Podcast Episodes

How a Detective Became the Ginger Hacker: SOC Life, Job Hunts & Blue Team Wisdom

Season 4

From the streets to the SOC. 💻

In this episode of Simply Defensive, Josh Mason and Wade Wells talk with Andrew Crotty — aka Ginger Hacker. A former detective turned Tier 3 SOC analyst and Army reservi…

Published on 18 hours ago

Automating the Blue Team | Kevin Mata (Swimlane) on SOAR & AI in Cybersecurity

Season 4

Automation is changing the way defenders work. In this episode of Simply Defensive, we sit down with Kevin Mata, Director of Cloud Operations at Swimlane, to talk about his journey from flipping burg…

Published on 6 days, 18 hours ago

Inside Hack Defender Academy: Gamified Malware Training for Blue Teamers

Season 4

Ready to level up your defensive cybersecurity skills? In this episode of Simply Defensive, Josh Mason and Wade Wells sit down with Dan Regalado and Belem — the founders of Hack Defender Academy — to…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Rob Allen (ThreatLocker) on Zero Trust, Proactive Security, and Ransomware Prevention

Season 4

In Season 4, Episode 4 of Simply Defensive, hosts Josh Mason and Wade Wells sit down with Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, to dive deep into the world of Zero Trust security, proacti…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Why Your CISO Needs a “Shut Up, Boss” Button

Season 4

What if GitHub sucks for security detections—and AI is finally good enough to replace it?

Join Josh Mason and Wade Wells as they sit down with Aaron Mog, the outspoken founder of Detections.ai, to unp…

Published on 1 month ago

Why Jack in the Box Might Have the Best Security Team in Fast Food

Season 4

How does a Navy fire control tech who once wrangled a six-barrel death robot become the head of security operations at Jack in the Box? In this episode of Simply Defensive, we sit down with Chris Jul…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Coffee Is Your Top Supply Chain Risk: A Conversation with Kyle Kelly

Season 4

SOC analysts, detection engineers, and pentesters—you’re not imagining it: software supply chain security is a dumpster fire 🔥. In this episode of Simply Defensive, we sit down with Kyle Kelly, engin…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

S3 E8: Innovations in Cybersecurity: A Conversation with Threat Locker's John Liliston

Season 3

In the final episode of Season 3 on Simply Defensive, hosts Josh Mason and Wade Wells welcome John Liliston, the Product Director at ThreatLocker.

John shares his journey into cybersecurity, his role …

Published on 3 months ago

S3 E7: Cybersecurity Chat with Chuck Sapp | From Military Service to Cyber Awareness

Season 3

Join hosts Josh and Wade as they sit down with Charles (Chuck) Sapp, a seasoned cybersecurity expert and security awareness specialist. In this episode, Chuck shares his unique journey from serving i…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

S3 E6: From Submarines to Cybersecurity - Navigating Small Business Security

Season 3

Welcome to another episode of Simply Defensive! In this installment, hosts Josh Mason and Wade Wells are joined by cybersecurity expert James Bierly.

James shares his unique journey from a submarine s…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago