Cybersecurity Growth

About Cybersecurity Growth

Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders. Each week, we will dive deep into a topic that will benefit you in your cybersecurity career.

Publisher

Cybersecurity Growth

Category

business · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jan 2023

Latest episode

18 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Aug 2026

   One Click, One Rogue Agent

   One Click, One Rogue Agent: Agent Forger, the EY Help Desk Breach & How to Work Black Hat/DEF CON Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross return on Cybersecurity Growth to discuss three topics: Agent Forger, where a crafted phishing link to a ChatGPT URL could silently deploy an attacker-controlled AI agent that inherits a user’s enterprise integrations (email, calendar, cloud storage) and enables data exfiltration and persistence, prompting leaders to inventory AI agents and their authorized access; an Ernst & Young breach tied to Shiny Hunters, where a help desk/ITSM platform exposed sensitive client tax data, highlighting how ticketing systems can become “shadow data lakes” and the need to reassess third-party risk and data handling; and guidance for security leaders attending Hacker Summer Camp (BSides LV, Black Hat, DEF CON), including planning meetups, defining ROI, doing post-conference briefings, and basic OPSEC like avoiding open Wi‑Fi and clearing remembered networks. 00:00 Cold Open & Welcome 02:00 Topic 1 — AgentForger 08:40 Topic 2 — EY Breach 17:27 Topic 3 — Hacker Summer Camp 40:37 Rapid Takeaways & Close ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔐 Hire a cybersecurity consultant or vCISO: https://cybersecuritygrowth.com/services (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa295d3hGMkViLWNrUEpTTG9oUmU1UWgtbkNqQXxBQ3Jtc0tsd0NpXzBRWkpHdG5PRlMxcTFBajhRM2R0dTFvMVUyQ1JyVFJwa05aamRaMnF6b2FBcFJ4cHFka2hyWGVCWjFDMk1Ba2dmOENnbHFmV3ROM2RSVWNpT3czWWxfT2cxMmNWalVyQUpQNlNqMDJ6VG1ORQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecuritygrowth.com%2Fservices&v=Trj-nYGjiuY) 🟢 Free Blogs, Videos and Podcasts: https://cybersecuritygrowth.com/webca... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGZ2TFkxU3lXREJvQmltejRLSHN5NDVRNXNkQXxBQ3Jtc0tsODR3YnlWTDRmTzd4aXZTMUhTWHpEamhDZENNejBYR0plN2N2OVdIWDRLYzFTWlZjTXdYSUJPWjJORHk1a19xdWx3aG1wRDNwdEdwSEdiTVpjSG51YUZ4LTl0ekg2Y2hYbkpEdjZzVnotVFRRZDdHcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecuritygrowth.com%2Fwebcasts%2F&v=Trj-nYGjiuY) 👥 Become a Member of our Self-paced Cybersecurity Training & Community: https://members.cybersecuritygrowth.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmhYUVdxd0JzczhEcEgzRlNBN2FlZlZ2WDNxQXxBQ3Jtc0trMU1EMFdMRFI4Mms3a1pOTW11UzE1eWRyOGFvanFRLW0ycW9VWmotakY0cnBWdmRPSlBaNVBESTN3d09yYjhiQWdjMExPb2E4TTNpM0xab2NoajctZ0Z6Y0RNTEJ2M1N3WUZjVk1jUWp3MVc1VGUzNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmembers.cybersecuritygrowth.com%2F&v=Trj-nYGjiuY) 👕 Get your Cybersecurity Growth Merch: https://cybersecuritygrowth.com/store/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbURua2E0T3oyckloQ0J2czNmamJud3hLY3dQQXxBQ3Jtc0trUDhKbkhGM3o2RnBfeTV5QlEyNm1LT2MzcTFRdXNFRnBpRnVSUWZFb0JlZjdZRkIzb3MtU0EtQ3c0ajVOX1k0a3VOR1k2TGVUNEI3N3p4Z0gzV3BZSVB2YXJiUFZqT1NBZFd5dGhLa29GSGJ3NXk4MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecuritygrowth.com%2Fstore%2F&v=Trj-nYGjiuY) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CYBERSECURITY GROWTH SOCIALS Website: https://cybersecuritygrowth.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cybersecgrowth Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100066411043800/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersecurity-growth OUR BRAND NEW CHANNEL!!! SPARTAN VALLEY TECH https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOLz3swLS_C74RdtpMStORA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAWN'S MUSIC SOCIALS Website: https://musicbysv.com/ Spartan Valley (Shawn's artist site): https://spartanvalley.band/ Octavate (Shawn's other music project): https://www.octavate.band/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SN1n1xhWt0ztYaJbGSwgu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicbysv_ https://www.instagram.com/spartanvalleysv/ https://www.instagram.com/octavate.band/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@musicbysv_ https://www.tiktok.com/@octavate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShawnValleMusic https://www.facebook.com/SpartanValley LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/musicbysv/ X: https://x.com/SpartanValleySV https://x.com/MusicBySV YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCtSunTJ6P4SmOp7xVZcwPhg https://www.youtube.com/@UCZJ97aWQYeNXymaJ47wfNCg https://www.youtube.com/@UCkZM2hGPY25KdDV15kSGSgg

2. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Patch Now, Govern Faster: SharePoint Fire Drills, Vendor Blast Radius & the AI Agent Gap

   Patch now, govern faster. This week Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross break down three stories every security leader needs on their radar: the SharePoint zero-days under active attack (and CISA's 72-hour patch mandate), the Craneware breach that put 2,000 hospitals in the blast radius of a single vendor, and Gartner's warning that AI agents are hitting production 8x faster than governance can keep up — with $234B at risk. Cybersecurity Growth is a show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders, hosted by Shawn Valle and Garrett Gross. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open + welcome 2:30 A word from Cybersecurity Growth 3:30 SharePoint zero-days: CISA says patch in 3 days 11:00 Craneware breach: one vendor, 2,000 hospitals of blast radius 18:30 Gartner: AI agents outpacing governance 8-to-1, $234B at risk 26:00 Rapid takeaways you can use Monday morning 🔗 STORIES WE COVERED CISA urges immediate SharePoint patching: https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-immediate-patching-of-exploited-sharepoint-vulnerabilities/ (https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-urges-immediate-patching-of-exploited-sharepoint-vulnerabilities/) CISA SharePoint hardening alert: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/07/14/cisa-urges-sharepoint-hardening-after-new-exploitations (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/07/14/cisa-urges-sharepoint-hardening-after-new-exploitations) Craneware breach (TechCrunch): https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/hackers-stole-significant-amount-of-data-from-tech-firm-relied-on-by-thousands-of-us-hospitals-and-pharmacies/ (https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/hackers-stole-significant-amount-of-data-from-tech-firm-relied-on-by-thousands-of-us-hospitals-and-pharmacies/) Gartner: agentic AI puts $234B at risk (CIO): https://www.cio.com/article/4192242/agentic-ai-puts-234b-in-enterprise-saas-spending-at-risk-gartner-says.html (https://www.cio.com/article/4192242/agentic-ai-puts-234b-in-enterprise-saas-spending-at-risk-gartner-says.html) Gartner on tiered AI agent governance: https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-26-gartner-says-applying-uniform-governance-across-ai-agents-will-lead-to-enterprise-ai-agent-failure (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-05-26-gartner-says-applying-uniform-governance-across-ai-agents-will-lead-to-enterprise-ai-agent-failure) 🎓 LEVEL UP YOUR LEADERSHIP The Cybersecurity Growth platform is live — self-paced courses like "The First 100 Days of a CISO," program-building templates, and a community of global cyber leaders. Courses count toward CPEs (CISSP and more). Free trials at https://CybersecurityGrowth.com (https://CybersecurityGrowth.com) 📬 CONNECT Subscribe on YouTube + hit the bell Listen on your favorite podcast app Shorts on TikTok Live every other week on Twitch + YouTube New episodes every 2 weeks. Thanks for growing with us. #Cybersecurity #CISO #Leadership #AISecurity #SharePoint #ThirdPartyRisk #AIGovernance #CyberLeadership SHOW NOTES Patch Now, Govern Faster SharePoint under fire (3:30). Four SharePoint CVEs are being actively exploited, including an unauthenticated RCE, and CISA gave federal agencies just 3 days to patch. Attackers are chaining bugs to steal IIS machine keys and persist — meaning patching alone won't evict them; key rotation is required. We debate the real leadership call: emergency weekend change window vs. normal change control, and whether on-prem SharePoint should exist in your environment at all in 2026. The vendor blast radius problem (11:00). Craneware — billing software behind ~2,000 US hospitals and ~10,000 clinics and pharmacies — confirmed attackers exfiltrated a significant volume of data. Same week, Hugging Face disclosed a malicious-dataset attack that stole credentials off its infrastructure. Two supply-chain intrusions in one news cycle is a pattern. We dig into what a real vendor-breach playbook looks like, and how much disclosure — and how fast — you should demand from critical vendors. The AI agent governance gap (18:30). Gartner says AI agents are entering production 7–8x faster than orgs are building governance, with $234B in enterprise software spend at risk by 2030 and 40%+ of agentic AI projects predicted to be canceled by 2027. Their contrarian take: uniform governance across all agents guarantees failure — tier it by autonomy and risk. The real question is organizational, not technical: who owns agent identity and authorization at your company? Monday-morning takeaways (26:00). Ask your team: do we run on-prem SharePoint anywhere, and which critical vendors have breach-notification SLAs in their contracts? Then start an AI agent inventory — even a spreadsheet of what agents exist, what they can touch, and who approved them puts you ahead of most orgs. Hosted by Shawn Valle (Founder & Chief Strategist, Cybersecurity Growth) and Garrett Gross. Learn more at https://CybersecurityGrowth.com (https://CybersecurityGrowth.com)

3. 

   23 Dec 2025

   From Individual Contributor to Leader

   From IC to Leader 🎙 Leadership in cybersecurity isn’t just about a title — although sometimes the title forces the issue. Whether you’re an IC, a manager, or a director, there’s a real shift that has to happen when you move from doing security to leading security. In this episode, Garrett and Shawn dig into the core differences, including the transition from: SecOps worker → SecOps leader AppSec worker → AppSec leader GRC worker → GRC leader Manager → Executive leader (VP, CISO, SVP) We talk about what really changes: Doing it yourself → delegating effectively Delivering results → setting strategy and holding teams accountable Celebrating your own wins → celebrating your team’s wins Being the technical expert → translating security into executive language (revenue, growth, customer trust) If you’re thinking about what the next step looks like in your career — or you’re already in a role where leadership is expected — this conversation is for you. Show timeline: 00:00 ...coming up 00:20 introduction &amp; agenda 02:30 progressing in career 03:55 core differences between an IC and a leader 05:30 doing the work or delegating 07:20 you don't have to be a people manager 08:55 when people management isn't right for you 11:40 transitioning to people manger 14:50 is people management a calling? 17:50 delegating and celebrating 20:40 delivering key results and managing strategic objectives 22:50 climbing the corporate ladder 24:10 the real job of the c-level team, including the CISO 33:50 final thoughts and wrap-up 37:44 b-roll and bloopers Cybersecuritygrowth.com and cybersecuritygrowth.com/webcasts Live on members.cybersecuritygrowth.com bi-weekly, Fridays at 2:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM PT, 6:30 PM GMT in your pod feeds a few days later. 🔐 Hire a cybersecurity consultant or vCISO: <a...

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5.0 / 5

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Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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