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by Matt Alderman
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Oct 28, 2026Episodes (489)

CyberSN Jobs Report as CIOs and CISOs are Unaccountable and Unprepared for AI - BSW #471
Oct 28, 202654m
CyberSN 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 Companies Own AI Governance, Our Favorite

Minimum Viable Company as Security's Inflection Point & Human Breaking Point Collide - Kriss Stephen - BSW #470
Oct 21, 202657m
In this episode, Kriss Stephen, Principal Solutions Architect at Semperis, explores the concept of the Minimum Viable Company and the three foundational capabilities every organization needs to withstand and recover from

AI Resilience as CISOs Can Balance Internal AI Risk and Productivity Concerns - Ryan Grant, Bill O'Connell - BSW #469
Oct 14, 202653m
Businesses face severe challenges when balancing short-term efficiency with long-term adaptability against unforeseen cyber events. And Artificial Intelligence has only added to those challenges. How should organizations

Building Quantum Safe Security as AI Safety and Governance Won't Save You - Vijay Viswanathan - BSW #468
Oct 7, 202659m
Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later attacks are already in motion. Unmanaged keys and outdated algorithms are active weaknesses within an organization's infrastructure. When quantum decryption arrives, the fallout will be immediat

Defending at AI Speed as Quantum Threats and AI Policies Won't Save You - Nolan Karpinski - BSW #467
Sep 30, 202654m
At 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 contain zero-day threats. Learn how Google

Balancing AI Benefits and Risks as Your Next CISO Could be Artificial Intelligence - Evan McHenry - BSW #466
Sep 23, 202657m
As 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 the benefits of AI with the Risks of AI? Ev

Followership, CyberSecurity Leadership, and Judgement as a Defining Skill - Kenyada Meadows - BSW #465
Sep 16, 202657m
The 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). Yet followership has almost no sustained lit

Security Money: The Index Explodes, as the History of AI Teaches Us About Investments - John Willis - BSW #464
Sep 9, 202653m
AI 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 companies looking to capitalize on the AI t

Preventing Wire Fraud and 2 Interviews From BH USA 2026 From Optiv Security and Kai - Galina Antova, Todd Sorrel, John Hurley - BSW #463
Sep 2, 20261h 0m
Wire 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 with sound investment decisions — it must

Connecting Cyber Risks to Board Outcomes & BHUSA interviews from Mimecast & Zscaler - Leslie Nielsen, Brett Stone-Gross, Dan Bowden - BSW #462
Aug 26, 20261h 7m
The 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 events can create outages that ripple far bey

Preventing a Breakout as AI Agent Threats Is One of Three Top CISO Concerns - Rob Allen - BSW #461
Aug 19, 202653m
Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved from a productivity tool into an active participant in many organizations' daily operations. As organizations give AI greater autonomy within their environment, they're also gr

Domain Security Plus BlackHat USA 2026 Interviews from Balance Theory and WiCyS - Greg Baker, Ihab Shraim, Lynn Dohm - BSW #460
Aug 12, 20261h 7m
As 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 to infiltrate systems. How secure is your d

Say Easy, Do Hard - Performance Through People - Greg Hoffman - BSW #459
Aug 5, 202650m
This 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 joined us a few weeks back to discuss his

Transparency, The Key To Team Motivation For Remote Workers - Charles Gaudet - BSW #458
Jul 29, 202641m
Since 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 Predictable Profits, joins Business Security Weekl

AI's Disruption as Cybersecurity's Economics Are Broken, Compounding Security Debt - Ben Gilliland - BSW #457
Jul 22, 202658m
America has lived through technological and economic upheaval before. Farm workers moved to factories. Factory workers moved into services. New industries replaced old ones. Productivity rose. Living standards improved.

Take Back Control as Enterprises Struggle to Incorporate Risks They Don't Understand - Ben Lipczynski - BSW #456
Jul 15, 202655m
More 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 and high. But what if there is no patch to

Why AI Just Broke Traditional IT Security as Leaders Clash Over AI's Value and Hiring - Matt Quinn - BSW #455
Jul 8, 202650m
The 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 static dashboards simply can't keep up. In

Performance Through People as Executives Struggle and Mentorship Matters - Greg Hoffman - BSW #454
Jul 1, 202652m
One 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 problem. It is an environment problem. And enviro

The Strategic Human Firewall as AI Impacts Regulations, Cyber Pros, and Employees - Robert Siciliano - BSW #453
Jun 24, 20261h 0m
The 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 access vector for breaches, which means the h

Enterprise Browers in the Age of AI as CISO Role Changes and Leaders Harness Stress - Arunesh Chandra - BSW #452
Jun 17, 202646m
The 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, will discuss why security and IT teams are

Innovation Without Data Security Risk as AI Unlocks Budgets and Identity Challenges - Tony Kelly - BSW #451
Jun 10, 20261h 1m
AI 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 risk, but that assumption is wrong. Busin

Scaling to $100M as the Security Weekly Index Hits an All Time High - Joshua Gould - BSW #450
Jun 3, 202653m
The 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 thebigword, joins Business Security Weekly to d

What Security Leaders Should Expect from RSAC - Joseph Blankenship - BSW #449
May 27, 202643m
RSA 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 from 104 countries. It generated 370 million

Shift to Prevention and Enforcement as We Repeat Security Mistakes With AI - Rob Allen - BSW #448
May 20, 20261h 2m
Over 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 could detect them. However, Mythos and fr

Optimize Legal Operations as the CISO Role Changes to Address Skills Gaps and AI - Walter Scott Wilkens - BSW #447
May 13, 202653m
Legal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a complex and potentially costly risk. How sh