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Cyber without borders: The human side of cyber defense.
In this second installment of our three-part series on Cyber Coalition 2025, Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus Space Daily and CyberWire Producer Liz Stokes, take listeners inside a single day at NATO’s cyber headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia — focusing on the human side of cyber defense. Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence and led by NATO Allied Command Transformation, Cyber Coalition is a defensive-only exercise built around collaboration, coordination, and information sharing across allied nations. This episode highlights how that plays out in practice, from legal teams working through cross-border policy questions to military defenders coordinating with civilian infrastructure partners inside NATO’s secure cyber range.
Cyber without borders: How Estonia turned crisis into cyber power.
In this three-part series, Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus Space Daily and CyberWire Producer Liz Stokes, take you inside NATO’s flagship cyber defense exercise, Cyber Coalition 2025. Hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia, the exercise brings together military, government, and industry teams from across the alliance to respond to realistic, high-pressure cyberattack scenarios targeting critical infrastructure and operational networks. Throughout the series, Maria and Liz will guide you through what they witnessed on the ground — from real-time threat detection and incident response to the strategic collaboration shaping NATO’s cyber resilience in an increasingly contested digital landscape.
Investing in the security tech market with NightDragon. [T-Minus Space Daily Special Edition]
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) is the practice of intercepting and analyzing electronic signals, like phone calls, emails, radar, and telemetry, to gather actionable intelligence for national security, defense, and military operations. It’s primarily conducted by agencies like NSA, but over the last decade many companies in the commercial sector have grown in this vital area of national defense, especially in space. Our guest is Dave DeWalt, CEO of NightDragon, who shared why his firm is investing in tech and space. Dave joins T-Minus Space Daily host Maria Varmazis for this special edition podcast.
AI in the GRC: What's real, what's risky and what's next.
Join us for a timely and insightful live discussion on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in governance, risk, and compliance. Host Dave Bittner from N2K | CyberWire is joined by Kayne McGladrey from Hyperproof, Matthew Cassidy, PMP, CISA from Grant Thornton (US), and Alam Ali from Hyperproof to explore the current state of artificial intelligence in governance, risk, and compliance. The panel will discuss what AI is truly doing well today, the risks and challenges organizations need to watch for, and how AI is poised to influence the future of GRC. They will also share practical insights and real-world guidance for teams looking to adopt AI responsibly and effectively. Don’t miss this timely conversation as our experts break down what’s real, what’s risky, and what’s next in AI for GRC.
DataTribe's Cyber Innovation Day: Cyber: The Wake of Tech Innovation.
On this Special Edition podcast, we share a panel from DataTribe's Cyber Innovation Day 2025, "Cyber: The Wake of Tech Innovation. The podcast tech host panel included Dave Bittner, host of CyberWire Daily podcast, Maria Varmazis, host of T-Minus Space Daily podcast, and Daniel Whitenack, co-host of Practical AI podcast, sharing a wide-ranging discussion. Together, Dave, Maria and Dan examine the intersection of frontier innovation and cyber innovation through the lens of cyber, space, and AI.
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