Sheera Frenkel covers cybersecurity from San Francisco for the New York Times. Previously, she spent over a decade in the Middle East as a foreign correspondent. Sheera previously worked for The Times of London, McClatchy and NPR, where her fluency in Hebrew and her conversational Arabic helped land stories.

This week we catch up with Dustin Moody, a Mathematician in the NIST Computer Security Division who shares insights on how he found his way to NIST and cryptography through a love of elliptic curves and their beauty in numbers and patterns.

Dive into the world of cryptocurrency with this week’s guest Jeff Roberts, Finance Editor at Fortune and author of the book “Kings of Crypto: One Start-Up’s Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and On To Wall Street.” For those who are wondering, Jeff shares that cryptocurrency today is definitely mainstream. And while it is still a speculative investment - with big banks getting into the game it may not stay that way for long. (HINT: in the next 10 years, we just may have an FDIC version for cryptocurrency!)

This week we chat on the complexities and opportunities smart cities can deliver in the US and around the globe with guest Chris Teale, reporter at Smart Cities Dive. He’s spent years meeting with government and community leaders on the growth of smart cities. And shares thoughts on just how fluid defining what a smart city is today. Learn which cities around the world are leading in the smart city evolution and how a patchwork of state-by-state laws and regulatory frameworks help and/or hinder progress.

This week we are joined by World Economic Forum’s Head of Governance and Trust Daniel Dobrygowski and Forcepoint Chief Legal Officer John D. Holmes for a discussion on the changing role of leadership when cyber is the cost of doing business.

Buckle up for this week’s episode because it is quite a ride! Greg Crabb, founder of TenEight Cyber and former CISO for the United States Postal Service. He shares insights from his more than 25 years in law enforcement and bringing cyber criminals to justice.

This week we have our first guest that successfully swam the English Channel – Sue Daley, Director of Technology and Innovation at techUK. Hear insights from Sue on the mental focus it takes to swim for 23 hours straight, how a singular national vision has helped the UK address the cyber challenge.

This week we pick back up for part two with CERT Division Director Greg Touhill. He shares insights on the mindset change in recent years on the importance of understanding risk and high value assets and where they reside.

This week, Greg Touhill, Director of CERT Division, joins the podcast to share insights on CERT’s history as the birthplace of cyber and culture of innovation at the center of the cyber universe.

Cybersecurity is an industry rife with paradoxes and trying to get ahead of today’s vast threat landscape can feel like an endless loop of Penrose steps. This week’s guest Marilise de Villiers, co-founder and CEO of ROAR Consulting & Coaching shares insights on how to break the vicious cycle in an industry where the burn out struggle is real - particularly during the last year as the line between work and home vanished.