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
The Hidden Surveillance Police Don't Want Exposed by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Coca-Cola, Frontier Airlines, Ernst & Young, & Abbott Laboratories are all why we can't have nice things...
Is Your Password Manager Tied To Russia!? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Meta's War on Privacy by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The AI Industry May Be Approaching a Legitimacy Crisis Before It Has Proven Its Economics
Flock Cameras: Public Safety or Mass Surveillance? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The Double-Edged Sword that is VPN... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Would You Defend America's Networks for $22K a Year!? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Corporations are becoming the surveillance state.
Are Data Centers Evil!? Does AI actually democratize content? Big Tech killing creativity and AI surveillance is expanding. This is an insanely packed show!!! We discuss all of this and so. much. more. Don't miss this episode...
This is arguably one of the most important stories in some time for my industry. Here is source article via Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/felons-fraudsters-flog-offensive-cybersecurity-startup/
Microsoft Quietly Built a Tracking ID Into Windows by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Who Watches the Watchdogs? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Sapporo, Ford Motors, Nissan, Aflac, U.S. Department of Homeland Security are having a "great" week!
Your AI Agent Is Your Next Threat... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is a Joke by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
and this is deeply concerning...
The Supreme Court Verdict We Should All Love! by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Why Does The US Government Need To Record Our Clicks, Scrolling and Keystrokes?
Are Data Centers Evil? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Does AI Actually Democratize Content? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Episode 204 - US Militarizing Canadian Border & FISA Section 702 = US Surveillance State by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Digital Identities For AI Are Coming by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Big Tech Is Killing Our Creativity by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
AI-Powered Surveillance Is Expanding Globally by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Nintendo, Eastman Kodak, Madison Square Garden, Fortinet are all part of this week's fun!
Digital Identities Are Problematic by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
2026 Edition. References for EVERYTHING were too long for comments, available upon request!
The Anthropic Export Control Situation is Deeply Concerning by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
AI Data Centers Have Hidden Costs by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Our Next Privacy Battleground is 6G... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
and our laws are doing almost nothing to protect us...
ServiceNow, Nexstar, Meta, Instagram, Novo Nordisk and the Iranian Banking sector are all part of this week's breaches...
Anonymization is failing thanks to AI by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
FISA Section 702 set to expire by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
As seen on Colbert, Jon Stewart and more, Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been fighting for our privacy for over three decades. We dive into government & corporate surveillance, Snowden and so much more. Don't miss this episode...
Privacy, Security and Trust issues abound... they need to be shut down.
Here's how to protect yourself...
AI is Officially Overhyped... by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
US/Canada Border To Be Militarized by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Iranian Gov-Linked Hackers Are Hitting the US by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Trump Mobile, Charter Communications, Carnival, Zara, Signal, and more are all part of this week's breaches!
Canada May Weaken Privacy Around the World by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Cindy Cohn is one of the world's leading advocates for digital rights and online freedom. She is the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, or EFF. Cindy has spent more than three decades fighting landmark battles for us over encryption, privacy, free expression, and government surveillance. It's my great honor to interview her today!
The US government is buying our data on the open market, US law enforcement wants access to our AI chats, the White House is taking a deeper hand in AI and Russia is attacking US companies while the US government says nothing. We discuss and so much more. Don't miss this episode...
Here's why and here's how we avoid it.
OpenAI's Race To Create God by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
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