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 Last month, governments switched off their own websites because of two hidden flaws in software that runs a huge share of the web. The flaws were a very old kind of mistake: memory unsafety, the class of bug behind roughly 70% of the most serious security flaws Microsoft and Google have found in their own code.In this first episode, host Sarina Gandy traces the bug from a 1972 government report to Aleph One’s 1996 paper “Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit,” meets the engineers who fought it, and hears from the people who paid the price when it got loose, from hospitals locked out by WannaCry to activists targeted through their phones.In this episode:Rob Joyce, former NSA cybersecurity leaderDavid “Dwizzzle” Weston, MicrosoftBob Lord, Chief Strategy Officer, Software Safety InstituteLauren Zabierek, Co-founder and CEO, Software Safety InstituteTarah Wheeler, cybersecurity executive and doctoral candidate, University of OxfordPavlina Pavlova, Critical CyberNicole Perlroth, author of This Is How They Tell Me the World EndsYael Grauer, formerly of Consumer ReportsAdam Shostack, threat modeling expertElias Levy (Aleph One), author of “Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit”Crispin Cowan, creator of StackGuardChapters:00:00 Cold open: the websites that went dark02:33 You already know this bug04:19 Whose problem is this?06:32 Seventy percent07:26 WannaCry and the NHS08:49 Audrey’s story10:19 What getting hacked really means12:00 No setting to change13:03 What the bug actually is14:46 What it has cost us16:01 The 1972 warning18:26 Smashing the Stack19:51 Finding Aleph One22:43 StackGuard and the 300 Spartans24:02 Everything we tried27:09 The bug that never left29:19 NotPetya31:19 AI changes the math32:46 Whose problem is it now?The Bug We Let Live is an audio documentary from the Software Safety Institute, with generous support from Cyber Florida. Produced by Sarina Gandy. Co-produced by Rex Wilson. For more information, visit softwaresafety.org.

Emily Adams is the COO of Tampa Bay Tech Week and Managing Partner of HyLo Inno, an innovation and investment firm focused on closing gaps in the Tampa Bay tech ecosystem. In addition to consulting on accelerators, funding, and community building, she leads protected skunkworks engagements for manufacturers and growth-stage companies through Gulf Works Lab.   Her personal story explains her extraordinary success. At age seventeen, Emily escaped an Amish community that controlled everything about her life. She had only a sixth-grade education and a dream of being a "corporate woman." From there, she built a career spanning automotive manufacturing, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and now the innovation infrastructure of one of the fastest-growing cities in America. Emily shares what it took to save $1.5 million at Honda, what proof stacking is and why it works, and why the most underrated asset in any career pivot is the skills you already have. Jack Clabby and co-host Kayley Jerrell talk with Emily about building Tampa Bay Tech Week from scratch in four months with a team of six volunteers, what went right and wrong in year one, and why a centralized space where founders, operators, and investors can build something together had been missing from Tampa. She also explains human design, why she is a manifester, and what that means for the people around her. In the Lifestyle Polygraph, Emily talks about competing in powerlifting at the world level, what she does during downtime, why her favorite Tampa thing is cigar lounges, and why her leap of faith is far from her defining moment.  Follow Emily on LinkedIn and learn more at gulfworkslab.com and tampabaytechweek.com Presented by ThreatLockerSupported by DerscannerChapters: 00:00 Introduction to Cybersecurity and Resilience02:34 Emily Adams: A Journey of Discovery and Innovation11:14 Transitioning from Manufacturing to Cybersecurity14:23 Tampa Bay Tech Week: A New Era in Tech Events21:57 Navigating Success and Failure in Business23:36 The Power of Transferable Skills26:05 Lifestyle Polygraph: Insights into Emily's Mindset   

From Best Buy to Cybersecurity: Curiosity, Confidence, and Finding Your Place in TechIn this episode of No Password Required: Next Gen, Yazzel interviews Karina Rosario, Applications SOP Writer at ThreatLocker. Karina shares how her curiosity about technology led her from working at Best Buy and Geek Squad to earning her bachelor's degree in cybersecurity and beginning her career in the industry.From building a strong IT foundation to learning how important networking can be, Karina keeps it real about what it actually takes to break into cybersecurity. She talks about why a career in cyber is a “slow burn,” the value of taking chances on yourself, and how experiences from outside of cybersecurity can become some of the most valuable skills in your career.Outside of cyber mode, Karina brings plenty of personality to the conversation, from being a Nintendo and Fortnite fan to imagining her own cybersecurity sidekick in the world of Kim Possible. She also opens up about being a first-generation college graduate and her goal of becoming a voice for young women and girls entering cybersecurity.Karina’s story is a reminder that there is no single path into cybersecurity. Sometimes the experiences you least expect can become the foundation for where you’re headed next.Find Karina on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karina-r-3088691b9/Presented by ThreatLocker Supported by DerscannerChapters: 00:00 Introduction to Karina and Her Role at ThreatLocker03:00 Journey into Cybersecurity: Education and Inspiration05:51 Skills and Qualities for Success in Cybersecurity09:05 Personal Interests and Hobbies Outside of Work12:02 Empowering Women in Cybersecurity and Future Aspirations 

In this episode:Bruno's origin story: a fifteen year old in a French village of 1,200 people watches a late night TV show about two young American millionaires and wakes up his mom at midnight to announce his plan (05:47 - 07:08)Arriving in Seattle with a $10,000 loan, a backpack, and English as a work in progress (07:08 - 08:06)From MS-DOS to Windows NT to Exchange to Xbox to Hardware to HR, how a developer ends up running Microsoft's worldwide HR planning (08:06 - 09:42)The day Bill Gates walked into the shipping party and canceled the product Bruno had spent a year building, and the box he still has (09:42 - 10:57)Starting BEMO in 2010 before Office 365 or Azure existed and building a system that could deploy SharePoint in 15 minutes (11:07 - 12:07)Watching Microsoft decide to eat his lunch in 2012 and becoming the second biggest reseller of Project Online and SharePoint Online on the way out (12:07 - 13:39)The deliberate pivot to cybersecurity in 2018 and winning Microsoft Partner of the Year in 2023 (13:39 - 14:34)Why CMMC compliance is like having a child and the birthday is just the beginning (14:34 - 15:34)Opening the hood on companies that have been self-attesting perfect CMMC scores for five years and what you find inside (15:34 - 16:53)What the average SMB gets wrong about cybersecurity and why being on Copacabana beach with a laptop makes you a very effective hacker (16:53 - 18:28)AI versus AI: going from 46 agents to 21 and building a governance framework that mirrors BEMO's human staffing levels (18:28 - 20:34)Eight years working alongside his son Brandon, how he kept it professional, and why he is relieved they never had an accident (20:34 - 22:00)The Lifestyle Polygraph: éclairs, a French bakery, the 1998 World Cup, flying lessons, the Marshawn Lynch earthquake, and the leader who blocks his own employees from connecting on weekends (22:29 - 33:15) Timestamp Highlights:(05:47) The midnight promise to his mom that became a thirty-six year adventure(07:08) Arriving in Seattle with a $10,000 loan and English as a work in progress(09:42) Bill Gates walks into the shipping party(11:07) Building BEMO before Office 365 existed(12:07) Watching Microsoft eat his lunch and becoming the second biggest reseller anyway(14:34) CMMC compliance is like having a child(16:53) Why hackers love small businesses who think they are immune(18:28) From 46 AI agents to 21 and why governance matters(20:34) Eight years working with his son Brandon(23:18) His favorite French pastry is the éclair(25:59) France beats Brazil two months before his wedding(27:31) The family intervention that ended his flying lessons Resources & Links:BEMO — bemopro.comThreatLocker — Presenting sponsor of No Password RequiredDerScanner — Episode sponsorCyber Florida — The Mother Ship

Austin Walley - AP History Teacher Turned Cybersecurity Educator and a believer in figuring it out. Austin Walley is a cybersecurity educator at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland, Florida, where he leads the school’s cybersecurity academy. But unlike many people in the field, Austin didn’t start in technology. He started as an AP history teacher and was recruited into cybersecurity after his administrators saw something beyond technical skills: his ability to question, teach, build relationships, and connect with students. In this episode, Austin shares how he went from knowing almost nothing about cybersecurity to building and teaching an evolving cybersecurity program. He breaks down why teaching cyber means constantly rebuilding the curriculum, how to separate foundational skills from technology that will quickly become outdated, and why students don’t need to be “super, super technical” to get started. Live from CyberLaunch 2026, Austin shares his experience preparing high school students for cybersecurity careers, emphasizing the importance of teamwork and communication and how CTF competitions reveal natural leaders in the classroom. He also explains why resilience and the ability to “figure it out” may be some of the most important skills a future cybersecurity professional can develop. He also shares what it’s like when everyone assumes the cyber teacher knows everything about computers, why students from completely different backgrounds can thrive in cybersecurity, and how his school’s administrators took a chance on him and continued to support him every step of the way. Follow No Password Required Breakout room for more conversations with the innovators, creators, and game changers shaping the cybersecurity industry Chapters:  00:00 Introduction to Cybersecurity Education 02:58 Transitioning from History to Cybersecurity 05:52 Curriculum Development in a Fast-Paced Field 09:02 Student Diversity and Soft Skills in Cybersecurity 12:09 Challenges and Resilience in Cyber Competitions