
Zero Trust Thirty
Welcome to Zero Trust Thirty, a podcast that offers unique and valuable perspectives about the latest issues, trends, technologies and solutions that are shaping the world of Zero Trust and people-defined security. Listen in to key thought leaders and notable Zero Trust experts from across the industry engage in educational and entertaining conversations that take listeners beyond cybersecurity headlines and acronyms. Sponsored by Appgate, the secure access company.
Latest episodes

Nov 2, 2022 • 41min
Episode 22: Closing the Gap Between CISOs and the Board to Build a Zero Trust Security Culture
This episode focuses on the need to bridge the gap between CISOs and the board of directors to build a zero trust security culture. It discusses the challenges of translating security projects into business objectives and the progress being made in involving boards in cybersecurity initiatives. The speakers also define and explain zero trust, emphasize the importance of making non-cybersecurity professionals understand it, and explore continuous improvement of zero trust security. The chapter concludes with discussions on empathy, embracing change, and favorite holidays.

Aug 25, 2022 • 17min
Episode 21: Perspectives on Zero Trust Security for the Cloud With Dr. Larry Ponemon
A new Ponemon Institute study reveals that, as cloud adoption grows across diverse environments, 60% of IT and security leaders aren’t confident that their organization can ensure secure access to cloud environments. Dr. Larry Ponemon, the institute’s founder and chairman, illuminates key findings from the Global Study on Zero Trust Security for the Cloud including factors that make cloud security complex and how Zero Trust security can mitigate distributed infrastructure risks and accelerate cloud transformation objectives.Get a copy of the Global Study on Zero Trust Security for the Cloud here.Guest:Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon InstituteModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, Appgate

Jul 12, 2022 • 30min
Episode 20: The Four Stages of Zero Trust Maturity
Many have embraced Zero Trust security principles, but haven't fully mapped out their journeys or don't know where to start. Whether you're a Zero Trust zealot, skeptic or somewhere in between, you should know the four stages of the Zero Trust Maturity Model. Recorded from the floor of RSA® Conference 2022, we dig into each stage and how organizations can bake Zero Trust security into their IT and business ecosystems.Get the Zero Trust Maturity Model Roadmap guide referred to in the episode by clicking here.Guests:Jason Garbis, Chief Product Officer, Appgate; Jim Anthony, Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity, AppgateModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more information on Zero Trust security, visit ww.appgate.com.

Jun 28, 2022 • 36min
Episode 19: Zero Trust Access for the Corporate Network
We investigate how Zero Trust Network Access reduces security complexity, improves user experience and delivers a unified policy engine to control user-to-resource and resource-to-resource connections from inside and outside the fading, traditional corporate perimeter.Guests:Garrett Bekker, Principal Research Analyst, 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence; Chris Scheels, Vice President of Product Marketing, AppgateModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more information on Zero Trust Network access, visit www.appgate.com.

Jun 15, 2022 • 24min
Episode 18: Zero Trust Security: Buzzword or Breakthrough?
Everyone claims Zero Trust, but we call BS. The Zero Trust security conversation is filled with imitators, pretenders, acronyms and jargon—making it more confusing than the tech itself. Recorded at RSA® Conference 2022, Dr. Chase Cunningham, aka Dr. Zero Trust, and Jason Garbis, co-author of Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide, team up to break through all the BS and dig into what’s truly real Zero Trust security.Guests:Dr. Chase Cunningham, aka Dr. Zero Trust; Jason Garbis, Chief Product Officer, Appgate Moderator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.

May 10, 2022 • 41min
Episode 17: Federal Perspectives: The March to Zero Trust
It’s been almost a year since the White House issued its Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity that mandates agencies and departments execute a Zero Trust security strategy. As the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, Department of Defense and others lead this federal march to Zero Trust, the question becomes, is the timeline fast enough? And as cyber warfare escalates, how can private and public sectors work together to strengthen critical infrastructure and universal cybersecurity defenses with Zero Trust?Guests:Steve Haselhorst, Zero Trust Program Manager, OCISO Organization, FDIC; Michael Friedrich, VP, Federal Technical Strategy and Innovation, AppgateModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.

Apr 29, 2022 • 38min
Episode 16: Building a Cohesive Zero Trust Access Security Ecosystem
Zero Trust isn’t a pre-packaged solution you buy off the shelf, and each organization’s approach and existing system is different. The principles of Zero Trust harden security postures, remove complexity and unlock vast operational benefits. But it takes a village of solution integrations to get there. From identity, SIEM, endpoint, threat intelligence and ITSM to everything in between, what integrations are beneficial and how do API-rich solutions get you to a full Zero Trust access ecosystem faster?Guests:Tony Zirnoon, Sr. Director, Technology Alliances, Appgate; Wayne Geils, Director, Technical Integrations, Appgate Moderator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.

Apr 15, 2022 • 43min
Episode 15: Bringing Zero Trust Access to the Corporate LAN
Many organizations have abandoned insecure VPNs for Zero Trust Network Access to secure their fully remote workforces. But the fundamental “never trust, always verify” Zero Trust principle applies to more than remote users. As offices and corporate campuses re-open, ZTNA is not just for remote access and should extend secure access to local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) for all users, devices and workloads, regardless of location. We discuss how security teams and network teams can work together to provide a unified policy engine and enhanced visibility to an entire company’s ecosystem.Guests:Chris Scheels, VP, Product Marketing, Appgate; Greg Shields, Director, Product ManagementModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.

Mar 18, 2022 • 33min
Episode 14: Can We Go Any Faster? Zero Trust for a Cloudy, K8s, DevOps World
More enterprises are moving to a cloud-native and containerized world to drive productivity, agility and scale for software development. And the biggest DevOps breakthrough is the CI/CD pipeline. It’s now time for a similar revolution in enterprise network security automation between services. So how does Zero Trust for the cloud secure access to, from and within containerized workloads without hindering the DevOps race to win?Guests:Kurt Glazemakers, Chief Technology Officer, Appgate; Aaron Palermo, Senior Solutions Architect, AppgateModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.

Mar 4, 2022 • 44min
Episode 13: Zero Trust for Critical Infrastructure
According to CISA, there are 16 critical infrastructure sectors, including emergency services, healthcare, financial institutions, IT, water, transportation, manufacturing and government facilities. Globally, cyberthreats against critical infrastructure are at an all-time high and breaches can lead to debilitating security, health and economic crises. So how can federal agencies and supporting public sector organizations use Zero Trust to ensure stronger security continuity, consistency and efficiency to guard against cyberattacks on vital ecosystems comprising IT, IoT and OT technologies? Guest:Jim Anthony, SVP, Sales Engineering, Appgate; Michael Friedrich, VP, Federal Technical Strategy and InnovationModerator:George Wilkes, VP of Demand Generation, AppgateFor more Zero Trust security resources, visit www.appgate.com.