{"podcast":{"title":"Threat Talks - Your Gateway to Cybersecurity Insights","slug":"threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159","podcast_index_feed_id":6755159,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights","website_url":"https://threat-talks.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wqPeh6mA2wCORVwUDSv8RSIWcuUMzTZP0kjjqamexmc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xN2Q1/NGE1NjBhYWY0ZmY5/NzEyODA5OGU3NDdi/MmNmYi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Threat Talks","episode_count":126,"summary":"Threat Talks is your cybersecurity knowledge hub. Unpack the latest threats and explore industry trends with top experts as they break down the complexities of cyber threats. We make complex cybersecurity topics accessible and engaging for everyone, from IT professionals to every day internet users by providing in-depth and first-hand experiences from leading cybersecurity professionals. Join us for monthly deep dives into the dynamic world of cybersecurity, so you can stay informed, and stay secure!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:54.349616+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159"},"episode":{"title":"Hero Culture and a $1 Million Mistake","slug":"hero-culture-and-a-1-million-mistake","published_at":"2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159/hero-culture-and-a-1-million-mistake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159","url":"https://threat-talks.com/hero-culture-and-a-1-million-mistake/","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/8f92fd42/9ccc78e5.mp3","summary":"A company skips a security check two days before Black Friday and loses $1 million when transactions land in the wrong bank accounts. A machine learning team is told no on production data access, gets it via SharePoint anyway, and a year later the data is on contractor laptops nobody can account for. Two stories, one pattern: when security blocks, the risky work doesn’t stop – it just happens without you. Lieuwe Jan Koning, Co-founder and CTO at ON2IT Cybersecurity, sits down with Sina Yazdanmehr, Founder and Managing Director of Aplite GmbH, on the prevention paradox, why a “no” from the CISO is an illusion of control, and how a technical security team turns into a business partner instead of a roadblock. Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:55 The $1 million Black Friday story 00:04:14 Hero culture rewards shipping, not prevention 00:06:55 The prevention paradox 00:08:00 NIS2 and executive accountability 00:09:00 Avoiding the Department of No 00:12:18 Production data on contractor laptops 00:16:13 The technical CISO as business partner Key Topics Covered Why hero culture quietly trains organizations to bypass security under deadline pressure The prevention paradox: why the person who avoids a loss never gets the credit What happens after a CISO says no: shadow workflows, friendly handovers, and data on laptops nobody owns What a counter-proposal in risk-based language gets you that a flat refusal does not Related ON2IT Content & Referenced Resources Aplite GmbH: https://aplite.de Previous Threat Talks with Sina Yazdanmehr (Security Culture part 1): https://youtu.be/1JnAsXDCKzM?si=qFlMxC617E30U1dW Previous Threat Talks with Sina Yazdanmehr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBodTl_nY1w Previous Threat Talks with Sina Yazdanmehr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBw…","meta_description":"A company skips a security check two days before Black Friday and loses $1 million when transactions land in the wrong bank accounts. A machine learning t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1203,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159/episodes/hero-culture-and-a-1-million-mistake/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159/hero-culture-and-a-1-million-mistake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}