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Tech Decisions Podcast

201 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

Interviews with end users and industry experts in, IT, AV and security about commercial technologies that can help institutions from enterprise to education to healthcare and beyond.

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Episodes

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 195: Zero Trust Challenges and Drivers

May 25, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

Chalan Aras, managing director of cyber and strategic risk at Deloitte, joins the podcast to discuss the challenges of zero trust adoption. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 194: May 2023 Patch Tuesday

May 11, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MB

Chris Goettl of Ivanti joins the podcast to discuss the May 2023 Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 193: April 2023 Patch Tuesday

April 13, 2023 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Chris Goettl, vice president of product management for security at Ivanti, joins the podcast to go over the April 2023 Patch Tuesday security updates from Microsoft and Apple. 

My TechDecisions Episode 192: ChatGPT, Generative AI and the Enterprise

March 30, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MB

Chirag Dekate, a Gartner analyst, joins the podcast to discuss how IT leaders should deploy and manage generative AI systems in their organization. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 191: Learnings From the LastPass Breach

March 23, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

Scott Caveza, senior research manager at Tenable, joins the podcast to discuss what we've learned from the LastPass breach, including the need for patch management and securing hybrid work.

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 190: March 2023 Patch Tuesday

March 16, 2023 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to discuss Microsoft's March 2023 Patch Tuesday. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 189: Navigating Cybersecurity, Innovation Paradoxes

March 09, 2023 17:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Bobbie Stempfley, vice president and business unit security officer at Dell, joins the podcast to talk about her five security paradoxes facing modern enterprises. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 188: IT Consolidation and the Employee Experience

March 02, 2023 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Thomas Philippart de Foy, Appspace's chief innovation officer, joins the podcast to discuss how to preserve the employee experience while consolidating the tech stack. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 187: A Month Without Meetings

February 23, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

Tony Lambert, chief technology officer of TechSmith, joins the podcast to talk about how his company reinvented the way they think about meetings. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 186: February 2023 Patch Tuesday

February 15, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.71 MB

Satnam Narang, senior research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to go over Microsoft's February 2023 Patch Tuesday security updates. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 185: The Passwordless Future

February 09, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

Jim Taylor, chief product officer at RSA, joins the podcast to talk about the growing passwordless trend and what it means for IT professionals. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 184: Log4J's Persistence

January 26, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Bob Rudis, vice president of data science for GreyNoise Intelligence, joins the podcast to talk about the persistence of the Log4J vulnerbility.

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 183: January 2023 Patch Tuesday

January 12, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.29 MB

Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to go over Microsoft's January 2023 Patch Tuesday release. 

My TechDecisions Episode 182: Year Three of Hybrid Work

January 05, 2023 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MB

Troy Jenson, senior manager of global accounts for audio company Shure, joins the podcast to discuss collaboration needs for 2023.   

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 181: December 2022 Patch Tuesday

December 15, 2022 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.98 MB

Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to talk about Microsoft's December 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 180: Tackling Hybrid Meetings

December 05, 2022 15:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MB

Sam Kennedy, director of product marketing at Crestron, joins the podcast to talk about the company's recent research into hybrid meetings. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 179: Simplifying Your Security Stack

November 17, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

Jason Clark, chief security officer at Netskope and former chief information security officer at the New York Times, joins the podcast to discuss consolidating security tools. 

My TechDecisions Episode 178: November 2022 Patch Tuesday

November 10, 2022 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MB

Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to talk about Microsoft's November 2022 Patch Tuesday. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 177: MFA is Not Created Equal

November 03, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

Josh Yavor, chief information security officer at Tessian, joins the podcast to talk about multi-factor authentication and how attackers are finding ways around some deployments of the security control. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 176: Why IT Professionals Should Attend Commercial Integrator Expo

October 20, 2022 15:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

Editors-in-chief of our sister publications Commercial Integrator and CE Pro join the podcast to discuss the Commercial Integrator Expo and why IT professionals should attend the new trade show. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 175: October 2022 Patch Tuesday

October 13, 2022 13:00 - 8 seconds - 213 KB

Satnam Narang, senior research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to discuss Microsoft's October 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 174: Cybersecurity Industry Trends and Research from Trellix Xpand Live

October 06, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

We speak with executives and security researchers from cybersecurity firm Trellix during the company's Xpand Live event about its new XDR solutions, trends, workforce development issues and the latest threat research.   Guest include CEO Bryan Palma on cybersecurity trends, workforce development issues and the future of XDR (0:50 – 12:37); Engineer and Head of Cyber Investigations John Fokker on actions the company took to help take down the REvil ransomware group (12:54 – 30:41); Principal...

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 173: All-in-One Videoconferencing Systems

September 22, 2022 19:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

Martin Bodley,  director of emerging business for Bose Work, joins the podcast to talk about the growing trend of all-in-one videoconferencing devices. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 172: September 2022 Patch Tuesday

September 14, 2022 19:00 - 10 minutes - 7.17 MB

On this episode of the My TechDecisons Podcast, we are joined by Satnam Narang, senior research engineer at Tenable, to discuss Microsoft's September 2022 Patch Tuesday security releases. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 171: Don't Sleep on Ransomware

September 13, 2022 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

Claire Tills, senior research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to talk about the dangers of becoming complacent in the fight against ransomware. 

My TechDecisions Episode 170: Supply Chain Security

August 18, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.4 MB

Vijay Viswanathan, product marketing manager for cybersecurity services at Open Systems, joins the podcast to talk about what organizations can do to prevent supply chain attacks. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 169: Managing Saas Apps

August 11, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

 Aashish Chandarana, CIO of enterprise SaaS management platform Productiv, joins the podcast to talk about what organizations can do to better manage their growing number of SaaS apps.   

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 169: Managing Saas Apps

August 11, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

 Aashish Chandarana, CIO of enterprise SaaS management platform Productiv, joins the podcast to talk about what organizations can do to better manage their growing number of SaaS apps.   

My TechDecisions Episode 168: How to Cut IT Costs With Minimal Impact

July 26, 2022 20:00 - 13 minutes - 9.43 MB

Paul Deur, co-founder of IT automation platform ReadyWorks, joins the podcast to talk about ways IT leaders can cut costs without negatively impacting the organizations' operations. 

My TechDecisions Episode 167: How InfoSec is Closing the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap

July 21, 2022 12:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

Jim Chilton, general manager of InfoSec Institute, joins the podcast from the trade show floor at RSA to talk about different ways the organization is working to close the cybersecurity workforce gap. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 166: July 2022 Patch Tuesday

July 14, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to discuss Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2022. 

My TechDecisions Episode 165: Phishing Simulation and Continuous Cybersecurity Training

June 30, 2022 19:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

James McQuiggan, security awareness advocate at simulated phishing platform KnowBe4, joins the podcast to talk about modern cybersecurity training needs. 

My TechDecisions Episode 164: Current and Future Cybersecurity Threats

June 23, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

John Fokker, principal engineer and head of cyber investigations at Trellix, joins the podcast to talk about what he's seeing on the front lines of cybersecurity. 

My TechDecisions Episode 163: June 2022 Patch Tuesday

June 16, 2022 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to over the June 2022 Patch Tuesday security release. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 162: What IT Can Learn About Audiovisual Systems at InfoComm

June 02, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

On this episode of the My TechDecisions Podcast, David Labuskes, CEO of AVIXA, joins the podcast to discuss InfoComm and what IT pros can learn about audiovisual systems at the largest AV trade show in the U.S. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 162: What IT Can Learn About Audiovisual Systems at InfoComm

June 02, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

On this episode of the My TechDecisions Podcast, David Labuskes, CEO of AVIXA, joins the podcast to discuss InfoComm and what IT pros can learn about audiovisual systems at the largest AV trade show in the U.S. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 161: How expanding IT assets and SaaS is leading to security concerns and shadow IT

May 26, 2022 18:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Arthur Lozinski, CEO of IT management software provider Oomnitza, joins the podcast to discuss how the growth of SaaS and the expanding IT estate is creating blind spots and leading to shadow IT. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 160: May 2022 Patch Tuesday

May 12, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes - 8.49 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to discuss Microsoft's May 2022 monthly security patches. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 159: IT's role in M&A

May 05, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

Taren Rodabaugh, CIO of Bridgestone Americas, joins the podcast to talk about the important role IT professionals play when the organization conducts a merger or acquisition. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 158: How IT's Role Has Changed

April 21, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 9.78 MB

Chad Haftorson, senior director of product management at Freshworks, joins the podcast to talk about how IT's role has changed from supporting the business to helping drive innovation. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 157: April 2022 Patch Tuesday

April 14, 2022 19:00 - 11 minutes - 8.27 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to discuss the April 2022 Patch Tuesday releases. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 156: Cybersecurity, CISOs and Burnout

April 07, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Josh Yavor, chief information security officer at Tessian, joins the podcast to talk about why CISOs are getting burnt out. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 156: Preventing Shadow IT

March 24, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

Uri Haramati, co-founder and CEO of Torii, joins the podcast to talk about shadow IT and how it can be prevented. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 155: What To Look For in an SBOM

March 17, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Liran Tancman, CEO of cybersecurity firm Rezilion, joins the podcast to talk about what IT and cybersecurity professionals should look for in a software bill of materials (SBOM). 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 155: What To Look For in an SBOM

March 17, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Liran Tancman, CEO of cybersecurity firm Rezilion, joins the podcast to talk about what IT and cybersecurity professionals should look for in a software bill of materials (SBOM). 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 154: March 2022 Patch Tuesday

March 09, 2022 22:00 - 10 minutes - 7.23 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to go over this month's Patch Tuesday. 

My TechDecisions Podcast 153: The Importance Of Audio For Hybrid Work

March 03, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

Willian Zadnik, applications engineer at audio device manufacturer Shure, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of audio for hybrid working environments. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 152: Tips for Hybrid Work With Logitech

February 24, 2022 18:00 - 10 minutes - 7.45 MB

Scott Wharton, Vp and GM of video collaboration at Logitech, joins the podcast to talk about Phybrid work and how IT can help users collaborate effectively. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 151: 2022 Cybersecurity Trends

February 17, 2022 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Greg Garten, CTO of NTT Ltd., joins the podcast to talk about cybersecurity trends  and what IT pros need to be looking out for in 2022. 

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 150: February 2022 Patch Tuesday

February 10, 2022 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.3 MB

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to talk about Microsoft's security updates for February 2022.