Dave Bittner: From puppet shows to podcasts. [Media] [Career Notes]

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🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Host of the CyberWire Podcast, Dave Bittner, wanted to work with the Muppets, so naturally he landed in cybersecurity. Dave and his Cookie Monster puppet spent much of his childhood putting on shows for his parents friends. During one of those performances, he was discovered and got his start at the local PBS station. A radio, television and film major in college, Dave owned his own company and as the most tech-savvy member of the group, handled that side of things. Dave notes his cybersecurity challenges back then consisted of maybe a corrupt floppy disk. It wasn't until he joined the CyberWIre that cybersecurity became Dave's focus. A former boss showed him how to lead a team and treat everyone with kindness regardless of their role. We thank Dave for sharing his story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:10.1	At TALIS, they know cybersecurity can be tough and you can't protect everything,
0:17.6	but with TALIS, you can secure what matters most.
0:23.2	With TALIS's industry-leading platforms, you can protect critical applications, data, and identities, anywhere and at scale with the highest
0:29.7	ROI. That's why the most trusted brands and largest banks, retailers, and healthcare companies in the
0:36.1	world rely on Talis to protect what matters most. Applications, retailers, and healthcare companies in the world rely on Talis to protect what matters most.
0:40.0	Applications, data, and identity.
0:42.6	That's Talis.
0:44.0	T-H-A-L-E-S.
0:46.3	Learn more at Talisgroup.com slash cyber.
0:50.0	Thank you. My name is Dave Bittner, and I am the host of the Cyberwire podcast.
1:05.4	It's time to play the music.
1:07.8	It's time to light the light.
1:09.7	I would love to work with the Muppets.
1:15.4	No, I mean, that's what got me into all this.
1:19.7	So I got this Cookie Monster Puppet when I was about it, I don't know, six or seven years old,
1:23.9	and I just took to it immediately.
1:26.0	Started doing puppet shows, and I did all the voices
1:28.3	because I grew up watching Sesame Street and this is before the Muppet show. So my parents had a friend
1:34.2	of theirs over the house one time and I was doing what I always did with all of their friends,
1:38.2	which was entertaining them with my puppets, whether they wanted it or not. And this friend said to my parents, they said, you know, this little guy
1:46.6	has some talent here. I work at the local PBS station and we hire the kids to be on some of our
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