{"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":"Russia Cutting Cables?","slug":"russia-cutting-cables","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159/russia-cutting-cables","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights-6755159","url":"https://threat-talks.com/russia-cutting-cables-whos-protecting-it/","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/4cede79d/a8a52b3b.mp3","summary":"The headlines say Russia’s shadow fleet is cutting cables. The experts say most faults come from clumsy ship anchors. Ninety-nine percent of global internet traffic runs across the ocean floor, and the conversation about what threatens it is mostly wrong. In this episode of Threat Talks, Peter van Burgel, CEO of AMS-IX, sits down with Ernst Noorman, Cyber Ambassador at Large for the Netherlands and member of the ITU Advisory Board on Submarine Cable Resilience, to separate geopolitical noise from engineering reality, and explain what actually puts global internet connectivity at risk. Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:55 The ITU Advisory Board on Submarine Cable Resilience 00:05:04 Shadow Fleets, Geopolitics, and the Sabotage Myth 00:10:30 Shunts, Faults, and What Actually Breaks Cables 00:15:47 Why Satellite Cannot Replace Submarine Cables 00:17:06 Digital Sovereignty and the Big Tech Cable Takeover 00:28:16 What Every CEO Should Put on the Agenda Key Topics Covered • Why most submarine cable faults come from anchors, fishing nets, and natural events, not state actors • How aging repair ships and bureaucratic permitting barriers make restoration slow in most of the world • Why satellite (including Starlink) cannot replace subsea fiber at any meaningful scale • How big tech dominance over new cable investment creates digital sovereignty risks for governments and large organizations • What NIS2 means for CEO accountability on digital infrastructure resilience Related ON2IT Content & Referenced Resources ITU Advisory Board on Submarine Cable Resilience: https://www.itu.int/digital-resilience/submarine-cables/advisory-body/ ICPC (International Cable Protection Committee): https://www.iscpc.org Dutch Cybersecurity Council / CEO manual on NIS2: https://www.cybersec…","meta_description":"The headlines say Russia’s shadow fleet is cutting cables. The experts say most faults come from clumsy ship anchors. Ninety-nine percent of global intern…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1950,"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/russia-cutting-cables/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/russia-cutting-cables.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}