- Owner: Scott Wright and Tom Eston @SharedSec
- Date of podcast launch: 2009
- Average episode length: 20 minutes, about 5 episodes per month
- Three typical topics: Five Eyes surveillance updates, WhatsApp privacy, are elections safe from hackers?
- Website: sharedsecurity.net
- Available on: Stitcher, iTunes, Google, YouTube, Spotify, Overcast, iHeartRadio (and more)
The Shared Security podcast has earned quite a reputation over the years, which makes sense because it began as much as 10 years ago, back in 2009 when the topic of cybersecurity was far from the hot topic it is today. Podcast creators Scott Wright and Tom Eston cover a lot of topics that range from IoT, mobile devices, PoS threats to more abstract topics like global politics. The result is a general source of privacy updates that are sure to be relevant to everyone’s online lifestyle.
The concept behind the podcast is simple. In an interconnected world, huge numbers of people rely on platforms and technology that are “shared” like a common resource. And the only way to keep that technology safe is to educate users to know about threats to its integrity.
At the moment, content is divided into the old school Shared Security podcast, which appears infrequently, and weekly updates, which (as the name suggests) are delivered every week. Subscribers can rely on the hosts to cover the week’s most pressing topics, then look forward to in-depth discussions informed by serious expertise, when the main podcast drops. And it’s well worth the wait because Eston and Wright put vast amounts of research into every segment.
