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7 Minute Security

Hosted by Brian Johnson

7 Minute Security is a weekly information security podcast focusing on penetration testing, blue teaming and building a career in security. The podcast also features in-depth interviews with industry leaders who share their insights, tools, tips and tricks for being a successful security engineer.

728 episodes · publishes weekly · latest 2026-06-30 · ~29 min/episode

Rank

#6071

Substance

29.0

/ 100

Breakdown

Scored 2026-07
Updated monthly

Engineering & DevTools rank

#287 of 289

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Across the index

#6071 of 6182

Substance

Top 98%

outscores 2% of the index

Why it scores where it does

7 Minute Security ranks #6071 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 29.0 out of 100, scored across 1 recent episode. It scores highest on specificity & evidence and insight density. A handful of concrete details exist (Story Worth costs roughly $100, cremation urn biodegrades in two days, service planned for 45 minutes) but these are incidental personal anecdotes with zero business data, metrics, or named case studies relevant to operators.

The five-dimension breakdown

Averaged across 1 recently scored episode, with cited evidence.

Insight Density

6.0 / 20

This is almost entirely personal grief narrative with no meaningful B2B-relevant insights. The handful of 'tips' offered - pre-plan your funeral, write your obituary, use a memoir service - are obvious common sense, not novel practitioner knowledge.

“Not a bad idea to start thinking about the fact that you won't live forever”

“live each day to the fullest and don't forget to tell the people around you that you love them”

Originality

6.0 / 20

There is no original or counterintuitive thinking here. Every observation about grief, funeral planning, and memory-keeping is culturally ubiquitous advice with zero first-principles reasoning or contrarian framing.

“live each day to the fullest and don't forget to tell the people around you that you love them”

“everybody handles it at a different speed and in a different way and in a different intensity”

Guest Caliber

5.0 / 20

This is a solo host monologue with no guest at all. The host is a cybersecurity podcaster, not a practitioner with domain-relevant scale expertise on any topic a B2B operator would study.

“Hello and welcome to the 7 Minute Security Podcast. My name is Brian Johnson, and today I'm your grieving friend and host”

Specificity & Evidence

7.0 / 20

A handful of concrete details exist (Story Worth costs roughly $100, cremation urn biodegrades in two days, service planned for 45 minutes) but these are incidental personal anecdotes with zero business data, metrics, or named case studies relevant to operators.

“I think it's 100 and some bucks”

“there are 627 different ways to literally keep a piece of your loved one with you after they're cremated”

Conversational Craft

5.0 / 20

There is no interviewing, no follow-up questions, and no structured dialogue of any kind - just a stream-of-consciousness solo monologue that the host himself acknowledges is unplanned rambling.

“I am going to go all over the place, but it's fine, you're just gonna have to go ahead and be okay with it”

“that was maybe more self therapy and mental throwing up than really giving you tips”

Standout episodes

  • 7MS #728: Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster - Part 8

    2026-06-30

    29

Rank over time

First period on the Index - history builds from here.

Episodes

1 scored on substance · 60 tracked in total.

  • 7MS #728: Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster - Part 8

    2026-06-30 · 38 min

    29 / 100

Frequently asked

What is 7 Minute Security's substance score?
7 Minute Security scores 29.0 out of 100 for substance and ranks #6071 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 2% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #287 of 289 in Engineering & DevTools. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
Is 7 Minute Security worth listening to?
7 Minute Security is ranked on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 29.0/100. See the five-dimension breakdown above to judge whether it fits what you're after.
Who hosts 7 Minute Security?
7 Minute Security is hosted by Brian Johnson.
How often does 7 Minute Security publish?
7 Minute Security publishes weekly, has 728 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2026-06-30.
Which 7 Minute Security episode should I start with?
Our highest-scoring recent episode is "7MS #728: Securing Your Family During and After a Disaster - Part 8" (29/100) - a good place to start.

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StoryWorthfuneral planningcardiac arrestCPR and AED devicesmilitary funeral honors (gun salute and taps)obituary writingend-of-life financial planningfamily grief processingparamedic trainingEMT certification

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