Hosted by Evan Francen · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 46 episodes
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Welcome to the InfoSec to Insanity Podcast , a wild, unfiltered ride through the crazy world of information security. Hosted by the legendary Evan Francen—the man on a mission to fix the broken InfoSec industry—you’ll get straight talk, insane stories, and no-nonsense advice on how we can make real change in cybersecurity.Evan is no stranger to breaking down tough topics, with over 30 years of practical InfoSec experience, founding FRSecure and SecurityStudio, and helping the world make sense of security risks. He’s also written UNSECURITY, where he tells it like it is—our industry is failing, but it’s fixable. If you’ve ever felt like InfoSec was more chaos than clarity, then this podcast is exactly what you need.Why Tune In? Candid Conversations : No fluff, no corporate BS. Just real talk about the state of security. Battle Stories : Evan’s got tales—from advising on the infamous Target breach to helping protect companies like Wells Fargo and Bl
Evan Francen hosts InfoSec to Insanity, a technology show with 46 episodes published.
Recorded Live on YouTube: Thursday, September 11, 2025 – 9:00 PM CT This week on InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive headfirst into a problem that’s bigger than firewalls, frameworks, or fancy AI too
Streamed live on Sep 4, 2025 In this episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre are back with Part 5 of the Accountability in Cybersecurity is Broken series: Selling Fear – Why the Cybersecurity Industry Loves the Chaos. Co
Part 4 of the “Accountability in Cybersecurity is Broken” series - Recorded LIVE August 21, 2025 on YouTube. Every breach is a gold mine—but not for the victims. In this episode, Evan Francen (30+ year InfoSec badass) an
Accountability in Cybersecurity Is Broken, Part 3 – “Cybersecurity Doesn’t Win Elections: So Politicians Don’t Give a Sh*t” Cybersecurity doesn’t win votes—so politicians don’t care. That political apathy leaves CEOs, bo
Part 2: It’s Not Real Until It Hurts Cybersecurity doesn’t change because we know better. It changes because someone bleeds. Not until the breach is splashed across headlines. Not until patients are turned away mid-surge
Get ready—this isn’t your typical cybersecurity rant: In Part 1: Is It Really Broken?, Evan lays down the truth: accountability in cybersecurity is broken badly and has been for a long time. We’ve confused responsibility
📅 Recorded Live on YouTube: July 17, 2025 • 8 PM CT Based on: “Leading With Vulnerability” — Entry #10 of the Mental Health Without the Bullsht series (https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/27/le...) We’ve been sold a lie: th
Recorded LIVE on July 10, 2025 (https://www.youtube.com/@evanfrancenproject) Based on: “Masculinity and Mental Health” — Entry #9 in the Mental Health Without the Bullsht series In this episode, Evan and Matt cut through
📅 Recorded Live on June 26, 2026 @ 9 PM CT on YouTube In this next-level continuation of our Mental Health Without the Bullsh*t series, we’re diving deeper into what real support looks like—not just therapy or self-care
📅 Recorded LIVE on YouTube – Thursday, June 19th @ 9PM CT 🔗 https://evanfrancen.com/2025/05/20/healing-isnt-linear/ In this brutally honest episode of InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive into a tru
SPECIAL GUEST: John Harmon, CEO FRSecure They’re the ones who always show up. Always have the answers. Always say, “I’m good.” And they might be the ones hurting the most. In this deeply personal episode, Evan Francen an
Burnout isn’t always a breakdown. Sometimes it looks like working late, smiling in meetings, answering emails at 2am — and slowly falling apart behind the scenes. In this episode, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dig into
Streamed live on May 29, 2025 #Addiction #Burnout #MentalHealth When we hear the word addiction, we think of needles, bottles, and rehab. But what if the most dangerous addictions are the ones we don’t even recognize? In
In this brutally honest and deeply personal episode, Evan Francen and co-host Matt Goodacre dive headfirst into the chaos, creativity, and constant mental noise of living with ADHD — especially in a nonstop, hyper-connec
We all know someone who seems to have it together. They’re high-performing, always reliable, maybe even admired. But beneath the surface, they’re barely holding it together. In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity , Evan
In this deeply personal episode, Evan Francen and co-host Matt Goodacre confront the often-ignored mental health crisis within the cybersecurity industry. Drawing from Evan’s recent blog post (https://evanfrancen.com/202
In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, Evan Francen and Matt Goodacre dive into the winding, messy, and sometimes hilarious journey of figuring out what the hell you’re actually built for in life. Spoiler: it’s probably
In this episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we dive headfirst into the explosive story shaking the cybersecurity and legal worlds—the FBI investigation into Mark Lanterman, a high-profile cyber forensic expert who’s worked o
Two decades deep into the “War on Terror” and guess what? We’re still footing the bill—and it’s not just in dollars. It’s in surveillance, silence, and the slow death of civil liberties. In this episode of InfoSec to Ins
Why do massive security failures happen—and nobody gets held accountable? In this raw and unfiltered episode of InfoSec to Insanity, we’re diving headfirst into the Accountability Vacuum that plagues the cybersecurity in
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