things that we don't even know if they existed or happened …

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How to 10x Your Career and Life in 2023 34:26

1y ago34:26

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“You are a good CISO that helps us make a difference” wrote one of my colleague to me. I attribute that feedback to a Japanese concept called Kaizen. My milestones, like most successful people I know, are outcome of a sense of self-belief and a whole lot of bias for action, leading to continuous incremental improvements, referred in the Japanese co…

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8 Tips How to 10x Your Career Using Great Storytelling 9:09

1+ y ago9:09

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For the last 20 years, I’ve used 8 key elements of powerful storytelling to 10x my career. Here's how you can 10x your career. Reality is: If information is gold, storytelling is mining. Job seekers, interviewers, interviewees, entrepreneurs, security professionals are all storytellers. You are a storyteller. No matter what you do professionally, I…

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How to Protect Against The Blooming Ransomware Cybercrime Business? 29:36

1+ y ago29:36

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According to Forbes, in 2021 alone, ransomware cost the world $20 billion, and that number is expected to skyrocket to $265 billion by 2031. Over the last years, ransomware attacks have managed to cause disruptions to energy, gas pipelines, groceries stores and many more businesses and daily lives. In today's video of The Monica Talks Cyber Podcast…

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How To Manage Imposter Syndrome Without "Faking It" 23:30

1+ y ago23:30

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“Fake it till you make it” is the worst advice I ever received. 70% of people will experience imposter syndrome in their career. I know, I am one of them. ”How do you HANDLE imposter syndrome?” asked one of my mentees. Fake it till you make it is the worst advice you will ever receive. Instead, in the last 3 years, I applied these 7 principles, eve…

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Land Your Dream Job Without Applying 7:59

1+ y ago7:59

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How to land your dream job WITHOUT applying? Dream jobs that I landed, I didn’t apply to them. Instead, I was approached, I was connected to, I was networked with. In the last 7 years, I CHANGED entirely the way I approached job searching. Surely, I have applied to jobs online, but those have had the least impact. The biggest impact came from an en…

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How One Decision Can Change Your Life 18:01

1+ y ago18:01

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In 2009, I took one decision to cold email a hacker, and that changed my life forever. That one decision, that one cold message, changed my life forever. TODAY, for the very first time, I share my entire story on how I took that bold but scary decision, how it changed my life forever, and tips on how it can change your life forever, in my latest ep…

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Break into Cybersecurity with No Tech Experience and No Certs - 2023 Edition 55:45

1+ y ago55:45

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No matter what people tell you, every single day we are seeing people break into this field with no experience and succeeding. They are coming from all kinds of backgrounds such as retail, medical, transportation, and many other industries. Cyber Security is unique because you are able to write your own story on how you want to pursue this field. I…

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Talent Gap, Diversity, Inclusion - How to Accelerate Your Career in Cybersecurity? 27:50

1+ y ago27:50

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In this episode, Monica Verma, CISO, Hacker, CEO and Founder, talks with Naomi Buckwalter, Directory of Product Security, about the so-called talent gap. Is it the talent gap real? How can we fix it? How do we build diversity and inclusion in cybersecurity industry? Listen to hot takes with Monica and Naomi, on how to break into cybersecurity and l…

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Fake News, Disinformation and Journalism 23:56

2y ago23:56

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Liz Truss' mobile was hacked allegedly by Kremlin agents. It was so heavily compromised that it had to be locked away in a safe inside a secure Government location. How do you protect people with high-risk profiles? What is the no. one factor to combat fake news and disinformation? In this episode, Monica Verma, CISO, Hacker, CEO, talk with Runa Sa…

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Is Your Privacy at Risk? 28:55

2y ago28:55

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As technology, social media and smart devices have seeped into our private and business lives, do we have privacy as a human right any more? In this episode Monica Verma, CEO & CISO, talks with Debbie Reynolds "The Data Diva", on the myths around privacy as human rights, privacy challenges related to social media, artificial intelligence and emergi…

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Code Red: The Cyber Health of Healthcare 26:24

2y ago26:24

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How has the cyber health of healthcare evolved and what challenges lie ahead of us? In this episode Monica Verma, CEO | CISO, and Joseph Davis, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft, talk about cyber threats, trends, risks and recommendations connected to healthcare services, medical devices, brownfield environment, and their interconnection and conver…

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A Peek Inside the World of Ransomware! 25:35

2+ y ago25:35

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In today's episode, CISOs and hackers, Chris Roberts and Monica Verma dive deep into the world of ransomware and talk about exploitations through ransomware and it's impact on businesses, the advancement in technology & how it is shaping the ransomware landscape, the ethics landscape aka to pay or not to pay, what does it take to build a better def…

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How To Protect Your Business and Combat Cybercrime 27:00

2+ y ago27:00

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In today's episode Monica Verma, Keynote Speaker and CISO, talks to Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft on how is the threat landscape and the cyber criminals evolving? What are some of the key factors of better defense going forward and key recommendations to combat cybercrime? How do we protect privacy and include ethics, esp…

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How Can Security Provide Real Business Value 37:12

2+ y ago37:12

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In today's episode, CISOs Monica Verma and Gary Hayslip talk about how to communicate and report to the board, real value of cybersecurity and its ROI, managing both current and future risk, how to make security seamless, and tips for communication around breaches. For video check out MonicaTalksCyber. Looking to become an influential and effective…

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Why Cyber Insurance And Key Elements 30:11

2+ y ago30:11

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In today’s episode Monica Verma talks to one of industry leaders within Cyber Insurance, Michael Spreitzenbarth on why you should care about cyber insurance, why you need it, what are the key elements to consider when underwriting a policy and some of the important gotchas, loopholes or myths around insurance policy. Looking to become an influentia…

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Don't Rain on My Cyber Threat Intelligence 28:30

3y ago28:30

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In today’s episode Monica Verma talks to Katie Nickels on importance of cyber threat intelligence, evolution of threat landscape over the last decade, trends today and moving forward, as well as security and privacy challenges with threat intelligence. Looking to become an influential and effective security leader? Don't know where to start or how …

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My Risk Was Calculated but man, I'm Bad at Math 29:45

3y ago29:45

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In this episode, Monica Verma talks to Marc Vael, CISO and risk management expert on cyber and systemic risks, cyber risk exposure, how to make your risks more tangible, visible and understandable, and key elements for effective risk management, integration and communication. Looking to become an influential and effective security leader? Don't kno…

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Demystifying and Defending Cyberwarfare 28:01

3y ago28:01

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In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader and a cybersecurity researcher Keren Elazari on cyberwarfare, cybercrime, national security, critical infrastructure and more. Looking to become an influential and effective security leader? Don't know where to start or how to go about it? Follow Monica Verma (LinkedIn) and Monica Talks …

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Culture and Awareness - Can we measure 'good'? 30:00

3y ago30:00

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In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader Kai Roer, who has worked with security awareness & security cultures for decades. He is a security culture coach, an author and creator of security culture framework. In this episode, they cover: What is 'good' security culture? Can you define and measure good security culture? Does the …

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The Privacy Battle: What's going on with Schrems? 29:02

3+ y ago29:02

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In today’s episode Monica Verma talks with an industry leader and a technology lawyer. Yup, hard to find those combinations. Monica sits down and talks to Jan Sandtrø, who is a renowned legal expert and has been working with technology, privacy and their intersections for more than two decades. In this episodes engaging conversations, they covering…

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Solving security the cloudy-way 26:11

3+ y ago26:11

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Monica Verma talks with Anton Chuvakin, Head of Solutions Strategy at Google and former Research Director at Gartner. It this episode they talk about some of the security issues with cloud, especially with regards to cloud migration. Can we trust cloud less to trust more? What are some of the key paradoxes when it comes to cloud breaches and how ca…

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Robotics vs. Security - Changing the Status Quo 27:28

3+ y ago27:28

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Here we are with the season finale and an absolutely engaging topic for you - Robotics vs. Security. On the season finale, Monica talks with Mark Folmer, VP Security and Industry, Robotic Assistance Devices, on the robotics industry, the state of security within the robotics industry, Industry 4.0, augmentation, challenges, risks and implications, …

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That's Cyber in the FinTech World 29:12

3+ y ago29:12

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The goals of security isn’t confidentiality, integrity and availability but to understand, support and enable organization’s goals and mission. Business acumen, leadership and communication play a vital role in that. Security is not an IT problem but everyone’s responsibility. In this episode, we turn the tables and talk to a business leader on his…

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Resilience against Cyber Threats and Global Risks 19:17

3+ y ago19:17

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In this episode of We Talk Cyber with Monica, we talk with Bjorn R. Watne, CISO, Storebrand on - threat landscape over last decade and amidst pandemic - how to build robustness, visibility and detection amidst increasing digitalization - how do you know you are doing enough? Need for security leaders at the executive levels is vital to understand a…

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Security vs. Privacy - What are we fighting for? 17:31

3+ y ago17:31

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In one corner we have privacy. On a very fundamental level, privacy is a basic human right recognized in the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. Even though it's not yet a human right in every constitution globally, we have seen regulations like GDPR and CCPA come into place in the last years. We have also had discussions on this in the US congress, …

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Breaking Down Artificial Intelligence 20:22

4y ago20:22

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“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Eliezer Yudkowsky In this episode, Monica Verma talks with our guest Eirik Gulbrandsen from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, about Artificial Intelligence, demystifying its possibilities and perils, use cases and challenges, a…

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The Big Bang of Emerging Technologies 30:09

4y ago30:09

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In this episode, Monica Verma talks with Carsten Maartmann-Moe, CEO, Transcendent Group, about hacking, the big bang of the internet, connected devices, Internet of Things and emerging technologies. They talk about the evolution and the threat landscape, risks and consequences of both legacy and emerging tech, the ethics behind it, use of data and …

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How To Build Cyber Readiness and Defense 22:52

4y ago22:52

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In this episode Chris Kiønig from Watchcom talks with Monica Verma about the EU standard and framework called TIBER - Threat Intelligence Based Ethical Red Teaming. - What's the goal and purpose of the framework? - How to implement and build resilience and ensure financial stability during external events such as cyber attacks? - What's are the cha…

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You said High-Value Hacking? Well, Yes! 28:58

4y ago28:58

28:58

This episode of We Talk Cyber is dedicated to HACKER to HACKER conversation. In this episode, Chris Dale from River Security talks with Monica Verma about 1. upstream thinking to security 2. high-value pen-testing & the psychology behind it 3. the threat landscape & its global consequences Looking to become an influential and effective security lea…

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The Cyborg Era - Are we there yet? 25:54

4y ago25:54

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Join CISOs and Ethical Hackers, Chris Roberts and Monica Verma, on the latest episode of We Talk Cyber as they talk about the era of cyborg the security risks, ethics and the privacy implications data security and awareness around augmentation, artificial intelligence and more. Looking to become an influential and effective security leader? Don't k…

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You Are Leaving Digital Footprints Everywhere 39:29

4y ago39:29

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We have talked in the previous episodes that 100% security doesn’t exist. But what about traceability? How do you know what digital footprint do you have out there? Can you manage, protect and “truly” delete all or even a part of it? Once you are online, your existence and your data is out there. You are a target, even when you don’t believe so and…

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The Psychology of Human Behavior in Security and Privacy 23:06

4y ago23:06

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Monica Verma in conversation with Lance Spitzner, Director at SANS Security Awareness, on top human risks, key questions leadership should be asking, and key behaviors we need in order to secure and manage those human risks. You can only make so many behavioral changes. In this episode, we talk about how to focus and prioritize, what strategies to …

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A CISO’s Approach to Cybersecurity Threats and Risks 20:51

4y ago20:51

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In this episode Monica Verma talks with Lars Eirik Berg, CSO and CISO, DNB, about 1. a business leader’s perspective on cybersecurity, threats and risks 2. is security really just about securing or does it serve a bigger purpose and 3. how to approach security, risk and crisis management to help businesses and society They talk about COVID-19, pand…

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Cybersecurity How To - Career and Talent Acquisition 24:16

4y ago24:16

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In this episode Monica Verma talks with Deidre Diamond, CEO and Founder, CyberSN, about career challenges cyber security talent face in our industry importance of succession planing and retention and what can we do about it to help both young talent and professionals in our industry, as well as to build a business that’s not only successful but als…

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Cyber Resilience - It Is Not Built in a Day 27:12

4y ago27:12

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Here comes the long awaited podcast episode with a highly requested topic on cyber resilience. In this episode of We Talk Cyber, Monica Verma talks to Hanne Tangen Nilsen, Cyber Security Officer and Security Director Business from Telenor Norway, about key elements of cyber resilience, what role do threat intelligence and SOC/CERT play to build a c…

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Cybersecurity Talent and Diversity 25:51

4y ago25:51

25:51

In today’s episode, Monica talks with Tanya Janca on challenges businesses face with regards to cybersecurity talent, how algorithms and data can be (unintentionally) biased, and what can we do for better communication and diversity. Tanya and Monica share their stories and passion for podcasts, learning and sharing knowledge. Looking to become an …

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The Visibility is Cloudy 23:54

4y ago23:54

23:54

In today's episode of We Talk Cyber with Monica, Cloud Researcher Mark Nunnikhoven, Trend Micro, talks about complexity, responsibility and visibility in cloud, how that affects cloud security and what you can do about it! Get your coffee/tea and enjoy the scintillating discussions, experiences and philosophies on cloud security. Looking to become …

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Why is that Connected to the Internet? 26:25

4y ago26:25

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Security experts, Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen talk with Monica Verma about what is asset discovery, why is it important and why should businesses care. If you are interested in listening to amazing stories about how Jeremiah and Robert came to download the entire Internet, tune in right now! Looking to become an influential and effective se…

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It's Not Technology Attacking You, It's People! 25:59

4y ago25:59

25:59

Roar Thon, Specialist Director Security Culture at the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM - Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet) joins Monica Verma on the podcast series We Talk Cyber. Roar talks about the human aspect of cybersecurity and the challenges of terminology and communication in the security industry. Looking to become an influential an…

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