Destination Cyber

About Destination Cyber

Welcome to Destination Cyber – the podcast where we sit down with cyber industry leaders, and movers n shakers, and find out what makes them tick. We explore their careers, the mistakes they made, trials and tribulations, lessons learnt, and the invaluable insights and knowledge they’ve picked up along the way. A KBI.Media Original Series - The Voice of Cyber®

Publisher

KBI.Media

Category

business · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Sept 2022

Latest episode

4 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 21 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Jun 2026

   Episode 21: Rodney Heron | How to Outwork the Room

   Rodney Heron leads Cisco’s Cybersecurity Sales team across Australia and New Zealand bringing over two decades of experience in cybersecurity, sales leadership and customer transformation. After five years leading teams at Palo Alto Networks, he returned to Cisco to drive innovation at the intersection of AI, security and customer trust. Rodney’s leadership is defined by clarity of purpose, an obsession with customer outcomes and a deep understanding of how to navigate large-scale business change. Rodney is passionate about helping leaders unlock the potential of AI safely and is a regular voice on how organisations can rethink their data, infrastructure and security […]

2. 

   24 Apr 2026

   Episode 20: Jason Manar

   In this episode of Destination Cyber Season 2, Chahat Bagla speaks with Jason Menar, former FBI cybercrime leader and current CISO, about the human, operational, and leadership realities behind cybersecurity. Jason reflects on his path from wanting to help underserved communities to investigating early cyber-enabled harm, and later advising organisations through ransomware, legacy risk, and board-level security decisions. The conversation examines how trust works in both systems and people, why influence often matters more than formal authority, and how security leaders can avoid becoming “the island of no”. The episode also explores the emotional weight of high-stakes cyber work. Jason discusses burnout, risk acceptance, crisis decision-making, and the need for transparency between CISOs, executive teams, and boards. For students and early-career professionals, he offers practical advice on stepping outside narrow role definitions, building communication skills, using AI thoughtfully, and learning how to work in teams before the pressure arrives. At its core, this is a discussion about calm leadership in volatile environments, and why cybersecurity careers are shaped as much by judgement, empathy, and communication as by technical skill.

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   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Episode 19: Matt Mansour

   Matthew Mansour is a Senior Lecturer  and Cybersecurity professional with a career spanning more than two decades across universities and industry. He teaches cybersecurity, AI, and project management at multiple institutions, and spearheads EduTech Consulting, a consultancy specialising in privacy, AI, and cyber-risk advisory. His work focuses on helping organisations build practical, human-centred approaches to technology and risk. Matthew is also a speaker and mentor, known for making complex topics accessible and for supporting young people in developing confidence and professional skills.

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Episode 19: Matt Mansour

Published 25 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] His name is Photius Musiades. He passed away. If anyone would be a mentor, it would be him. He was a lecturer at Macquarie University. He's the one who started me with the teaching. He said, you're good at this. And I laughed, you know, 22, 23, I started laughing at him. And he was a little bit older than me. He passed away in 2017. So he would have been now 60. He would be 60 now. He would probably be in retirement. But we had a really good bond and we had a good relationship. And I loved his character. He was always... He knew his stuff, right? He knew the content. And so he didn't need to read a slide. […]

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18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

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63

Engagement

27

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