Beyond the Firewall. Powered by HUB Tech

Firewalls, EDR, and cloud security get all the attention, but sensitive data rarely “escapes” through a Hollywood-style hack. It walks out the door in plain sight, copied by a well-meaning employee, saved to a USB drive, shipped in a physical backup rotation, or pasted into a public AI chatbot because someone is trying to get their work done faster. We talk with Kyle Zemke and Matt Buckley from iS...

Tech careers are full of myths, and one of the biggest is that you need a perfect plan or a computer science degree to belong. We sit down with Fernanda Silver from Acronis, Adriana Ayadarola from Colossus Technology, and Chris Daggett from HubTech to get honest about what women in tech actually face and what really helps women grow in cybersecurity, managed services, and the IT channel. Fernanda...

A lot of small businesses still assume hackers only chase big brands. The truth we see every day is simpler and scarier: attackers use automation and AI to hunt for the easiest door, and SMBs often have the fewest locks. We sit down with Mark Hammer (Director of Partner Enablement and Evangelism at Acronis) to unpack what “cybersecurity for small businesses” really looks like when budgets, time, a...

Your AI tools are not staying in the “chat window.” They are learning your habits, pulling in context, and starting to take action and that is where productivity can quietly turn into risk. We talk with cybersecurity and compliance leader Matt Lee (Pax8) about the evolution from ChatGPT-style assistants to agentic AI and AI agents that can operate like a coworker with credentials, tools, and auton...

In this episode of the Beyond the Firewall podcast, Powered by HUB Tech, we sit down with Randy George, Senior Vice President of Technology for the Boston Red Sox, for a behind-the-scenes look at how technology is transforming one of the most iconic franchises in sports. Fenway Park may be baseball’s most historic stadium, but behind the scenes, it operates like a modern digital enterprise. Randy...

Cybersecurity plans look great on paper until daily operations get in the way. The real reason breaches happen isn’t a lack of tools or knowledge. It’s breakdowns in execution. In this episode, we sit down with Steve Brining, CISSP and Cybersecurity Evangelist at Acronis , and Chris Daggett, technology leader at HUB Tech , to expose the hidden gap between cyber strategy and real-world operations....

Operational technology runs the systems we depend on every day. Power grids, hospitals, manufacturing lines, transportation networks, and smart buildings all rely on environments where uptime directly affects safety and revenue. In this episode, we sit down with Pat Hurley and Ryan Davis from Acronis, along with Chris Daggett from HUB Tech, to explain how OT differs from IT and why convergence bet...

What does safe and responsible AI adoption look like in a public sector environment that handles sensitive data and must protect trust at every step? In this episode, we talk with Kerry Jordan, Chief of Staff for the City of Boston. He explains how his team approaches AI with clear guardrails, approved tools, and training that supports security and transparency. He gives a real example of financia...