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An expert in cybersecurity and network infrastructure, Nick Espinosa is a nationally recognized speaker, member of the Forbes Technology Council, TEDx Speaker, regular columnist for Forbes, award winning co-author of a bestselling book "Easy Prey", on the Board of Advisors for Roosevelt University's College of Arts and Sciences as well as their Center for Cyber and Information Security and also Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education, Nick is known as an industry thought leader and sought after for his advice on the future of technology and how it will impact every day businesses and consumers. Nick has consulted with clients ranging from small businesses up to the Fortune 100 level. He founded Windy City Networks, Inc in 1998 at age 19 and was acquired by BSSi2 LLC in 2013 where he is their CIO. In 2015 Security Fanatics, a Cybersecurity/Cyberwarfare outfit dedicated to designing custom Cyberdefense strategies for medium to enterprise corporations, was launched.

Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic


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    Latest episodes from The Deep Dive Radio Show and Nick's Nerd News

    AI Can Now Decide Who Dies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2026 11:11


    AI Can Now Decide Who Dies by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Smart Glasses Are Getting Banned

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2026 8:43


    Russia's Deepfake Attack on the 2026 Election Has Begun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2026 10:34


    Russia's Deepfake Attack on the 2026 Election Has Begun by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    The World's Wars Are Merging, and Taiwan Could Be Next

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2026 10:05


    The World's Wars Are Merging, and Taiwan Could Be Next by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    AI's Making The Surveillance State Affordable

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2026 7:47


    AI's Making The Surveillance State Affordable by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Flock Cameras Are a Stalker's Dream

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2026 5:27


    Flock Cameras Are a Stalker's Dream by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Episode 209 - The NSA Wants Access To Every AI Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2026 59:18


    The National Security Agency says it wants access to every major artificial-intelligence model on the commercial market. Combined with the NSA's existing surveillance databases, interception systems, hacking capabilities, and secret intelligence authorities, advanced AI could make population-scale surveillance easier, faster, cheaper, and far more powerful than anything Edward Snowden revealed. The NSA would no longer need enough human analysts to read the world's communications. We cover this and so much more.

    The US–China AI War Just Got More Dangerous

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2026 10:00


    The US–China AI War Just Got More Dangerous by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Meta Is Turning Our Faces Into Training Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2026 7:11


    And this latest lawsuit won't stop them.

    Chinese EVs Really Underscore US Complacency

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2026 6:54


    Chinese EVs Really Underscore US Complacency by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Breaches Of The Week! August 31 through September 6, 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2026 18:10


    Let's just all get drunk this weekend...

    Move Fast And Break Things Has To End

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2026 7:39


    Move Fast And Break Things Has To End by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    National Security Has Become A Political Weapon...

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2026 6:09


    And Anthropic Knows This All Too Well...

    The EPA Wants Data Centers To Be Approved In The Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2026 5:12


    The EPA Wants Data Centers To Be Approved In The Dark by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    The NSA Wants Access To Every AI Model...

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2026 31:27


    History shows us this ain't great.

    Your Breaches of the Week! August 24 to August 30, 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2026 21:11


    Carhartt, McKesson, Boston Scientific, Hasbro, and a total of 214 organization had a super week...

    We Told AI To Stop. It Didn't.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2026 8:19


    We Told AI To Stop. It Didn't. by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    America's Grid Security Gamble

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2026 11:26


    America's Grid Security Gamble by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Meta's Child Safety Settlement is an Absolute Joke

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2026 7:08


    Meta's Child Safety Settlement is an Absolute Joke by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Cybersecurity is about to get WAY more difficult...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2026 9:30


    Cybersecurity is about to get WAY more difficult... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Is AI Having a Reckoning?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2026 12:04


    Is AI Having a Reckoning? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Your Breaches of the Week! August 17 to August 23, 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2026 16:55


    ASCII Group, Sears, Kingston, Columbia University and we have 297 total incidents to get through this week... Strap in!

    LinkedIn's War on AI Slop...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2026 13:06


    and it's about damn time.

    How Many Americans Has the Government Hacked?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2026 11:50


    How Many Americans Has the Government Hacked? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    The Internet Kill Switch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2026 10:47


    How Authoritarians Control Reality

    Flock AI: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2026 11:08


    Flock AI: Guilty Until Proven Innocent by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Apple Intelligence. Approved by Beijing.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2026 7:38


    Apple Intelligence. Approved by Beijing. by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Episode 208 - The Surveillance State Has Already Begun

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2026 58:47


    Let's confront a question most Americans are not prepared to face: Is the surveillance state still coming... or are we already more than halfway there? Stay with me, because the answer should alarm everyone. We'll cover this and so much more.

    The Surveillance State Has Already Begun

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2026 20:48


    The Surveillance State Has Already Begun by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Episode 207 - Zuckerberg's War On Accurate Information + Who Watches The Watchers?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2026 58:45


    Mark Zuckerberg is allowing his AI on all platforms to willingly ingest disinformation and repackage it as authoritative. Also, as the surveillance state keeps expanding, who actually has oversight!? This is an insanely packed show!!! We discuss all of this and so much more.

    Saudi Arabia's AI Copyright Gamble

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2026 4:42


    Saudi Arabia's AI Copyright Gamble by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    China Just Dumped Your AI Girlfriend

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2026 5:39


    China Just Dumped Your AI Girlfriend by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Your Robot Vacuum May Be A Double Agent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2026 13:46


    Your Robot Vacuum May Be A Double Agent by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Your Breaches of the Week! August 3-9, 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2026 20:49


    Levi Strauss, Lucid Motors, OpenAI and a whole bunch more are all part of this week's fun...

    America Dismantled Its Cyber Shield

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2026 18:07


    ...but can it actually be rebuilt?

    AI Transparency Is Becoming A Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2026 14:19


    Immigration is America's New AI Test Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2026 10:29


    and it's coming for us all sooner than later...

    Why Is The White House Hiding Their Cybersecurity Plan?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2026 8:24


    Why Is The White House Hiding Their Cybersecurity Plan? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Mark Zuckerberg's War On Information Accuracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2026 13:07


    Mark Zuckerberg's War On Information Accuracy by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    The Global Wars Have Come To The U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2026 13:40


    The Global Wars Have Come To The U.S. by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Should Protecting Your Phone Be A Federal Crime?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2026 7:22


    Here's why it shouldn't be...

    Episode 206 - Flock Cameras & the Surveillance State + Meta's War On Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2026 59:06


    Flock Cameras claim that are protecting society, but they're vastly expanding the surveillance state. Meta says they respect privacy but have the potential to be worse than Flock for surveillance! This is an insanely packed show!!! We discuss all of this and so. much. more. DO NOT miss this episode...

    Your Local Lamp Posts Can Surveil You!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2026 5:01


    Sooner than later, anyway...

    The Battle Over Who Controls AI Has Begun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2026 5:12


    The Battle Over Who Controls AI Has Begun by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Your Breaches of the Week! July 20 to July 26, 2026

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2026 12:15


    Chick-fil-A, Estée Lauder, Hugging Face, OpenAI and more are all part of this week's breaches!

    Are We Witnessing The End of Off-the-Record Conversations?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2026 5:19


    Are We Witnessing The End of Off-the-Record Conversations? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    AI Models Be Cheatin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2026 5:38


    AI Models Be Cheatin' by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    Data Centers In Space May Be Catastrophic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2026 3:48


    Data Centers In Space May Be Catastrophic by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    AI's Financials are... Interesting...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2026 8:19


    and maybe not sustainable...

    China's Cheap AI Has Silicon Valley Panicking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2026 13:17


    China's Cheap AI Has Silicon Valley Panicking by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

    The Hidden Surveillance Police Don't Want Exposed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2026 6:54


    The Hidden Surveillance Police Don't Want Exposed by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic

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