The Skeptical Analyst: Cyber Contemplations

Hosted by Barry Rabkin

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Apr 2025

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The purpose of the Skeptical Analyst podcast is to offer my opinions, remarks, and contemplations about issues at the intersection of the insurance industry, technology, society, and cyber risks.

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April 29, 2025Episode 19 min

Will the Cyber Risk Space Mature or Stabilize?

Send a textI discuss my reasons for why the cyber risk space maturing or stabilizing will never happen.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

December 13, 2024Episode 99 min

Importance of Human Capability of Abstraction to the Cyber Age

Send a textWe toss around the term "Cyber Age" but where did the Cyber Age come from. What are the five technologies which have shaped, and continue to shape, the Cyber Age?Which of the five technologies is "more equal" than the other technologies?What human capability is the root cause of the "more equal" technology and of the existence of the Cyber Age?That's what I discuss in this episode of The Skeptical Analyst.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

September 30, 2024Episode 819 min

Skeptical Analyst: Thoughts about the emergence of the Cyber Age

Send a textThoughts about the emergence of The Cyber Age. What do I think are the 5 major technologies and their applications which are forming The Cyber Age and are continuing to form it. I also discuss my thoughts about cyber-forming, cyber risks, and the cyber attack space. My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

August 19, 2024Episode 715 min

AI Technology Apps for Insurance Carriers

Send a textThinking about some AI Technology Applications for the insurance industry.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

June 4, 2024Episode 618 min

Not Every Risk is Insurable

Send a textI discuss why cyber risk is not insurable considering 6 factors:1. Large number of exposure units;2. Accidental / Random and unintentional loss;3. Determinable and measurable loss;4. No (ruinous) catastrophic loss;6. Economically feasible premium.If there is only one "NO", then the risk (cyber risk in this case) is not insurable.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

May 22, 2024Episode 518 min

Is Data Managing You or Are You Managing Data?

Send a textMy discussion of data and data management in the Insurance Industry. I make a few comments, very few, about what I'm thinking of doing in my Introduction Section of my new book about the insurance industry and cyber. I also discuss what "Data Minimization" scares me.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

April 18, 2024Episode 411 min

The Digital Insurer

Send a textDiscussion of The Myth of the Digital InsurerMy LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

March 18, 2024Episode 314 min

AI Ain't a Thing

Send a textDiscussion of why AI Ain't a Thing, an extremely brief history of AI, but focusing on some insurance AI technology applications.My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

February 2, 2024Episode 216 min

Let's Talk Cyber

Send a textThis 16 minute 17 second episode of The Skeptical Analyst focuses on four cyber issues: Our Cyber-Forming WorldTraditional Risks vs Cyber RisksCyber Attack SpacesCyber Perimeters = Interiors = PerimetersMy LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

January 10, 2024Episode 19 min

Introduction to The Skeptical Analyst

Send a textThe purpose of this short podcast is to introduce myself and the objectives of my monthly podcasts discussing the issues at the intersection of the insurance industry and technology (and select technology applications). My LinkedIn home page is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryrabkin/-----------------------The first book I wrote about the insurance industry and technology is titled:"From Stone Tablets to Satellites: The Continual Intimate but Awkward Relationship Between the Insurance Industry and Technology"It is available on Amazon in several formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audible.------------------------------Please send me topics that you would like me to discuss to my LinkedIn page or by commenting on my WordPress blog about podcasts: https://rabkinsopinions.com/2024/01/09/updated-announcement-a-podcast-series-launched-by-barry-rabkin-in-january-2024/

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