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DEVOPSdigest and leading IT research firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) are teaming up on the Cybersecurity Awesomeness Podcast.
In this podcast, Chris Steffen, Vice President of Research Covering Information Security, Risk, and Compliance Management at EMA, and Ken Buckler, Research Analyst covering Information Security at EMA, talk about a wide range of cybersecurity topics. Click here to learn more about EMA.
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Episode 134: Securing AI LLM
Posted November 14, 2025
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Episode 133: Network Security Trends
Posted November 7, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss trends in network security.
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Episode 132: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Phishing and Deep Fakes
Posted October 31, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss phishing and deep fakes for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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Episode 131: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Insider Threats
Posted October 24, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss insider threats for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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Episode 130: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Mobile Devices and Public Wi-Fi
Posted October 17, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss mobile device protection and public Wi-Fi concerns for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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Episode 129: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Data Security and Software Updates
Posted October 10, 2025
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Episode 128: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - MFA and Password Managers
Posted October 3, 2025
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Episode 127: Cybersecurity Workforce
Posted September 26, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the government's investment in developing the cybersecurity workforce.
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Episode 126: Nation State Attacks on SMB
Posted September 19, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the increase in nation state attacks on small- and medium-sized businesses.
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Episode 125: Cybersecurity 101 - Ransomware
Posted September 12, 2025
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Episode 124: Massive DDoS Attack Prevented
Posted September 5, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the largest ever recorded DDoS attack, and the efforts to stop it.
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Episode 123: Cybersecurity and the New School Year
Posted August 28, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss cybersecurity's role at the start the new school year.
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Episode 122: Proactive vs. Reactive Cybersecurity
Posted August 22, 2025
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Episode 121: Black Hat 2025 Wrap-Up
Posted August 15, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA present a Black Hat 2025 Wrap-Up and discuss AI security.
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Episode 120: Data Governance for Agentic AI
Posted August 8, 2025
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Episode 119: Black Hat 2025 Preview
Posted August 1, 2025
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Episode 118: Zero Day Attack on SharePoint
Posted July 25, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the latest Zero Day attack on SharePoint.
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Episode 117: The Security Triad
Posted July 18, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA present Cybersecurity 101: the CIA of security, known as the security triad.
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Episode 116: False Sense of Cybersecurity
Posted July 11, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss having a false sense of cybersecurity with some of the tools people regularly download and use.
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Episode 115: The Clickbait News Cycle
Posted July 7, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the clickbait news cycle, and how it impacts cybersecurity.
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Episode 114: Nation State Cyber Attacks
Posted June 26, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss nation state cyber attacks, specifically in light of current events in the Middle East.
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Episode 113: On Premise vs. Cloud vs. SaaS
Posted June 20, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the variables between running a workload on premise vs. in the cloud or as a SaaS service.
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Episode 112: Penetration Testing as a Service
Posted June 13, 2025
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Episode 111: Cybersecurity Maturity
Posted June 6, 2025
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Episode 110: Supply Chain Attacks
Posted May 23, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the recent news about extra devices installed on foreign made products that have no purpose other than to be exploited by a bad actor.
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Episode 109: Using AI for Cyberattacks
Posted May 16, 2025
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Episode 108: RSA Conference Recap
Posted May 9, 2025
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Episode 107: RSA Conference Preview
Posted April 25, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA present a preview of the RSA Conference and discuss the EMA Vendor Vision report.
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Episode 106: Cybersecurity Marketing Hype
Posted April 18, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the buzzwords generated by marketing to sell cybersecurity products.
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Episode 105: Hacking a Computer-Controlled Vehicle
Posted April 11, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss hacking a modern, computer controlled vehicle.
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Episode 104: Taxes and Tariffs
Posted April 4, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the impacts that taxes and tariffs have on technology and cybersecurity.
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Episode 103: Federal vs. State Cybersecurity
Posted March 28, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the plans to move many cybersecurity controls from the federal level to the state level.
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Episode 102: Insider Threats
Posted March 21, 2025
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Episode 101: Tax Season
Posted March 14, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss tax season, and the fraud that goes along with it.
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Episode 100: UK iPhone Privacy Issues
Posted March 7, 2025
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Episode 99: Technology Marketing and Evangelism
Posted February 28, 2025
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Episode 98: DDoS Mitigation
Posted February 21, 2025
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Episode 97: Organized Ransomware
Posted February 14, 2025
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Episode 96: Changes in Leadership + DeepSeek AI
Posted February 7, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss how tribal knowledge is lost during changes in leadership, as well as an update on DeepSeek AI.
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Episode 95: The New Presidential Administration + DeepSeek AI
Posted January 31, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the changes the new Presidential administration will bring, as well as the latest news about DeepSeek AI.
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Episode 94: Zero Trust Maturity Model
Posted January 24, 2025
Jason Garbis from Numberline Security joins Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA to discuss the Zero Trust Maturity Model.
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Episode 93: Re-inventing the File System
Posted January 17, 2025
Steve Guilford from AsterionDB joins Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA to reimagine the way we store files to be more secure (and useable).
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Episode 92: 2025 CISA and DHS Priorities
Posted January 10, 2025
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the 2025 priorities laid out by the CISA and DHS.
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Episode 91: 2025 Cybersecurity Predictions
Posted December 20, 2024
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Episode 90: 2024 Cybersecurity and Technology Events Recap
Posted December 13, 2024
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Episode 89: Free Applications and Privacy Concerns
Posted December 6, 2024
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the data generated by free applications and how technological advances are impacting individual privacy.
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Episode 88: Starbucks Blue Yonder Ransomware Attacks
Posted November 29, 2024
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Episode 87: Impact of the 2024 Election on Cybersecurity
Posted November 22, 2024
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss the impact of the 2024 election on cybersecurity.
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Episode 86: Real-World Cybersecurity AI Use Cases
Posted November 15, 2024
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Episode 85: 2025 Cybersecurity Planning and Budgeting
Posted November 8, 2024
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss end of year planning and budgeting for cybersecurity next year.
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Episode 84: AI and Election Security
Posted November 1, 2024
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA discuss using AI to influence elections and election security in general.
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Episode 83: Communications Security
Posted October 25, 2024
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Episode 82: Cybersecurity Maturity
Posted October 18, 2024
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Episode 81: Cybersecurity Awareness Month - Part 2
Posted October 11, 2024
Chris Steffen and Ken Buckler from EMA compile a list of points that people should be thinking about during Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
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