The Mindful Business Security Show
Tune in as our hosts answer questions from small business leaders! We will discuss real-world Information Security challenges faced by our callers and offer relevant advice and guidance.

The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders!
The show is hosted by industry veteran Information Security experts that love small businesses and understand the unique challenges that small business leaders face when implementing cybersecurity safeguards into their organizations.
Join our hosts as they discuss Information Security related topics that impact small businesses every day. In each episode they take calls and answer questions from small business leaders just like you! Hear their relevant advice and guidance as they help listeners focus on the right things to secure their businesses.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? This show is for you!
Episodes
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Knowing what information you need to protect in a small business
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders. Join our hosts as they take questions from business leaders like you!
In this episode, Accidental CISO is joined by guest host Brennen Schmidt. Brennen is an author, speaker, and principal of ALEUS Consulting Group up in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. As a seasoned consultant specializing in cybersecurity, technology, and digital transformation strategy, he is passionate about helping his clients develop creative solutions that solve their problems and drive business enablement.
You can connect with Brennen via the social media links or contact page on his website, brennenschmidt.ca.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Show Merch: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders. Join our hosts as they take questions from business leaders like you!
In this episode, Accidental CISO is joined by guest host Diosvany Pallet. Dio is an independent consultant and vCISO focused on helping small organizations solve their Information Security governance, risk management, and compliance challenges. Many of his clients have strict compliance requirements and undergo annual third-party audits for AICPA SOC 2 attestations or ISO 27001 certification. When he isn't working, you can find him practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and traveling the world to explore amazing cities, cultures, and food.
You can connect with Dio via his company, Cubelle Consulting, or through LinkedIn.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Show Merch: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Special Episode - How to start a business: Part 5
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
This special episode of The Mindful Business Security Show is the second in a multi-part series about how to start a business.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is again accompanied by Joe Brinkley, TheBlindHacker. Joe is a business owner, content creator, and cybersecurity consultant. With an entrepreneurial journey spanning more than a decade, his business interests range from cyber to real estate, and everything in between.
Join them as they wrap up this series about starting a business and discuss keys to success.
Helpful resources mentioned in this episode:
US Small Business Administration: https://www.sba.gov/
SCORE: https://www.score.org/
You can find Joe on Twitch and X, @TheBlindHacker.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Special Episode - How to start a business: Part 4
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
This special episode of The Mindful Business Security Show is the second in a multi-part series about how to start a business.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by Joe Brinkley, TheBlindHacker. Joe is a business owner, content creator, and cybersecurity consultant. With an entrepreneurial journey spanning more than a decade, his business interests range from cyber to real estate, and everything in between.
Join them as they discuss the next steps to starting and running your business, including common tools for operating a business, outsourcing, bookkeeping, and business expenses.
You can find Joe on Twitch and X, @TheBlindHacker.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Special Episode - How to start a business: Part 3
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
This special episode of The Mindful Business Security Show is the second in a multi-part series about how to start a business.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by Joe Brinkley, TheBlindHacker. Joe is a business owner, content creator, and cybersecurity consultant. With an entrepreneurial journey spanning more than a decade, his business interests range from cyber to real estate, and everything in between.
Join them as they discuss the next steps to starting and running your business, including business plans, marketing, sales pipelines, rates, proposals, and contracts.
You can find Joe on Twitch and X, @TheBlindHacker.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Special Episode - How to start a business: Part 2
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
This special episode of The Mindful Business Security Show is the second in a multi-part series about how to start a business.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by Joe Brinkley, TheBlindHacker. Joe is a business owner, content creator, and cybersecurity consultant. With an entrepreneurial journey spanning more than a decade, his business interests range from cyber to real estate, and everything in between.
Join them as they discuss the first steps to standing up your business, including choosing a name, creating your business entity, getting a tax ID, setting up bank accounts, and types of business insurance.
You can find Joe on Twitch and X, @TheBlindHacker.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday May 30, 2024
Special Episode - How to start a business: Part 1
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
This special episode of The Mindful Business Security Show is the first in a multi-part series about how to start a business.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by Joe Brinkley, TheBlindHacker. Joe is a business owner, content creator, and cybersecurity consultant. With an entrepreneurial journey spanning more than a decade, his business interests range from cyber to real estate, and everything in between.
Join them as they discuss the beginning stages of how to start a business, including some personal pre-work, considerations for household budgets, healthcare, sources of early funding, and an overview of business entity types.
You can find Joe on Twitch and X, @TheBlindHacker.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
What small business owners should know about Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by guest host Brent Hinks. Brent is a longtime industry veteran. He's worked in a wide range of roles and industry verticals. For the last six years, he's been focused helping organization's implement AI services.
Join them as they discuss what small business leaders should know about AI and take questions from callers.
You can find Brent on LinkedIn, @brenthinks.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Starting a cybersecurity program in a Small Business
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders.
Join our hosts as they take questions from business leaders like you! In this episode, Accidental CISO is joined by guest host Amanda Berlin. Amanda leads Detection Engineering at Blumira, where she and her team analyze the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by cyber criminals and create detection rules to spot the nefarious activity and protect their customers' systems. When she isn't ruining the day for the bad guys, she runs a non-profit called Mental Health Hackers that is dedicated to mental health among cyber professionals, produces training content for Antisyphon Training, and co-hosts the Brakeing Down Security podcast.
You can find Amanda on LinkedIn.
In this episode, Amanda mentioned several free tools and resources.
Microsoft Sysmon
Incident Response dot Org
Microsoft IR Playbooks
CISA Incident Response Playbooks
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Show Merch: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Live from the Securing Sexuality conference
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
The Mindful Business Security Show is a call-in radio style podcast for small business leaders.
In this episode, Accidental CISO is accompanied by guest host Robert Wagner. Robert is a long-time cybersecurity professional. Over the years, he has held roles from Security Operations Center Analyst to Field CISO. He is a presenter, trainer, speaker, community organizer, and co-founder of the Hack4Kids organization, a non-profit that teaches kids about cybersecurity.
Join them as they take questions from callers about secure collaboration and password managers live from the Focivity booth at the Securing Sexuality conference in Detroit.
You can find Robert online on LInkedIn.
Are you struggling with how to deal with Cybersecurity, Information Security, or Risk Management in your organization? Be a caller on a future episode of the show. Visit our podcast page and sign up now!
Website: https://www.focivity.com/podcast
Show Store: https://shop.mindfulsmbshow.com/
Twitter: @mindfulsmbshow
Hosted by: @AccidentalCISO
Produced by: @Focivity
Music by Michael Korbin from Pixabay