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Secure Talk Podcast

Justin Beals

Booking Overview

This is a cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and technology interview podcast featuring external security executives, practitioners, assessors, and industry specialists. Agencies could credibly pitch CISOs, security architects, privacy leaders, CMMC and regulatory experts, and artificial-intelligence security specialists; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors established subject-matter expertise and senior professional credentials rather than celebrity status.

Metrics

Episodes: 259

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 8.3k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

justin.beals@strikegraph.com

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Host

Justin Beals - Technology executive, entrepreneur, and author based in Seattle. He previously served as CTO of NextStep and Koru, which won the 2018 Most Impactful Startup award from Wharton People Analytics. He ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, or technology executives; recognized security practitioners; CMMC assessors and defense-industry specialists; or established experts in artificial-intelligence security and governance.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership roles at established security or technology organizations, Deep operational experience in cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, or governance, Recognized expertise in standards, assessments, security architecture, or emerging technology risks

Recent Guest Discussions

Dan Cinnamon - Enterprise Artificial-intelligence Identity, Ai-agent Permissions, Discoverability, Passkeys, MCP Security, Containment, Consent, And Provenance.

Brian Hubbard - CMMC Phase 2, Defense-contractor Compliance, CUI Protection, NIST 800-171, Assessment Requirements, And Self-assessment.

Lance Arnold - CMMC Phase 2, Defense-contractor Compliance, CUI Protection, NIST 800-171, Assessment Requirements, And Self-assessment.

Logan Therrien - CMMC Phase 2, Defense-contractor Compliance, CUI Protection, NIST 800-171, Assessment Requirements, And Self-assessment.

Chris Cochran - AI Security Maturity Models, Governance, Shadow AI, Evidence-based Scoring, The EU AI Act, Access Controls, Model Security, And Data Poisoning.

Recent Topics

Cybersecurity, Compliance, Privacy, Data Protection, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Secure Talk Podcast
:

AI Is Eating Our Young: Data Center Revolts, Vanishing Junior Jobs & the EU AI Act

August 11, 2026

Communities are blocking $130 billion in AI data centers while the entry-level jobs that used to train the next generation of engineers quietly disappear.Chapters: 00:00:  The Backlash: 800 Groups, 49 States, $130B BlockedGallup: 71% of Americans don't want a data center built near them (Gallup)Data center opposition tracker, Q1 2026 filings (referenced industry opposition data)CMMC as precedent for regulating critical infrastructure (DoW CMMC Phase 2 program)04:30:  Why AI Is "Eating Our You...

Okta's Identity Chief: Most CISOs Can't Answer This AI Question

July 28, 2026

Which AI agents can access what? Are those permissions even right? And can you stop a compromised agent mid-action? Okta's Dan Cinnamon says most enterprises can't answer any of the three.Dan Cinnamon has built software, run SAP GRC without an implementation partner, and now architects identity for one of the industry's biggest players. In this conversation with Justin Beals, he lays out why "discoverability" — simply knowing what agents exist and what they're touching — is the single biggest...

Special Episode: CMMC Phase 2 SUSPENDED: What DOD Just Did, What It Really Means, and Why Little Changed

July 17, 2026

The Pentagon paused CMMC Phase 2 with zero warning — and half the defense industrial base is celebrating for the wrong reason.When the Department of War suspended CMMC Phase 2 rollout with no notice, panic spread fast across the defense contractor community — but the requirement to secure CUI never went away. In this special roundtable, host Justin Beals brings together three CMMC insiders — Logan Therrien (C3PAO Chief Strategy Officer, retired Navy submariner), Lance Arnold (30-year industry...

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