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Behind the Shield is hosted monthly by Virtual Guardian, an ESI family company. Defenders of the Cyberverse, our team of experts are veteran threat smashers, ethical hackers, and experienced security professionals who speak in terms of lessons learned – and how identification, protection, response and resilience help organizations stay ahead of digital criminals. Podcasts are the audio recording from the live webinars held each month.
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Signup to Generate a PitchBehind the Shield is hosted monthly by Virtual Guardian, an ESI family company. Defenders of the Cyberverse, our team of experts are veteran threat smashers, ethical hackers, and experienced security professionals who speak in terms of lessons learned, and how identification, protection, response and resilience help organizations stay ahead of digital criminals.
Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast is hosted by Virtual Guardian. The show has published 38 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Behind the Shield, October 2026" (13 October 2026, 65 minutes), "Behind the Shield -May 2026" (9 June 2026, 70 minutes), and "Behind the Shield - April 2026" (14 April 2026, 58 minutes).
Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 59 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.
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Virtual Guardian hosts Behind the Shield - A Virtual Guardian Podcast, a technology show with 38 episodes published.
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Episode #37
Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines. This month, we welcomed a very special guest: Jeff Hill, Vice President of North...
Episode #36
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>This month, we welcomed a very special guest: Paul Schmick, Executive...
Episode #35
<p>RSA Conference 2026 Recap</p> <p>This month on Behind the Shield, the team dives into their experience at RSA Conference 2026—one of the cybersecurity industry’s biggest annual gatherings.</p> <p>Host Marco Estrela...
Episode #34
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>This month, we welcomed a very special guest: Jay Suggs, Founder of...
Episode #33
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>This month we had a special guest! Elisa Mula, Founder of EM Designs...
Episode #32
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela brings you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>Hot Topics: Cybercriminals Leveraging ChatGPT, AI’s “Lethal Trifecta”, F5...
Episode #31
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>This episode's Hot Topics include: The city of St. Paul's ransomware...
Episode #30
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>In this special episode, we hear from panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub...
Episode #29
<p>This month we welcome guest and sponsor Julia Furst Morgado of Veeam for her spotlight topic "The Critical Nature of Incident Readiness and Response" and to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our...
Episode #28
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>In this special episode, the team interviews one of Virtual Guardian's top...
Episode #27
<p>Happy New Year Behind the Shield listeners! This month we welcome back guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to reflect on the biggest cybersecurity headlines of 2024 and share predictions for...
Episode #26
<p>This month we welcome guest Tom Tovar, CEO and Co-Creator of our sponsor Appdome to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.</p>...
Episode #25
<p >This month we're joined by Mike Melo, CISO of Ontario’s Life Labs, for a Q&A about his CISO role, what keeps him up at night and the pitfalls of trying to achieve cyber-resilience. If you’re interested in having a...
Episode #24
<p >This month we welcome guest and sponsor Lisa Jones-Huff of Elastic to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.</p> <p >Hot...
Episode #23
<p>Back from our summer hiatus, we have a brand new episode of Behind the Shield! This month we’ve brought back one of our favorite special guests, Chris Vincent, to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with...
Episode #23
<p>The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month join our panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and Marco Estrela as they chat with one of our favourite special guests...
Episode #22
<p >The Behind the Shield team is back with the latest in cybersecurity! This month is a Hot Topics only show with panelists Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub, Jason Williams and your host Marco Estrela. </p> <p >Hot Topics...
Episode #21
<p>Expert panelists and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p>This episode's Hot Topics include: Do bounties for ransomware work? Black...
Episode #20
<p >Behind the Shield host Marco Estrela and panelists Patrick Naoum and Jason Williams are joined by Bruno Germain of this episode's sponsor: Zscaler. </p> <p > </p> <p >This episode's hot topics include:</p> <p...
Episode #19
<p >Expert panelists (including our new panelist Jason Williams) and host Marco Estrela bring you behind our shield to discuss current cybersecurity topics ripped from the headlines.</p> <p >This episode's all Hot...
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