The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde
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The Bid Picture podcast provides an array of information concerning cybersecurity. It includes the latest news and facts to keep listeners up-to-date with the most current events and developments in cybersecurity. At the same time, the podcast is not merely a factual digest; it also incorporates a range of opinions, encouraging its audience to consider different perspectives on cybersecurity matters.The Bid Picture podcast enriches its content by inviting a variety of guests. These guests come from diverse backgrounds, contributing their unique insights to the conversation. By doing so, the podcast ensures a multifaceted discussion, promoting a more comprehensive understanding of cybersecurity.One of the most distinguishing features of this podcast is its focus on the everyday implications of cybersecurity. Rather than discussing cybersecurity in abstract or theoretical terms, the Bid Picture podcast delves into how these issues affect us on a day-to-day basis. This approach helps listeners to connect with the topic at a personal level and enhances their awareness of the importance and relevance of cybersecurity in daily life.
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Jul 10, 2025 • 45min
397. Melinda Nevala - U.S. State Privacy Laws and Individual Data Rights, Part 1
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Melinda Nevala, a digital privacy advocate and the Marketing Director at Medcurity. The conversation touched on America’s patchwork of state privacy laws, spotlighting loopholes big tech quietly lobbied for, AI’s still-unplugged data vacuum, and the dark-pattern consent pop-ups driving us all to button-click fatigue—plus practical tips to fight back.Support the show
Jul 3, 2025 • 1h 21min
396. Jerod Brennen
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Jerod Brennen, an Executive Advisor, Cybersecurity Career Coach, and vCISO at SideChannel. The conversation touched on a wide variety of cybersecurity concepts including the role and use of storytelling as a security tool; the 2025 cyber threat landscape; AI as a friend or enemy; data privacy gray zones, and lots more.Support the show
Jun 26, 2025 • 43min
395. Local Restaurants Are Disappearing Worldwide
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examines the disappearance of independent and small franchise restaurants as a result of multiple intersecting factors.Support the show
Jun 19, 2025 • 39min
394. Hidden Cameras in Vacation Rentals
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde takes a policy-oriented look at reports of hidden cameras, unauthorized key copies leading to break-ins, cyberstalking of guests, and other criminal acts at vacation rental properties, and how major platforms have responded.Support the show
Jun 12, 2025 • 53min
393. Tom Arnold
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Tom Arnold, a cybersecurity expert, digital forensics investigator, and educator, to trace cybercrime’s rapid evolution—from early password hacks to today’s AI-powered phishing, deepfakes, and nation-state ransomware crews. Tom explained how attack typologies shape prevention, detection, and response for companies and families; why gaming platforms are the new frontier for child exploitation; and how a near-miss involving his grandson turned him into an outspoken advocate for digital safety education. His latest book, The Digital Detective, is available on Amazon.Support the show
Jun 5, 2025 • 48min
392. Joshua Lauer
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Joshua Lauer, the Founder and CEO of Lauer Creations Inc. During the conversation, Joshua explained how companies can avoid drowning in meaningless data, how to get rid of messy manual processes and automate reports that focus on scaling, how to fix GA4 tracking issues to allow you get back to actionable insights, and lots more.Support the show
May 29, 2025 • 32min
391. The Violent Price of Crypto Success
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In recent years, criminals worldwide have increasingly targeted cryptocurrency executives and investors with kidnappings, physical threats, extortion, and even "virtual" coercion schemes.In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examined global patterns since 2020, highlighting confirmed cases, tactics, organized crime links, geopolitical and market factors, and the protective measures emerging in response.Support the show
May 22, 2025 • 58min
390. Digital Sweatshops in Africa
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explored how state-sponsored influence operations intersect with the exploitative outsourcing of digital labor—such as social media content moderation, data labeling, and click-work—to low-wage workers in poor conditions across Africa between 2015 and 2025. The analysis draws on insights from academic research, investigative journalism, policy studies, and intelligence reports.Support the show
May 15, 2025 • 20min
389. Fake IT Workers: An Origin Story
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde examined the decade-long deception that placed North Korean operatives in the heart of Western companiesSupport the show
May 8, 2025 • 39min
388. Jay Trinckes
Send Bidemi a Text Message!In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Jay Trinckes, the Data Protection Officer and CISO at Thoropass. During the conversation, Jay broke down why many organizations still rely on reactive measures despite claiming to be proactive. The conversation also touched on the biggest misconceptions about proactive security and how companies can get it right.Support the show
