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Destination Cyber
Hosted by KBI.Media · EN
Welcome to Destination Cyber – the podcast where we sit down with cyber industry leaders, and movers n shakers, and find out what makes them tick. We explore their careers, the mistakes they made, trials and tribulations, lessons learnt, and the invaluable insights and knowledge they’ve picked up along the way.
A KBI.Media Original Series - The Voice of Cyber®
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Episode 20: Jason Manar
3w ago00:54:46Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Destination Cyber Season 2, Chahat Bagla speaks with Jason Menar, former FBI cybercrime leader and current CISO, about the human, operational, and leadership realities behind cybersecurity. Jason reflects on his path from wanting to help underserved communities to investigating early cyber-enabled harm, and later advising organisations through ransomware, legacy risk, and board-level security decisions. The conversation examines how trust works in both systems and people, why influence often matters more than formal authority, and how security leaders can avoid becoming “the island of no”. The episode also explores the emotional weight of high-stakes cyber work. Jason discusses burnout, risk acceptance, crisis decision-making, and the need for transparency between CISOs, executive teams, and boards. For students and early-career professionals, he offers practical advice on stepping outside narrow role definitions, building communication skills, using AI thoughtfully, and learning how to work in teams before the pressure arrives. At its core, this is a discussion about calm leadership in volatile environments, and why cybersecurity careers are shaped as much by judgement, empathy, and communication as by technical skill.
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Episode 19: Matt Mansour
Mar 2501:00:52Tap to summarizeMatthew Mansour is a Senior Lecturer and Cybersecurity professional with a career spanning more than two decades across universities and industry. He teaches cybersecurity, AI, and project management at multiple institutions, and spearheads EduTech Consulting, a consultancy specialising in privacy, AI, and cyber-risk advisory. His work focuses on helping organisations build practical, human-centred approaches to technology and risk. Matthew is also a speaker and mentor, known for making complex topics accessible and for supporting young people in developing confidence and professional skills.
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Episode 18: David Leen
Feb 2400:52:26Tap to summarizeDavid has over 20 years experience in the IT industry working in both public and private sector organisations. He has worked internationally and in a wide variety of roles including business development, solution delivery, product management and business leadership. David has strong knowledge and experience in Cloud Technologies, Digital Transformation and Workplace Productivity. He has significant experience on Microsoft Platform technologies and business solutions. David is also a Henley Business School qualified Coach and leads high performing teams working on both small and large scale enterprise technology Solutions.
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Episode 17: Ben Doyle
Jan 2900:41:55Tap to summarizeBen is an accomplished information security executive with over 20 years of international information security experience. Due to his many years of providing strategic C-level/board advice, he is able to apply technical threats into appropriate business contexts to determine overall risk to organisations. During this time Ben has been required to manage complex environments that requires balancing local and global organisational policies, domestic regulations, national security requirements, export control and international trade control restrictions, and applying the process, people and technology to ensure successful compliance. Ben maintains his strong passion for the technical aspects of information security and recently has […]
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Episode 16: Rohit Borekar
Dec 1800:47:08Tap to summarizeRohit Borekar is a seasoned IT and Cyber Security professional with over 20 years of experience. He is known for his motivation, adaptability, and leadership. For the past five years, he has actively mentored students and professionals, earning accolades such as: Cyber Security Mentor of the Year (2023) – AISA Conference Cyber Security Professional – Government & Defence (2025)– Australian Cyber Awards Rohit has served in the Army Reserve for 15 years, recently promoted to Captain, becoming one of the few Cyber Officers in the Defence Force. He is the founder of Solution Tech, a Cyber Security start-up running internships since 2022, which led to […]
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Episode 15: Lesley Carhart
Nov 2100:51:19Tap to summarizeLesley Carhart is the Director of Incident Response for North America at the industrial cybersecurity company Dragos, Inc., leading response to and proactively hunting for threats in customers’ ICS environments. Prior to joining Dragos, Lesley was the incident response team lead at Motorola Solutions. Following four years as a Principal Incident Responder for Dragos, Lesley now manages a team of incident response and digital forensics professionals across North America who perform investigations of commodity, targeted, and insider threat cases in industrial networks. Lesley is also a certified instructor and curriculum developer for Dragos’ incident response and threat hunting courses. Lesley […]
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Episode 14: Prescott Pym
Oct 2000:37:45Tap to summarizeAs Principal Security Consultant at Cosive, Prescott has over 25 years of experience in managing Security Operations Centres and Cyber Threat Intel programs globally. He has led major Security Operations projects across Australia, India, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, and the USA. In his role at Cosive, Prescott enjoys helping organisations unlock value in their SOC and CTI programs. He is passionate about fostering growth and collaboration within the cyber industry by sharing knowledge and supporting broader communities for the greater good.
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Episode 13: Kate Raulings
May 5, 202300:42:01Tap to summarizeIn a career spanning more than 25 years, Kate has worked across multiple industries, including telecommunications, retail, public sector, health, and others. Throughout this time, Kate has moved from roles in digital communication and innovation, through to senior strategic roles in government and private enterprise. Leveraging a diverse background in communications, user experience and design thinking, Kate easily translates technical concepts to strategically aligned business focused imperatives. As a Senior Consultant for Logicalis Australia, and certified Information Security Manager, Kate works with a diverse range of clients providing advice and strategic guidance on cyber security, IT operating models, information management, and protection. Kate’s ability to help organisations develop and align ICT, cybersecurity, and information management strategies to their corporate and strategic goals, has meant Kate is a much sought-after consultant.
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Episode 12: John Karabin
Apr 21, 202300:35:47Tap to summarizeJohn Karabin is the Senior Director of Cybersecurity for NTT Ltd in Australia, and is responsible for Australia’s security strategic direction, capability and go-to-market. He builds trusted partnerships with clients and technologists, bringing a keen focus to customer-centric delivery and operations. John specialises in risk-based information security, combining a consulting led approach to meet the […]
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Episode 11: Dominic Vogel
Apr 14, 202300:31:41Tap to summarizeAs Founder & Chief Strategist at CyberSC, Dominic Vogel holds a proven track record within cyber security across a multitude of industries (financial services, logistics, transportation, healthcare, government, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure). Dominic is a well-respected cyber security thought lead for appearing on media news outlets across North America and Internationally on BBC World News. […]
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