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About bridging the gap between security initiatives and business objectives. Hosted by Matt Alderman, co-hosted by Jason Albuquerque, Ben Carr.
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- Cyber Resilience as AI Tops CISO Priorities and Security Strategy for 2027 and Beyond - Mone' Ross - BSW #473 · 1 h 8 minManaging a cyber crisis extends far beyond the initial breach, tossing leadership into a chaotic fog where security teams, legal counsels, and executives must make high-stakes…
- It's The Trickery While Empowering Employees and Redesigning Work for AI - Frank Riccardi - BSW #472 · 52 minAs the prevalence of AI continues to grow, more and more people are worried about their online safety. New scams seem to be popping up every day, packaged in creative and…
- CyberSN Jobs Report as CIOs and CISOs are Unaccountable and Unprepared for AI - BSW #471 · 54 minCyberSN just released their Cybersecurity Jobs Report through September 2026. We'll cover that in the leadership and communications segment along with, Only 7% of CISOs at Large…
- Minimum Viable Company as Security's Inflection Point & Human Breaking Point Collide - Kriss Stephen - BSW #470 · 58 minIn this episode, Kriss Stephen, Principal Solutions Architect at Semperis, explores the concept of the Minimum Viable Company and the three foundational capabilities every…
- AI Resilience as CISOs Can Balance Internal AI Risk and Productivity Concerns - Ryan Grant, Bill O'Connell - BSW #469 · 53 minBusinesses face severe challenges when balancing short-term efficiency with long-term adaptability against unforeseen cyber events. And Artificial Intelligence has only added to…
- Building Quantum Safe Security as AI Safety and Governance Won't Save You - Vijay Viswanathan - BSW #468 · 59 minHarvest-Now-Decrypt-Later attacks are already in motion. Unmanaged keys and outdated algorithms are active weaknesses within an organization's infrastructure. When quantum…
- Defending at AI Speed as Quantum Threats and AI Policies Won't Save You - Nolan Karpinski - BSW #467 · 54 minAt a time when the traditional approach to enterprise vulnerability management is no longer effective, security leaders are turning to AI agents to help identify, validate, and…
- Balancing AI Benefits and Risks as Your Next CISO Could be Artificial Intelligence - Evan McHenry - BSW #466 · 58 minAs businesses race to embrace AI, security leaders are struggling to modernize cyber hygiene and prevent over-privileged agents from causing unintended harm. How do you balance…
- Followership, CyberSecurity Leadership, and Judgement as a Defining Skill - Kenyada Meadows - BSW #465 · 57 minThe overwhelming majority of people, across the full span of their professional lives, operate without formal authority over the domains in which they work (i.e., leadership)…
- Security Money: The Index Explodes, as the History of AI Teaches Us About Investments - John Willis - BSW #464 · 54 minAI is all the hype, but we're currently stuck at the bottom of the 'J' curve. Wild enthusiasm has given way to the reality of costs, benefits, and risks. What's next for AI and…
- Preventing Wire Fraud and 2 Interviews From BH USA 2026 From Optiv Security and Kai - Galina Antova, Todd Sorrel, John Hurley - BSW #463 · 1 h 0 minWire fraud, identity spoofing, and PII exposure now top the list of operational risks for private capital. In a world of ongoing fraud risk, fiduciary responsibility doesn't end…
- Connecting Cyber Risks to Board Outcomes & BHUSA interviews from Mimecast & Zscaler - Leslie Nielsen, Brett Stone-Gross, Dan Bowden - BSW #462 · 1 h 7 minThe threat landscape has become more interconnected, disruptive, and complex. Ransomware is now as much about extortion and data theft as it is about encryption. Supply chain…
- Preventing a Breakout as AI Agent Threats Is One of Three Top CISO Concerns - Rob Allen - BSW #461 · 54 minArtificial intelligence has quickly evolved from a productivity tool into an active participant in many organizations' daily operations. As organizations give AI greater autonomy…
- Domain Security Plus BlackHat USA 2026 Interviews from Balance Theory and WiCyS - Greg Baker, Ihab Shraim, Lynn Dohm - BSW #460 · 1 h 7 minAs cyber threats become more AI-powered, attacks continue to rise. Threats can arise from all areas of a company's IT infrastructure, however most attacks utilize a domain name…
- Say Easy, Do Hard - Performance Through People - Greg Hoffman - BSW #459 · 50 minThis week, we air our thirteenth pre-recorded segment called "Say Easy, Do Hard". Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we discuss "Performance Through People". Greg Hoffman…
- Transparency, The Key To Team Motivation For Remote Workers - Charles Gaudet - BSW #458 · 41 minSince the pandemic, managing remote teams have been challenging. How do you measure performance and motivate teams when they are remote? Charles Gaudet, CEO & Founder at…
- AI's Disruption as Cybersecurity's Economics Are Broken, Compounding Security Debt - Ben Gilliland - BSW #457 · 59 minAmerica has lived through technological and economic upheaval before. Farm workers moved to factories. Factory workers moved into services. New industries replaced old ones…
- Take Back Control as Enterprises Struggle to Incorporate Risks They Don't Understand - Ben Lipczynski - BSW #456 · 55 minMore than 48,000 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2025, yet only about 1% are actively exploited. However, you're expected to mitigate all vulnerabilities, or at least critical…
- Why AI Just Broke Traditional IT Security as Leaders Clash Over AI's Value and Hiring - Matt Quinn - BSW #455 · 50 minThe latest generation of AI models has collapsed the time from vulnerability discovery to weaponized exploit from weeks to minutes, and reactive, module-based tools built around…
- Performance Through People as Executives Struggle and Mentorship Matters - Greg Hoffman - BSW #454 · 53 minOne of the biggest questions most executives ask is "Why does it still feel this hard when the talent is clearly there?" The answer, in almost every case, is not a people…
- The Strategic Human Firewall as AI Impacts Regulations, Cyber Pros, and Employees - Robert Siciliano - BSW #453 · 1 h 0 minThe 2026 Verizon DBIR has arrived and the results are in... Even with a substantial increase in Exploitation of Vulnerabilities, All Credential Abuse is still the top initial…
- Enterprise Browers in the Age of AI as CISO Role Changes and Leaders Harness Stress - Arunesh Chandra - BSW #452 · 47 minThe browser has become the primary gateway to work, data, and AI. In this episode, Arunesh Chandra, Head of Product, Microsoft Edge for Business at Microsoft Edges for Business…
- Innovation Without Data Security Risk as AI Unlocks Budgets and Identity Challenges - Tony Kelly - BSW #451 · 1 h 1 minAI is reshaping innovation as businesses embed it into core operations and move more processes online. This transformation is often seen as a tradeoff between innovation and data…
- Scaling to $100M as the Security Weekly Index Hits an All Time High - Joshua Gould - BSW #450 · 53 minThe ultimate goal, scale a company to $100M and go IPO. Easier said than done. We've seen some make it and others that get stuck. What's he difference? Joshua Gould, CEO at…
- What Security Leaders Should Expect from RSAC - Joseph Blankenship - BSW #449 · 43 minRSA Conference (RSAC) 2026, the 35th annual flagship event for cybersecurity, drew over 43,500 attendees, featuring more than 600 exhibitors, 570+ sessions, and 700+ speakers…
- Shift to Prevention and Enforcement as We Repeat Security Mistakes With AI - Rob Allen - BSW #448 · 1 h 2 minOver the last decade, cybersecurity heavily invested in EDR, XDR, SIEM, telemetry, and SOC-driven operations. We stopped asking how to stop attacks and started asking how fast we…
- Optimize Legal Operations as the CISO Role Changes to Address Skills Gaps and AI - Walter Scott Wilkens - BSW #447 · 54 minLegal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a…
- Teach to Sell and Two Interviews from RSAC 2026 from Dropzone AI and Microsoft - Dan Rochon, Arunesh Chandra, Edward Wu - BSW #446 · 1 h 6 minAs security leaders, we are continuously selling, maybe not as traditional sales folks, but as selling security across the organization. Whether you're closing client deals…
- The Next Frontier: Autonomous Security and RSAC Interviews from Quantro & SandboxAQ - Marc Manzano, Mark Hughes, Mehul Revankar - BSW #445 · 1 h 9 minAttackers are increasingly weaponizing frontier models to accelerate the entire attack lifecycle, with current and emerging models reducing the time and expertise needed to start…
- From Shame to Fame: Changing Behaviors and RSAC Interviews from Tanium and Illumio - Andrew Rubin, Craig Taylor, Tim Morris - BSW #444 · 1 h 8 minWhy have security awareness training programs failed? Maybe we need to understand human psychology. Humans don't like tricks, or to be shamed, or negative emotions. Humans want…
- Not All CISO Gigs Are Created Equal and RSAC Interviews from ESET and Mimecast - Rob Juncker, Joanna Chen, Tony Anscombe - BSW #443 · 1 h 11 minSo you want to be a CISO? Do you know what that role entails? It depends on a number of factors, including industry, country location, technical vs. business, and more. Each…
- Zero Trust Readiness and Two RSAC 2026 Interviews from Fenix24 and Absolute Security - John Bruggeman, Christy Wyatt, John Anthony Smith - BSW #442 · 1 h 7 minAutonomous AI agents are creating a new attack surface for enterprise security teams, particularly as organizations deploy agents for operational tasks such as customer support…
- Executive Paralysis and Two Pre-Recorded RSAC 2026 Interviews from DigiCert and Okta - Amit Sinha, Ann Marie van den Hurk, Matt Immler - BSW #441 · 1 h 1 minMost organizations don't fail because of technology. They fail because decision authority is unclear in the first critical minutes. "Being careful" is often interpreted as…
- Say Easy, Do Hard - Crypto-Agility - BSW #440 · 52 minWith Q-day getting closer, regulatory guidance pushing firms to migrate to quantum security in the next five years, and an extensive remediation backlog waiting to be discovered…
- Language of the Board as CISO-Board Time Falls Short and CISOs Struggle with Risk - Ben Wilcox - BSW #439 · 57 minSecurity metrics often fail because they measure activity rather than actual risk, often failing to connect with business impact, making them difficult to explain to boards and…
- Being Exploitable While Your Risk Tolerance Changes and You Unblock Innovation - Myke Lyons - BSW #438 · 1 h 3 minAI has created a dilemma for security teams. Attackers are using AI to develop exploits to newly disclosed vulnerabilities faster than security teams can patch them. Security…
- Building Trusted Automation as Leaders Struggle with AI Adoption and CISOs Hire - Tim Morris - BSW #437 · 1 h 7 minWith the introduction of Agentic AI, autonomous "everything" is all the rage. But we've been burned by automation in the past. Remember the days of Intrusion Prevention Systems…
- Security as a Business Enabler by Re-envisioning Risk and Leading through Uncertainty - Elyse Gunn - BSW #436 · 60 minMost organizations view security as a cost center, a "check-the-box" expense rather than a strategic investment. This mindset leads to chronic underfunding, reactive…
- Security Money: The Index and NASDAQ Diverge - BSW #435 · 32 minThe Security Weekly 25 index and the NASDAQ diverge. Funding and acquisitions continue shift to AI. Are security stocks out of favor? Netskope enters the index, but does not…
- Preparing For Q-Day as CISOs Face Quantum Disruption and Cyber Resilience Pressures - Sandy Carielli - BSW #434 · 53 minQuantum security has gone from being a theoretical idea filed away for some unknown future date to an urgent requirement driven by quantum computing advances and government and…
- Unexamined Leadership Behaviors as CEOs and CISOs Balance Cybersecurity Investments - Hacia Atherton - BSW #433 · 56 minFor decades, leadership was judged by outputs such as profit, speed, and results. But the real competitive advantage now lies beneath the surface of your P&L: Your culture…
- Cloud Control As Leaders At Odds Over Cyber Priorities, But Require Strong Leadership - Rob Allen - BSW #432 · 1 h 3 minThe top social engineering attacks involve manipulating human psychology to gain access to sensitive information or systems. The most prevalent methods include various forms of…
- Internal Audit Focal Points for 2026 as AI Impacts Conventional Cybersecurity - Tim Lietz - BSW #431 · 55 minKey emerging risks include cybersecurity (41%) and Generative AI (Gen AI) (35%), both of which present challenges in skill development and retention. The growing reliance on…
- The Future Of Proactive Security Before Building an AI Enabled Enterprise - Erik Nost - BSW #430 · 56 minThe three proactive security principles of visibility, prioritization, and remediation have always been the foundation of vulnerability management teams. But these teams face…
- CISO Lessons from a Children's Novel as Cybersecurity Outgrows IT and Building Talent - Tom Arnold - BSW #429 · 1 h 3 minCyber threats and cyber criminals indiscriminately target the old as well as young regardless of race, creed or origin. Teens and young adults must realize that on the Internet…
- Say Easy, Do Hard - Preventing Burnout, Focusing on CISO Health and Wellness - BSW #428 · 52 minCISO pressures are on the rise - board expectations, executive alignment, AI, and personal liability - and that's all on top of your normal security pressures. With all these…
- The CISO Holiday Party 2025: Leadership Lessons from the Year That Was - BSW #427 · 49 minJoin Business Security Weekly for a roundtable-style year-in-review. The BSW hosts share the most surprising, inspiring, and humbling moments of 2025 in business security…
- Cybersecurity Hiring Trends as Boards Bridge Confidence Gap and Build Strategic Lever - Jim McCoy - BSW #426 · 55 minBusiness Security Weekly is well aware of the cybersecurity hiring challenges. From hiring CISOs to finding the right skills to developing your employees, we cover it weekly in…
- Salesforce Security Risks, Boards Duty of Care, and Managing CISO Risks - Justin Hazard - BSW #425 · 53 minOrganizations rely heavily on Salesforce to manage vasts amounts of sensitive data, but hidden security risks lurk beneath the surface. Misconfigurations, excessive user…
- Shadow Risks in SaaS, Cybersecurity Market Has Lost Its Mind, and Rise of the CTrO - Mike Puglia - BSW #424 · 1 h 6 minWhile many businesses rely on Microsoft 365, Salesforce and Google Workspace security features, critical blind spots remain—the recent series of high profile SaaS breaches…
