Top Security Podcasts

By Ann Grove

Original post: 8/2/2017
Updated: 11/13/2018

​If you are looking for opportunities to keep your finger on the pulse of security, podcasts fit the bill. Here are some of our favorite security podcasts, in alphabetical order. We added those in bold in 2018 based on feedback.

1. Brakeing Down Security sample topics include conferences, software bloat, containerization, and technology culture. Hosts Bryan Brake, Brian Boettcher, and Amanda Berlin broadcast every week or two.  
2. The Crypto-Gram Security Podcast is Bruce Schneier's newsletter, read by Dan Henage. Schneier covers news and books that are often overlooked by others.
3. Cyber Security Interviews for insights into the minds of security thought leaders and the direction of the industry.
4. The Cyberwire podcast lineup includes a daily 20-minute podcast covering news about cyberspace and commentary.
5. The Defensive Security Podcast is a deep dive into recent cyber security breaches with Jerry Bell and Andrew Kalat. 
6. The Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast provides "a business-first approach" to security hacks, risks, and threats.
7. ITSPmagazine discusses security within the context of IT, privacy, and society.
8. Paul's Security Weekly (aka Paul Dotcom), in play since about 2005, features security nerds talking shop. Check out the team's other shows at that link: Enterprise Security Weekly, Hack Naked News, Business Security Weekly, Secure Digital Life, Tradecraft Security Weekly, and Application Security Weekly.
9. Risky Business, hosted by Patrick Gray since 2007. Security luminaries provide commentary.
10. SANS Internet Storm Center StormCast, security threat updates in 10 minutes or less for the TL;DR crowd.
11. The Secure Developer covers application security, security tools for developers, and development best practices. Guy Podjarny, CEO at Snyk, launched this podcast in 2016.
12. Security Now! with Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte in part focuses on the evolution vulns and security with a smattering of news and trends. On the air since 2005.
13. The 7-minute Security Podcast has been talking about pentesting, blue teaming, and building a career in security since 2004. Bonus: Check out host Brian Johnson's  original song, CryptoLocker'd, inspired by a client experience in 2017.


14. The Silver Bullet Security Podcast with Gary McGraw is published once a month since 2006. He shuffles in interviews with government officials and academians in addition to security officianados, and discusses topics such as encryption, robot problems, and securing cities.
15. The Social-Engineer Podcast is about the risks humans create in interacting with technology. 
16. The Southern Fried Security Podcast, with more than 200 episodes,  is a view of security from the C suite and upper management. 
17. The Unsupervised Learning Podcast features host Daniel Miessler providing perspective on the impact of technology and security developments. It's Daniel's summary of 20 hours of reading each week.
18. What would you add?