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Cybersecurity Headlines

Hosted by Rich Stroffolino & Sarah Lane & Steve Prentice

Three security stories in about seven minutes, every weekday, plus a Friday live discussion with CISOs.

Mixed format Daily Under 30 min· ~1850 episodes· Started 2020
Level
Beginner, no security background needed
Status
Active, last episode
Who's behind it
Media outlet, CISO Series (Spark Media Solutions) sourceAd-supported; each daily episode carries one sponsor read.
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Editorial take

The tightest daily security news format going: three headlines, a sponsor read, done in seven or eight minutes. CISO Series rotates a small team of readers, mainly Rich Stroffolino, Sarah Lane, and Steve Prentice, and the scripts are clean and neutral. The Friday Department of Know is the addition that justifies a subscription over a newsletter. Stroffolino hosts working security leaders live for about 35 minutes on what the week's stories mean for their programs. The limitation is the same as any headline show: no depth, and the voice is reporting rather than analysis. Pair it with something slower.

Last hand-checked 2026-09-30.

Listen if you …

  • want the day's security news in under ten minutes
  • manage a security program and like hearing peers react on Fridays
  • are early in your career and need a low-effort daily habit for staying current

Skip if you …

  • you want analysis or technical detail, daily episodes are headlines only
  • you already read a daily security newsletter, the overlap is high

Start with these 3 episodes

  1. 01

    Passkey phishing attack, Anthropic's blockbuster report, airline cybersecurity loophole

    · 8 min · Beginner

    A typical daily: three stories in eight minutes, including one on phishing passkeys that every IAM team should hear.

  2. 02

    The Department of Know: Passkeys phished, Cisco hits root, nuclear red lines for AI

    · 35 min · Practitioner

    The Friday format: security leaders react live to the week's news, the part a newsletter cannot replace.

  3. 03

    ShinyHunters hijacks Clop, fake LastPass kills security tools, trusted npm release carries malware

    · 7 min · Beginner

    A dense daily covering extortion crews and a poisoned npm release, a good test of whether the format suits you.

About the show

Cybersecurity Headlines is the daily news podcast of the CISO Series network, run by Spark Media Solutions, and has published since August 2020. Each weekday episode covers three stories in about seven minutes, with full show notes on CISOseries.com.

Since October 2025 the feed also carries The Department of Know, a weekly live discussion hosted by Rich Stroffolino with two security leaders, published on Fridays at about 35 minutes.

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