Joel is the Director of Content and a co-founder at Expert Insights; a rapidly growing media company focused on covering cybersecurity solutions.
He’s an experienced journalist and editor with 8 years’ experience covering the cybersecurity space. He’s reviewed hundreds of cybersecurity solutions, interviewed hundreds of industry experts and produced dozens of industry reports read by thousands of CISOs and security professionals in topics like IAM, MFA, zero trust, email security, DevSecOps and more.
He also hosts the Expert Insights Podcast and co-writes the weekly newsletter, Decrypted. Joel is driven to share his team’s expertise with cybersecurity leaders to help them create more secure business foundations.
Articles By: Joel Witts
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8 Features To Look For When Choosing An Email Encryption Solution
Email Encryption enables organizations to prevent data loss and ensure compliance. Here are the top features you should look for in an email encryption solution.
by Joel Witts
4 Cloud Backup Experts Share Their Predictions For 2025
Experts share their predictions for how the cloud backup will change in 2025.
by Joel Witts
7 Tips For Choosing The Right Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Solution
Expert Insights’ guide to the top seven features you should consider when choosing a multi-factor authentication solution for your organization.
by Joel Witts
The State Of Ransomware In 2025: Retail Hits, Legal Crackdowns & Civil Wars
BLACK HAT 2025, LAS VEGAS – Ransomware is a critical risk to SMBs, enterprises, and nation states, and it’s a risk that shows no sign of slowing down. This week at BHUSA25, Expert Insights have been chatting to ransomware experts about how ransomware is evolving, where threats are going, and how you can protect your...
by Joel Witts
Expert Panel: How To Choose The Right Phishing Protection Solution
We asked 5 phishing protection experts for their advice on finding the right solution.
by Joel Witts
What’s Next For User Authentication? Passkeys, Passwordless & More
The user authentication market is over 35-years old – but there continues to be a huge amount of innovation and changing taking place.
by Joel Witts
What Is DNS Web Filtering And How Does It Work?
DNS Filters can be an important tool to protecting users against malicious web content. In this guide we cover how DNS filtering works, and why it’s important.
by Joel Witts
Why Is Email Archiving Important? 5 Key Benefits Of Email Archiving
Email archiving has some really useful benefits, making it one of the best features that organizations can easily implement. Here’s why:
by Joel Witts
Q&A: Hoxhunt Human Risk Leader David Badanes On Why AI Is Creating A “Perfect Storm” For Phishing
Hoxhunt Human Risk Leader David Badanes discusses the key findings from the 2026 Phishing Trends Report, how AI is creating a "perfect storm" for phishing, and why building a proactive security culture is the best defense against social engineering.
by Joel Witts
KnowBe4: AI Agents Need Their Own Security Awareness Training To Avoid Falling For Phishing Scams
KnowBe4 CISO Advisor Erich Kron discusses why Phishing-as-a-Service is driving 90% of enterprise attacks, and why AI agents will need their own security awareness training.
by Joel Witts
Proofpoint: We Must Build Guardrails For The ‘Agentic Everything’ Era
Proofpoint's Molly McLain Sterling discusses why AI has amplified insider risks at unprecedented scale, how phishing is evolving beyond the inbox, and the tension between AI companies pushing "just let go" and security teams trying to maintain control.
by Joel Witts
Snyk: AI-Generated Code Is Creating 2-10x More Vulnerabilities Per Developer
Snyk's Manoj Nair discusses why malicious AI skills are the new malware, how AI-generated code is driving a 2-10x increase in vulnerabilities, and the rise of agent-driven insider threats.
by Joel Witts
Google Cloud: The SOC of the Future Will Have Humans Supporting Agents
Google Cloud's Jon Ramsey discusses the march toward a fully autonomous SOC, why the Dark Web Intelligence agent shows what AI-first security looks like, and why defenders have a structural advantage over attackers.
by Joel Witts
Zscaler: AI Agents Need Zero Trust Too
Zscaler's Deepen Desai discusses the shadow agent crisis, how an OpenClaw bot jumped to a CI/CD pipeline without anyone knowing, why zero trust must extend to AI agents, and ThreatLabz data showing AI adoption approaching a trillion enterprise transactions.
by Joel Witts
ESET Experts On ‘EDR Killers,’ Supply Chain Blind Spots, And AI Governance
ESET's Head of Threat Research Jean-Ian Boutin and Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe discuss EDR killers, nation-state cyber espionage, why supply chain attacks are more dangerous than organizations realize, and the security challenges of agentic AI.
by Joel Witts
Google Cloud’s Anton Chuvakin: AI Will Favor Defenders in the Long Run
Google Cloud's Dr. Anton Chuvakin explains how shadow AI governance has evolved, the human-in-the-loop debate, and why in the long run, AI will ultimately favor defenders
by Joel Witts
Red Canary: AI Is Helping Adversaries Exploit Blind Spots Before We Can Fix Them
Red Canary VP of Product Marketing Aaron Landgraf discusses the findings of the 2026 Threat Detection Report
by Joel Witts
Vanta: Shadow AI Is Already “Exponentially Bigger” Than Shadow IT Ever Was
Vanta Sr. Director of GRC Khush Kashyap explains how to build AI governance without being a blocker, the CISO burnout paradox, and a scalable answer to human in the loop.
by Joel Witts
Why State Governments Are “Not Ready” For Autonomous AI Threats
Presidio Field CISO Dan Lohrmann on why state and local governments are dangerously behind on AI-driven threats, how federal grant cuts are widening the gap, and why identity should be at the top of the priority list.
by Joel Witts
Q&A: Securonix Field CISO Chris Jacob On How AI Agents Are Reshaping Security Operations
Securonix Field CISO Chris Jacob discusses the biggest challenges facing SOC teams, why identity management is the top attack vector, how agentic AI can reduce analyst burnout, and why AI is becoming the new security perimeter.
by Joel Witts
Q&A: The Browser Is Security’s Biggest Blind Spot – But Also An Opportunity
Island CCO Bradon Rogers discusses why the browser has become the enterprise's biggest security gap, how the Enterprise Browser consolidates the security stack, and what AI governance looks like at the last mile.
by Joel Witts
Doppler CEO Amber Britton On Why Secrets Sprawl Is One Of The Biggest Hidden Risks In Cybersecurity
Doppler CEO Amber Britton discusses why secrets sprawl is one of cybersecurity’s biggest hidden risks, how AI agents are reshaping secrets management, and why developer experience is the key to building a more secure future.
by Joel Witts
Q&A: BlackCloak’s Dr. Chris Pierson On The Escalating Physical Risks of Executive Cyber Exposure
BlackCloak's Dr. Chris Pierson on why healthcare executives are uniquely exposed, and how digital vulnerabilities are becoming physical threats.
by Joel Witts
AI Is Creating A Governance Debt Nobody Asked For, Syskit Warns
A Q&A with Microsoft MVP and Co-Founder of Syskit Frane Borozan.
by Joel Witts
Eliminating Standing Privileges And The Future Of PAM
Expert Insights interviews Shashwat Sehgal, CEO and Co-Founder of P0 Security.
by Joel Witts
Interview: Why AI Agents Are Becoming the Enterprise’s Next Major Attack Surface
We spoke to OpenText’s senior vice president of product and engineering, Scott Richards, at the 2025 OpenText World conference in Nashville.
by Mirren McDade
Mike Walters On Building Action1, The Fastest-Growing Private Software Company In The USA
How a laser focus on patching turned Action1 into the fastest-growing private software company in the US.
by Joel Witts
In Conversation With Rajesh Ganesan, CEO at ManageEngine
“Keep Calm and Carry On,” Expert Insights sits down with Rajesh Ganesan, CEO at ManageEngine.
by Joel Witts
Interview: What’s The Next $20bn+ Cybersecurity Acquisition?
Expert Insights speaks to Deepak Jeevankumar, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital.
by Joel Witts
Q&A: Macs Are A Target For Hackers – Here’s How To Lock Them Down With Zero Trust
Expert Insights interviews Slava Konstantinov, Cybersecurity Expert, ThreatLocker macOS Lead Architect.
by Joel Witts
Q&A: Druva’s Chief Security Officer On Cloud Backup and Data Security Trends
Expert Insights interviews Yogesh Badwe, Chief Security Officer, Druva.
by Joel Witts
Unlocking the Future: Descope’s Co-Founder On How Passwordless Authentication Is Revolutionizing Identity Management
Expert Insights Interviews Rishi Bhargava, Co-Founder of Descope.
by Joel Witts