The Segment
Attackers are smarter, more sophisticated and move more quickly than ever. If your organization hasn’t been breached yet, odds are you will be. On The Segment, you will hear from industry experts about the latest cybersecurity trends. We will unpack how modern organizations can reduce risk and curtail impact with Zero Trust - a “never trust, always verify” approach to cybersecurity. Join us for The Segment: A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast, brought to you by Illumio.
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 6/22/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 22. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
A stolen password list leaves thousands of Fortinet firewalls wide open. Researchers crack Apple's A12 and A13 chips with an exploit no update can fix. And is the freeze on Anthropic's most powerful AI models starting to thaw?Plus, Trevor Dearing explains why organizations can't outsource risk.
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The Cybersecurity Cliff Nobody Is Talking About | Jen Ellis
In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Jen Ellis, founder of NextJenSecurity, for a sharp and wide-ranging conversation about why so many of cybersecurity's biggest debates keep missing the point.
Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sent shockwaves through the security industry, Jen brings her trademark candour to the questions everyone is asking: from the real mechanics of ransomware economics to a frank assessment of why the industry's approach to resilience may be fundamentally miscalibrated.
The conversation explores what it actually means to defend in an era where vulnerability discovery is accelerating faster...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 6/15/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 15. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Patch me if you can. Microsoft releases its biggest Patch Tuesday in years. Meta says "I spy" to spyware firm NSO Group lurking in WhatsApp. And Chinese hackers are putting AI to use.
Plus, Gary Barlet joins us to discuss why AI is exposing a cybersecurity reality government agencies can no longer ignore.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 6/8/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 8. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
The White House puts AI security to the test. Passwords lose their starring role in cyberattacks. And IronWorm wriggles its way into npm packages.
Plus, Aishwarya Ramani joins us to break down the takeaways from this year’s Verizon DBIR.
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2026 Verizon DBIR: https://www.verizon.com/bu...
Same Problems, Different Decade | Dr. Anton Chuvakin and Erik Bloch
In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with two heavyweights in cybersecurity: Dr. Anton Chuvakin (Google Cloud) and Erik Bloch (Illumio), for a candid, often funny, and occasionally sobering look at why detection and response keeps fighting the same battles it was fighting 20 years ago.
From the birth of SIEM and the coining of "EDR," to the short-lived reign of XDR, to today's AI hype cycle, Anton and Erik trace the full arc of the industry's evolution and interrogate why, despite decades of tooling investment, the fundamental outcomes haven't changed.
Alert fatigue, signal-to-noise ratios, and t...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 6/1/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of June 1. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Iran’s MuddyWater group steps up espionage efforts — without making a splash A botnet built to hunt software developers has been taken offline. And nearly six million cruise ship passengers' data just went overboard.
Plus, Aishwarya Ramani joins us to break down the takeaways from this year’s Verizon DBIR.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 5/25/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 25. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
One compromised dev tool, 3800 stolen GitHub repos. Mythos is finding software bugs faster than humans can patch them. And the White House shelves a planned executive order on frontier AI models.
Plus, hear what Christer Swartz declares as May's boo and bravo!
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2026 Verizon DBIR: https://www...
Cybersecurity Has Hit a Brick Wall — Andrew Rubin on What Comes Next
In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Andrew Rubin, Founder & CEO of Illumio, for a candid conversation about the next phase of AI-driven cybersecurity risk.
Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sparked shockwaves across the security industry, Andrew shares his immediate reaction — from the sobering implications of machine-speed vulnerability discovery to a frank assessment of why the cybersecurity industry's fundamental model may already be broken.
The conversation explores what actually changes in an era where vulnerabilities could be discovered and exploited faster than any human-driven operation could manage. Andrew argues that while segmentation as...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 5/18/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 18. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Schools get their data back — but on what terms? Google catches the first AI-built cyber exploit in the wild. And lawmakers press Homeland Security to get ready for AI attacks — and fast.And Trevor Dearing joins us on Ask the Expert.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 5/11/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 11. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
School’s out, but not for summer. Hackers shut down finals week for thousands of universities. An AI model found the most valuable target on a breached network. No one asked it to. A nine-year-old Linux flaw now has a public exploit — and no patch.And Erik Bloch joins us on Ask the Expert.
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AI Just Raised the Stakes in Cybersecurity—Now What? | Neil Robinson
In this episode, Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Neil Robinson for a candid look at how one of the industry’s top security leaders is thinking about the next phase of AI-driven cybersecurity risk.
Just weeks after a major AI breakthrough sparked shockwaves across the security industry, Neil shares his immediate reaction — from genuine excitement about the technology’s progress to the sobering implications for defenders, attackers, and the pace of cyber risk.
The conversation explores what actually changes in an era where vulnerabilities could be discovered and exploited faster than ever before. Neil argues that w...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 5/4/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of May 4. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Want access to the latest frontier AI models? Get on the invite list. Hackers are hijacking email accounts — I’ve got a bad feeling about this. It’s a trap! Attackers infiltrate popular software development environments.And John Kindervag joins us on Ask the Expert.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 4/27/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 27. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Anthropic's restricted AI bug hunter just leaked. And now China has a rival of its own. Are Chinese hackers hiding behind your old router? And after thirteen months in limbo, Trump's pick to run CISA is walking away.And Christer Swartz joins us to discuss April’s boos and bravos.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 4/20/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 20. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Microsoft’s biggest patch day this year includes a live SharePoint exploit. Two million Amtrak records leak. Did the railroad choo-choo-choose not to pay a ransom? And researchers find malware aimed at Israel’s water supply.New AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos are changing cybersecurity fast. Erik Boch joins us to explain why defenders and attackers are both paying attention.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 4/13/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 13. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
A new AI model upends everything you thought you knew about cybersecurity A dozen companies. Thousands of zero-days. One secret patch sprint. And state-sponsored hackers want what Mythos has — so they're already building it.And Trupti Shiralkar joins us to unpack trust and AI.
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The Math Doesn’t Math: Why Cybersecurity Is Broken | Theresa Payton
Recorded live at RSA Conference 2026, this episode of The Segment features a compelling conversation between host Raghu Nandakumara and Theresa Payton—the first female White House Chief Information Officer and a leading voice on cybersecurity, AI, and digital risk.
They tackle a critical question: If organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, why are outcomes getting worse? Drawing from her experience protecting some of the most sensitive systems in the world, Theresa challenges conventional thinking around security frameworks, compliance, and the industry’s overreliance on checklists.
The conversation dives into:
Why the current cybe...The Monday Microsegment for the week of 4/6/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of April 6. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Your JavaScript library just phoned North Korea. New details on last year’s banking software breach amid a flurry of lawsuits. And Team PCP hackers breach the EU through a tool…built to stop hackers.John Kindervag joins to talk about the latest Zero Trust push out of Washington.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 3/30/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 30. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
ShinyHunters scales up its Salesforce extortion campaign, hitting major targets around the globe. Zero-day exploits aren’t cool. Do you know what’s cool? Negative-day exploits. And it’s sunshine and cyber alerts for the Golden State as California municipalities face disruptive attacks.And Gary Barlet joins us to unpack RSAC 2026 and the AI buzz.
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How Cybercriminals Manipulate Trust — Then Steal Millions | Timothy Kromphardt
Social engineering attacks may evolve with new technology, but the core tactic hasn’t changed in decades: exploiting human trust.
In this episode of The Segment, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Timothy Kromphardt, Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint to explore how modern scams actually work behind the scenes. Tim spends his days engaging directly with threat actors—sometimes for months at a time—to understand how fraud campaigns operate, how scammers build trust, and how they ultimately convince victims to hand over money or sensitive information.
Together, they unpack the mechanics of today’s most com...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 3/23/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 23. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
The 3.4 million records exposed in massive healthcare tech breach Federal officials hunt for answers in the wake of Iran’s attack on Stryker Why cybercriminals are ditching malware for phone callsAnd Christer Swartz joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment!
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 3/16/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 16. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
As many as two hundred thousand devices wiped clean by Iranian hackers. A new class of malware uses AI to rewrite its own source code. And confidence vs. reality: New research shows that most security teams can’t stop a breach in real-time.And John Kindervag argues that most cybersecurity incidents aren’t caused by a lack of technology — they’re caused by bad policy. Read his full article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cybersecu...
From Hype to Guardrails: Building AI You Can Actually Trust | Josh Woodruff
AI is moving faster than any technology shift we’ve seen before—but security is still being treated as an afterthought.
In this episode of The Segment, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Joshua Woodruff, Founder & CEO of Massive Scale AI, to explore what it really takes to adopt AI, especially agentic AI, without putting your business at risk.
Josh brings nearly 30 years of experience across security, cloud, and IT transformation, advising organizations from startups to Fortune 100 enterprises. As a zero trust thought leader, co-lead of the Cloud Security Alliance Zero Trust Working Group, and author...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 3/9/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 9. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Google unmasks an advanced — maybe government-leaked — exploit kit targeting Apple devices. Iran’s Muddy Waters hacking group is shaping up to be a clear threat to U.S. networks. And the White House signals that the best cyber defense might be cyber offense.And Aishwarya Ramani on this year’s International Women’s Day theme — and why empowering women in cybersecurity gives the entire industry momentum.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 3/2/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of March 2. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Security leaders brace for an epic backlash to U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Meanwhile, Iran’s domestic internet cutoff provides a threat intel goldmine for defenders. And CISA gets a new leader as the agency navigates more than a year of internal turmoil.And Christer Swartz joins us to bust a cybersecurity myth!
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From Compliance to Containment: The New Era of Financial Services Supervision | Phil Park
What separates organizations that pass audits from those that survive real incidents?
In this episode of The Segment, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Phil Park, global cybersecurity and risk leader at IBM. With more than 25 years advising financial institutions across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Phil brings a practical perspective on how supervision is rapidly evolving from compliance checklists to real-world operational readiness.
Together, Raghu and Phil unpack the industry’s biggest mindset shift: regulators no longer ask “Are you protected?” — they ask “Can you operate through disruption?”
They explore why prevention a...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 2/23/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 23. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Hackers hijack nearly half a million dollars in New York school fraud. Government agencies breached after attackers exploit Ivanti zero-day vulnerability. And state-backed hackers weaponize generative AI to sharpen cyber operations.And Christer Swartz joins us to unpack this month's Boos and Bravos.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 2/16/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 16. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Hackers hijack nearly half a million dollars in New York school fraud.Government agencies breached after attackers exploit Ivanti zero-day vulnerability.And state-backed hackers weaponize generative AI to sharpen cyber operations.And Michael Adjei explains why the cybersecurity “talent shortage” might actually be an allocation problem.
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Why Doing the Basics in Cyber Is So Hard—and So Necessary | Ross Haleliuk
In this episode of The Segment, Raghu sits down with Ross Haleliuk—Co-Founder & CEO of a stealth startup, author of Cyber for Builders, and host of Inside the Network and Venture in Security to unpack why most security failures aren’t caused by a lack of tools, but by a failure to execute the fundamentals.
Ross brings a pragmatic, business-first lens to cybersecurity, cutting through hype, buzzwords, and so-called “silver bullets” to focus on what actually works in the real world. Together, they explore why breaches still happen even in organizations that invest heavily in security and why that...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 2/9/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 9. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
A massive espionage campaign infiltrates government networks in 37 countries.Hackers go for the gold as the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl create a perfect storm.And a new social engineering tactic crashes your browser to steal your data.And John Kindervag joins us to discuss why cybersecurity dashboards may be measuring the wrong things.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 2/2/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of February 2nd. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Major consumer brands caught in a fresh wave of cyberattacksNike scrambles as hackers leak years of prototype and R&D dataAnd the White House shelves proposed Biden-era software security rulesAnd Gary Barlet joins us to unpack the NSA's newly released Zero Trust Guideline Primer
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 1/26/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 26th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
A critical vulnerability is being actively exploited in core infrastructure, VMware warns.Hackers looking for extortion payoff tell Nike to… just do it.And a massive database leak exposes 149 million stolen credentials.And Christer Swartz joins us for January's Boos and Bravos.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 1/19/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 19th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Europe’s space agency suffers a massive data breach.Attackers keep cashing in on Oracle’s old breach.And credit card skimmers go digital.And Aishwarya Ramani joins us to discuss executive sponsorship.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 1/12/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 12th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
A cyber incident snarls operations at a major European port.Ransomware gangs go after cloud backups.And Ivanti warns that its VPN devices are being actively exploited.And Gary Barlet joins us to unpacks cyber warfare hitting critical infrastructure.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 1/5/2026
The Monday Microsegment for the week of January 5th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
New year, new zero-day vulnerability in Windows Server.Ransomware rings in 2026 by hitting healthcare in Europe.And attackers cash in on holiday passwords.And Aishwarya Ramani joins us for a special Book Club segment!
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 12/15/2025
The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 15th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Apple tells users not to ho-ho-hold off on emergency patches as it warns about state-backed spyware.Cyber grinches disrupt UK education and water services.And Microsoft flags a not-so-jolly zero-day flaw in SharePoint.And Christer Swartz joins us for a Boos and Bravos segment!
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From the White House to the Boardroom: Tony Scott on Leading Transformative Tech
In this episode of The Segment, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with one of the most influential technology leaders of our time: Tony Scott, President & CEO of Intrusion and former U.S. Federal CIO under President Obama. With CIO roles at Microsoft, VMware, Disney, General Motors, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Sun Microsystems, Tony brings a rare, decades-wide perspective on how enterprise technology evolves—and where it’s heading next.
Tony shares his journey through some of the world’s most complex organizations, offering a candid look at the forces that drive digital transformation, why organizational silos still shape...
The Monday Microsegment for the week of 12/8/2025
The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 8th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
CISA uncovers a new Chinese backdoor in U.S. networks.A massive breach hits South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform.And a record-breaking DDoS attack pounds the financial sectorAnd Gary Barlet joins us for his 2026 predictions!
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 12/1/2025
The Monday Microsegment for the week of December 1st. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
CISA flags new risks in both cloud and industrial systems.Congress calls Anthropic to explain AI-enabled threats.And a real-estate tech breach may spill into major U.S. banks.And John Kindervag joins us for his 2026 predictions!
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 11/17/2025
The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 17th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
Akira turns up the heat on critical infrastructure.Did an AI model just run an espionage op?And a ghost in the cloud haunts Checkout.comAnd Aishwarya Ramani joins us for an "Ask the Expert" segment.
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The Monday Microsegment for the week of 11/10/2025
The Monday Microsegment for the week of November 10th. All the cybersecurity news you need to stay ahead, from Illumio's The Segment podcast.
The U.S. Justice Department says the ransomware is coming from inside the houseA foreign breach inside the U.S. CBOAnd another trusted security vendor becomes the target.And Scott Smith with a "View from the Street" segment.
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