Reflections from RSA: Community, Chaos, and Innovation

RSAC 2025 comes to an end. Canadian power company hit by cyberattack. Ascension Health discloses another breach. UK luxury department store Harrods discloses attempted cyberattack. Microsoft fixes bug flagging Gmail as spam. An unofficial version of the Signal app shared in photo. EU fines TikTok for violating GDPR with China data transfer. US Treasury to cut off Southeast Asian cybercrime key player. Passwordless by default coming your way. Our guest is Kevin Magee, from Microsoft, sharing a medley of interviews he gathered on the show floor of RSAC 2025.

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Kevin on the Street

Joining us this week from RSAC 2025, we have our partner Kevin Magee, Global Director of Cybersecurity Startups at Microsoft for Startups. Kevin closes out RSAC 2025 with a high-energy medley of interviews straight from the show floor, packed with sharp insights and bold ideas from some of cybersecurity’s standout voices. It’s a dynamic and fast-paced finale to our RSAC coverage—and you can find links to all of the guests featured in the show notes.

In this segment, you’ll hear from Christopher Simm, CTO at Bulletproof; Dr. Chase Cunningham (aka Dr. Zero Trust), Chief Strategy Officer at Ericom Software; Helen Patton, cybersecurity advisor at Cisco; Jeremy Vaughan, CEO and co-founder of Start Left Security; and Tzvika Shneider, CEO of Pynt.

You can also catch Kevin on our Microsoft for Startups⁠ Spotlight, brought to you by N2K CyberWire and Microsoft, where we shine a light on innovation, ambition, and the tech trailblazers building the future right from the startup trenches. Kevin and Dave talk with startup veteran and Cygenta co-founder FC about making the leap from hacker to entrepreneur, then speak with three Microsoft for Startups members: Matthew Chiodi⁠ of ⁠Cerby⁠, ⁠Travis Howerton⁠ of ⁠RegScale⁠, and ⁠Karl Mattson⁠ of ⁠Endor Labs⁠. Whether you are building your own startup or just love a good innovation story, listen and learn more here.

Selected Reading

Day 4 Recap: Closing Celebration with Alicia Keys, RSAC College Day, and What's Ahead for 2025 (RSAC Conference) 

Canadian Electric Utility Hit by Cyberattack (SecurityWeek)

Ascension discloses second major cyber attack in a year (The Register)

Harrods latest retailer to be hit by cyber attack (BBC)

Microsoft fixes Exchange Online bug flagging Gmail emails as spam (Bleeping Computer) 

Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages (404 Media)

TikTok hit with 530 million euro privacy fine in investigation into China data transfer (AP News)

Ukrainian extradited to US for alleged Nefilim ransomware attack spree (CyberScoop)

US wants to cut off key player in Southeast Asian cybercrime industry (The Record) 

Microsoft makes all new accounts passwordless by default (Bleeping Computer)

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