Dark Reading Confidential

About Dark Reading Confidential

At any moment around the world, cybercriminals and nation-state sponsored hackers are targeting businesses, government entities, and nonprofits for financial gain, cyber espionage, or geopolitical advantage. But behind every organization facing this nonstop barrage of cyberattack activity are dedicated cybersecurity professionals working to defend their organizations’ networks, systems, and sensitive information. Dark Reading Confidential brings you rare, firsthand stories from the cybersecurity practitioners in the cyber trenches, as well high-profile industry experts and headline-makers. Subscribe, and treat your ears to compelling stories and insights from the actual people fighting back against these hackers, and the experts helping to shape ever-evolving cybersecurity defenses.

Publisher

InformaTechtarget

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 May 2024

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Fighting Your Dragons Through Tough Tech Times

   Cybersecurity industry veteran Hal Pomeranz gives us all a pep talk on career anxiety, self-doubt, and shares how to build meaningful connections during historical tech industry downturns.

2. 

   28 Jul 2026

   When AI Attacks AI: Lessons From the Hugging Face Hack

   Expert Rich Mogull explains how the OpenAI agent's attack on Hugging Face exposes fresh risks for every cyber team.

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Do CISOs Need a Code of Ethics?

   Kickbacks, no-show jobs, "dirty" VCs, and shelf ware — industry expert Robert "RSnake" Hansen explains why he thinks its time for a CISO code of ethics to ensure cybersecurity bosses aren't engaged in self-dealing that could risk enterprise, and even national, security.

Who has been a guest on Dark Reading Confidential

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ismael Valenzuela
• Vitor Ventura
• Christofer Hoff
• Matthew McFadden
• Thomas Scanlon

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 5 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

Contact Dark Reading Confidential

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.