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Forcepoint’s To The Point Cybersecurity Podcast covers the latest cyber news, threats, and trends impacting the federal government.

Nov 30, 2021

This week we catch up with Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the think tank Silverado Policy Accelerator (SPA) and co-founder of Crowdstrike. He shares details on the newly launched Alperovitch Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies offering MA-PhD programs that intertwine cybersecurity...


Nov 17, 2021

Curt Dukes, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Security Best Practices at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) joins the podcast this week. He shares insights from his more than 30 years with the NSA and how that journey led to the CIS and the synergies between the two organizations in providing...


Nov 9, 2021

Dr. Andrew Hammond, Historian and Curator of the International Spy Museum joins us this week - and let’s be honest he has just about the coolest job out there today! Hammond takes us through the classic period of espionage and the reliance on physical data and spycraft techniques to transport through to the modern...


Nov 2, 2021

Mike Watson, CISO for the Commonwealth of Virginia, joins the podcast this week and shares perspective on the challenges and opportunities for security teams at the state and local level. He recounts a 2009 ransomware incident and details just how sophisticated ransomware attackers have become in the ensuing...