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Transparency is a cornerstone of effective local governance, and in New Hampshire, the Right-to-Know law (RSA 91-A) empowers citizens to access public records and ensure their government remains accountable. From the ACLU's discovery of a proposed immigration detention center in Merrimack, to Executive Councilor Janet Stevens' recent request for details from the Berlin Police Department about the murder of Marisol Fuentes, the Right-to-Know law has played a significant role in recent news stories. But the law isn't only available to lawyers and officials. This guide provides a clear, step-by-step roadmap for successfully filing a Right-to-Know request—from your initial search for existing public information to following up on your formal submission—to help you obtain the government information you seek. Listen as hosts Anna Brown and Mike Dunbar, of Citizens Count break it down in $100 Plus Mileage. This podcast is produced in partnership with Citizens Count, Granite State News Collaborative and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications at Franklin Pierce University.
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This episode features a conversation with Dacia VanAlstine, Project Director of the Evolve Employment Model demonstration project at Minnesota Blind. What began as a brainstorming conversation at a national conference evolved into an innovative Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) project focused on improving employment outcomes, retention, and participant engagement for individuals who are blind, low vision, or facing employment barriers. Dacia shares how the Evolve Employment Model is challenging traditional approaches to vocational rehabilitation through progressive employment strategies, benefits planning, workplace exposure opportunities, and faster, more responsive service delivery designed to keep participants connected and moving forward. The episode also explores the realities of building new models in real time — recognizing staff strengths, embracing flexibility, fostering collaboration, and "building the ship while sailing it." A thoughtful conversation on leadership, creativity, workforce development, and the future of vocational rehabilitation. Listen Here Full Transcript: {Music} Dacia: When we did our brainstorming, we looked at where could we improve and not just improve the customer experience, but the way that the staff do their work. Carol: How has your experience been working with your RSA project officer, and what's that partnership look like? Dacia: Cassandra is amazing. Doctor Deandra too. They are an amazing team. They are very real, which I so appreciate and so responsive and just, they answer the dumbest questions that I have and don't make me feel dumb. So I love it. Intro voice: Manager minute, brought to you by the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center. Conversations powered by VR. One manager at a time, one minute at a time. Here is your host, Carol Pankow. Carol: Welcome to the Manager Minute. Joining me in the studio today is Dacia VanAlstine, project director for the Evolve Employment Model demonstration at Minnesota Blind. And today we're going to dive into innovation, leadership and what it really looks like to take an idea and bring it to life in VR. And I have to say, this one is a little special for me. I had the good fortune to work with Dacia during my time at State Services for the Blind. And one thing that always stood out as her ability to take a concept, sometimes just an idea and turn it into something real, something actionable, and something that makes a difference. So, Dacia, how are things going? Dacia: Thank you for that, Carol. Things are going well. We're moving right along with this project. We are making some great strides, so it is fun to be here today. Carol: Excellent. So before we jump into the project itself, I'd like to start with your story. Can you tell our listeners a little bit about your background and how you found your way into vocational rehabilitation? Dacia: I think like a lot of people, I just kind of fell into it. I started when I was younger working in group homes, and that moved into becoming a program coordinator for group homes, which then moved into the day programming side of things at a, DT&H, which then turned into working with their supported employment license and then finding employers and jobs for people that were actually connected to the VR programs. So then I became interested in VR and started working for State Services for the Blind back in 2008 as a Vocational Rehab Technician. And then with my background, ended up getting some ARRA funding and I moved into employment services and have been working with the Dual Customers ever since. Carol: Wow. I did not know you kind of followed my same path because I did the whole group home work too, and DT&H and the whole shebang. That's pretty cool, I love it. So I know this project did not appear out of nowhere. It really grew organically. Can you talk a little bit about how the idea for Evolve Employment first came about and how it took shape? Dacia: It's kind of funny. A few of us had gone to CSAVR in the spring of 2024, and they had announced the DIF grants that they were going to be doing. It was Natasha Jerde, who's our executive director, and then Jon Benson, our deputy director, myself. We had our quality assurance person, Ashlyn Cahill there, and our fiscal person, Gabby Garcia. And then we had a counselor, Jason Dornbush, and we were all sitting in the back row. And it started with one little, hey, what if we applied for this? What could we do? There's so many different things we could do. And it turned into this whole thing and it just exploded from there. I don't even remember the session that was going on at the time, because we were in the back just brainstorming. It turned into this huge idea spark, and one person fed off the other person and then it just blew into this thing. Carol: I love when that happens. That is super fun. Now, the speaker up front was probably annoyed with you all, but I love when that, you know, you get that idea. In fact, you know, Jeff and I, back in the day, we were at a CSAVR conference and he's like going out trying to do a little interviews with somebody. After that session, I'm like, what are you doing? I'm going to do a podcast. This was way back in the day and I'm like, what's a podcast? And look at now the whole world is podcasting, but it cracked me up. I mean, we started that 11 years ago. Super fun. Dacia: Jeff's been podcasting ever since we went to an NFB conference and sat by the pool and Podcasted. Carol: I know it is super hilarious. It's like those organic kind of ideas really can bloom into something pretty cool. So at a high level, what is the Evolve Employment model and how do you think about the key components or buckets of the project? Dacia: Well, when we did our brainstorming, we looked at where could we improve and not just improve the customer experience, but the way that the staff do their work. The DIF grant allows us to really be in, it's in the title innovative. It allows us to try things. Really the idea is to try different tactics, different strategies, different approaches to things in the VR program that improves outcomes, improves experiences for staff, improves experiences for participants, and really leans into that dual customer approach to delivering services. Carol: Pretty cool, I love that. So what about the buckets in this project? I know there were different kind of fingers that you were looking into doing a lot of different things. Dacia: Well, a couple of the things that we're doing is job retention. We know that it's so much better if somebody can keep a job, it's better for the employer, it's better for the person, it's better for just everyone. So really looking at retention, also looking at how can we use workplace activities in order to help individuals that have limited experience in the workplace, limited experience with work in general, just the idea of work, you know, they may be somebody that's newer to work, maybe somebody that just hasn't worked in a long time, but just giving them some workplace activities under progressive employment. So looking at job shadows, tours, and it's something that VR does anyways, but this is done more intentionally and a little more structured to see if this makes a difference in people's lives, if people will choose better outcomes, because now they're being exposed to different types of careers than they would be normally. And so we have that progressive employment also looking at how can we speed things up for people, not speed things up to where we're rushing people through the process, but speed things up in a way that helps people stay engaged. We know looking at the data, that the longer it takes for somebody to get into a plan to get any services implemented, the more likely they are to drop off. And so looking at how can we make this faster for people, but in a meaningful way. And then looking at other aspects of where in the VR program we might be falling short, and that would be, besides the retention, looking at the training aspect of things, especially in the customer service and technology sectors. So looking at how can we get people into technology based customer service roles and building possibly a training program ourselves that can be passed down to the general program and using the training that already exists for individuals. And we're not looking at degree programs, we're looking at certificate programs, short term training, things that can help people get into a career faster. Not everybody has the luxury of taking a step back. Some people have to provide for their families. Some people just really don't want to go down that path. They want to get into a career as quickly as possible. So how can we lean into that training? Carol: That sounds awesome. I'm excited about this. I know when you and I had spoken before, you talked about this being like, you're kind of building the ship as you're sailing it. What does that look like during this first phase of implementation? Dacia: Well, in the beginning, we had picked up a bunch of staff from the General Vocational Rehabilitation, VRS, when they unfortunately had to have some layoffs. So we were able to grab some of their talent. And when we put together the position descriptions we put together, you know, what we thought we needed. And then as we started hiring them and then more staff, we realized that these staff had amazing talent. Besides what was just what was needed for this grant. So we were able to look at where does their talent lie and how can we help not only advance our project, but set our staff up because this is a short term project, so how can we set them up for their careers after they're done? And so looking at is their leadership ability there? How can we help them lead projects? Is there training opportunities? Are there other things that they can bring? Are there ways to expand this a little bit. You know, one of the things that we decided to do was job retention. The initial intention of that was how can we keep people into positions that they want to stay in? It's working for the employer, but all of a sudden it's not working because the disability changed or the disability appeared. We have Callie our Retention Specialist, who comes with a whole lot of experience and knowledge in working with the Dual Customer, and she's really working hard to build out our retention program. I should actually mention that in this, we have four targeted audiences that people would need to fall into to be eligible. One is they are at risk of losing a job. Another is they are unemployed for 27 or more weeks. Another is at risk of losing a job, unemployed for 27 weeks or more. A new American with a legal right to work. And the fourth one is somebody who acquired their vision loss during their working years. So if somebody falls into those categories, they're eligible for our program. We are doing a Functional model for disability versus a medical model. So with that, we have been able to capture numerous individuals that would normally not qualify for our general program because of the medical model. And so we were able to take people that had nowhere else to go and were going to lose their job. And we've been able to save over half a dozen, probably close to a dozen jobs now for people that would normally not qualify for services. Carol: That's really cool. So what do you think are 1 or 2 innovations within the model that you think are really making the biggest difference so far? Dacia: We knew that retention was important and that it should be done intentionally, and we knew that we didn't have a solid retention program procedure process in the general SSB program. So we started looking at how can we really make this difference? And we actually expanded it not just for people at risk of losing their job, but one of the things that we're doing is for the VR program, expanding on that stabilization period. So those individuals that get their job and they're employed for 90 days, and then they make the couple contacts with the counselor and really close to that 90 days, they quit their job, they maybe get scared of losing benefits. Something happens with the employer and they just haven't really made contact with their counselor. So what we're doing is that we're doing stabilization services. So a counselor can refer somebody in those 90 days, and that Career Navigator becomes somebody that they can connect with. They are the coordinator of all the services. They are able to work with the employer. They are able to, if they're county services involved, pull those in, they are able to pull other resources in. And all of our Career Navigators have all the way to level three benefits planning training so they can look up benefits for people. Which is something that we've never done before, really embedded benefits into everything we're doing. So it helps individuals. They have this person that they can go to, they can ask questions about their benefits. It's just a really a wraparound service. And then after their 90 days, the intent is to allow them to continue to be able to contact that person for the next year. If something comes up, we can get back into services with them right away if we need to. We don't have to open up a new sequence with them. They can just jump in and do stuff. So that's one of the really cool things that we're doing, and we're finding a lot of need for that way more than we even thought. We knew that retention was a huge thing. And looking at our really ambitious numbers that we said we would do, we're going to have no issues at all hitting that because it's turned into a huge thing. I should also mention, one of the other buckets that we're doing is benefits planning. So we have a Benefits Navigator that's able to look up benefits, that's able to do all kinds of things. We even had a situation that somebody, due to a clerical error, had gotten a letter that they owed tens of thousands of dollars in back Social Security, and they were going to quit their job. And there were all these things that were going to happen. And because of the Benefits Navigator is at the top level for benefits planning and has all the credentials to be able to do the work and all the training to do the work, they were able to find the clerical error and that is now being reversed. Carol: That's amazing. Dacia: Because of the work that she did with this individual and us having that, that person now can breathe. Carol: I like that, you know, I was thinking back in the day, we used to have Meredith. She was our benefits person. You know, we had the one person I remember customers talking to me. They were so worried about really staying employed because worried about losing benefits, you know, the whole thing and how to counsel through that. And I think you guys having this embedded in kind of every aspect and allowing that to continue on for the people the year after is really important. It just gives that sense of stability that someone to talk to when you're navigating this crazy, you know, there are big systems with all of that. And to really help you gain that understanding. So you're feeling comfortable with the decisions you make and what you're doing is super important. Dacia: And that really feeds into when I had said, we created these job descriptions and what we thought this was going to be, we had created a position for a Benefits Navigator, okay, And the intent was that they would do benefits lookup and they would do the whole benefits analysis. And that's what their job would mainly be with some training. But looking at that person that was hired, Marcy really has a lot of talent and experience behind her. She worked for the hub. She's done all these different things. So looking at expanding what her talent is and helping her really guide what this looks like for our entire program. It's amazing. And then not just that, you know, the original intention wasn't that our Career Navigators were going to have benefits planning, training. But one of our Career Navigators that came from VRS had that. And so we were able to look at, oh my gosh, look at all these things that they can do. And because we have Marcy, our Career Navigators, Kayla and Alex and our new American career navigator, Alexis are able to work together. She's able to mentor them. She's able to help them get the training that they need. So it's really leaning into all these things that everybody brings with them, not just what we thought, what we needed, and sticking to that, just really being open to letting our staff use the talents they have. We didn't have any intention that Career Navigators were going to be training counselors or training community partners, and then we end up with Alex, who has tons of experience with this, Kayla who loves doing this, you know, so letting them do the things that they love to do and the things that they really have a lot of talent in. So that's really helped us in the implementation of this, really leaning into what they bring and what they want to do. Carol: I know you were talking a little bit about your numbers. You mentioned it like, we're going to be able to blow past that number. What are some of the goals that you have for numbers with this project. Dacia: Some of the numbers are very ambitious. Our number for how many job retentions that we get, I think is 270, which at first I thought, that's really ambitious and I don't know if we're going to do that. I honestly think that we're going to probably hit 270 by the end of year three. Carol: Wow. Dacia: Like it's that much. Especially when we added the stabilization. Carol: Yeah. Dacia: And helping those people retain their jobs. That number is going to be huge. We also our outreach to businesses, we are going to surpass that by quite a bit. I think that number is 500 businesses total. And I think we are a little over a year and a half in. And I think we're already at close to 200. Carol: Wow. Good. Dacia: We have an amazing outreach person that we're sharing him with our employer, Reasonable Accommodation Fund. But Ray is out there and he is making connection after connection. And then we have Alicia, who also came from VRS during the layoffs. And she is our business engagement and training specialist. So she is making the connections with the businesses, the relationships. So really we have this talent that's doing this stuff. And Alicia's out there developing relationships with external training programs. So we're going to easily hit that number. Carol: Very cool. It sounds like you've got quite the team. I love it. You've been able to bring in all these folks that have these other like talents you didn't even know about as they come on, and they've been able to contribute so much more than you even anticipated. Dacia: Even our admin and fiscal person, Morgan, we couldn't do this without just like she pulls everything together, she keeps us all on track. She makes sure that we're focusing on the things that we need to focus on. We are very fortunate. Carol: So I know you're operating under a DIF grant, which can really feel different from a traditional VR program. How has your experience been working with your RSA project officer, and what's that partnership look like? Dacia: I would like to say Cassandra is amazing. Even if I come to her with the world's, and very responsive to. Which is super impressive considering all that she does. And then Doctor Deandra too. They are an amazing team. They are very real, which I so appreciate and so responsive and just. They answer the dumbest questions that I have and don't make me feel dumb. So I love it. Carol: That is awesome. Yeah, they're good people. I know. I hear about Cassandra all the time and the amazing job that she does. This is exciting. Well, she has a fun job too because you're working with these DIF projects, you know, and getting to see all this really cool stuff, innovation happening across the country. So I know you're really early in the implementation. You said you're a year and a half in, but you've learned a lot. What do you think are some of the biggest lessons you've learned so far? Dacia: Well, for sure, one of the things that we have learned is making sure that you look at your talent and making sure that you help them grow, because that was not our original intention and looking at their talent, it really has helped us to be where we're at. Making sure that we're working with the general program, communication with the counselors and the general VR program is so important. Even more important than we thought, keeping that communication open. Also adjusting and readjusting kind of what we're doing, what we're saying. I know that we've been building this as we go, which makes it so some things are very ambiguous, which can be very difficult for people to work within, but really helping people get through that. And part of that is letting the staff use the strengths that they have, because that will help get through some of that building the ship as you go and that ambiguousness. Carol: Yeah, I know, it's always exciting. You go from the back of the room chit chatting about this idea, and you put it on paper and it gets accepted. But as you get rolling along, you know, things come up and things change and evolve a little bit. So I like that it goes along with your title of your project. I like that that's the organic, wonderful nature of these DIF grants, because things do evolve as you're going along, and you're allowed to then expand and kind of contract and grow and shape it as the things happen over time, which is very, very cool. Dacia: It absolutely is. And flexibility is really the key here too. We all know that when you put things on paper and you have the intention of things going one way, that's not necessarily how they're going to go. And so you really have to be open to shifting and adjusting. You know, there are things that I envisioned going one way and then all of a sudden with new information, it's like, you know what? We're going this way and it's okay. It's okay to adjust along the way. But you really have to be flexible in this and not looking at it like I am building this program to be exact and live forever. I am building this program to be flexible, to adjust, to be able to be sustainable, whether it's the whole thing or components of this, to be sustainable in SSB's VR program, or even any other VR program that wanted to try some of these, you know, the lessons that we learn along the way in this, whether good or bad, are all important. Carol: Very true, very true. And it'll be really fun. I know you guys are all getting together this summer in June and there's a DIF Project Officer conference, and so I'm sure you're going to be attending that. Dacia: Oh yeah, I'll be doing that. Yep. I'm excited. I love those kind of things because you really get to know other people and you know, you can learn from their struggles. They can learn from your struggles, you can learn from their innovations. They can learn from you, from yours. So I love those opportunities to connect and just have fun. Carol: Yeah, I think it'll be great. So for other VR leaders listening, what advice would you give if they're thinking about trying something new or applying for a demonstration project like this? Dacia: I would say don't over think it. Start with that small seed of an idea and bring other people into it to really brainstorm and get creative with it. Make sure that you're communicating often with VR. Even if you are not in VR program, VR is going to be a key partner regardless. Communicate often and be very transparent in the communication, I would say. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. I know that anytime I have a question, if I think that we might be, you know, okay, well, can we do this? Or what if we do this wrong? Don't be afraid of that. If you have a Cass, talk to Cassandra will help you through it. Or your version of Cassandra, that's what they're there for. One of the things that we had done was we had decided to change one of our areas that we were focusing on progressive employment based on new information. It was super easy. We said, hey, we decided to go in this area. That was a mistake. We don't have enough people there, but we do in this area. Can we do this? Absolutely. So don't be afraid to make some mistakes as long as you're not doing something illegal. Carol: Yeah, yeah, let's stay away from that. Dacia: Let's stay away from that. Make sure that you're, you know, following the law. But as far as the program goes, don't be afraid to adjust and make mistakes because that's what you're here for. You're here to innovate and you have to take some risk in order to get that reward. Carol: Well, Dacia, this has been such a great conversation. What you're building is not just a project. It's really a glimpse into the future of what VR could look like. So thanks for joining us today. Dacia: Well, thanks for having me. Carol: You bet. And to our listeners, if there's one takeaway, it's this innovation doesn't start with a perfect plan. It starts with the question and willingness to try. 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What happens when the cybersecurity industry stops debating whether agentic AI is a future problem and starts treating it as a present-day reality? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Tim Freestone to unpack the biggest shift coming out of this year's RSA Conference. After attending RSA for more than two decades, Tim describes 2026 as the year the energy returned to the cybersecurity world, driven by one unavoidable topic: agentic AI. We explore why the conversation has rapidly evolved from curiosity to urgency, and why organizations are suddenly confronting an uncomfortable truth. AI agents are already operating inside businesses, often without visibility, governance, or control. Tim explains how shadow AI is spreading faster than many leadership teams realize, with employees experimenting with autonomous tools that connect directly to company data and external AI models. Our conversation also looks at the growing gap between visibility and control. Security teams may be discovering agents across their networks, but stopping risky behavior is an entirely different challenge. Tim argues that companies focusing purely on infrastructure are already falling behind, and that the real battleground is now the data layer itself. We discuss why data governance, audit trails, and access controls are becoming central to the future of cybersecurity strategy. Tim also shares his thoughts on state-sponsored AI threats, the rise of autonomous espionage operations, and why open-source AI models present a completely new level of risk for defenders. At the same time, he offers practical advice for IT and security leaders trying to figure out where to start amid the noise, complexity, and endless flood of new tools entering the market. If your organization is trying to understand how AI changes cybersecurity, governance, compliance, and risk management, this conversation offers a clear look at what security leaders are actually worried about right now, and why the next 12 months may redefine how companies think about protecting data altogether. Useful Links Connect with Tim Freestone Learn More About Kiteworks Data Security and Risk Report Kiteworks Substack Kiteworks LinkedIn Newsletter Please check the partners of the Tech Tech Talks Network Learn more about the NordLayer Browser Visit Denodo.com
Agentic AI was the theme that pulled away from the pack at RSAC Conference 2026. Tony Anscombe of ESET makes the case that once AI shifts from being directed by humans to operating with its own objectives and logic, the security surface changes with it, and organizations are being forced to rethink what they protect and how. At the show, ESET announced two products that meet that moment head on. The ESET AI Skills Checker is a free-to-use tool coming to market. ESET AI Protection looks inside AI sessions on the endpoint, flagging sensitive data leakage, malicious links returned by AI systems, and suspicious behavior, and surfacing it all inside normal cybersecurity operations for investigation, blocking, or detection. Tony closes with a reminder worth keeping. His first RSA was in 1998, and the technology he worked on then (sandboxing, dynamic code, remote windowing, encryption, authentication) mirrors a lot of what walks the RSAC Conference floor today. The packaging evolves, the core principles do not. Build forward, but do not lose sight of what the past already proved. This is a Brand Highlight. A Brand Highlight is a ~5 minute introductory conversation designed to put a spotlight on the guest and their company. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#highlight GUEST Tony Anscombe, Chief Security Evangelist, ESET LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyanscombe/ RESOURCES Learn more about ESET: https://www.eset.com ESET AI Skills Checker and ESET AI Protection: https://www.eset.com Are you interested in telling your story? ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight KEYWORDS Tony Anscombe, ESET, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand highlight, agentic AI, AI security, RSAC Conference 2026, threat intelligence, MDR, EDR, endpoint security, AI Skills Checker, AI Protection, cybersecurity community, multifactor authentication, cybersecurity evolution Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Most ranch families know they need to have financial conversations. Far fewer actually sit down and have them.In the Season 3 finale of the Ranch Stewards Podcast, host Haylie Shipp sits down with financial advisor Ty McDonald for an honest discussion about the topics many agricultural families tend to put off: paying kids through the ranch operation, retirement planning, succession conversations, and preparing both the ranch and the people behind it for the future.Together, Haylie and Ty discuss: Paying children through ranch operations Retirement planning for ranch families When to begin talking about transition and succession Long-term care planning Financial planning stages for agricultural operations Why avoiding financial conversations can create bigger problems later This episode also serves as Haylie's farewell episode as host of the Ranch Stewards Podcast as she steps away from her full-time role with the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance to focus on family and her home ranch.After more than 10,000 downloads across 65 countries, Haylie thanks listeners for supporting the podcast and the broader conversations surrounding ranching, stewardship, conservation, and rural communities.Connect with Ty McDonald: • LinkedIn • Facebook • Down Home Financial SolutionsBe sure to check out the blog section on Ty's website for additional articles and resources related to agricultural financial planning, retirement strategies, and ranch business management.This podcast is sponsored in part by Vence, a virtual fencing livestock management system for cattle. Find out more at www.VenceFence.com.Support the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.
En France, 16,1% des femmes vivent sous le seuil de pauvreté contre 14,6% des hommes. Les femmes représentent 70% des travailleur·euses pauvres, 57% des bénéficiaires du RSA et 75% des retraité·es modestes. La précarité et la pauvreté touchent plus particulièrement les femmes. Pourquoi ?Dans cet épisode, Marine-Pétroline anime une table ronde enregistrée au Palais de la Femme pour célébrer les 100 ans de cet établissement qui accueille et accompagne des femmes en situation de précarité. Quelles dynamiques créent et entretiennent la précarité des femmes ? Comment l'emploi, les modèles familiaux et le système fiscal et social s'entrecroisent-ils pour fragiliser économiquement les femmes ?Pour répondre à ces questions, Marine-Pétroline reçoit Titiou Lecoq, journaliste et essayiste féministe autrice de "Libérées" et "Le couple et l'argent", Laetitia Vitaud, experte des mutations du monde du travail et autrice de "Du labeur à l'ouvrage", Laura Testoni, coach en finances personnelles et chargée d'inclusion financière au Crédit Municipal de Paris, et Pulchérie Loubassa, conseillère en insertion professionnelle à l'Armée du Salut qui accompagne des femmes en situation de précarité et de pauvreté.De la ségrégation professionnelle à l'inégale répartition du travail domestique, du coût de la maternité à l'impact des séparations, de la conjugalisation des aides sociales au poids du sexisme et de l'âgisme : cette conversation décrypte les multiples facettes de la précarité féminine et explore des pistes de solutions pour construire une société plus juste.Les Chroniques du sexisme ordinaire sont un podcast de Marine-Pétroline Soichot qui débusque le sexisme avec pédagogie, humour et zéro culpabilité.Pour aller plus loin
We like to think the future is open. That our lives are shaped by choices, chance, and a bit of luck. But increasingly, the future is being predicted, and those predictions are starting to decide things in advance. Whether we get a job, a loan, medical treatment, or even how we're policed, many of life's possibilities are now filtered through forecasts about who we are and what we might do next. In this provocative conversation, Oxford philosopher Carissa Véliz argues that prediction has always been less about seeing the future than about controlling it. From ancient oracles to modern data systems, prophecies don't just describe what will happen – they shape behaviour, narrow our options, and quietly distribute power. Joining her is Roger McNamee, tech investor and NYT bestselling author of Zucked, who has spent years exposing how digital platforms turn prediction into influence. Together, they explore a deeper, more uncomfortable question: What happens when the future arrives pre-decided? Speaker: Carissa Veliz, associate professor at the Oxford Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI Chair: Roger McNamee, tech investor and author Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/ Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
The Road Safety Authority’s interactive map shows blackspots for road deaths and serious collisions in Kerry and other counties. Jerry spoke to RSA senior media relations manager David Martin
In the three short years since the release of ChatGPT, AI chatbots have reshaped how millions of people live. But while the technology's economic and political consequences are widely debated, its social and psychological impacts are only just beginning to come into focus. Mental health is emerging as one of the most pressing – and troubling – frontiers. According to OpenAI's own data from October 2025, as many as 560,000 users a week were showing “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” in their interactions with its systems. Clinicians, researchers, and journalists are now documenting cases in which vulnerable users form intense, and sometimes harmful, relationships with AI tools. Join The Observer's Technology Reporter Patricia Clarke, neuropsychiatrist at King's College London Dr Thomas Pollak and Head of Research & Policy at Internet Matters Katie Freeman-Tayler for a live conversation based on reporting produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network. The panel will be discussing how AI is rewiring our emotional lives and answering questions on what risk and responsibilities come with technologies that can mimic empathy? What obligations do tech firms, regulators and governments face? And what lessons can be drawn from the slow reckoning with social media's toll on mental health – especially among children and young people? Speakers: Patricia Clarke, Technology Reporter at The Observer Dr Thomas Pollak, Neuropsychiatrist at King's College London Katie Freeman-Tayler, Head of Research and Policy at Internet Matters Chair: James Harding, Editor-in-Chief of The Observer In collaboration with: The Observer The Pulitzer Center's AI Accountability Network. Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/ Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
How safe is our data from internal threats? This week, Technology Now dives into the world of confidential computing. We ask why regular encryption when data is at rest or in transit might not be enough, we explore how confidential computing works to keep our data safer, and we examine why this concept is so important in the first place. Dr Nigel Edwards, Director of the Security Lab at HPE Labs, tells us more.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.About Nigel:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-edwards-170591/
The Creative Industries are critical to the UK government's growth plans. To realise the potential, action is needed across education, skills and the creative workforce. This event sees the unveiling of findings from a major new study looking at skills provision across all sectors of the creative industries from museums and music, to publishing and performing arts. Representatives from across the creative industries will discuss the findings and analyse what they mean for the future of creative education, skills and workforce planning. Download the reports: https://pec.ac.uk/research_report_entr/creative-industries-skills-audits/ This event is presented by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (funded by the AHRC) in partnership with Work Advance, and the Royal Society of Arts. Speakers: Sir Peter Bazalgette, Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council Heather Carey, Director of Work Advance Laura Mansfield, CEO of ScreenSkills Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director of Nations & Regions, Channel 4 Baroness Shriti Vadera, Co-Chair of the Creative Industries Council Rebecca Swarray, Principal for Creative Industries, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; freelance DJ, Curator and Producer Chair: Bernard Hay, Policy Director, Creative PEC Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/ Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
RSRA has officially joined the TAMKO family.I know that might raise some questions. To answer them before you have to ask, and to show you what this means for you moving forward.It started in 2021 when I had a wild dream… I wanted to find a partner who would offer sales training, resources, and community collaboration to their contractors. And they needed to help provide even more value and resources to contractors than I could do on my own. I didn't know who it would be, or how it would happen. But one thing I knew for sure - if I was going to stake my own name behind them, we had to be value-aligned. And access to the resources needed to continue to be by application-only so we could maintain the standard.In 2025 I shared the idea with Members to reach out to their manufacturer or distributor to see if they'd support, sponsor, or reimburse RSRA Membership dues. And it worked! Some Members shared success.So it led me to creating a new Sponsorship Offering that would allow a manufacturer or distributor to cover RSRA Membership for their contractors. The day I put the new offer together I picked up the phone and called my good friend Jon Abernathy. Jon Abernathy joined the TAMKO team about 2 years ago after building and selling a very successful roofing company. He was previously what I would consider a ‘loyalist' to a different manufacturer. But after he saw the shift in TAMKO's product development (Titan XT® shingles specifically), leadership, culture, and desire to create a wildly valuable contractor program, he literally sold his company to join the team because he was so passionate about creating positive transformation in the roofing industry. Since he joined TAMKO, Jon had been calling on me to get involved, but I initially refused. So when I called him, I figured this would be a good way to find out who was leading the TAMKO team and what they were actually about. It would give me a ‘behind the scenes' peek. Jon was ecstatic and set up a meeting right away. Then, this happened… In December 2025, I had a conversation with their leadership team pitching them the idea of this new sponsorship option they could offer RSRA to top tier The TAMKO Edge® contractors.Seemingly without hesitation they said yes. So we moved forward together with this sponsorship package (and you may have seen the announcement in December 2025). I walked away from that meeting with a feeling I'd never had before. Like I had found my people. TAMKO was building something special, and how we do business was wholly aligned. They did not allow bad actors in their program, emphasizing members that are a good fit. So did I. They wanted to be the best and not the biggest. So did I. They wanted to find ways to provide even more value and resources to help contractors grow. So did I. I knew they were going to be my new partner, even if they didn't know it yet. A couple weeks later I booked a flight to their corporate headquarters to meet with the leadership team so I could share my vision of how we could create the training & growth community the roofing industry has been needing.What unfolded was a series of strategic conversations about how we could bring this vision to life. Today I'm proud to announce the official acquisition of RSRA by TAMKO. We are joining forces, I'm joining the TAMKO team, and we are relaunching what was known as The Roofing & Solar Reform Alliance into something even more special… The Roofing STRONG Alliance by TAMKO™ Because your company is only as STRONG as you are. And that's what we will continue to do differently - focus on developing STRONG people. I'm grateful for our RSRA team, the entire TAMKO team, our Mentors John Senac, Dashaun Bryant, Kody Landals, Jim Ahlin, and two new Mentors Jon Abernathy and Jon Broce, because we are all aligned on how we can continue to serve at an even higher level. But most importantly, I'm grateful for you and the amazingly generous and supportive contractors in our community who share and support each other inside what is now known as RSA. So, what can you expect from me moving forward? I'll be continuing to lead the community! My new role at TAMKO is putting me in a position to take value creation to the next level. Making these resources free for The TAMKO Edge® contractors is a dream come true, and I'm equally as excited about being in a position to do even more and go even bigger because of the additional resources and support of a team who is equally as passionate as me.I couldn't be more excited about our future together! What This Means for YouAll existing memberships continue until December 31, 2027 no matter whose shingles you sell. Same community. Same standards. Starting January 1, 2028, membership will be exclusively available to The TAMKO Edge® contractors. Even more value is coming. Merging TAMKO's resources with the team behind RSRA, the training, content, and community you rely on will only grow.RSA Membership is now FREE for The TAMKO Edge® contractors. The dream I had in 2021 came true! You Might Be Thinking… I recognize that the response to this news may come with mixed emotions from excitement to frustration, and I'd like to address the ‘elephant in the room' head on. “But I don't want to join TAMKO”I've developed deep friendships and relationships with many Members over the years, and I recognize that some folks may be upset by my decision to choose an exclusive partner. My love and care for you and your success remain as strong now as ever before.This was not a decision I made lightly. I hired expert advisors, consulted with my team, and most importantly, did lots of soul searching to create this outcome.RSRA had been approached by multiple interested parties, many of which I had spent hours meeting with as we vetted each other. I chose to pursue TAMKO as my partner because I felt spiritually called to, even though they weren't aware that other companies were interested. In my new role, I'll continue to lead RSA as well as help shape the future growth of TAMKO as Director of Market Development and Channel Strategy.My hope is that you at least consider a conversation with TAMKO so you can be your own judge of who they are today, and know that I respect your decision either way.“RSRA used to be agnostic.”Choosing a single manufacturer may seem like I've ‘gone back' on my desire to stay agnostic, and I'm excited about it because we can now provide even more specific training and resources that are ‘plug and play.' Plus, we will all be able to ‘speak the same language' and be on the same team. “Will the community still be vetted?” Yes! The caliber of contractor and community standards will continue to be upheld.“You sold out.”I expect a few people may think that, and that...
What if the timelines for world-changing quantum computing aren't dictated only by hardware manufacturers, but also by the sheer power of a better idea? In this episode, host Konstantinos Karagiannis sits down with Toby Cubitt, the co-founder and CTO of Phasecraft, to explore how clever mathematics and algorithmic breakthroughs are slashing the requirements for quantum advantage by orders of magnitude. Toby shares how his team has already knocked factors of one million off the gate counts for critical simulations, effectively buying a decade of hardware development through pure software innovation. Q-Day and the shifting goalposts of breaking RSA encryption are a reality, but the discussion also covers revolutionizing the very materials that power our batteries and industrial catalysts.Beyond the technical benchmarks, Toby pulls back the curtain on the Wild West era of quantum computing, drawing fascinating parallels to the vacuum tubes and mercury delay lines of the 1950s. He also moves on to myths such as: Will AI make quantum computing obsolete? Can you actually run ChatGPT on a quantum processor? Whether you are a business leader looking to "Nitro-inject" your classical optimization workflows or a science enthusiast eager to hear from a world expert who has access to every major quantum machine on the planet (from Google's Willow chip to IBM and Quantinuum) this episode is a hype-free must. For more information on Phasecraft, visit www.phasecraft.io/.Visit Protiviti at www.protiviti.com/US-en/technology-consulting/quantum-computing-services to learn more about how Protiviti is helping organizations get post-quantum ready. Follow host Konstantinos Karagiannis on all socials: @KonstantHacker Questions and comments are welcome! Theme song by David Schwartz, copyright 2021. The views expressed by the participants of this program are their own and do not represent the views of, nor are they endorsed by, Protiviti Inc., The Post-Quantum World, or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, shareholders, or subsidiaries. None of the content should be considered investment advice, as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or as an endorsement of any company, security, fund, or other securities or non-securities offering. Thanks for listening to this podcast. Protiviti Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, including minorities, females, people with disabilities, and veterans.
In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sat down with Karl McGuinness — author of Control Plane and one of the sharpest voices working on identity in the agentic era — to unpack what most of the industry is still getting wrong about IAM for AI agents.Karl's thesis is a provocation: we spent two decades optimizing authentication and authorization, and we built that stack for human-paced execution. Agents remove the presence, pacing, and natural scope-limiting that made those controls work — and no amount of stronger credentials, tighter scopes, or faster JIT provisioning closes the structural gap. The real frontier isn't AuthN or AuthZ. It's delegation: how approved intent becomes bounded authority that stays governed across delegation chains, unfamiliar tools, consent expansion, revocation, and task termination.Chris and Karl dig into:↳ Why the industry optimized for the wrong question, and what changes when agents enter the loop ↳ The Execution Mandate — agents don't need your passport, they need your authority ↳ Why governing the stay matters more than governing the entry, and what continuous evaluation of authority looks like in practice ↳ Mission-Bound OAuth, including Karl's own pessimistic case against it ↳ AAuth vs. OAuth as the substrate for agentic identity, and what signal will tell us which one wins ↳ Why Mission Shaping is necessary but not sufficient when quiet expansion, headless execution, and stale state are in play ↳ Open-world OAuth, MCP, and first-contact trust — what the newer standards solve and the substrate gaps no draft is closing ↳ ID-JAG and Cross-App Access (XAA): why enterprise SaaS needs to abandon app-by-app OAuth islands ↳ The widening gap between IETF drafts and the "agentic IAM" being sold at RSA, and the minimum viable posture for teams running agents in production todayWhether you're a CISO, an identity architect, or a security leader trying to separate vendor narrative from substrate reality, this is a clear-eyed map of where agentic IAM actually is and where it has to go.
Looking for practical conversations about the future of agriculture, ranch labor, and the people who keep working lands working? The Ranch Workforce Project Podcast Series brings together ranch managers, educators, consultants, and agricultural leaders to tackle real-world workforce challenges facing the industry today.Created through a collaboration between the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance and the Dan Scott Ranch Management Program, this limited series explored hiring, onboarding, mentorship, burnout, retention, internships, compensation, and building stronger pathways into agriculture.Ranch Workforce Project Episode Guide1. Introducing the Ranch Workforce Project https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/185820172. Bringing New Hands, New Ideas, and New Energy into the Agricultural Workforce https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/186129303. Intentional Short Term Labor: Seasonal Work, Internships, and Apprenticeships Explained https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/187024964. Cracking the Code to the Ideal Ranch Employee https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/187859565. How Good Onboarding Builds Better Ranch Employees https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/188588206. Why Your Best Employees Leave and How to Make Them Stay https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/189412667. Burnout on the Ranch: The Hidden Cost of Pushing Too Hard https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/190089648. What Are Ranch Workers Really Worth? https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/190852879. Hands-On Learning for the Next Generation https://www.buzzsprout.com/2166701/episodes/19159146If you found value in these conversations, we'd appreciate you sharing the series with someone else in agriculture.Support the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.
Why This Episode MattersNiels Bultink earned his PhD at QuTech under Leonardo DiCarlo, where he performed some of the first real-time feedback experiments on solid-state qubits — the foundational primitive behind quantum error correction. He spun Qblox out of TU Delft in 2018, and has grown it to roughly 140 people serving 150+ customers worldwide, mostly on revenue rather than venture capital, before raising a $26M Series A in 2024.This conversation matters now because the goalposts for useful quantum computing have moved closer in the last 12 months. Recent estimates suggest breaking RSA may need ~10,000–100,000 qubits, not tens of millions — and at that scale, the control stack is no longer a lab afterthought. It is a strategic supply chain question, which is why the DOE just picked Qblox to manufacture Fermilab's QICK platform domestically. If you care about how quantum computers actually get built — the layer between the qubit and the software — this is the episode for you.SponsorThis episode is brought to you by Outshift, Cisco's incubation engine. The need for computational power is rapidly increasing in every sector. From drug discovery to material innovation to complex financial modeling, classical systems are reaching their absolute limits. It's time for a paradigm shift. The answer is a scalable quantum network, built on open standards and vendor-agnostic architecture. By uniting distributed quantum devices, you unlock limitless computational power.Learn more about the Cisco Universal Quantum Switch at Outshift.com.Go deeper with the blog post.What We Get IntoWhy the IBM Quantum Experience originally needed a meter of rack equipment per qubit, and what had to change architecturally to scale past thatHow a quantum control stack can be genuinely qubit-agnostic — and where modality differences actually live (mostly in the analog front end, not the digital core)Why pre-compiled pulse sequences hit a wall, and how dynamic, adaptive control is a prerequisite for fault tolerance, not a nice-to-haveThe role of Qblox's SYNQ and LINQ protocols in achieving picosecond-level synchronization and low-latency feedback across hundreds of coresWhy FPGAs are the right substrate today, and why the field will need to move toward ASICs as production volumes growThe strategic logic behind manufacturing Fermilab's open-source QICK platform — and how it complements rather than cannibalizes the Qblox ClusterWhat the Quantum Utility Block partnership with QuantWare and Q-CTRL actually delivers, including a full-stack demo built in a weekend at APS March MeetingWhy Qblox opened a Boston HQ and started U.S. manufacturing in Canton, Massachusetts in 2026, and how geopolitics is reshaping quantum supply chainsNiels's read on which qubit modalities are gaining ground fastest right now — including a notable jump in spin qubits and neutral atomsWhat's special about the Dutch quantum ecosystem, and why a value-chain culture produced multiple revenue-driven hardware companiesResources & LinksGuest & CompanyQblox — Delft-based control stack company at the center of this episodeNiels Bultink on Google Scholar — Niels's research record from his QuTech years, useful background on his feedback control workQblox North America HQ announcement — Context for the Boston expansion discussed in the episodeQblox "Made in America" manufacturing announcement — Background on the Canton, MA manufacturing milestonePartnerships DiscussedFermilab × Qblox QICK partnership announcement — The DOE-backed deal for Qblox to manufacture and distribute QICKQuantum Utility Block press release — Joint reference system with QuantWare and Q-CTRL referenced in the episodeAPS 2024 full-stack demo recap — The 48-hour conference-floor build Niels mentionsFoundational Paper"Feedback Control of a Solid-State Qubit Using High-Fidelity Projective Measurement" — Ristè, Bultink et al., the 2012 work that grounds Niels's perspective on real-time controlFunding & Market ContextQblox Series A announcement — Context for the revenue-first growth story discussedThe Quantum Insider on the Series A — Independent coverage with quotes from QuantonationKey Quotes & InsightsOn why the control stack is more than picks and shovels: "Sometimes companies like us are called picks and shovels. It's a nice analogy, but it doesn't hold entirely. The qubits are just the bottom layer of the stack — and all the other layers are also crucial to develop."On flexibility as a requirement, not a feature: Pre-compiled, rigid sequences can't support quantum error correction. Adaptive, real-time control flows aren't a performance upgrade — they're "a basic need for this new era of quantum fault tolerance."On the moving goalposts for useful quantum computing: A year ago, breaking RSA looked like tens of millions of qubits. Recent estimates put it at 10,000–100,000 — "a factor hundred smaller what we now think we need versus a year ago."On the future of FPGAs: FPGAs are the right substrate for today's flexibility, but already at current production volumes, "it makes more sense to put things in chips, in ASICs."On the Dutch ecosystem: What sets Delft apart isn't a slogan about ecosystems but a value-chain culture — companies that focus on one layer, work together, and grow on customer revenue rather than venture rounds.Stay in the EcosystemSubscribe on Apple Podcasts,
Much more of a quiet weekend than usual. Took some time off from getting the garden ready to get RSA out to you! Maybe next year I should send RSA Tomatoes as prizes! I have had a few inquiries about the pins, never fear I will get back to people shortly. I just hav eto go buy some more stamps. This week I cherry picked some tracks from my inbox because I wanted to see what a few bands are doing now. We're playing a couple that haven't released anything ina while! Welcome back! Chainreactor - Unintentional Presence Pt.2 (Audiocall) Massiv In Mensch - Callanish BlakLight - Leave A Light On (Code 64) Kanka+Bodewell - Beleive (Extended) Ego Salto - Left Behind Angels & Agony - Changes XPQ-21 - Little Spider (Nocturnal) Volkoff - Written By The Last http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
Are we ready for emerging cybersecurity threats in the world of AI? This week, Technology Now looks at how AI has changed the world of cybersecurity for both the good and the bad. We ask how AI is harnessed by attackers to try and gain access to our systems while also exploring how AI can be used defensively too. David Hughes, SVP SASE Security, HPE Networking, tells us more. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week, hosts Michael Bird and Sam Jarrell look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations.About David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hughes-42751636/Sources: https://www.totalassure.com/blog/cyber-attack-statistics-by-year-2020-2025
Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman takes to the stage at the Royal Society of Arts for an intellectually curious evening exploring the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II. Marking the centenary of her birth, Hardman draws on unrivalled access to offer a subtle, revealing portrait of the woman behind the crown, guided by insights from his new book, ELIZABETH II. The conversation will reflect on the Queen's formative years, her leadership across the century she reigned, and her distinctive bond with the RSA – where she served as President, Patron, and a quiet but influential presence. Blending historical insight with behind-the-scenes revelation, this event provides a thoughtful reflection on monarchy, legacy, and national identity in a changing world. Speaker: Robert Hardman, journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Chair: Emily Andrews, journalist, broadcaster and royal commentator Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/ Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
What can the beef industry learn from the rise and decline of the sheep industry?In this final episode of the Rural Resilience webinar series, we are bringing you a replay of a live conversation with Brent Roeder, Montana State University Extension sheep specialist. Brent has spent his career in the sheep business, and in this talk he shares hard-earned lessons from decades of change, including global competition, shifting consumer demand, labor challenges, technology, and industry structure.More importantly, Brent draws some striking parallels between the sheep and beef industries. These are trends he believes cattle producers should be paying close attention to.This episode is the audio from a recorded webinar. If you would like to watch the full presentation, including slides and audience discussion, check out the link below.Watch the full webinar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNmpuli86GMIn this episode, we cover:The rise and decline of the U.S. sheep industryKey moments that reshaped the industry over timeGlobal markets, imports, and price pressureDifferences in efficiency between sheep and beef productionThe role of consumer demand and retail spaceTechnology, genetics, and industry innovationWhat the beef industry can learn before history repeats itselfAbout the Guest:Brent Roeder is the Montana State University Extension Sheep and Wool Specialist and supervisor of the Montana Wool Lab. His work focuses on improving profitability, wool quality, and lamb production, while applying new technology to practical ranch management.About the Series:This episode is part of the 4-part Rural Resilience webinar series hosted by the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, focused on practical tools, technology, and insights for ranchers navigating change.Stay Connected:For more resources, upcoming events, and additional webinars, visit the Ranchers Stewardship AllianceEnjoying the podcast?Be sure to like, share, and subscribe to the Ranch Stewards Podcast. It helps us keep these conversations going and reach more folks in the ag community.Support the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.
⚠️ Heads up: this is a dense, information-rich episode pulled directly from a live webinar. If able, you will want to watch the full video replay on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gzL3MsevnOY?si=nPpL5mv1pDfQAfkmIf audio is what you've got capacity for, you're in the right place. This session explores Ranch Water: Low-Tech, High-Impact Restoration with Paul Jones of Tomichi Creek Ecosystem Services.Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration (LTPBR) is a hands-on approach to rebuilding natural water systems. By working with natural stream processes, landowners can: Improve water retention Restore riparian function Increase drought resilience Create lasting benefits for livestock and wildlife These techniques rely on minimal materials and practical methods that can create long-term impact on your land.ABOUT PAUL JONES: Paul began his career with the Colorado Division of Wildlife in 1992 as a District Wildlife Manager. Over his career, he:Served on the Gunnison Sage Grouse Working Group—the first collaborative group of its kind in the West Helped protect over 15,000 acres through conservation easements and habitat work Contributed to the development of the Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for Gunnison sage-grouse across 40 private ranches In 2006, he became Aquatic Conservation Biologist for the Southwest Region, working with native fish species and boreal toads until retiring in 2018.Today, he runs Tomichi Creek Ecosystem Services, focusing on wet meadow restoration and restoring gullied systems once thought too degraded to recover.
Alex Dominguez, Program Manager, and Stephanie Charles, Lead Visitation Supervisor, Relationship Safety Alliance, talking about May being Supervised Visitation Awareness Month, their garage sale fundraiser and the upcoming Family Fun Night in August. As well as the services offered to battered women and their children through RSA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Microsoft Defender Deletes Trusted Certificates | 44,000 cPanel Servers Hit by Ransomware Microsoft Defender mistakenly flagged legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malware and removed them from Windows systems, breaking trust chains and causing widespread application failures. The issue was traced to a faulty detection signature (Trojan:Win32/CertyAgent), now fixed in update version 1.449.430.0. At the same time, DigiCert confirmed a separate security incident where attackers compromised support systems and used internal tools to issue valid code-signing certificates. At least 60 certificates were revoked, including 27 linked to the Zong Stealer malware campaign. Meanwhile, a critical cPanel vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) is being actively exploited. Attackers used the flaw as a zero-day since February, compromising at least 44,000 servers and deploying new SORI ransomware using ChaCha20 and RSA-2048 encryption. Also in this episode: The Linux "Copyfail" privilege escalation bug is now confirmed exploited and added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list A 10/10 critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-37541) in Open Vehicle Monitoring System could allow remote code execution in connected car environments This episode breaks down how these attacks work, why patch timing matters, and where organizations are most exposed right now. Cybersecurity Today would like to thank Material Security for supporting this podcast. Material security provides. faster, more complete detection and response for email, identity, and data threats inside Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Contact them at material[dot]security Suggested Chapters (for retention and SEO) 00:00 Microsoft Defender deletes trusted certificates 02:20 DigiCert breach and stolen code-signing certificates 05:20 cPanel zero-day exploited, 44,000 servers compromised 08:40 Linux Copyfail vulnerability now actively exploited 10:40 Critical flaw in open-source car software
My vacation is basically over so the sun has come out to taunt me today and when I go back to work on Monday. But with a cool, rainy week I had plenty of time to work on RSA, so no lateness thius week. Heck I was feeling like it was 2015 again or something and I started work on next weeks show as well! But I've learned not to get too far ahead of myself. This week we're actually playing some synthwave at the end of the show. Someone dangles a disc named "Puroresu" in front of me, and I'm gonna listen. Mesh - I Bleed Through You Diorama - The Same Ghost Schattenfrequenz - Feuer (Maxi) DHI - Chosen Ruler (Tyrannical Dub) NZM 99 - Khuiten Mikrometric - We All Die Beyond Border - To Hell and Back (Single) Xennon & Wilde We$t - Dangerous K http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
The Microsoft offices in downtown Houston initialized something in 2010 that its founders never intended to scale. Michael Farnum and his team triggered a regional conference with 120 attendees, built for the Texas cyber community. No grand ambitions. No national aspirations. Just a gathering for people who knew each other, wanted to learn together, and could afford to show up without corporate sponsorship covering a $2,700 entry fee.Meanwhile, Philip Wylie was running monthly meetups in Denton, traveling constantly, and discovering that building community meant something different than building an audience. The former professional wrestler turned pentester had launched DC940, authored bestselling books, and established himself as a global keynote speaker. But by fall 2024, the logistics became unsustainable. He stepped down from his DefCon group leadership role.That same night, walking away from the venue, an idea crystallized. The Dallas-Fort Worth area housed one of the world's largest cybersecurity communities, yet lacked a proper hacker conference. So Wylie sent a text message to Farnum. No expectations beyond advice. Within weeks, they had formalized a partnership that would bring CyberHackCon to the Plano Event Center, the same venue that hosted DalHackCon two decades earlier.What started as Houston's 15-year regional experiment had evolved into a national conference ecosystem. Companies were bypassing Black Hat and RSA entirely, sending whole teams to what was becoming CyberSecCon instead. The infrastructure now includes youth programs, executive events, OT-focused conferences, media arms, venture advisory, and nonprofit partnerships. Five full-time employees orchestrate an operation that refuses to gate its primary educational content behind paywalls, maintains community as the entry point for everything, and somehow preserves the feel of a high school reunion even as it approaches 400 attendees.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Building Community in Cybersecurity05:15 The Evolution of HusekCon to CyberSecCon12:00 The CyberSec Community Ecosystem20:14 Introducing Cyber Hack Con29:04 Call for Papers: Seeking Deep Tech Talks32:20 Engagement and Community Involvement33:44 Conference Experiences: Big vs. Small39:03 Post-Conference Content and Accessibility40:48 Creative Concepts: Cybersecurity-Themed Bar IdeasSYMLINKS[CyberSecCon] - https://www.cybrseccon.com/ Official website of CyberSecCon, a community-driven cybersecurity conference focused on accessibility, education, and bringing together professionals across all experience levels.[CyberSec Media] - https://www.cybrsecmedia.com/ Media platform that publishes cybersecurity talks, videos, and educational content from CyberSecCon and related community initiatives, available for free access.[DEF CON] - https://defcon.org/ One of the world's largest and most well-known hacker conferences, recognized for its deep technical content, hands-on learning, and strong hacker culture.[Michael Farnum – LinkedIn] - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfarnum Professional profile of Michael Farnum, cybersecurity leader and co-founder of CyberSecCon, where he shares insights on community building and industry initiatives.[Phillip Wylie – LinkedIn] - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipwylie Professional profile of Phillip Wylie, penetration tester, instructor, and keynote speaker with extensive experience in cybersecurity and community mentorship.
Have you ever been curious about how the news agenda is set and why certain stories lead the front page? In a live recording of The Observer podcast, The News Meeting, you'll get a chance to see and hear how conversations shape the news agenda. You'll get an insight into how newsrooms around the world decide what leads the news, what follows and in what order during their daily editorial conferences. You will be able to have your say, share the stories you think our panel of editors should be talking about, and watch leading journalists battle it out to make their story the lead of the day. Joining the evening's line-up are The Observer‘s Deputy Sports Editor, Jessica Hayden, Climate Editor, Jeevan Vasagar, and RSA Fellow and Chief Political Commentator, Andrew Rawnsley. Together, they'll bring insight, expertise and lively debate to the stage as they argue to Deputy Editor-in-Chief Giles Whittell for what should top the news agenda. Be a part of The News Meeting live and help set the news agenda. Donate to the RSA: https://thersa.co/3ZyPOEa Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Follow RSA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Like RSA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/ Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYU Join our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
Not long ago, virtual fencing felt like a “maybe someday” idea. Today, ranchers are using it in some of the toughest country out there.Virtual fencing isn't exactly a new conversation anymore, but how and where it's being used continues to evolve.In this episode, we head off the prairie and into a forest allotment in western Montana. With rugged terrain, wildlife pressure, and little to no traditional fence, this is a real-world look at how the technology performs when things get complicated.Host Haylie Shipp is joined by Jim Felton of Felton Angus Ranch and Grace Inglee with Vence to walk through how virtual fencing works, how it's being used on forest allotments, and what ranchers are learning along the way.In This Episode What virtual fencing is and how it works How it performs on forest allotments vs open prairie Managing cattle in rough terrain without traditional fence Time savings, labor considerations, and adoption Lessons learned from real-world use ResourcesPrevious episode:An Unfiltered Rancher Response to Virtual Fencinghttps://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2166701/episodes/16149902-an-unfiltered-rancher-response-to-virtual-fencingUpcoming events:https://ranchstewards.org/eventsWhy This MattersAt the Ranch Stewards Podcast, we focus on the intersection of ranching, conservation, and community.This episode brings all three together and highlights how tools like virtual fencing can help producers manage land more effectively while staying connected to the landscapes and people that matter most.This podcast is brought to you in part by Vence.Learn more: https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/hub/vence/Support the showThe Ranchers Stewardship Alliance (RSA) is a rancher-led, grassroots organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life for rural communities throughout the Northern Great Plains. Through collaborative conservation projects, rancher education events, and local community outreach, RSA works to strengthen our rural community, economy, and culture for generations to come.For more on the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, head to www.RanchStewards.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Your feedback is always welcome. Email info@ranchstewards.org. Want to support our mission? Visit www.ranchstewards.org/support.
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In this episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards sits down with Kevin Brown, VP of Partner Management at Insight, to unpack what it really takes to build durable partnerships in one of the most disruptive moments in IT history. With a career shaped by crisis management at RSA, ecosystem design at Vectra, and years of deep collaboration with Cisco, Kevin shares why trust—not transactions—is still the ultimate differentiator. From his candid perspective on The Cisco 360 Partner Program to Insight's bold pivot toward becoming an AI-first solutions integrator, this conversation explores how the best partners are shifting from simply moving product to architecting long-term business outcomes. Along the way, Kevin reveals his practical framework for evaluating partner investments, why “human APIs” matter more than automated portals, and how Cisco + Insight may be sitting on one of the biggest growth opportunities in modern IT—if they execute it right. Why Listen: •
Stéphanie, ancienne chanteuse aujourd'hui au RSA, traverse depuis plusieurs mois une accumulation de difficultés personnelles et un profond épuisement moral. Elle a perdu l'envie de reprendre son métier après le Covid et se sent encore blessée par ses expériences relationnelles. Elle aspire désormais à une vie plus calme, loin des autres. Chaque soir, en direct, Caroline Dublanche accueille les auditeurs pour 2h30 d'échanges et de confidences. Pour participer, contactez l'émission au 09 69 39 10 11 (prix d'un appel local) ou sur parlonsnous@rtl.frHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
What should ranch workers really be paid, and why is nobody talking about it?Wages in agriculture can feel like a taboo subject, but avoiding the conversation is not helping anyone.In this episode of the Ranch Workforce Project, host Haylie Shipp sits down with Dr. Rachel Frost and McKenzie Rojas of Arrow M Cattle Company to break down what compensation actually looks like in today's ranching world.McKenzie has built a strong following by saying the quiet part out loud. She tackles tough topics like pay, expectations, turnover, and transparency in ag. Drawing from her experience on both sides of the fence, she offers a candid look at how employers and employees can better understand each other and build more sustainable working relationships.In this episode, we discuss: Why ranch wages are more than just a paycheck Real world pay ranges for entry level to experienced workers How housing, food, horses, and benefits factor into compensation The importance of honesty and transparency in hiring Common disconnects between employers and employees What today's workforce expects and why it matters for the future of ag
What happens when AI starts moving faster than the people meant to control it? In this episode, I'm joined by Bernard Montel, Field CTO EMEA at Tenable, for a timely conversation about the AI risks many organizations may be underestimating. Bernard believes we are heading toward a defining AI accident and that the first major incident may come through speed, scale, and unintended consequences rather than a malicious attack. We talk about why so many companies feel pressure to adopt AI at pace, while visibility, governance, and control struggle to keep up. Bernard describes this moment as "driving faster than we can steer," and explains why shadow AI, overprivileged identities, cloud misconfigurations, and exposed AI projects are already creating real business risk. The conversation also looks at agentic AI and why giving systems the ability to take action changes the security equation. A chatbot giving a wrong answer is one problem. An AI agent making flawed decisions, leaking data, or interacting with industrial systems is something very different. Bernard also shares why AI can become a distraction from the security basics that still matter, including cloud security, identity, exposure management, and vulnerability remediation. Attackers may be using AI to move faster, but many of the weaknesses they exploit remain painfully familiar. We also discuss Tenable's new agentic AI framework, announced during RSA, and how the company is using AI to help security teams respond at machine speed while reducing exposure across IT, cloud, OT, identity, and AI environments. For business and security leaders, this episode offers a clear warning and a practical takeaway. AI adoption is no longer a future conversation, but control, governance, and exposure management need to move with it. How prepared is your organization for an AI incident caused by accident rather than attack? Share your thoughts. Useful Links Connect with Bernard Montel, Field CTO EMEA at Tenable Learn More About Tenable Visit the Sponsors of Tech Talks Network and learn more about the NordLayer Browser.
Rethinking Security from the OS Up in the Age of AI Karen Heart discusses a file-system–first approach to security, arguing that most modern attacks—including ransomware and supply chain compromises—succeed because they inherit user permissions and operate inside overly trusted system structures. She explains how limiting file access, socket (network) access, and privilege escalation at the operating system level can reduce entire classes of attacks. Rather than relying on reactive detection, her approach emphasizes immutable, allowlisted controls embedded close to the kernel layer, designed to prevent both data exfiltration and malicious code execution at the source. The conversation also explores how AI agents and contractors expand the attack surface, reinforcing the need for strict isolation, backup protection, and deterministic system boundaries. Segment Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zero-Day-Secure/Karen-Heart/9781968865078 The New Era of DNS Resilience: Breaking down the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 Craig Sanderson from Infoblox will dive into the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 as it marks a pivotal shift in DNS security, emphasizing resilience through modernized practices tailored for today's distributed, cloud-driven, and threat-laden environments. This update provides actionable guidance for organizations to strengthen DNS infrastructure against evolving threats like ransomware and data exfiltration, while prioritizing initiatives like DNSSEC, encryption, and protective DNS for immediate risk reduction. This segment is sponsored by Infoblox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/infobloxrsac to learn more about them! Agentic AI and the Future of Threat Intelligence Operations Security teams collect large volumes of threat intelligence but often struggle to translate that information into coordinated operational response. This discussion explores how organizations are embedding intelligence directly into security workflows and introducing AI agents to support investigation, enrichment and response. Sachin will discuss Cyware's Agentic Fabric approach and the evolution toward an agent-centric model, where a portfolio of specialized agents assists analysts across threat intelligence, detection engineering and response workflows. The conversation will focus on how AI can support security teams while maintaining human oversight and operational control. This segment is sponsored by Cyware. Visit https://securityweekly.com/cywarersac to learn more about them! Beyond the Audit: Making Cyber Risk Continuous, Quantified, and Actionable Most companies assess cyber risk once a year and call it done — but for organizations managing dozens of subsidiaries or portfolio companies, that's a costly blind spot. In this RSA interview, Resilience's VP of Customer Engagement explores why measuring risk in dollars (not color-coded charts) changes the conversation at the board level, and why the organizations best positioned to prevent losses are the ones treating cyber risk as a continuous discipline rather than an annual exercise. See it in action. Request a demo at https://securityweekly.com/resiliencersac. Delinea: Redefining Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era As enterprises scale agentic AI and automation, privileged access is increasingly required by non-human identities (NHIs) that operate autonomously across hybrid and cloud-native environments, introducing risks that static, credential-based models were never designed to govern. Delinea's recent of acquisition of StrongDM. This segment is sponsored by Delinea. Visit https://securityweekly.com/delinearsac to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-456
Rethinking Security from the OS Up in the Age of AI Karen Heart discusses a file-system–first approach to security, arguing that most modern attacks—including ransomware and supply chain compromises—succeed because they inherit user permissions and operate inside overly trusted system structures. She explains how limiting file access, socket (network) access, and privilege escalation at the operating system level can reduce entire classes of attacks. Rather than relying on reactive detection, her approach emphasizes immutable, allowlisted controls embedded close to the kernel layer, designed to prevent both data exfiltration and malicious code execution at the source. The conversation also explores how AI agents and contractors expand the attack surface, reinforcing the need for strict isolation, backup protection, and deterministic system boundaries. Segment Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zero-Day-Secure/Karen-Heart/9781968865078 The New Era of DNS Resilience: Breaking down the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 Craig Sanderson from Infoblox will dive into the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 as it marks a pivotal shift in DNS security, emphasizing resilience through modernized practices tailored for today's distributed, cloud-driven, and threat-laden environments. This update provides actionable guidance for organizations to strengthen DNS infrastructure against evolving threats like ransomware and data exfiltration, while prioritizing initiatives like DNSSEC, encryption, and protective DNS for immediate risk reduction. This segment is sponsored by Infoblox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/infobloxrsac to learn more about them! Agentic AI and the Future of Threat Intelligence Operations Security teams collect large volumes of threat intelligence but often struggle to translate that information into coordinated operational response. This discussion explores how organizations are embedding intelligence directly into security workflows and introducing AI agents to support investigation, enrichment and response. Sachin will discuss Cyware's Agentic Fabric approach and the evolution toward an agent-centric model, where a portfolio of specialized agents assists analysts across threat intelligence, detection engineering and response workflows. The conversation will focus on how AI can support security teams while maintaining human oversight and operational control. This segment is sponsored by Cyware. Visit https://securityweekly.com/cywarersac to learn more about them! Beyond the Audit: Making Cyber Risk Continuous, Quantified, and Actionable Most companies assess cyber risk once a year and call it done — but for organizations managing dozens of subsidiaries or portfolio companies, that's a costly blind spot. In this RSA interview, Resilience's VP of Customer Engagement explores why measuring risk in dollars (not color-coded charts) changes the conversation at the board level, and why the organizations best positioned to prevent losses are the ones treating cyber risk as a continuous discipline rather than an annual exercise. See it in action. Request a demo at https://securityweekly.com/resiliencersac. Delinea: Redefining Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era As enterprises scale agentic AI and automation, privileged access is increasingly required by non-human identities (NHIs) that operate autonomously across hybrid and cloud-native environments, introducing risks that static, credential-based models were never designed to govern. Delinea's recent of acquisition of StrongDM. This segment is sponsored by Delinea. Visit https://securityweekly.com/delinearsac to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-456
Rethinking Security from the OS Up in the Age of AI Karen Heart discusses a file-system–first approach to security, arguing that most modern attacks—including ransomware and supply chain compromises—succeed because they inherit user permissions and operate inside overly trusted system structures. She explains how limiting file access, socket (network) access, and privilege escalation at the operating system level can reduce entire classes of attacks. Rather than relying on reactive detection, her approach emphasizes immutable, allowlisted controls embedded close to the kernel layer, designed to prevent both data exfiltration and malicious code execution at the source. The conversation also explores how AI agents and contractors expand the attack surface, reinforcing the need for strict isolation, backup protection, and deterministic system boundaries. Segment Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zero-Day-Secure/Karen-Heart/9781968865078 The New Era of DNS Resilience: Breaking down the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 Craig Sanderson from Infoblox will dive into the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 as it marks a pivotal shift in DNS security, emphasizing resilience through modernized practices tailored for today's distributed, cloud-driven, and threat-laden environments. This update provides actionable guidance for organizations to strengthen DNS infrastructure against evolving threats like ransomware and data exfiltration, while prioritizing initiatives like DNSSEC, encryption, and protective DNS for immediate risk reduction. This segment is sponsored by Infoblox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/infobloxrsac to learn more about them! Agentic AI and the Future of Threat Intelligence Operations Security teams collect large volumes of threat intelligence but often struggle to translate that information into coordinated operational response. This discussion explores how organizations are embedding intelligence directly into security workflows and introducing AI agents to support investigation, enrichment and response. Sachin will discuss Cyware's Agentic Fabric approach and the evolution toward an agent-centric model, where a portfolio of specialized agents assists analysts across threat intelligence, detection engineering and response workflows. The conversation will focus on how AI can support security teams while maintaining human oversight and operational control. This segment is sponsored by Cyware. Visit https://securityweekly.com/cywarersac to learn more about them! Beyond the Audit: Making Cyber Risk Continuous, Quantified, and Actionable Most companies assess cyber risk once a year and call it done — but for organizations managing dozens of subsidiaries or portfolio companies, that's a costly blind spot. In this RSA interview, Resilience's VP of Customer Engagement explores why measuring risk in dollars (not color-coded charts) changes the conversation at the board level, and why the organizations best positioned to prevent losses are the ones treating cyber risk as a continuous discipline rather than an annual exercise. See it in action. Request a demo at https://securityweekly.com/resiliencersac. Delinea: Redefining Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era As enterprises scale agentic AI and automation, privileged access is increasingly required by non-human identities (NHIs) that operate autonomously across hybrid and cloud-native environments, introducing risks that static, credential-based models were never designed to govern. Delinea's recent of acquisition of StrongDM. This segment is sponsored by Delinea. Visit https://securityweekly.com/delinearsac to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-456
Rethinking Security from the OS Up in the Age of AI Karen Heart discusses a file-system–first approach to security, arguing that most modern attacks—including ransomware and supply chain compromises—succeed because they inherit user permissions and operate inside overly trusted system structures. She explains how limiting file access, socket (network) access, and privilege escalation at the operating system level can reduce entire classes of attacks. Rather than relying on reactive detection, her approach emphasizes immutable, allowlisted controls embedded close to the kernel layer, designed to prevent both data exfiltration and malicious code execution at the source. The conversation also explores how AI agents and contractors expand the attack surface, reinforcing the need for strict isolation, backup protection, and deterministic system boundaries. Segment Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zero-Day-Secure/Karen-Heart/9781968865078 The New Era of DNS Resilience: Breaking down the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 Craig Sanderson from Infoblox will dive into the newly finalized NIST SP 800-81 as it marks a pivotal shift in DNS security, emphasizing resilience through modernized practices tailored for today's distributed, cloud-driven, and threat-laden environments. This update provides actionable guidance for organizations to strengthen DNS infrastructure against evolving threats like ransomware and data exfiltration, while prioritizing initiatives like DNSSEC, encryption, and protective DNS for immediate risk reduction. This segment is sponsored by Infoblox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/infobloxrsac to learn more about them! Agentic AI and the Future of Threat Intelligence Operations Security teams collect large volumes of threat intelligence but often struggle to translate that information into coordinated operational response. This discussion explores how organizations are embedding intelligence directly into security workflows and introducing AI agents to support investigation, enrichment and response. Sachin will discuss Cyware's Agentic Fabric approach and the evolution toward an agent-centric model, where a portfolio of specialized agents assists analysts across threat intelligence, detection engineering and response workflows. The conversation will focus on how AI can support security teams while maintaining human oversight and operational control. This segment is sponsored by Cyware. Visit https://securityweekly.com/cywarersac to learn more about them! Beyond the Audit: Making Cyber Risk Continuous, Quantified, and Actionable Most companies assess cyber risk once a year and call it done — but for organizations managing dozens of subsidiaries or portfolio companies, that's a costly blind spot. In this RSA interview, Resilience's VP of Customer Engagement explores why measuring risk in dollars (not color-coded charts) changes the conversation at the board level, and why the organizations best positioned to prevent losses are the ones treating cyber risk as a continuous discipline rather than an annual exercise. See it in action. Request a demo at https://securityweekly.com/resiliencersac. Delinea: Redefining Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era As enterprises scale agentic AI and automation, privileged access is increasingly required by non-human identities (NHIs) that operate autonomously across hybrid and cloud-native environments, introducing risks that static, credential-based models were never designed to govern. Delinea's recent of acquisition of StrongDM. This segment is sponsored by Delinea. Visit https://securityweekly.com/delinearsac to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-456
A pleasant sunny Sunday has me inside finishing RSA just as lickety damn split as I can before the sun runs away again. I have the next week off and I'm planning everything around our brief glimpses of the sun. This week we've got a great show without any German words to trip over. Instead, I'll take this opportunity to mangle English, as I do on days ending with the letter "Y". If anyone wants another pin or 3, just let me know. Destroy Me Again - Sonder Culture Kultur - Atomic Radio BlakLight - Cruel (Rotersand) DSTRTD SGNL - Beatz (Jan Jacarta) Dawn Of Ashes - Viral Decay Twisted Destiny - Lost (Remaster) Frozen Plasma - Manifest Volkoff - Human Interface http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
Painting Insights Podcast is an online show where Richard K Blades and Simon Renshaw talk to professional painters, gallery owners, frame makers and curators. This week our guest is Tom Mead. Tom is a skilled and exciting acrylic painter. We discuss his process, his history, and thoughts on the art-making process. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PaintingInsightsPodcast Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/paintinginsights Tom's Website: https://www.tommead.co.uk Tom's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tommeadmead/ Tom's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tommeadpaint Contemporary British Portrait Painters: https://www.thecbpp.org RSA: https://www.thersa.org/visit/ Richard's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richard.k.blades_art/ Richard's Linktree:
durée : 00:31:11 - Les Pieds sur terre - par : Sonia Kronlund, Brice Gravelle - Dans le Finistère, Cécile et Morgan touchent le RSA. Depuis la mise en place du “Grand Plan RSA” au sein de leur département, elles subissent des contrôles répétés, des demandes sans fin de justificatifs et la menace permanente de radiation. Elles racontent leur parcours du combattant. - réalisation : Étienne Gratianette
Your organization may have hundreds of AI agents running right now that your security team doesn't know exist. Every single one is an identity. Every identity is an attack surface. In this episode of The Audit, co-hosts Joshua Schmidt, Eric Brown, and Nick Mellem sit down with Madhav Nakar, security researcher on the Phantom Labs team at BeyondTrust, to break down one of the most underexplored threats in enterprise security today: untracked AI agents creating exploitable "ghost identities." Madhav just returned from RSA — where he noticed every booth had an AI angle and a bubble forming — and he's here to cut through the noise with hard-hitting research and practical guidance.
We have a world premiere for everyone this week! Back in 1990 my tastes in music slowly shifted from Thrash Metal and Punk to a more electronic sound. There were two Toronto bands that helped me bridge the genres. Malhavoc and DHI. Both combined aggressive guitars with sequencing and samples. Both were obviously very influential on me. Well, 36 years later I get to debut a new DHI EP on RSA. I hope there are more to come! Unterschicht - Puppet Schwefelgelb - The Show (Original) Menschdefekt - Smalltown Boy DHI - Losing (Wretched Dub) Wieloryb - Life Is Like A Circus Clown TC75 - Against A Wall Supreme Court - Walking With Shadows Darkvolt - The Agent Of Sorrow http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
In today's episode, we're joined by Sam Kearney, Head of Growth at Haiku, who shares his unconventional journey into the world of quantum technology—proving you don't need a PhD in physics to make a meaningful impact. Alongside Candice Gillhoolley, we delve into how “careful software for clumsy quantum computers” is helping push the boundaries of what's possible, discuss the latest on quantum error correction, the intersection of quantum and AI, and the critical roles that curiosity, humility, and diverse backgrounds play in this rapidly evolving field. Whether you're a quantum insider or simply quantum curious, this episode will spark your imagination about the future of technology and how you can be a part of it.LinksSam's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/samkearney23/Haiqu.ai - https://www.haiqu.ai/Watch on YouTube - https://youtu.be/F0OQ9UlSlKMTime Stamps00:00 Choosing a job title05:31 Learning about energy and quantum systems08:57 Quantum startup boot camp experience11:35 Focus on quantum error mitigation15:20 Availability of logical qubits on cloud19:01 AI and quantum computing convergence22:07 Targeting top quantum research teams25:39 Preparing for quantum computing28:51 Impact of simulations on design32:21 Exploring careers in quantum tech34:53 Embracing ignorance in communications38:51 Networking and reaching out for learning41:00 Quantum startups and big tech dynamics45:59 Photonic integration strengths49:15 Investments in quantum hardware companies52:13 Concerns about SPACs and investing53:21 Quantum's estimate on breaking RSA
How do you transition into a new career or role without starting from the bottom?In this episode of Urban Girl Corporate World, recorded live from RSA 2026 in San Francisco, Nicole breaks down what it actually takes to make a successful career transition without resetting your progress.Drawing from her 22-year career across Wall Street, global operations, and cybersecurity, she shares practical insights on how to move from where you are to where you want to be with intention.In this episode, Nicole covers:Why the “linear career path” is a mythHow to position yourself beyond just doing great workTranslating your experience into a new industryIdentifying your unique value and competitive edgeWhy visibility and relationships matter more than you thinkIf you're looking to pivot into a new domain or step into leadership, this episode gives you a clear framework to navigate the transition with confidence.
Gov Tech Today hosts Russell Lowery and Jennifer Saha recap this year's RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco, noting the event's commercial scale and a smaller, dedicated public-sector track. Key takeaways include how “agentic AI” is moving from buzzword to reality, with public agencies urged to treat AI agents like users—requiring identity and access controls, least-privilege permissions, logging, and auditing—within existing governance frameworks such as FedRAMP, StateRAMP, and NIST. They discuss governance as a primary security control, growing attention to critical infrastructure and physical access as cybersecurity issues, and the challenge of tiny local utilities lacking staff and budgets, suggesting collaboration and shared services. The conversation also flags procurement and tool sprawl concerns, and explores what outcome-based security might mean for measuring automation, effectiveness, and ROI in government contracts. 00:00 Welcome to Gov Tech Today 00:15 What is RSA Conference 00:53 San Francisco Cleanup Talk 01:52 Public Sector at RSA 04:42 AI Everywhere at RSA 05:34 Agentic AI as Users 07:42 Governance as Security Control 09:25 Critical Infrastructure Cyber Shift 10:57 Small Districts Big Risk 12:38 Shared Services and Support 14:20 Procurement Must Catch Up 16:31 Outcome Based Security Metrics 18:09 Wrap Up and Next Year
In this episode, James Maude sits down with Rob Black, founder and CEO of Fractional CISO, who started his career at RSA Security and had a front-row seat to one of the most consequential breaches in cybersecurity history, all while his wife was going into labor with their first child. From inventing patents at RSA to starting a one-man LinkedIn crusade against "SOC 2 in two weeks" scams, Rob's stories are equal parts entertaining and infuriating. He explains why compliance theater is actively making companies less secure, why your CEO needs to hear things with a dollar value, and why you should think about cybersecurity less like an asteroid and more like a roulette wheel. Plus, why the "Lexus of Fractional CISOs" doesn't own a single IoT device.
Finally got my passport application dealt with. Let me tell you folks, losing your passport and birth certificate causes months of dealing with Provincial and Federal bureaucracy. But it looks like I'll be able to have a short summer vacation this year. One last package to get in the mail this week! If anyone is interested in buying the RSA pins, I have a few left over. Drop me an email. Lifelong Corporation - The Night Scheuber - Deja-Vu Twisted Destiny - Love At Worlds End (Remaster) Orange Sector - Volle Kraft Voraus (Emmon) Fractal - Hollow Mind Massiv In Mensch - Artificial Honey (Endanger) Accessory - Dark Gothic Queen (Edit) Aesthetic Perfection - Sorrow (Swarm) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
Its a cool, windy and rainy day in Toronto, as we slowly emerge from winter into (whats usually) 3 weeks of spring. Hopefully this year we'll get some nice weather before the AC season starts. The pins I sent out to my industry friends arrived, and I was delighted that people posted photos. Coming in the next couple of weeks will be a new worldwide premiere here on RSA. Keep your eyes peeled and your ears open! Lifelong Corporation - Plastic (Modern Mix) District 13 - Decision Of Ego (Run) Parralox - I'm In Love With A German Film Star (Jva) Video L'Eclpise - Mercury Kiss (Old SChool) Klean - Immortal BlakLight - Buried Alive (Axe) Desastroes - FuxxTeufelzWild Apres La Nuit - Une Cite Sans Gaiete (Sonic Sound Factory) http://synthetic.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealSyntheticAudio
This week, Maria Varmazis and Joe Carrigan, joined by friend of the show Michele Kellerman, dig into the latest social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits making headlines. Dave Bittner is tied up covering RSA, but will be back next week. First up, a follow-up from listener Bruce, who was hit with hundreds of spam emails in what looks like a subscription bombing attack, overwhelming Google's filters before tapering off; his local hospital saw an even bigger wave, showing how alarming these attacks can be for seniors and other vulnerable users.Joe's got the story of the UK sanctioning Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency marketplace accused of profiting from scam centers in Southeast Asia, marking Britain's first action against the platform. Michele shares the FBI's takedown of 11 people in Los Angeles who ran a $17 million “house stealing” mortgage fraud scheme targeting elderly homeowners, highlighting the rising risk of title and refinance fraud for seniors. Maria dives into a new fake CAPTCHA scam that tricks Windows PC users into downloading malware, showing how even simple web prompts can be weaponized by cybercriminals. Our catch of the day is an email on Medicare, but what makes it fake? Tune in to find out! Resources and links to stories: Email Bombing UK sanctions crypto-linked marketplace Xinbi amid crackdown on Southeast Asia scam centres UK sanctions Chinese crypto marketplace tied to scam compounds FBI arrests 11 in LA over alleged $17m real estate, loan fraud Don't Press Those Keys! How to Spot the New “Captcha Scam” Windows PCs targeted by hackers in a fake CAPTCHA scam to spread malware — Outlook account credentials are at risk Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@n2k.com.
An explosive supply chain hack in Light LLM nearly unleashed catastrophic malware across millions of AI systems, and it took a coder's quick thinking to catch it before it snowballed into disaster. Will California require Linux to verify its user's age. • Apple's iOS 26.4 requires UK users to prove their age. Russia chooses to use home grown 5G mobile encryption. Ukraine knew the webcam was installed by Russian spies. Google moves quantum computing "Q Day" to 2029. At RSA, UK's NCSC CEO warns of vibe-coded SaaS replacements. More information about nasty ClickFix campaigns. More than one in seven Reddit postings are an AI-bot. The story behind the LiteLLM disaster that was averted. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1072-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit adaptivesecurity.com guardsquare.com meter.com/securitynow
RSAC spotlights public-private partnership gaps. DarkSword leaks to GitHub. The FCC blocks new foreign-made routers. Citrix patches a critical NetScaler flaw. DOE rolls out an energy-sector cyber strategy. CanisterWorm spreads through npm. Researchers flag suspected KACE SMA exploitation. QualDerm reports a 3.1-million-record breach. A Russian access broker gets 81 months. Intern Kevin checks in from RSAC. Maria Varmazis speaks with Jake Braun, longtime DEF CON organizer and former White House official about the DEF CON 33 Hackers' Almanack. Slow down, you vibe too fast. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Maria Varmazis speaks with today's guest Jake Braun, longtime DEF CON organizer, former White House official, and lead on DEF CON Franklin, about the DEF CON 33 Hackers' Almanack. You can read more about it here. Selected Reading Public-private partnerships vital in disrupting China's Typhoons, says RSA panel with no government speakers (The Register) Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones (TechCrunch) US bans any new consumer-grade routers not made in America (The Register) Critical Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Poised for Exploitation, Security Firms Warn (SecurityWeek) DOE Sets 5-Year Plan to Harden US Grid Against Cyberattacks (GovInfo Security) New CanisterWorm Targets Kubernetes Clusters, Deploys “Kamikaze” Wiper (Hackread) CVE-2025-32975 (Arctic Wolf) 3.1 Million Impacted by QualDerm Data Breach (SecurityWeek) Russian hacker who helped Yanluowang ransomware gang gets nearly 7-year prison sentence (The Record) This Web Tool Sabotages AI Chatbots By Making Them Really, Really Slow (404 Media) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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