Data Security Decoded

Detecting Adversary Intent: Analyzing Behavioral Tells in Admin Logs with Allison Wikoff

Adversaries are already logging into your network using your own admin credentials. Allison Wikoff joins host Caleb Tolin to move past the identity clichés and analyze the specific behavioral signals that separate routine IT maintenance from state-sponsored sabotage. They dissect why resilience is not a flash of genius during a crisis, but a mindset that organizations can adopt to stay ahead of dynamic threat actors.

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Downtime in Healthcare is Fatal: Achieving Resilience in Health & Life Sciences

Cyberattacks on hospitals are clinical risks that put patient safety at risk. In this episode John Fokker, Vice President of Threat Intelligence Strategy at Trellix, explores the sharp rise in patient mortality tied to cyber incidents. Together with host Caleb Tolin, they break down how attackers exploit overlooked systems and what security leaders must do to protect patient care.

AI Takes Over RSA Conference (Now What?) with Dave Bittner.

At RSAC Conference, AI was the assumption. Dave Bittner, Host of The CyberWire Daily, joins Data Security Decoded host Caleb Tolin to break down the shift from AI curiosity to full-scale adoption, focusing on agentic AI, identity, and security guardrails. The big question is no longer if AI will transform cybersecurity, but how to contain the risks.

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Your Backups Are Talking — Are You Listening?

Backups aren’t just for recovery anymore — they’re one of the most underutilized sources of security intelligence. In this episode, Kyle Fiehler of Rubrik Zero Labs explains how threat actors exploit backup blind spots, why identity and recovery are now prime attack surfaces, and how security leaders can rethink MTTR. If resilience is your goal, this conversation reframes how you defend it.

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AI Moves Fast. Privacy Has to Move Faster.

As organizations deploy AI at scale, data privacy and governance challenges multiply just as quickly. In this episode of Data Security Decoded, Caleb Tolin sits down with Ojas Rege, SVP and GM of Privacy and Data Governance at OneTrust, to unpack how AI changes the risk equation. They explore consent, trust, data sovereignty, and why strong governance can actually accelerate—not slow—AI innovation.

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