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

AI agents are becoming part of the enterprise workforce, but many organizations still do not know where those agents are, what they can access, or what they are allowed to do.  In this ClearTech Loop Special Edition sponsored by Okta, Jo Peterson speaks with Matthew Hansen, Regional Chief Security Officer and Head of Customer Audit at Okta, about the identity challenge behind agentic AI.  They dis...

AI governance is no longer just a policy conversation. As AI moves into business workflows, sanctioned platforms, employee tools, local models, agents, and third-party services, organizations need to understand where AI is being used, what it can access, who approved it, and who owns the outcome when something goes wrong.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with Derek Fisher, fo...

In this ClearTech Loop Special Edition from AWS Summit New York, Jo Peterson speaks with Himanshu Verma, Worldwide Leader for Security, Identity, and Governance Specialists at AWS, about how agentic AI is changing the identity risk conversation.  They discuss why AI agents need to be treated as non-human identities, how AWS Security Hub helps centralize identity risk management, and why multi-Regi...

Short Description   Season 3 of ClearTech Loop kicks off with AI security architect Phil Stafford in a practical conversation about AI governance, agent permissions, fractional identity, and why MCP servers may be the next software supply chain risk hiding in plain sight.  Episode Description   AI agents are moving from interesting experiments into real business environments. That means they are n...

AI is moving faster than policy, training, and many traditional controls were designed to handle.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop , Jo Peterson talks with Gerald Auger , Chief Content Creator of Simply Cyber, about shadow AI, non human identities, over-permissioned agents, and what AI defense means when AI systems can act at machine speed.  Gerald brings the educator, GRC, and practitioner-comm...

Your AI policy does not matter much if no one understands how to follow it.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson talks with Maybelyn Plecic, Manager of Training and Adoption at Network to Code, about shadow AI, non human identities, and what AI defense actually means when people are already using AI to get work done.  Maybelyn brings a security, compliance, training, and adoption lens t...

AI security is not showing up as one clean problem.  It is showing up across governance, risk, productivity, identity, API security, and defense.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop , Jo Peterson talks with seasoned CISO Patricia Titus , about shadow AI, non human identities, AI agents, APIs, and what AI defense means when organizations are trying to move quickly without losing control. Patricia br...

Cloud pricing can look simple until the bill arrives.  In this ClearTech Loop Special Edition, Jo Peterson talks with Cristian Graziano, Principal Product Manager at Amazon Web Services , about AWS CloudFront flat rate plans and why predictable pricing matters for teams delivering internet facing applications.  Cristian explains how CloudFront helps accelerate and secure applications, why customer...

AI security is not only about policies, tools, and controls. It is also about education.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop , Jo Peterson talks with James McQuiggan , founder and CISO of Apparent Security, about shadow AI, non human identities, and what AI defense means as organizations try to keep up with real world AI adoption.  James brings the lens of an educator to the conversation. His persp...

AI is already inside your environment.  The problem is most organizations don’t fully see where or how it’s being used.  In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Rock Lambros, CEO of RockCyber, to break down what’s actually happening with shadow AI, non human identities, and AI defense as adoption moves faster than governance.  Why This Matters   This isn’t a future problem. ...

What does AI security actually look like inside real organizations?  In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson talks with Todd Smith, SVP and Director of Customer IAM and Threat Intelligence at Ameris Bank, about shadow AI, non human identities, and what AI defense looks like in environments where identity, fraud, and security are tightly connected.  They unpack why shadow AI is both an IT an...

What does AI security actually look like inside real organizations?  In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson talks with Thomas Bryant, Director of Technical Marketing at Pure Storage and independent analyst and consultant at THB3, 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...

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 resil...

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...

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 le...

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, inf...

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....

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 conversa...

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 (es...

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 AMI, 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 def...

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 signa...

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...

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...

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 S...

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 tru...