Please enjoy our newest podcast, the weekly Security Sprint, on Spotify, Apple, as well as other locations accessible via the Spotify for Podcasters link or almost anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts.
In this week’s Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics:
Opening:
- TribalHub Cybersecurity Summit! 17-20 Feb, Jacksonville, Florida
- Crypto ISAC & Crypto Crime Reaches Record High in 2025 as Nation-State Sanctions Evasion Moves On-Chain at Scale(and so many breach and incident reports)
- MFA follow up and the alleged Instagram breach: Instagram user data leak: scraped records from 2022 resurface
Main Topics:
Complex realities for the workplace:
- Venezuela, geopolitics and domestic considerations
- Immigration and ICE-related incidents and protests
- Considerations for leaders in the workplace
Insider Threats:
- Malicious employees for hire: How dark web criminals recruit insiders
- Hiding in plain sight: What the death of Aldrich Ames teaches us about insider threats
The State of Ransomware in the U.S.: Report and Statistics 2025. “Since 2023, the number of globally claimed victims has increased from approximately 5400 annually to over 8000 in 2025… the number of victims has grown, so has the number of ransomware groups… ransomware has become more decentralized, more competitive, and more resilient. As long as affiliates remain plentiful and social engineering remains effective, victim counts are likely to continue rising.”.
Quick Hits:
- FBI FLASH: North Korean Kimsuky Actors Leverage Malicious QR Codes in Spearphishing Campaigns Targeting U.S. Entities
- How China and Russia are using Maduro’s capture to sway U.S. discourse
- U-Haul truck drives into crowd at Westwood rally against Iranian government
- The Government Cyber Action Plan: strengthening resilience across the UK
- CISA – Secure Your Business; Protect your business, employees and customers with smart cybersecurity practices
Read more about Gate 15’s full podcast menu at our Podcast page. You can subscribe and enjoy all the Gate 15 Podcasts on Spotify for Podcasters, Apple, Spotify, as well as other locations accessible from the Spotify for Podcasters link. Week-to-week, you can hear and learn more about our all-hazards threats, risks, mitigation and other issues impacting homeland security risk management from our team as well as our regular and special guests. The full podcast menu includes:
- The Security Sprint is our weekly rundown of the week’s notable all-hazards security news, risks and threats and some of the key focus areas for organizations to consider behind the headlines. Gate 15 team members discuss physical security, cybersecurity, natural hazards, health threats and other issues across our environment.
- Nerd Out! Security Panel Discussion, moderated by Dave Pounder, focuses on physical security topics including terrorism, extremism, hostile events, and other pertinent topics.
- The Gate 15 Interview, is a monthly interview between Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour and guests from throughout the homeland security risk management community addressing a wide range of all-hazards topics and issues.
- The Cybersecurity Evangelist, with Jennifer Lyn Walker, is a cybersecurity-focused discussion with Jen and invited guests. This is presently a Gate 15 special podcast and occasionally is updated on our Gate 15 podcast channel.
- Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series was a 2024 limited series podcast as Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour hosted a series of short interviews with venue safety and security experts from the International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Committee (VSSC) and other special guests from the IAVM community.
- The Risk Roundtable, was a monthly discussion among our team and occasional guests exploring the all-hazards threats and risks impacting the United States and internationally. This was suspended in September 2023.
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