Best Alias Podcasts (2025)

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112 April Roundup 42:16

20d ago42:16

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In this month's roundup, Iurgi and Mia discuss the comics, graphic novels and manga they've read recently: Mia: The strange case of Harleen and Harley and Check, Please volume 1. Iurgi: Haikyu, Demon Slayer, Apothecary Diaries, Blade Runner 2039. 09:13 Iurgi and Mia discuss some of the news: Awards (CBCA and Aurealis Awards) The final (we hope) dec…

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Episode 88: Two-Time CISO Showdown Champion (and Chad) 46:05

5d ago46:05

46:05

Alias Cybersecurity Jonathan Kimmitt is joined by Chad Kliewer to discuss the exciting CISO Showdown competition between Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) at BSidesOK. They delve into the history of the showdown, how it works, and highlight significance of the championship belt. Tune in as they share insights and fun facts about this uniq…

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111 Creator Chat with Greg and Nick of One Path 56:09

26d ago56:09

56:09

In this creator chat sit down with Greg Broadmore and Nick Boshier, who have created One Path, together with Andy Lanning, a brutal and epic comic book series. The first of four volumes is out through Mad Cave. Greg Broadmore is an artist, writer and game director from New Zealand with lots of film credits in his career including: Peter Jackson’s T…

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Episode 87: Securing Patient Data with HIPAA's New Security Rules 53:31

1M ago53:31

53:31

Alias Cybersecurity CISO Jonathon Kimmitt is joined by Derrac Page to discuss the new changes to the HIPAA security rules being set in place this year. Listen as they go over many of the biggest points raised from the 660+ page guidelines and discuss ways that HIPAA Privacy Officers and HIPAA Security Officers can get ahead of compliance. Sponsored…

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110 Creator Chat with Karen and Jake of Inked 28:48

1M ago28:48

28:48

Karen Wasson is a children’s author based in Melbourne. Jake Minton is an illustrator based in Byron Bay. Together they have created Inked, a middle grade graphic novel adventure of a fish, or maybe we should say octopus, out of water. It’s also a story about friendship and finding your own path. Inked is the first graphic novel from Hardie Grant’s…

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Episode 86: How to make your pen test training not suck 33:05

1M ago33:05

33:05

Following BSides Oklahoma where Tanner gave an 8 hour training on the basics of penetration testing, Tanner and Keelan give advice on how to present red team/pen test training... specifically how to make the trainings not suck. Sponsored by AFCyberAcademy.com. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotif…

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109 March Roundup 48:07

2M ago48:07

48:07

In this month's roundup podcast Luke and Iurgi start with a discussion of their recent reads. Then: 15:34 A discussion of some news including: ALIA Graphic Notables coming up, new graphic novels by Australian creators, cartoonist R.E. Burke's arrest in the U.S. and consequences of the situation in the U.S. for comic cons and book tours, a new comic…

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108 Reflecting on Comics Librarianship with Amie Wright 1:10:05

2M ago1:10:05

1:10:05

The field of comics librarianship is growing and evolving and that’s what we want to explore in a few special episodes, talking in-depth with comics librarians. ALIA Graphic was created as a group five years ago. And right from the start we established contact with the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. A group tha…

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Episode 85: Is SANS the overpriced dinosaur of cybersecurity training? 43:24

2M ago43:24

43:24

On this week's Secure AF podcast, Tanner poses a controversial question: is SANS the overpriced dinosaur of cybersecurity training? The answer is not a simple one. Listen in as Tanner and CISO Jonathan Kimmitt go in depth on the pros and cons of different security certifications such as Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), GIAC Penetra…

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107 February Roundup 39:06

3M ago39:06

39:06

We're back in 2025 and start the year with a roundup of news and new titles from December, January and February. Marissa and Luke discuss the Angouleme festival, Diamond going bankrupt, the best titles of 2024, their favourite picks from the latest crop of new titles and what they've reading lately. For more information and to check out the full ro…

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Episode 84: New Years Cyber Resolutions Part 2 52:37

4M ago52:37

52:37

As we step into the new year, it's essential to reinforce our defenses against cyber threats. Join Jonathan Kimmitt and Todd Wedel for part 2 of their discussion of cyberresolutions. Their list includes: - **Data Inventory**: Know your data—what, where, and who has access. Regular audits are a must! - **Backup Strategies**: Implement air-gapped bac…

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Episode 83: New Years Cyber Resolutions Part 1 37:34

4M ago37:34

37:34

🚀 Kickstart 2025 with Cybersecurity Resolutions! 🔐 In our latest podcast episode, Todd and Jonathan discuss crucial strategies for a secure year ahead. Tune in for more insights and make this year your most secure yet! 🎧✨ #Cybersecurity #AI #Secure2025 Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and an…

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106 Wrap Up 2024 28:39

5M ago28:39

28:39

James, Gabby, and Marissa look back at the what ALIA Graphic has achieved this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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105 Comics and Libraries: The Pros and Comic Cons 58:19

5M ago58:19

58:19

In this episode we present the recording of our most recent webinar. Are you thinking of hosting a comic event at your library? Join us as we hear from those who have run these programs before and what tips and tricks to look out for. We hear from five speakers from four library services that have run comic con events. Each of the speakers gives a …

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Episode 82: Leaving It All On The Table - The What, How, and Why of Tabletop Exercises 43:37

5M ago43:37

43:37

Ready for an IR? You may have controls, policies, and procedures, but how do you know they exist? Are robust? Followed and adhered to? Join Jonathan Kimmitt and Alexandria Hendryx as they discuss what a tabletop is, how to conduct one effectively, and why they matter to your organization to prevent and prepare for the hoped never to appear IR. Watc…

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104 Libraries and Your Local Comics Store with Greenlight Comics and Kings Comics 1:21:13

5M ago1:21:13

1:21:13

In this creator chat James meets with Dan from Greenlight Comics in Adelaide and Angelo from Kings Comics in Sydney to talk about their comics stores work with libraries and what they can offer to libraries. This is a wide ranging conversation that explores for them to partner with libraries as suppliers, what makes it appealing for libraries to wo…

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103 November Roundup 23:15

6M ago23:15

23:15

In this month's roundup Marissa and Luke share their recent favourite reads: The Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet and Cormac McCarthy Wolvendaughter by Ver Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau Raybearer, Redemptor, and The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, which aren't graphic novels but would make great adaptations …

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Episode 81: IR Aversion, Part 2 40:05

6M ago40:05

40:05

Join Jonathan Kimmitt and Todd Wedel as they continue discussing how to practice IR aversion tactics. 'Tis the season for IRs and best practice cybersecurity. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.By Alias

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Episode 80: IR Aversion, Part 1 26:53

6M ago26:53

26:53

'Tis the holiday season! A time for family...and breaches. Want to be cyberprepared to spoil the hacker's celebration? Listen to our 2 part series where Jonathan Kimmitt ensures your festivities are without incident. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.…

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102 Creator Chat with Dean Rankine 45:58

6M ago45:58

45:58

In this creator chat James sits down with Dean Rankine, a comics artist and writer who won a Ledger Award in 2015 for Itty Bitty Bunnies: Saves X-Mas and the Stan Cross Award in Book illustration in 2020. He's the artist behind Magda Szubanski's Timmy the Ticked Off Pony and most recently he has published Death Metal Elves, with his characteristic …

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101 October Roundup: Add to Your TBR 29:03

7M ago29:03

29:03

In this month's roundup Jade and Mia discuss their recent favourite reads: Tabby by Stephen Kok, PR Dedelis Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule, Ryan Brown Escape From St Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis Hancox Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo Roaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki Then they discuss: The Harvey Awards with the double win…

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Episode 79: Firewall Follies 55:34

7M ago55:34

55:34

Firewalls are an often overlooked or unmanaged part of a network infrastructure. Listen as Andrew Hickman and Keelan Knox discuss what they are, why you should pay attention to them, what we've seen on incident responses, and what you need to do to secure your network. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcast…

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100 We celebrate 100 episodes! 22:50

7M ago22:50

22:50

We started ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics in February 2020. The first episode of our podcast was published in March 2020 as the world prepared to go into lockdown and it's been a whirlwind ever since. We've been publishing monthly roundups of news, resources, webinars and new titles published since March 2020. We created our podcast feed and publis…

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99 Laura J Carroll of Making the Shrine Creator Chat 1:01:54

7M ago1:01:54

1:01:54

In this creator chat Laura J. Carroll discusses her first graphic novel: Making the Shrine. Laura is a writer and visual artist living in Naarm (Melbourne). She's also a proud unionist and the extended covid lockdowns brought her back to drawing. Three years later she has published a graphic novel that explores the making of the Shrine of Remembran…

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Episode 78: S3CCON Debrief 26:28

8M ago26:28

26:28

Attend S3CCON? Enjoy experiencing the recap. Miss S3CCON? Hear what was awesome, what we learned, and what to look forward to in 2025! Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.By Alias

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Episode 77: Defcon Debrief 2024 1:07:34

8M ago1:07:34

1:07:34

Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.By Alias

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98 September Roundup 44:52

8M ago44:52

44:52

In this month's roundup James and Marissa discuss their recent reads, the plans to open a national manga and animation archive in Japan, Batman Day, including some Batman must reads and banned book week. They also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles:: Morgana and Oz by Miyuli (Webtoon Unscrolled) [9781998854837] The Hidden Li…

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97 Creator Chat with Mike Barry (Action Tank Book 3) 46:18

8M ago46:18

46:18

Mike Barry is the creator of Action Tank, a junior graphic novel series that he self published and was fully embraced not just by the ALIA Graphic committee on our notables, but also by the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards. It was then published in the U.S. by Scout Comics and included in the ALA Grap…

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96 August Roundup 36:44

9M ago36:44

36:44

In this month's podcast roundup Gabby and Iurgi share their favourite recent reads, they discuss an article on how to start a comics festival at the library, and a San Diego Comic Con panel where librarians reflected on the impact that comics, graphic novels and manga have had on library readership and propose the next steps to broaden its appeal. …

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Episode 76: Losing the Cyberwar Through Marketing, Part 2 55:19

9M ago55:19

55:19

Jonathan and Todd continue the conversation about how the way we talk about cybersecurity puts us in a deficit against the malicious actors and how we might reframe to better equip the defenders. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.…

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95 Creator Chat with Meriam and Christian Carnouche 40:23

9M ago40:23

40:23

In this creator chat Iurgi sits down to catch up with Christian Carnouche (who was in our very first creator chat back in 2020 as the writer of The Resurrected) and Meriam Carnouche who recently published Tunis to Sydney, with art by Sam Rapley, through FairSquare Graphics. Tunis to Sydney is an intimate, personal and poignant graphic novel that de…

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94 Drawing Attention: Comics and Censorship 1:05:47

9M ago1:05:47

1:05:47

In this special ALIA Graphic Webinar we had three very special guests talking about their experiences in creating comics, the freedom of the creative process in comics, why it’s important to defend different stories and art and their experiences with censorship, book challenges and bans. We were absolutely honoured to have: Briar Rolfe, a Melbourne…

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Episode 75: Losing the Cyberwar Through Marketing, Part 1 43:50

9M ago43:50

43:50

Are hackers really as successful as they appear? Or is it that they have better messaging? Join us for a conversation about how marketing around cybersecurity might play a part in the hacker mystique. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.…

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93 Creator Chat with Kyle and Rod on VOX Books 48:26

10M ago48:26

48:26

In this creator chat James talks to Kyle Wiseman and Rod Riley about VOX Books, hardcover books with an easy to use and durable full audio recording of the book. VOX Books is a product of Library Ideas and they have just partnered with James Bennett in Australia. Kyle and Rod talk about VOX Books, making comics and graphic novels available in this …

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92 July Roundup 25:11

10M ago25:11

25:11

In this month's episode Jade and Mia talk about their favourite recent reads and our recent webinar. They also discuss the most interesting news from this month that have piqued their interest and their favourite new titles. Safdar Ahmed, Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier, and Mike Barry's Action Tank and more get lots of love. Mia also talks about h…

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Episode 74: Internship Intrigue 30:48

10M ago30:48

30:48

On this episode of the SecureAF Podcast, Keelan Knox interviews our 2024 interns. They share insights on how they got in, what they are learning, and where this will take them. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.…

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91 Creator Chat with Josh Santospirito 53:38

10M ago53:38

53:38

In this creator chat we host Josh Santospirito, a multimedia artist, musician and comics creator. His previous two graphic novels are The Long Weekend in Alice Springs and Swallows. He has just recently published a beautiful graphic novel The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, published by Scribe. Make sure you buy it for your library, it’s an ab…

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90 June Roundup 20:55

11M ago20:55

20:55

In this month's roundup Rebecca and Marissa discuss Pride Month graphic novel lists, essential manga, their favourite picks from this month's new lot of graphic novels (which include a few titles by Australian creators) and their favourite recent reads. For the full roundup with all the news and resources please visit our website: https://graphic.a…

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Episode 73: Never Been Vished? 41:51

11M ago41:51

41:51

Alias CEO Donovan Farrow and Business Development Coordinator Trey Allen talk the tips and tricks of the vishing trade. They're gearing up for the DEFCON social engineering village. Listen or watch to hear their tales and experiences to learn how they're going to bring the heat to Las Vegas. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. …

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Episode 72: Security in Process 33:17

11M ago33:17

33:17

Bryan Filice of Trap Technologies joins Keelan Knox to talk about the current threat landscape and why security has to involve every system, host, and employee. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts.By Alias

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89 May Roundup: I'll add that to the list 32:34

12M ago32:34

32:34

In this month's roundup Gabby and James discuss: Their recent reads James presenting at ALIA National Recent comic cons at libraries (Comic Gong, Dandy Con, King Con) More on recent attempts at bans in Australia Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier's new graphic novel: Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding Graphic novel sales in Australia are booming Th…

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Episode 71: When the CISO Speaks Up 57:35

12M ago57:35

57:35

Ever wonder what your CISO (or CIO or anyone in IT security management) may be thinking? Are you’re the one in that position having those thoughts? Join Jonathan Kimmitt as he describes all the things CISOs wish they say but don't…and why and when they should. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotif…

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Episode 70 - Boeing and Beyond 18:15

1y ago18:15

18:15

Heard about the recent revelation of the Boeing breach? Join Alias CEO Donovan Farrow on the SecureAF Podcast as he lays out what we know, what we don't, what this means, and what we hope to learn to better protect our companies and communities, locally and nationally. Watch the full video at youtube.com/@aliascybersecurity. Listen on Apple Podcast…

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Episode 69 - AI or BS 25:44

1y ago25:44

25:44

AI is all the rage. Or AI having rage is the bigger fear. Doesn't matter where you go, it's a topic of attention. The potential uses and abuses are touted on every news station and from every pundit, whether proponent or naysayer. But what's true? Especially in the realm of cybersecurity? Our engineers have on-the-ground knowledge of AI's capabilit…

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88 April Roundup 37:13

1y ago37:13

37:13

In today's episode Iurgi and Mia discuss: their recent reads (Maus, Lumberjanes, Fence Vol 6: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) an update on Australian comics the challenges of long manga series comics sales data from the U.S. that is mind blowing - for example, 49% of comics sales in the U.S. book market went to manga and m…

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Episode 68 - It's Exploit O'Clock 42:53

1y ago42:53

42:53

Seriously, do you know where your data is? It’s an often overlooked question in cybersecurity. In the case of an incident, without knowing where your data is, how do you know what’s been accessed? Where else that data might be? What’s needed to remediate? And what’s less crucial to restore? But even before an incident, how do you know what to prote…

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87 Creator Chat with Paul McLaughlin 33:38

1y ago33:38

33:38

This month Rebecca sits down to chat with Paul McLaughlin, the creator and writer of Lil Viking Space Rangers. Chapter 2 is out now with art by Trudi Monteath and Sarah Rackemann. Chapter 1 and 3 have art from Liana Wright. The discussion covers this delightful and humorous comics for kids, the process of making comics, Paul's experiences with libr…

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Episode 67 - The CISO Pen Test 50:56

1y ago50:56

50:56

What good is a Pen Test? There are a host of answers - knowing your environment, identifying dangers, implementing remediations, meeting compliance. But how should a CISO view a Pen Test given their unique role in the organization? How do they best understand the need, the conduct, the reporting, and the follow through? On this episode of the Secur…

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86 March Roundup 20:57

1y ago20:57

20:57

In this roundup episode Jade and Rebecca sit discuss their recent reads, they pick their favourite newly released graphic novels and the latest news and resources, including: collection management and weeding of superhero comics, U.S. publishers ramping up releases of middle grade manga and lots of adaptations of books into graphic novels. New titl…

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85 Creator Chat with Queenie Chan 1:09:41

1y ago1:09:41

1:09:41

In our latest creator chat, Marissa sits downs with Queenie Chan, a Sydney based comics creator working in manga style. She has published three volumes of The Fabled Kingdom, which is a mix of prose and manga, the Women Who Were Kings series of manga and now she's republishing an expanded and updated three volume edition of The Dreaming, a manga lo…

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