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Safe Mode Podcast

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CISA
National Cybersecurity Strategy
Artificial Intelligence
Federal Government Cybersecurity
Amazon Midway
Password Managers
Midway
Large Language Models
Quantum Security
Cybersecurity Workforce
Software Liability
Socksescort
Apple
Darksword
Iranian Cyber Operations
Artificial Intelligence In Cybersecurity
Implementation Plans
Ukraine
KEV
HIPAA

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Drawing on his experience from his time in government working directly on CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, Todd Beardsley, VP of Security Research at runZero, explains what it actually took behind the scenes to get a vulnerabilit... more

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In this episode, we sit down with Lior Div, CEO of 7AI, at a moment when the ground is shifting under the entire security industry. With AI lowering the barrier to entry for attackers, supply chain compromises spreading at worm speed, and OpenAI and ... more

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Anna Pham of Huntress joins Safe Mode to discuss the current landscape of initial access brokers and how their tactics continue to support ransomware operations. She explains that attackers are still finding success with drive-by downloads, Trojanize... more

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In this week's episode, Greg Otto talks with Howard Ting, CEO of Opal Security, about the growing security challenges created by AI agents inside the enterprise, especially around identity governance, access control, and runtime authorization. As org... more

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Recent Guests

Todd Beardsley
VP of Security Research at RunZero
RunZero
Episode: From Two Weeks to Three Days: The KEV Deadline Debate
Lior Div
CEO and co-founder of 7AI
7AI
Episode: Can specialized security survive Daybreak and Mythos?
Anna Pham
Security Researcher with Huntress
Huntress Labs
Episode: Why access brokers have stubbornly remained successful
Howard Ting
CEO of Opal Security
Opal Security
Episode: Can you prove which agent did what?
Joe Levy
CEO of Sophos
Sophos
Episode: How government and Industry can raise the cost of cybercrime
Alex Rose
Director of Government Partnerships
Sophos
Episode: How government and Industry can raise the cost of cybercrime
Eran Haggiag
Founder and CEO of Glide Identity
Glide Identity
Episode: Proving Identity in the age of agents
Philip George
Executive Technical Strategist at Merlin Group
Merlin Group
Episode: The federal government's most underrated cybersecurity tool
Chris Townsend
Global VP of Public Sector for Elastic
Elastic
Episode: The federal government's most underrated cybersecurity tool

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Greg Otto
Host of Safe Mode

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Proving Identity in the age of agents
Q: What steps are being taken to ensure quantum safety, and how does Glide Identity plan to stay ahead as quantum computing becomes mainstream?
Quantum safety is treated as table stakes, with plans to increase key sizes and use cryptographic methods that do not rely on vulnerable PKI, leveraging the hardware-based private key in SIM/eSIM to maintain security even as quantum threats emerge.
Proving Identity in the age of agents
Q: How do you see agentic identity changing risk models for enterprises, and who is responsible when an agent acts on behalf of a user?
Agentic identity introduces liability questions across developers, users, and service providers. The proposed approach is to require cryptographic proofs from both the user and the agent's developer for each action to establish liability and reduce legal ambiguities, moving away from vague “who is responsible” debates.
Proving Identity in the age of agents
Q: Can you explain how Glide Identity uses the SIM/eSIM cryptographic key to sign a cryptographic challenge and prove possession without needing the user to install anything new?
The key concept is that every SIM/eSIM contains a cryptographic private key. Glide Identity leverages this key to sign challenges issued by a service, providing a cryptographic proof that the device and user are in possession of the trusted key, enabling secure authentication across apps and devices without requiring extra software or registrations.
When iPhone exploits turn into commodities
Q: Are we talking days or hours before commodity threats are deployed like this, given the GitHub leak and rapid weaponization?
Yes, the landscape is shifting quickly; the panelists emphasized that the speed and spread of exploit kits can outpace traditional defenses, underscoring the need for increased collaboration and faster visibility into mobile environments.
A plea to improve quantum security in the federal government
Q: Derek, you're our AI guy, and there was a really interesting study put out by ETH Zurich. What did the study find about de-anonymization using large language models?
The study showed that LLMs can de-anonymize individuals by linking online breadcrumbs across profiles, with varying success depending on the data sets; it highlighted privacy risks and the potential for misuse, but also noted caveats about not doxing real people and the need for careful interpretation.

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What is Safe Mode Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show centers on practical, policy-aware cybersecurity and technology topics, with a steady focus on how government strategy, enterprise security, and emerging AI-enabled defense intersect. Episodes frequently feature interviews with CISOs, government officials, researchers, and industry leaders to explore patch management, AI governance, data standards, and public-private collaboration. Notable strengths include timely, policy-forward discussions, hands-on security operations perspectives, and deep dives into notable incidents and industry shifts, such as KEV patch deadlines, agentic AI tooling, and large-scale takedowns of criminal infrastructure. This mix makes the program a strong fit for security leaders, policymakers, and tech prof... more

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2. Lior Div
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