Interview shows, news roundups, and narrative podcasts covering cybersecurity, split out from trade publications because marketers buy podcast sponsorships as a distinct channel from display or newsletter ads.
Podcasts 8
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Canberra, Australia
Risky Business, hosted by Patrick Gray, is one of the most influential cybersecurity podcasts and newsletters. Its weekly news and interview format is a must-listen for many CISOs and senior practitioners.
Online
Darknet Diaries is an acclaimed independent narrative podcast by Jack Rhysider covering hackers, breaches, hacktivism, and cybercrime. Launched in 2017, its deeply produced storytelling episodes reach millions of listeners.
Oxford, UK
Smashing Security is a multi-award-winning weekly podcast by security veteran Graham Cluley and co-hosts, delivering cybercrime and privacy news with humor and expert guests. It has surpassed 10 million downloads.
Online
Malicious Life, hosted by Ran Levi and produced by Cybereason, tells the histories and human stories behind cybercrime, hacking culture, and major cyber attacks, reaching hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners.
Online
Click Here is a podcast hosted by veteran journalist Dina Temple-Raston for Recorded Future News, going behind the scenes of major cyber and intelligence stories. It is distributed to public radio via PRX.
Fulton, USA
CyberWire Daily, hosted by Dave Bittner and produced by N2K Networks, delivers weekday cyber news summaries plus interviews with industry, academic, and research experts. It anchors N2K's broad cyber podcast network.
San Francisco, USA
CISO Series, founded by tech journalist David Spark, is a media network publishing 10+ episodes weekly across shows like the CISO Series Podcast, Defense in Depth, Cyber Security Headlines, and Super Cyber Friday.
New York, USA
Security Weekly is a multi-show podcast network covering hacking, application security, business security, and security news, hosted by working practitioners rather than journalists.
FAQs
Darknet Diaries and Risky Business are the two most widely listened-to shows, spanning narrative hacking stories and weekly CISO-focused news analysis respectively.
Most shows sell mid-roll ad reads and dedicated segment sponsorships directly through the host or producer (e.g. N2K Networks for CyberWire, CyberRisk Alliance for Security Weekly) rather than through programmatic ad networks.
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