

Phoenix Cast
Task Force Phoenix
A podcast about cybersecurity, technology and innovation issues in the military.
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Dec 17, 2020 • 1h 27min
Automation with Nick Russo
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle and Rich talk to special guests Nick Russo about automation. They explore concepts, opportunities and challenges for automation and problem solving in the military and civilian IT world.
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Nov 27, 2020 • 52min
The Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle and Rich talk to special guests Gabriel Rodriguez and Nell Shamrell-Harrington, members of the Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary. The Cyber Auxiliary is comprised of a small cadre of highly talented civilian cyber experts who train, educate, advise, and mentor Marines to keep pace with constantly evolving cyber challenges.
Listen to this episode to learn more about what the Cyber Auxiliary actually does, how they interact with Marine and how you can join.
For more information on the Cyber Auxiliary, visit https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Agencies/Deputy-Commandant-for-Information/Marine-Corps-Cyber-Auxiliary/
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Nov 13, 2020 • 45min
Work From Home
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle explore the lessons learned in 2020 regarding working from home. They explore the solutions and challenges from both a technical and practical standpoint.
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Oct 30, 2020 • 56min
The Marine Coders
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk to Collin and Hutch, the founders of Marine Coders. Their organization's mission is to empower Marines to compete in the digital operating environment through access to modern software development tools, techniques, procedures and resources. They aim to increase the software literacy of the total force in order to compete in the modern operating environment.
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Oct 15, 2020 • 53min
Edge Computing and Artificial Intelligence
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about the future of high-tech warfare. With a focus on edge computing and artificial intelligence, this week's episode explores the ways the Marine Corps and the joint force can leverage these emerging technologies to win in the age great power competition.
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Oct 3, 2020 • 58min
Passwords with Troy Hunt
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Kyle and Rich talk with special guest Troy Hunt, web security expert and the creator of Have I Been Pwned?.
Troy takes a fresh look at the best practices for passwords, multi-factor authentication and the future of cybersecurity .
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Sep 17, 2020 • 1h 4min
Cloud Migration
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle talk about best practices for cloud migrations and explore all of the "as a"s (infrastructure as a service, platforms as a service, etc.) of the modern cloud environment.
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Sep 2, 2020 • 1h 28min
1st Civ Div
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Kyle and Rich talk about their personal decisions to "stay in" or "get out" of the Marine Corps and the many considerations and lessons learned for transitioning beyond the military and into the civilian Information Technology world.
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Aug 21, 2020 • 1h 8min
Secure Cloud Computing Architecture
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John and Kyle welcome special guests Aaron and Jason to talk about Secure Cloud Computing Architectures.
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Aug 5, 2020 • 1h 3min
Route / Switch and Security
In this episode of Phoenix Cast, hosts John, Rich and Kyle welcome special guest "Fish" to talk about route/switch, security and traffic analytics.
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