Robert Rounsavall, Technologist, Startup Founder, and BJJ Blue Belt
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The SynAckFinAck Podcast is an interview show hosted by Robert Rounsavall featuring tech and security pros discussing various topics and sharing information that will help people stay ahead of the game.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Practitioner interviews connect cybersecurity careers with the operational realities of breaches, encryption, industrial systems, and emerging data technology.
Robert Ronsevall builds each interview from a guest's career path toward the systems and decisions behind security work. The SynAckFinAck Podcast moves comfortably from becoming a penetration tester to post-breach remediation, operational technology, encryption key management,…
A clown-hatcheting game becomes a data source; your security curiosity can handle that detour.
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A merger-era cyber conversation anchored in Terramark, DARPA work, and plain talk about customer protection.
Marvin Wheeler traces Cybraics back to the Terramark years in South Florida, where a cloud hosting business built a strong federal team, a cybersecurity bench, and work tied to DARPA before that effort later rolled into Silver Sky.
A clear look at encryption as a key-management problem, not just a buzzword.
Robert Ronsevall and John McLaughlin keep the focus on the side of cybersecurity that often feels invisible until it fails: encryption, keys, and access control.
A practical look at the cleanup that follows encryption, with a gentle caveat about the lighter opening banter.
CINAC FINAC keeps its focus on post-breach remediation, and that gives the conversation a clear practical edge. Thomas Longhurst of Kivu Consulting walks through the scramble after a company is encrypted, from pulling sample files from a LUN to waiting on Microsoft tech support,…
A grounded conversation about IoT data, auditing, and the security problems MicroShare set out to solve.
This episode follows Tim Panagas, CTO of MicroShare, as he traces the companys shift from banking-focused data management ideas to IoT data and the security problems that came with it.
A practical conversation on cloud compliance, standards work, conference-room credibility, and how cybersecurity expertise can open doors.
Cybersecurity expertise is framed as practical judgment as much as technical command. Chris Davis connects his VMware work in the Office of the CTO to the standards, compliance, regulations, and security practices that matter as products move from on-premises systems into cloud…
A clear, grounded introduction to OT security, anchored by a water-treatment attack that makes the stakes immediate.
Operational technology comes into focus as Robert Roncevall asks Kunle Adetoro to walk through the systems behind a water treatment center, a dam, and a factory floor.
A grounded cybersecurity conversation about learning the field, teaching it clearly, and finding momentum early.
Cybersecurity comes across as a career shaped by curiosity, practice, and the nerve to keep stepping into unfamiliar work. Robert Ronsival's conversation with John Breth of JBC Sec Consulting ties Breth's background in network security, security architecture, Juniper, and…
A practical career guide to building pen-testing skills, reading roles clearly, and finding the community that helps shape a cybersecurity path.
This episode frames penetration testing as a craft built through repeatable practice, curiosity, and real professional ties. Sanders Diaz, an offensive security professional in healthcare with government-agency experience, gives aspiring practitioners a practical route in: read…
Technology's mechanisms, power's consequences.
Dave, Joe, and Maria break down phishing kits, deepfakes, and social-engineering scams weekly.
To cheaply collect human data, he built a clown-hatcheting game and advertised it to Juggalos.
Host Robert Rounsavall interviews Tom Mays from NodeWeaver about edge computing, which processes data locally instead of sending it to cloud servers.
The SynAckFinAck Podcast interview with Marvin Wheeler focuses on Silver Sky's merger with Cybraics and the behavioral-analytics logic behind MDR.
["The SynAckFinAck Podcast conversation with John McLachlan centers on data encryption in cyber security and his route from the University of Minnesota to Apple and Peacemaker.", "McLachlan says his security obsession started early in Minnesota, where he had a computer in his bedroom, inherited spare machines from his father, and later volunteered with the local police department and worked as a Mall of America mall cop.", "He walks through Apple\u2019s iTunes DRM work, Symphony Communications\u2019 bank-facing multi-tenant SaaS, and the HSM- and PKCS11-based key handling that kept message content off the server.", "He closes by framing encryption as key management, then describes Peacemaker\u2019s policy-based SDKs, automatic key rotation, and algorithm changes from RSA to elliptic curve cryptography."]
["Robert Roncevall interviews Thomas Longhurst of Kivu Consulting about post-breach remediation after a ransomware case that brought multiple firms into the same room.", "Longhurst says Kivu's post-breach team handles three paths after encryption: a complete rebuild, restoring from backups, or decrypting data after ransom payment.", "He also walks through his path from Army communications to executive protection, forensic imaging, and incident response work at Navigant and Kivu.", "The episode uses a 16-terabyte LUN, a Microsoft software reattach fix, and nonstop executive updates to show how recovery work actually gets done."]
Robert Ronsevall talks with Tim Panagas, CTO of MicroShare, about using AI and IoT data without losing control of who can see it.
The SynAckFinAck Podcast episode features host Robert Ronsevall interviewing Chris Davis, VMware's Senior Technical Manager for Industry Standards, about the skills cybersecurity professionals need.
Robert Roncevall interviews Kunle Adetoro, a consulting systems engineer for critical infrastructure and operational technology, about moving from IT security into cyber-physical protection.
Robert Ronsival interviews John Breth of JBC Sec Consulting about entering cybersecurity after joining the Air Force with no prior IT background.
Robert Ronsevall interviews Sanders Diaz, an offensive security professional at a large healthcare organization who has worked with government agencies, about becoming a penetration tester.