Two days ago, the 33rd episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast was released. If you are new to the this podcast, it’s a monthly podcast featuring interviews with noted security experts. It’s co-sponsored by IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine and Cigital. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in software security and privacy research. I’ve been a loyal listener almost since it started, and I have yet to find an episode that didn’t teach me something new.

In it, Dr. Gary McGraw, the host of the series, interviews Dr. Laurie Williams, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University. They discuss the work the Software Engineering Realsearch Group is doing in software security, testing, and agile development. In my humble and admittedly biased opinion, Dr. Williams is an excellent teacher and the podcast is absolutely worth checking out.

In a previous episode, Dr. Annie Antón, a Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University and the Director of The Privacy Place, was also interviewed by Dr. McGraw. They discussed the our work here at The Privacy Place including research on privacy policies, the role of regulations in computer privacy and security, and the relationship between privacy and security. Of course, my opinion as to this podcast is even more biased, but I would still encourage you to check it out.

Previous podcasts have included interviews with luminaries such as Ed Felten, Bruce Schneier, Dorothy Denning, Eugene Spafford, Adam Shostack, and Matt Bishop. I am tempted to simply list all the interviewees because each episode is fantastic, but I’ll leave the rest as a teaser. If you were so inclined, you could even follow their RSS or iTunes feed as a New Year’s resolution.