Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In this episode of Masters of Data, we tackle why cybersecurity professionals burn out, and it's not just long hours. We explore how repetitive tasks, limited growth, and work that feels invisible drain security teams who face constant vigilance with few wins and no finish line. We discuss how high-stakes environments and rigid SLAs prevent real breaks, then share solutions: celebrate small victories, recognize contributions, prioritize physical health, and protect work-life balance. The key? Clear communication, realistic expectations, and making security's invisible impact visible.

A new Chinese cybersecurity law just changed the global threat landscape. In this clip, Tova Dvorin and Adrian Culley break down what went into effect on January 20, 2026—and why it’s unprecedented. Under the updated law, vulnerabilities discovered by Chinese citizens or companies must be reported to the state within 48 hours and cannot be disclosed to vendors until approved. The result? A government-first window to exploit zero-days before they’re patched—at global scale.

If you use SonicWall, you know what type of year 2025 was for your business. Between breaches, price increases, and confusing pivots, your vendor left you to clean up their mess while you paid more for their product and earned less in return. Join Adam Winston, Field CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, to learn why our Unified Security Platform is the right choice for a profitable, worry-free 2026. In this session, we’ll discuss.

This week on the podcast, we cover some first-hand research from the WatchGuard Threat Lab on a phishing campaign targeting users of nearly every major VPN vendor. After that, we discuss two recently resolved vulnerabilities in the Fortinet FortiSIEM application, then end with research from Varonis on a new attack flow against Copilot called RePrompt.

MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations attract strong attention across the cybersecurity industry by providing detailed, transparent data on how endpoint security solutions behave under real attack conditions. However, the depth of the results often makes them difficult to interpret and compare meaningfully. Join Field CTO Adam Winston as he decodes WatchGuard’s MITRE ER7 results and learn how to weigh key metrics to determine real-world security effectiveness and efficiency.

“Doing well by doing good” – there’s something to be said for that. Join Aleksandr Yampolskiy (CEO & Co-Founder, SecurityScorecard) and Craig Newmark (Founder, craigslist, Craig Newmark Philanthropies) for this discussion on: SecurityScorecard monitors and scores over 12 million companies worldwide. Find your company's security score for free at SecurityScorecard.com Follow our CEO Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy.

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Your biggest cybersecurity risk might not be your laptop, it could be your printer. Most companies overlook it, and hackers know it.

Configuration drift isn’t just “change.” It’s unmanaged change. Let's get practical about how teams should actually measure drift: ⇢ What type of change occurred⇢ How often those changes happen⇢ How critical they are in real context⇢ And—most importantly—how teams respond Volume alone isn’t the metric that matters. If changes pile up without response, alerts get ignored—and drift quietly becomes exposure.

As we slowly settle into the new rhythms of 2026, we are reminded that security starts with people The focus should always be on "bringing people along, not just implementing technology" to help keep our organizations future-ready.