List of Great Security Podcasts

Recently there was a post (https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/w8wbjm/41_cybersecurity_podcasts) on r/cybersecurity (https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/) listing 44 security focused podcasts and then the discussion grew from there. The problem with the list was there were no links and no grouping of these. This tries to solve that problem

On to the Podcasts

• Adopting Zero Trust

  • Can be found on Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adopting-zero-trust/id1633461773

• Security Weekly

  • This is a collection of multiple podcasts and can be found at: https://securityweekly.com/

    • Paul’s Security Weekly: https://securityweekly.com/category-shows/paul-security-weekly/

    • Enterprise Security Weekly: https://securityweekly.com/category-shows/enterprise-security-weekly/

    • Application Security Weekly: https://securityweekly.com/category-shows/application-security-weekly/

    • Security Weekly News: https://securityweekly.com/category-shows/security-weekly-news/

• Smashing Security

  • “News and vies from the world of cybersecurity, hacking and internet threats

  • Found at: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/

• Darknet Diaries

  • “True stories from the dark side of the Internet

  • Found at: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/

• CyberWire Daily

  • Hosted by Dave Bittner and is published each week day

  • Found at: https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/daily-podcast

• 401 Access Denied

  • Hosted by Joesph Carson and sponsored by Delinea

  • Bi-weekly podcast

  • Found at https://delinea.com/events/podcasts

• Security Now

  • Hosted by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

  • Found at: https://twit.tv/shows/security-now

• The Social-Engineer Podcast

  • Found at: https://www.social-engineer.org/podcasts/

• Risky Business

  • Found at: https://risky.biz/

• Malicious Life

  • Sponsored by Cybereason and covers stories around hacks, hacking, malware, and others

  • Found at: https://malicious.life/

• InfoSec Real

  • YouTube based Podcast

• InfoSec Live

• Hacking Humans

  • Hosted by Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan

  • A behind scenes look at social engineering, phishing and exploits

  • Found at: https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/hacking-humans

• The 443 Security Simplified

  • A podcast presented by Security Simplified where they talk with white-hat hackers and security researchers

  • Found here: https://www.secplicity.org/category/the-443/

• Open Source Security Podcast

  • Created by josh Bressers and Kurt Seifried

  • Found here: https://opensourcesecurity.io/category/podcast/

• Hacker Valley Media

  • This is a group of podcasts including

    • Hacker Valley Studio

      • Hosted by Ron Eddings and Chris Cochran sharing inspirational stories

      • Found at: https://hackervalley.com/show/hackervalley/

• Cyber Security Sauna

  • Found at: https://cybersecuritysauna.libsyn.com/

• SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Podcast (Stormcast)

  • Found at: https://isc.sans.edu/podcast/

• Defrag This

  • Found here: https://defragthis.libsyn.com/

• Cyber Work

  • A podcast geared towards breaking into the cyber security world

  • Found at: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcast/

• The Shared Security Show

  • A weekly YouTube show that focuses on trust in people and technology

  • Found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharedSecurityPodcast/

• Task Force 7 Cyber Security Radio

  • “the Voice of Cyber Security around the globe”

  • Found at: https://www.tf7radio.com/

• We Talk Cyber

  • Monica Verma is the host and CISO.

  • YouTube channel is found here: https://www.youtube.com/monicatalkscyber

  • Podcast and website is found here: https://monicatalkscyber.com/podcasts

• Absolute AppSec

  • Seth Law and Ken Johnson discuss “all things application security”

  • Found at: https://secure-anchor.com/podcast/

• Life of a CISO

  • Hosted by Dr. Eric Cole and covers what a CISO does and should be doing

  • Found at: https://secure-anchor.com/podcast/

• Click Here

  • Sponsored by Recorded Future and a new episode comes out every Tuesday

  • Found at: https://therecord.media/podcast/

• The Hacker Chronicles Podcast

  • Sponsored by Tenable (tenable.com)

  • Found at: https://www.tenable.com/podcast/hacker-chronicles

• Simply Cyber

  • Information Security YouTube channel and podcast

  • Hosted by Gerald Auger

  • Found at:https://www.simplycyber.io/podcast

• Adventures of Alice and Bob

  • Sponsored by BeyondTrust

  • “Talk shop with pen testers, hackers, and the unsung heroes of the cybersecurity world”

  • Found at: https://www.beyondtrust.com/podcast

• Real Talk with Aaron Bregg

  • Security podcast interview style

  • Found here: https://hashtagrealtalk.buzzsprout.com/

• Not Another Demo

  • Podcast sponsored and run by the West Michigan Cloud Security Alliance

  • Interviews and discussion with Security Vendors, but powerpoint isn’t allowed

  • Found at: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSAWestMichigan

• Defensive Security Podcast

  • Taken from the “About” page: “Attempt to look at security news and pick out lessons we can apply to keep organizations secure”

  • Host is the same person who runs the infosec.exchange () Mastodon instance

  • Found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defensive-security-podcast-malware-hacking-cyber-security/id585914973

Archived Podcasts

These podcasts are no long making new episodes but might be interesting from a historical point of view:

• 2 Cyber Chicks

  • Found on any podcast app, but also here for a link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-cyber-chicks/id1612548862

• H4unt3d Hacker

  • Podcast that is live every Saturday at 4pm CST

  • Hosted by Mike Jones and Mike LeBlanc

  • Can be found at: https://thehauntedhacker.com/podcasts

• 8th Layer Insights

  • Explores the complexities of human nature and how they affect security and risk

  • Found at: https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/8th-layer-insights

• What The Shell

  • Podcast that talks about major hacks and vulnerabilities with John Kordis as the host

  • Found here: https://whattheshellpod.com/

• 7 Minute Security

  • A 7 minute long podcast discussing various security related topics

  • Found here: https://7minsec.com/projects/podcast/

• The Cyberlaw Podcast

  • Hosted by Stewart Baker a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP focused on Law and Technology

  • Found at: https://www.lawfareblog.com/topic/cyberlaw-podcast

• OWASP Podcast

  • Brought to you by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)

  • Hosted by Mark Miller, Matt Tesauro, and Vandana Verma Sehgal

  • Found at: https://soundcloud.com/owasp-podcast