In Episode 18 of the Distilled Security Podcast, Justin Leapline, Joe Wynn, and Rick Yokum recap their time at TRISS, share lessons on storytelling and women in tech, and break down the recent AWS us-east-1 DNS/DynamoDB outage, the Microsoft Front Door global disruption, and the F5 BIG-IP incident.

🔍 We discuss:
- TRISS highlights: panels, community & storytelling
- “Breaking the glass ceiling” and unintentional bias in meetings
- AWS & Microsoft outages: risk, resilience & when multicloud matters
- F5 BIG-IP incident and supply chain risk
- Launching a GRC SaaS: episki’s journey, lessons & tradeoffs

🥃 Spirit of the episode
Penelope Bourbon – Project X (sherry cask finish)

⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 – 🥃 Intro & TRISS Recap — Highlights from TRISS: panels, community, and a keynote with Edward Norton

02:40 – 📖 The Power of Storytelling — Why empathy and narrative matter in cybersecurity leadership

04:40 – 👩‍💻 Women in Tech & Bias in Meetings — Real talk about unintentional bias and everyday experiences

20:34 – ☁️ AWS & Microsoft Outages — What happened and what it says about cloud resilience

49:38 - 🥃 Bourbon Break — Enjoying a glass of Penelope Project X

53:30 – 🔥 F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability — Supply chain risk and patching lessons

1:09:50 – 🚀 Launching episki (GRC SaaS) — Building simply, shipping fast, and learning from users

1:52:22 – 🧭 Reflections & Closing Thoughts — Culture, resilience, and what’s next

🎧 Hosts
Justin Leapline
Joe Wynn
Rick Yocum

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