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AI Security, Cyber Risk, and Cloud Strategy on ClearTech Loop

ClearTech Research / Jo Peterson

Season 2 of ClearTech Loop is built around three questions:How is AI changing the way organizations think about risk?What does stronger cybersecurity leadership look like right now?How should leaders rethink cloud strategy as business and technology keep shifting?Hosted by Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst at ClearTech Research, ClearTech Loop is a fast, focused podcast covering AI, cybersecurity, and cloud risk through a business leadership lens.Each 10-15 minute episode explores the issues shaping modern

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12:38

ResOps: Bridging Security & Operations for Smarter...

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2026/04/10

When ransomware strikes, even the most prepared organizations can find themselves scrambling—security hunting for indicators while IT races to spin up restores. It’s a recipe for confusion and downtime. Chris Bevel, Practice Lead for Cybersecurity and AI at Commvault, joined Clear Tech Loop to break down how ResOps—the fusion of security and operations—creates a new model for smarter cyber resilience and faster, more coordinated recovery. Breaking Down the Silos Security and IT operations sh...

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18:15

AI Security: Matt Sharp on Shadow AI, NHIs, and AI...

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2026/04/07

What does AI security actually look like inside real organizations? In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson talks with Matt Sharp, Chief Information Security Officer at Xactly, about shadow AI, non human identities, and what leaders should really mean when they talk about AI defense. They unpack why shadow AI is both an IT and security issue, how CISOs and CIOs are approaching identity and governance, and why AI defense now spans productivity tools, SaaS platforms, internal envir...

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11:28

AI Security Is a Risk Leadership Problem First with...

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2026/03/10

In this episode of the ClearTech Loop podcast, Jo Peterson sits down with Gerry Gadoury to talk about what AI security leadership actually requires as the threat landscape changes faster and the business pressure around AI keeps rising. This is not a conversation about one more security tool. Gerry brings the discussion back to risk judgment, executive alignment, and the human side of security leadership. As AI lowers the barrier for attackers and accelerates the pace of change, securit...

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20:10

Cybersecurity Is a Social System with Fernando

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2026/03/02

In this episode of the ClearTech Loop podcast, Jo Peterson sits down with Fernando Montenegro to talk about what the CISO role actually looks like right now as generative AI spreads across the enterprise. This is not a conversation about one more security tool. Fernando frames AI as a forcing function that exposes the social structure of an organization, including incentives, accountability, influence, and how decisions get made. The CISO role has become a bridge role, and the job is m...

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15:48

Security Is an Environment with Miri Rodriguez

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2026/02/26

What CISOs miss when security only lives in features AI security is still getting framed like a technology problem: new tools, new controls, new dashboards, and new rules. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson talks with Miri Rodriguez, Cofounder and CEO of Empressa.ai, about why that framing keeps breaking in the real world. Miri brings a people first lens to AI adoption and security. She argues that security is not just something you install. It is an environment people...

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17:34

AI, Cost, Control, and Relevance with Margaret...

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2026/02/24

AI is getting embedded into everything, security workflows, engineering workflows, and customer facing products, often faster than organizations can govern it. The upside is real. The risk is in the assumptions leaders are making while they chase speed. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Margaret Dawson, Chief Marketing Officer at SUSE, for a slightly different conversation than our usual guest mix. Same three questions, but through a CMO lens shaped by decade...

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10:37

AI Security Needs Better Execution with Zach Lewis...

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2026/02/12

AI security is getting marketed like it requires a brand-new playbook—new frameworks, new job titles, new spend. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Zach Lewis (CIO/CISO and author of Locked Up) for a practical reset: AI doesn’t erase the fundamentals—it punishes you faster when you ignore them. Zach breaks down where GenAI is already helping security programs today (especially tabletop exercises and prioritization), what it actually takes to embed security and...

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12:20

Governance Is a Catalyst in AI Security with Stefano...

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2026/02/10

AI is speeding up both attackers and defenders. The goal is not speed alone. The goal is speed with trust. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Stefano Righi, Chief Security Architect at American Megatrends, for a hot take conversation on what AI is changing inside security programs. Stefano breaks down how GenAI can move teams beyond reactive, tool centric security into anticipatory defense through predictive threat modeling, dynamic risk assessment, and orches...

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16:37

From Tool-Driven Cyber to Adaptive AI Defense with...

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2026/02/05

Cybersecurity has become a tool driven industry. Organizations buy platforms, stack controls, generate alerts, and ask humans to stitch it all together under pressure. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Ryan Lutz to explore what changes when AI becomes part of the security workflow. Not as another console, but as an adaptive capability that helps teams interpret signals faster, prioritize more intelligently, and respond with more consistency when the volume i...

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16:37

From Reactive to Predictive in AI Security with Jen...

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2026/02/03

Cybersecurity has been trapped in a reactive cycle for years: a new threat emerges, a new tool gets purchased, and teams get overwhelmed by alerts. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Jen Waltz (Chief Information Security Officer at IMAJENATIVE) to unpack how generative AI can fundamentally disrupt that cycle—shifting the focus from managing tools to achieving strategic outcomes. The conversation goes beyond “faster alerts” and gets practical about what’s...

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11:13

AI Security Is Still Software Security with Nicolas Moy

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2026/01/29

AI is being embedded into enterprise tools faster than most organizations can govern it. Productivity platforms, security systems, and development workflows now include AI capabilities by default, often without a single approval moment or clear ownership model. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Nicolas Moy, Founder and CIO of LifeMark Financial and vCISO for Security Engineering at Halyard Labs, to talk about what AI security looks like in practice when...

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11:35

The CISO’s Job in AI Is Not to Stop the Wave, But to...

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2026/01/27

AI did not arrive through a single decision. It crept into enterprises through productivity tools, cloud platforms, security products, and SaaS applications that teams were already using. Most organizations did not choose to adopt AI. They woke up and realized it was already there. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Travis Farral, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Archaea Energy, to talk about what that reality means for security l...

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18:13

AI Risk Is Mostly Not New with Michael Machado

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2026/01/20

AI has technically been around for years. What changed is not the math, it is the front door. Suddenly anyone in the organization can touch it, feed it data, and make decisions with it and that shift in accessibility is rewriting business risk. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Michael Machado, CISO and Chief Data Officer at Hyland, to break down a calm, practical truth CISOs need right now. Most of the AI risk conversation is not new. The disciplines are fa...

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18:51

AI as a Digital Co-Worker With the Experience of an...

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2026/01/15

As AI becomes embedded across security operations and business workflows, organizations are confronting a new reality. AI is no longer just a tool. It is behaving like a digital co-worker acting on data, surfacing decisions, and influencing outcomes. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Timothy Youngblood, a four-time Fortune 500 CSO and CISO, board member, angel investor, and adjunct professor, to explore what it really means to manage AI responsibly at scale.&...

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13:49

The CISO’s Role in AI Is to Lead the Risk...

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2026/01/12

AI adoption is accelerating across the enterprise, often faster than governance and risk models were designed to support. Boards want innovation. Business leaders want speed. Security teams are expected to manage risk in environments where the technology itself is still evolving. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with Mustapha Kebbeh, Chief Security Officer at UKG, about why the CISO’s role in AI is not to block innovation or own governance outright, but to lead the ...

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11:10

When the Market Converges with Dan DeBacker

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2026/01/06

The market is converging. Networking, security, and cloud operations are no longer separate conversations. They are colliding at the operational layer, driven by hybrid environments, AI driven operations, and growing pressure to reduce complexity without losing control. In this episode of ClearTech Loop Market Perspective, Jo Peterson sits down with Dan DeBacker, Chief Product Officer at Extreme Networks, to explore what this convergence looks like in practice and why simplicity, ...

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13:50

From Reaction to Prediction in AI Security with Evan...

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2025/12/17

Security teams have spent years operating in reaction mode. Alerts fire, analysts scramble, and incident response often moves at human speed while adversaries move faster. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Evan Kirstel to talk about how generative AI is changing that reality. Evan shares practical examples of how AI powered triage is shrinking incident response timelines from hours to minutes and why speed, when paired with better analysis and guidance, can f...

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12:33

Air Traffic Control for AI Security with Deputy CISO...

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2025/12/11

AI has erased the perimeter. Security teams are no longer guarding walls — they’re managing airspace. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Deputy CISO Aby Rao to unpack what AI security really looks like when threats move through models, APIs, agents, and identity flows instead of firewalls and fences. Aby explains why security teams are at an inflection point: No code and low code tools now let cyber teams build automation and identity workflows wit...

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16:20

AI Only Works If Your Foundations Do: A Conversation...

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2025/11/19

AI is not a fix for a broken SOC. It exposes weaknesses you already have. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson talks with Dr. Anton Chuvakin — Senior Security Staff in Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO and one of the most respected voices in SOC modernization — about what “AI readiness” really means and why most teams are nowhere near it. You’ll hear about: • Why AI accelerates process debt instead of compensating for it • The two forms of shadow AI already inside eve...

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13:27

AI with Financial Intelligence: Turning Hype Into...

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2025/11/08

A practical framework for AI ROI: visibility, accountability, and value Episode description / show notes Last week, you probably caught my chat with Ajay Patel, GM of Apptio and IBM IT Automation. If you missed it, this episode breaks down how a layer of financial intelligence turns AI from experiments into measurable business value. We walk through a simple framework that leaders can actually run with. First, visibility across every AI initiative and its real costs, includi...

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