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
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
Caesars Entertainment, GitHub, Panasonic, 7-Eleven, NYC Health and a whole lot are all part of this week's insanity!
Let's discuss this in the most non-partisan way...
The US May Hinder AI Development Soon by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Why is the US Letting Nvidia Sell AI Chips to China? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
And the U.S. is now at the center of this... Here's when the EU could cut themselves off.
Sailpoint, Skoda, Best Western Hotels, DigiCert, Foxconn, and OpenAI are having a not great week...
To Zuckerberg, privacy violations and mental harm are acceptable in the name of profit.
The Battle for Humanity's Future by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The Trump Administration is moving to designate anyone that speaks ill of the current administration. Also, the Trump Administration has vastly weakened US Cyber Resilience. We are weaker now than we have been in at least a decade. We discuss and so much more. Don't miss this episode...
AI Models Can Secretly Communicate With Each Other by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Why isn't the U.S. government responding? Let's discuss the ever shifting political sands here.
Are International A.I. Guardrails Even Possible? by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Zara, Trellix, Citizens Bank, Medtronic, Fiserv, and one of the worst breaches of minors' data in history, are part of this week's fun!
Law Enforcement Wants Your AI Chats by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Containing AI Will Soon Be Impossible by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
We don't need to wait for AI. The surveillance state is here.
White House AI Oversight Is Coming by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The US Government is not Ready for AI Hacking by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
See's Candies, Vimeo, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Carnival Cruises, Pitney Bowes, ADT and more are all part of this week's mess!
Geofence Warrants May Soon Be Legal by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
Stop Giving Infants Screen Time by Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic
The US National Cybersecurity Defense is vastly weaker now that it was in January of 2025. We are more susceptible to attacks from foreign governments, other threat actors and more. If we don't fix this soon, we could start seeing mass casualty events... and that's not hyperbole. We also cover so much more in the critical deep dive. Don't miss this.
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