Distilling Cyber Policy

About Distilling Cyber Policy

Distilling Cyber Policy is the podcast for those that want to follow and understand global public policy events and developments related to cybersecurity. We separate the facts from the hype, and boil out the wonky jargon so you can keep up with the latest developments impacting the future of security.

Publisher

CCPL

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2023

Latest episode

29 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Jun 2026

   International Cyber Regulatory Alignment with Irfan Hemani

   In the latest Distilling Cyber Policy podcast, Alex Botting and Jen Ellis from the Center for Cybersecurity Policy & Law are joined by Irfan Hamani, Deputy Director for UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Policy at the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). As cyber regulations continue to evolve around the world, organizations increasingly face the challenge of navigating a fragmented regulatory landscape. Irfan discusses the importance of international cyber regulatory...

2. 

   21 Apr 2026

   Digital Sovereignty, CSA 2.0, and PQC with MEP Bart Groothuis

   Alex Botting and Jen Ellis interview MEP Bart Groothuis about digital sovereignty, CSA 2.0, and post-quantum cryptography, offering insights into EU cybersecurity policy.

3. 

   12 Jan 2026

   Special Episode: A Look Ahead to Cyber Policy in 2026

   In this year-end episode of Distilling Cyber Policy, hosts Alex Botting and Jen Ellis are joined by three CCPL experts to try and predict the future of cyber policy in the coming year, while reflecting on some of their predictions from last year. Our experts include Caitlin Clarke, Jeremy Grant, and Heather West as well as thoughts from prior guests such as MEP Bart Groothius, Ifran Hemani, and Katharina Sommers.

Inside a recent episode

Offensive Cyber Policy with Leonard Bailey and Stacy O'Mara

Published 19 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I guess there are two obvious questions there, then why? And what on earth are we talking about here? What are offensive cyber operations? Yeah, thank you, Jen. So we've been working on this for almost a full year now. And I would say we got kind of a bug to do it when we started hearing rublings from the administration and some members and staff on the hill who were interested in exploring this topic of, you know, should private sector entities have the ability to hack back against cyber threat actors? And so we started convening both closed door and open door listening sessions with dozens of subject matter experts, both from the public and private sector who not only have experience doing this for the USG and with their national partners, but also in the public sector as, as operators. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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