Threatlocker

December 23, 2025

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This narrative-driven interview podcast weaves personal breach war stories from cybersecurity pros with sponsor insights, centering on ransomware chaos and recovery triumphs in a gripping, high-stakes cybersecurity confessional style that's intensely urgent and battle-hardened.
The Key Players:
- Jack Rhysider (Host): Charismatic storyteller probing the "worst day" of guests' careers, blending empathy with technical breakdowns.
- Anonymous IT Ops Head: Group head of IT for a 1,000-employee manufacturing firm across 17 UK/Europe sites; riveting survivor of a massive Conti ransomware hit.
- Hunter Clark: Cybersecurity engineer at Arc Technology Consultants; details defending a hospital network from ransomware incursion.
- Danny Jenkins: CEO/co-founder of ThreatLocker; ethical hacker turned entrepreneur sharing origin story and zero-trust evangelism.

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What you'll learn

1 **(00:00) 🎙️ Introduction: Anonymous Group Head of IT Operations**
2 **(01:11) Conti Ransomware Strikes During Family Holiday**
3 **(02:16) Initial Panic: No Playbook, Full Shutdown**
4 **(03:41) Assessing Damage and Job Fears**
5 **(07:14) Rebuild Strategy: Red-Amber-Green Process**
6 **(09:56) Team Strain and Leadership Dilemma**
7 **(11:47) Phased Restoration: No WiFi, Site Boards**

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Show Notes

A manufacturer gets hit with ransomware. A hospital too. Learn how Threatlocker stops these types of attacks. This episode is brought to you by Threatlocker.

Sponsors

This episode is sponsored by ThreatLocker®. ThreatLocker® is a Zero Trust Endpoint Protection Platform that strengthens your infrastructure from the ground up. With ThreatLocker® Allowlisting and Ringfencing™, you gain a more secure approach to blocking exploits of known and unknown vulnerabilities. ThreatLocker® provides Zero Trust control at the kernel level that enables you to allow everything you need and block everything else, including ransomware! Learn more at www.threatlocker.com.