Security Unfiltered
Hosted by Joe South
Career-first conversations with hackers, CISOs, and ex-intelligence officers, aimed at people getting into security.
- Level
- Beginner, no security background needed
- Status
- Active, last episode
- Who's behind it
- Independent, Joe South sourceFeed owner and copyright: Joe South. The site lists sponsors, and many guests are vendor executives.
- Last verified
Listed underCISO and leadership
Editorial take
A friendly on-ramp for people breaking into security. Joe South, a working security practitioner, has published around 280 episodes since 2021, most 45 to 60 minutes. The best episodes pair a career story with a real event: Amit Serper on stopping NotPetya, Jeff Man on founding the NSA's red team, Allie Mellen on state cyber conflict. Solo episodes on interviewing, certifications, and burnout are useful for newcomers. The weakness is consistency: many recent guests are startup CEOs discussing their own product category, and the technical depth varies widely from week to week.
Last hand-checked 2026-09-30.
Listen if you …
- are trying to break into security and want honest career talk
- like long-form origin stories from practitioners, red teamers, and former intelligence officers
- want a gentler listen than news or deep technical shows
Skip if you …
- you want technical depth every week, many episodes are founder interviews
- you want news coverage, episodes are interviews and career talk
Start with these 3 episodes
- 01
Episode 88 - Tips & Tricks For Breaking Into Security
· 55 min · Beginner
Practical job-hunting advice for newcomers, the audience the show was built for.
- 02
Episode 50 - Thomas Kinsella - Life Of A SOC Analyst
· 64 min · Beginner
An honest look at the most common first security job, including the parts job ads leave out.
- 03
Episode 90 - Saving The World From NotPetya
· 54 min · Beginner
Amit Serper, who found a way to stop NotPetya spreading, tells the story first-hand.
About the show
Security Unfiltered is an independent podcast hosted by Joe South, launched in February 2021 to help people get into IT and cybersecurity. Early episodes mixed news commentary and career advice; the show settled into a weekly interview format.
Guests range from SOC analysts and CISOs to security founders, former CIA and Unit 8200 personnel, and researchers. Episodes are published as audio and as video on YouTube.
Notable guests
- Jack Rhysider
- Tanya Janca
- Allie Mellen
- Jeff Man
- Chris Roberts
- Amit Serper
- Paul Asadoorian
- Javvad Malik
- Ric Prado
- Ron Eddings
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