Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Rajan Kapoor, VP and Field CISO at Material Security, joined Defender Fridays to share his expertise on modernizing workspace detection and response.

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community.

Is it time for a dedicated cyber military branch? On episode 215 of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Hank Thomas, Managing Partner and Founder at Strategic Cyber Ventures, shares his journey from Army intelligence officer to cyber-focused venture capitalist. But the most pressing part of the conversation is his call for a structural overhaul in how the US military handles cyber operations.

Is it time for a dedicated cyber military branch? On episode 215 of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Hank Thomas, Managing Partner and Founder at Strategic Cyber Ventures, shares his journey from Army intelligence officer to cyber-focused venture capitalist. But the most pressing part of the conversation is his call for a structural overhaul in how the US military handles cyber operations.

Frank Duff, Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder of Tidal Cyber, discussed assessing risk with MITRE ATT&CK on this weeks Defender Fridays!

Let’s face it - you’re struggling with managing massive volumes of telemetry and trying to efficiently optimize against budget. Typical observability pipeline tools only solve part of the problem - they route data but lack real-time detection, automation, and response capabilities. Watch this webinar as we demonstrate how LimaCharlie's security observability pipeline use case goes far beyond traditional solutions. With LimaCharlie, you can normalize any telemetry source into a common format while simultaneously enabling automated detection and response directly from your data streams.

This week's Defender Fridays was all about RSA 2025! Be sure to register for the series, we have special guests every week: https://limacharlie.io/defender-fridays

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. During a talk at RSA, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem provided an update on the future direction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the new Trump administration. During the panel discussion titled “AI and Cyber Defense: Protecting Critical Infrastructure” which brought together federal research leaders to talk about how AI and automation are being leveraged to address mounting cyber risks across the U.S. critical infrastructure landscape.

On this episode of the Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we speak with Jonathan Haas, Product at Vanta, about building cybersecurity products. Jonathan’s work focuses on making security compliance faster and more accessible, helping teams move from months-long processes to efficient workflows that take just days. Before Vanta, he was the co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup ThreatKey, and before that he held key roles at Snapchat, DoorDash, and Carta, where he built and refined compliance systems during times of rapid growth.