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Cybersecurity is a Moving Target with Marc Bleicher
Security Superpowers - July 14, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutesIn the season finale of Security Superpowers Steve invites back Arete Managing Director, Marc Bleicher. They discuss how the state of cybersecurity has changed since they spoke on the first episode of the season, the latest news including the Kaseya attacks, the power of the cloud, and the futur...
Beyond the breach: Data Privacy and Legal Expertise
Security Superpowers - June 30, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutesIn the latest episode of Security Superpowers, Stephen Ramey invites Mullen Coughlin Partner Greg Bautista onto the podcast. They discuss his background in data privacy and cyber security law, the evolution of business email compromises, and the importance of data mining.
Beyond the Breach: Data Exfil & Data Mining
Security Superpowers - June 16, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutesStephen Ramey invites Arete Director of Data Breach Analysis Will Hartz onto the podcast to discuss what happens beyond the breach and how Arete helps clients identify and report on sensitive data.
Cybersecurity Forensic Investigations with Brian Rydstrom
Security Superpowers - June 02, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutesIn the latest episode of Security Superpowers Stephen Ramey invites Arete Director of Digital Forensics Brian Rydstrom onto the podcast for a discussion on his time working at a big four consulting firm, leading a team of incident responders, how to leverage threat intelligence to build a world-...
Incident Response Management with Matt Ramey
Security Superpowers - May 19, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutesIn the latest episode of Security Superpowers, Steve Ramey invites a Head of CSIRT for a fortune global 500 company onto the podcast to discuss incident response management, the transition from the public sector to the private sector, information sharing in the industry, and the importance of bu...
Threat Intelligence with Jaycee Roth and Evgueni Erchov
Security Superpowers - May 05, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutesIn the latest episode of #SecuritySuperpowers, @Stephen Ramey interviews Arete Director, Digital Forensics & Incident Response Jaycee Roth and Arete Director of IR & Cyber Threat Intelligence Evgueni Erchov. In this episode, they discuss how Arete interlaces threat intelligence with our forens...
Demystifying Cyber Insurance with Marc Schein
Security Superpowers - April 21, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutesIn this episode host, Stephen Ramey interviews the Co-chair of Marsh & McLennan Agency Cyber Center of Excellence, Marc Shein. Arete and Marc have both recently been nominated for an Advisen Cyber Risk award. In this episode, Steve and Marc discuss how cyber insurance can strengthen your busines...
The State of Cybersecurity with Marc Bleicher
Security Superpowers - April 07, 2021 10:00 - 27 minutesSecurity Superpowers is back! In this season’s first episode Steve Ramey talks with Arete’s Managing Director of Incident Response, Marc Bleicher. Steve and Marc discuss the current state of cybersecurity, industry trends, and building a cybersecurity workforce to meet the industry's current dem...
Security Superpowers Season Two Teaser
Security Superpowers - March 31, 2021 16:59 - 38 secondsNew Season, New Host, New format Security Superpowers will be back for a second season Wednesday, April 7th. In this season, Arete’s Director of Incident Response and host Stephen Ramey will be walking the audience through an incident response case. Each episode will focus on a major milest...
SentinelOne with Jared Phipps
Security Superpowers - December 17, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesWe are very excited to conclude season one of Security Superpowers with Jared Phipps, SVP Worldwide Sales Engineering to discuss SentinelOne, threat hunting data, risk mitigation, and the maturing endpoint protection market.
Ransomware and Carrier Risk with Michael Kar and Tamara Ashjian
Security Superpowers - December 10, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutesFor this episode of Security Superpowers, Tamara Ashjian from Tokio Marine and Michael Kar from Wilson Elser, LLP discuss cybersecurity claims and risk and how the industry is shifting to cope with the growing wave of ransomware attacks.
The Future of Data Transfer from the EU to the with Richard Sheinis
Security Superpowers - November 12, 2020 23:36 - 29 minutesIn this episode, Kevin Smith interviews Hall Booth Smith, P.C. Partner, Richard Sheinis, about the future of data transfer from the EU to the US. We discuss the implications of data localization and the increased tendency of countries closing their borders to free flowing information and what th...
Election Security with Jim Jaeger
Security Superpowers - October 29, 2020 10:34 - 40 minutesIn this episode, Kevin Smith speaks with president and co-founder of Arete, Jim Jaeger about the upcoming 2020 U.S. Elections, the risks we face, both internally and externally, and answers the biggest question of all: Just how safe and accurate is this election going to be?
What It Takes to Start a Career in Cyber Security and the Evolution of Future Cyber Crime with Mike Lotas
Security Superpowers - October 15, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutesDuring this episode of Security Superpowers, Kevin invites Mike Lotas, global incident response leader in SOC at Arete, to discuss what it takes to start a career in cyber security, the evolution and future of cyber crime, and a dive into Mike's history and career path.
Anatomy of an Incident Response with Stephen Ramey
Security Superpowers - October 01, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutesKevin, Marc and Steve discuss the details of an incident response. They dive in to the many facets of an incident response to give you insight into the characteristics of a typical IR victim, IR planning, importance of strong passwords, the key to successful forensics and more!
Nation State Threats with Jim Jaeger
Security Superpowers - September 17, 2020 09:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode, Kevin Smith and Stephen Ramey talk to Arete's chief cyber strategist, Jim Jaeger, about nation state threats, ways to keep your business safe from ransomware, and more!
Threat Intelligence Part 2 with Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey
Security Superpowers - September 03, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode, hosts Kevin Smith and Marc Belicher invite Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey to continue their discussion on Threat Intelligence. They dive into techniques, emerging threats and our commitment to partner with law enforcement agencies to help gain a better understanding of the div...
Security Superpowers - Threat Intelligence Part 2
Security Superpowers - September 03, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutesIn this episode, hosts Kevin Smith and Marc Belicher invite Evgueni Erchov and Stephen Ramey to continue their discussion on Threat Intelligence. They dive into techniques, emerging threats and our commitment to partner with law enforcement agencies to help gain a better understanding of the div...
Threat Intelligence with Evgueni Erchov Part 1
Security Superpowers - August 20, 2020 09:00 - 40 minutesIn this episode, Kevin Smith and Marc Bleicher nterview Arete Director, IR & Cyber Threat Intelligence Evgueni Erchov about the most critical weapons used in cyber defense, which attackers are targeting organizations, and how to thwart these attacks.
Remote Working Cyber Risks with Stephen Ramey
Security Superpowers - August 06, 2020 11:00 - 38 minutesIn this weeks episode Kevin and Marc interview Arete director of incident response Stephen Ramey about the increase in cyber risk due to remote working, Stephen’s observations from the front lines, and his recommendations for preventing an attack!
A True Arete Superhero: Marc Bleicher
Security Superpowers - July 23, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutesThe pilot episode introduces Marc Bleicher, Managing Director of the Arete IR Team. Kevin and Marc discuss the inconvenient timing of threat actors, some unique experiences in Marc’s career and, the importance of the insurance carriers who shoulder the financial burden of an ill-prepared IT s...
Optiverse 4 - Variants 1-5
Optiverse's podcast - May 30, 2019 18:39 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBack at the Greystone Academy for the Prodigious, Silhouette, Tarot, and the 3 rescued genetic anomalies left with Quintessa. Now, Gwishin and Takedown wonder if life at the Academy is always this insane. And it only gets worse when a mysterious stranger shows up.
Optiverse 4 - Variants 1-4
Optiverse's podcast - May 21, 2019 21:58 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOn a mysterious Island in the Bermuda Triangle, Tarot, the Variants, and Silhouette defeated the horde of Solbots coming after them, and are now headed deeper into the island compound to locate the other Genetic Anomalies trapped there.
Optiverse 3 - Variants 1-3
Optiverse's podcast - May 14, 2019 01:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTarot and the Variants travelled to the Bermuda Triangle to find the original Variants. Meeting Silhouette, they broke into the facility holding their friends. They’ve shut off the power dampeners and unlocked the cages, but are now in for a fight as Solbots are now swarming towards them! Roll i...
Optiverse 2 - Variants 1-2
Optiverse's podcast - April 16, 2019 19:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhen we last left off, Bootleg and his sometime enemy Tarot had recruited two new genetic anomalies: Eugene, with the power to manipulate quantum fields and Jordan, who displays speed, strength, and regeneration. The headmaster has sent them straight on to South Florida to find transportation ba...
Optiverse 1 - Variants 1-1
Optiverse's podcast - March 31, 2019 23:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Optiverse is an actual play podcast of the Superhero RPG Mutants and Masterminds. This first series is the Variants, about young superheroes in a world that needs their help. Other Optiverse shows will follow, all set in the Optiverse, and each highlighting a different aspect of our superher...
Visions - Episode 2
New Realities - March 14, 2017 04:00 - 44 minutesIn this episode join artists Shaheen Kasmani and Nasreen Shaikh Jamal Al-Lail discussing what it is like to be a Muslim female artist in 2017, as well as the positive and negatives of the current art scene and how we can move forward together and build a sense of unity and sisterhood. The convers...
Influence and Changes - Episode 1
New Realities - February 11, 2017 05:00 - 31 minutesIn this Podcast artist Romina Khanom shares some of her ideas behind her work and how Islam and culture influence her. She mentions how she uses grand patterns and geometry in Islamic art, to nature of God. The depiction of patterns through patterns, looping through one another embodies the spiri...
Introducing us
New Realities - January 29, 2017 05:00 - 2 minutesIn this podcast we are introducing our series and all the topics will be covering.
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