Security Fastforward

In our final episode, we welcome Megan Stifel, Executive Director of the Americas region at the Global Cyber Alliance. Join us as we dive into cybersecurity, touching on topics from privacy legislation to cloud computing to zero-day vulnerabilities. Listen along with hosts Sami and Sasha as Megan gives recommendations for how consumers can protect their privacy and reflects upon her experiences as a woman within the male-dominated field.

On this episode we invite Lexee Brill, wargame designer and gaming badass, to teach us how wargames are designed, executed, and evaluated. We touch on the wide-range of wargaming applications from conventional warfare to responding to environmental threats and global pandemics. For all those wondering, being a wargame designer does make you better at cooking mama and Lexee shares some of her favorite games with us. Finally, we chat about being a female wargamer, how more girls can (and should!) enter into this space, and the importance of not taking s**t from old hawkish men.

Join us as we chat with Valerie Plame, formerly part of the Intelligence Community and now a rising political savant. We talk about the IC, the political arena, and how they intersect. And yes, domestic terrorism following the capital insurrection is sprinkled in there as well.  

In this episode, listen with us as we talk to River Clemens as she walks us through her life and current position in naval research. This freewheeling episode dives into topics ranging from the Carderock center to childcare to Covid-19. River's first-hand account as a mother and her experience in both public and private sectors offers an insightful look at an often obscured industry.

We kick off our inaugural podcast with The Nina Miller, who is currently an MIT PHD candidate with former experience at the Institute of Security and Technology and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. We'll talk unconventional warfare, political consciousness, nuclear security, and more. It wouldn't be a proper security podcast without a healthy dose of cynicism, but we conclude with a hopeful remark that more movers and shakers getting involved in security will postpone the end of the world - even if just by a little bit. Welcome to Security Fastforward!