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Hosted by The Defender · technology · EN-GB · 81 episodes
Welcome to The Defender's Journal (our next step up from The Tech Stack), where we delve into the lives and minds of leading professionals in the cybersecurity space. Discover their unique stories, motivations, perspectives on the industry, and tips for long-term success... *Interested in joining us on the show? Please connect with Cameron Wenham or Jeff Harrod!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Defender's Journal (our next step up from The Tech Stack), where we delve into the lives and minds of leading professionals in the cybersecurity space. Discover their unique stories, motivations, perspectives on the industry, and tips for long-term success... *Interested in joining us on the show? Please connect with Cameron Wenham or Jeff Harrod!
The Defender's Journal is hosted by The Defender. The show has published 81 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "A Defender's Journal Spin-Off - Divyangi Anchan" (28 August 2026, 40 minutes), "The Defender's Journal Episode 38 - Ashwin Mithra" (15 July 2026, 34 minutes), and "The Defender's Journal Episode 37 - Bashar Abouseido" (1 July 2026, 32 minutes).
The Defender's Journal publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 81 episodes.
Booking probability for The Defender's Journal is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Defender's Journal requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Defender's Journal's contact route on record: public web form.
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The Defender hosts The Defender's Journal, a technology show with 81 episodes published.
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Welcome to another special spin-off episode of The Defender’s Journal! This week, Divyangi Anchan joins us - a technology and risk leader whose career has spanned operational risk and privacy leadership at American...
Episode #38
Welcome to Episode 38 of The Defender’s Journal! This week, Ashwin Mithra joins us - Global Head of Information Security at CloudBees, where his team sits at the intersection of software delivery, cloud operations and...
Episode #37
Welcome to Episode 37 of The Defender’s Journal! This week, Bashar Abouseido joins us - President of Cybersecurity at TENEX.AI and former long-serving CISO at Charles Schwab, where cyber decisions carried consequences...
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<p>Welcome to another special crossover episode of The Defender’s and Disruptor’s Journal!</p><p>This week, Lee Rossey joins us - CTO and Co-Founder of SimSpace, a company helping organisations prove whether their...
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<p>Welcome to another special crossover episode of The Defender’s and Disruptor’s Journal!</p><p>This week, Matt Moynahan joins us - CEO of GetReal and a leader focused on one of the most urgent questions in security...
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<p>Welcome to another special crossover episode of The Defender’s and Disruptors’ Journal.</p><p>This week, Rick Caccia joins us - CEO of WitnessAI and former CMO at companies including Palo Alto Networks and Google...
Episode #35
<p>Welcome to Episode 35 of The Defender’s Journal!</p><p>This week, Omkhar Arasaratnam joins us - a Distinguished Engineer at LinkedIn whose career has taken him from factory work and DJ’ing to leading cyber and...
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<p>Welcome to another special crossover episode of The Defender’s and Disruptors’ Journal.</p><p>Today’s guest is Damon Kachur, CEO of SecureG - a leader who has spent over two decades building the invisible...
Episode #34
<p>Welcome to Episode 34 of The Defender’s Journal!</p><p>This week, George Totev joins us - a CISO who has spent over 20 years operating at the intersection of regulation, product and real-world risk, building and...
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<p>Welcome to another crossover episode of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>Today’s guest is Abhi Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Relyance AI - a company rethinking how organisations secure data in the age of AI. Rather than...
Episode #33
<p>Welcome to Episode 33 of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>This week, Sandeep Poonen joins us. From establishing VMware’s cloud security and enterprise cyber risk functions from the ground up to leading global...
Episode #32
<p>Welcome to Episode 32 of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>Jacob DePriest returns to the show - previously Deputy CISO at GitHub, and now holding a rare dual mandate as CISO and CIO at 1Password, operating at the fault...
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<p><b>Welcome to a special crossover episode between ‘The Defender’s Journal’ and our new sister series focussed on ‘The Disruptors’ where we shift the lens from what needs defending to what we’re building...
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<p>Welcome to another hard-hitting spin-off of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>Today’s guest is Ryan Lindley - CEO of Aegis Cyber and one of the industry’s clearest thinkers when it comes to security leadership. From...
Episode #31
<p>Welcome to Episode 31 of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>This week, we’re joined by Matt Presson - a product-driven, context-obsessed security leader currently serving as CISO (Americas) at Bullish. From code reviews...
Episode #30
<p>Welcome to Episode 30 of The Defender’s Journal. </p><p>This week, we sit down with Cezary Piekarski - a global cybersecurity leader with decades of experience across the financial sector, national advisory roles...
Episode #29
<p>Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>This week, we sit down with Assaf Keren - a global security leader whose career spans Qualtrics, PayPal, and advisory roles with central...
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<p>Welcome to a special spin-off episode of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>This week, we sit down with Meg Anderson - a longtime security executive whose career spans nearly 40 years in one of the most tightly regulated...
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<p>Welcome to a bonus episode of The Defender’s Journal.</p><p>This week, we welcome back Ted Harrington - ethical hacker, author, and co-founder of IoT Village - to explore the mindset behind his new book "The Inner...
Episode #28
<p>Welcome to another standout episode of The Defender’s Journal.<br/><br/>This week, we sit down with Doug Innocenti - a security leader whose journey spans call-centre telecoms, banking giants, and now crypto-native...
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