Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The In This Corner Series with Chris Hadnagy and Mike Holfeld. Chris and Mike will be covering cutting edge global news to help people remain safe, secure and knowledgeable in a world where it is hard to know what is real and what is fake news.

Today Chris and Mike are joined by Sheriff Kevin Beary, a retired Sheriff from Orange County, Florida after sharing 49 years in law enforcement. He is a part of 5 generations of law enforcement and has worked for corporations such as the Kennedy Space Center. Throughout his career he has worked as a SWAT Commander and has served on a Domestic Security Task Force. In his personal life Sheriff Beary has been married for 42 years and has 4 children and 5 grandchildren. [Jan 27, 2025]

00:00 - Intro

00:19 - Mike Holfeld Intro

00:54 - Topic of the Day: Safety in Today's World

02:26 - Today's Guest: Kevin Beary

04:57 - Preparing for the Pro Bowl

08:53 - An Evolving Threat

11:23 - The Role of the Web

14:37 - More Than Just Policing

18:45 - Individual Responsibility

23:38 - Say Something

25:37 - Wrap Up & Outro

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- www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

Find us online:

- Chris Hadnagy

- Twitter: @humanhacker

- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by David Holtzman. David has been the CTO for Network Solutions, Chief Scientist at IBM, CTO & Cybersecurity advisor to 2 presidential candidates, and a former intelligence agent. David is now advising on web3 and blockchain. [Jan 20, 2025]

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Intro Links:

- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

02:01 - David Holtzman Intro

02:30 - The Ever-Changing Threat Landscape

05:35 - Insecure Software

08:57 - Not All CISO's are Equal

12:05 - Making a Good CISO

15:33 - It's About People

17:34 - Lack of Accountability

21:28 - Rise of the AI

26:31 - The Approach of Web3

29:23 - The Blockchain Fix (For Now)

32:39 - Stuck in the Cloud

36:34 - Find David Holtzman online

- Website: davidholtzman.com

36:55 - Book Recommendations

- Crossing the Chasm - Geoffrey Moore

- How to Survive Identity Theft – David Holtzman

- Privacy Lost - David Holtzman

38:46 - Mentors

- Steve Jobs

- John Perry Barlow

42:16 - Wrap Up & Outro

- www.social-engineer.com

- www.innocentlivesfoundation.org

Today we are joined by Andy Earle. Andy is the founder of the elite ghostwriting firm Write it Great. He and his team help people with Big Ideas write books that can change the way people think. He also hosts the Talking to Teens podcast, where he interviews authors about how to have difficult conversations with teenagers. [Jan 13, 2025]

00:00 - Intro

00:19 - Intro Links

- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/

- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/

- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/

- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/

- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb

- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/

- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

02:36 - Andy Earle Intro

03:05 - The Path to Ghostwriting

06:14 - Talking to Teens Podcast

10:11 - Self Confrontation

14:33 - Don't Tell Me What to Do!

19:40 - Getting Ghosted

23:14 - Find Andy Earle online

- Podcast: talkingtoteens.com

- Website: writeitgreat.com

24:29 - Book Recommendations

- The Black Swan - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

- The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins

25:51 - Mentors

- Mark Goulston

28:38 - Guest Wrap Up & Outro

- www.social-engineer.com

- www.innocentlivesfoundation.org