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One mis-typed contact detonates Signal Gate, turning “secure” messaging into a classified-data leak.Host Lieuwe Jan Koning (Co-founder, ON2IT) and Thomas Manolis (Security Officer, AMS-IX) lay out the breach blow-by-blow—then drop the Zero Trust, Shadow IT and information-governance tactics every CISO needs before the next incident hits.High stakes, hard lessons—compressed into actionable steps you can brief to the board.Timestamps00:00 Cold-open: “wrong recipients” analogy00:37 What really happened in Signal Gate01:38 Mistake #1 – Choosing a consumer app over classified03:34 Mistake #2 – Human error: the mis-added journalist07:55 Shadow IT, usability & Secure Messaging Apps 09:10 Information Governance, audits and technical controls12:02 Zero Trust takeaways & action planKey Topics Covered• Anatomy of the Signal Gate breach & timeline• Why Shadow IT sabotages secure operations• Building airtight Information Governance for secure messaging apps• Operationalizing Zero Trust: least privilege, continuous verification, human-centric trainingRelated ON2IT Content & Referenced Resources• “Understanding Zero Trust – Lessons from Experts” whitepaper: https://on2it.net/resources/?• Zero Trust Readiness Assessment (PDF): https://on2it.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Zero-Trust-Readiness-Assessment-EN-US.pdf• Threat Talks podcast hub: https://threat-talks.com/🔔 Follow and Support our channel! 🔔=== ► YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@ThreatTalks► SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1SXUyUEndOeKYREvlAeD7E► APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/threat-talks-your-gateway-to-cybersecurity-insights/id1725776520👕 Receive your Threat Talks T-shirthttps://threat-talks.com/🗺️ Explore the Hack's Route in Detail 🗺️https://threat-talks.com🕵️ Threat Talks is a collaboration between @ON2IT and @AMS-IX

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