S1 E7: The Good, The Bad & The Breached

About this episode

The episode discusses cybersecurity challenges and insights from journalists covering the field.

In episode 7 of What The Hack , jointly supported by Sysdig and AWS, we bring together cybersecurity journalists Kate O’Flaherty, Geoff White and Dan Raywood to discuss their stories of the year, the challenges that security leaders will face in 2025, and what individuals can learn from the media about how to handle potential issues. Kate covers both business and consumer security, Dan dives into enterprise IT security, and Geoff shares his experience looking into the cross-over between cryptocurrency, hackers and organised crime. Connect with our speakers: What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Kate O’Flaherty , Geoff White and Dan Raywood . Kate is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist with well over a decade’s experience covering the issues that matter to users, businesses and governments. From billion-dollar cyber heists to global money laundering rings and crypto-gangsters – Geoff has covered it all. As an author, speaker, investigative journalist and podcast creator, his work’s been featured by Penguin, the BBC, Audible, Sky News, The Sunday Times and many more. With more than 20 years experience of B2B journalism, including 12…

People in this episode

Host: Rayna Stamboliyska

Guests: Kate O’Flaherty, Geoff White, Dan Raywood

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• data breaches
• enterprise IT security
• cryptocurrency
• organized crime
• media insights

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• data breaches
• cryptocurrency
• organized crime
• media
• security leaders
• enterprise IT

Sponsors

Sysdig

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AWS

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