Seiso Side-Up
Here we cut through the noise in cybersecurity.
This isn’t a show about perfect frameworks or polished slide decks. It’s a place for honest conversations about security strategy, governance, and risk as they actually exist inside real organizations - messy, evolving, and deeply tied to how the business runs.
Each episode explores what it really takes to build, operate, and sustain security programs that don’t get ignored, overcomplicated, or treated as a once-a-year exercise. We focus on clarity, ownership, and practical decision-making - especially for people early in their security careers or stepping into leadership for the first time.
Seiso works with mid-sized, regulated organizations that need cybersecurity to function day-to-day - not just during audits or incidents.
Our customers bring us in early, at the leadership level, because security decisions shape how the business grows, sells, and operates. We’re trusted as long-term operating partners, helping teams run, stabilize, and mature security programs over time.
That practitioner-driven, real-world experience is what shapes every conversation on Side-Up.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
In this episode, GRC Engineer Justin Fearon and CEO Joe Wynn discuss the importance of ethics and integrity in cybersecurity. Join us on the Seiso Side Up Podcast as Justin and Joe deep-dive into the intent behind the book The Code of Honor - Embracing Ethics in Cybersecurity, written by Paul J Maurer and Ed Skoudis. You can purchase your copy of the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Honor-Embracing-Ethics-Cybersecurity/dp/1394275862
Look for more information on this topic, as presented by Simon Simek, in this video: https://youtu.be/zP9jpxitfb4?si=9Cvr0ZYTlFepaln3
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
On this episode of the Seiso Side Up podcast, we welcome two guests - Jake Mayhew and Justin Leapline. Jake has decades of experience performing and teaching the ins and outs of penetration testing, at times performing tests for companies that handle cardholder data, and Justin is a subject matter expert in the world of PCI (Payment Card Industry) security & compliance. Join us as we dive into the gotchas of becoming PCI compliant and how to best approach penetration testing as part of the PCI compliance journey.
Friday Aug 30, 2024
Friday Aug 30, 2024
On this episode, CTO Jon Zeolla and Sr. Security Engineer Keith Holland discuss the inner-workings of the Seiso open source project, easy_infra.
easy_infra is a docker container that simplifies and secures Infrastructure as Code deployments by running security scans prior to running IaC tools. It supports three main use cases:
Experimentation by supporting interactive use and secure troubleshooting.
Continuous Integration as a part of Pull/Merge Request validation.
Continuous Deployment as an automated deployment tool.
https://github.com/SeisoLLC/easy_infra
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Listen in as Seiso GRC Engineers discuss the evolution of the practice through a commonly known set of informations security and risk scenarios that focus on security best practices, resiliency, and the overarching guardrails to keep everything operating in harmony.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Joe Wynn (CEO) and Jon Zeolla (CTO) tell us about how and why they started https://seisollc.com and even more about where Seiso is headed through continuous innovation, constant learning, and bringing creative, frictionless information security / risk management practices to the Seiso customers.
Tune in to hear all about Seiso origin stories and some special segments that give you the insight into what makes Seiso a great business partner.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Senior Security Engineer Keith Holland and Lead Security Engineer Sean Cavanaugh talk about the intricacies and challenges facing application security practitioners in today's modern cloud-based software development world. The Original Rebel Scrum team was formed as Seiso adopted the Agile methodology to project management, lead by co-host Lauren Shaffer. Throughout their time at Seiso, both Sean and Keith have helped grow the DevSecOps, Web Application Pentesting, and Product Security practices.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Senior GRC Engineer Heidi Patrick and Security Consultant Justin Fearon talk all things CMMC. In this episode, we discuss the gotcha's when approaching CMMC compliance and how Seiso facilitates a process to reach CMMC readiness with creativity, allowing our customers to achieve their cybersecurity goals and eventually move towards the assessment process against CMMC requirements.
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
In this episode, our Seiso Side-Up co-hosts talk about what this podcast is all about, segments that we'll showcase, and a little background on our co-hosts themselves.