If you're switching into security
For people moving into security from IT, development, or a different field. Start with a news habit and real stories, then spend most of your time with the career shows, where people who made the switch explain how.
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Daily news habit
Ten to fifteen minutes each weekday, three or four stories and what they mean for a business, so you learn the vocabulary before you need it in an interview.
Cybersecurity Today
David Shipley · Jim Love
A Canadian business-first cyber news brief, ten minutes most weekdays, with longer weekend interviews.
Listen if you run IT or a small security team and need to brief leadership on what matters this week.
mixeddaily<30m - 02
One reported story a week
Twenty-minute reported pieces on real incidents and the people in them. Good for learning how breaches unfold.
Click Here
PickDina Temple-Raston
Long-form cybersecurity journalism from a former NPR investigative reporter, with the production values to match.
Listen if you you prefer reported narrative journalism to panel-discussion formats.
narrativeweekly<30m - 03
The career show
Hundreds of interviews with people who changed careers into security, with the specific steps that worked for them.
Breaking Into Cybersecurity
Christophe Foulon · Renee Small
Short career-transition interviews: how real people got their first security job, step by step.
Listen if you are changing careers into security and want stories from people with your background.
interviewirregular30–60m - 04
The human side of attacks
Social engineering explained without jargon. A good fit if you come from a non-technical role.
Hacking Humans
Dave Bittner · Joe Carrigan · Maria Varmazis
Weekly look at social engineering, phishing, and the human side of cybersecurity, accessible enough for non-technical colleagues.
Listen if you you work in or sell to security awareness training programs.
panelweekly30–60m - 05
More career stories
Career stories from working practitioners, plus solo episodes on interviewing, certifications and burnout.
Security Unfiltered
Joe South
Career-first conversations with hackers, CISOs, and ex-intelligence officers, aimed at people getting into security.
Listen if you are trying to break into security and want honest career talk.
interviewbiweekly30–60m