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The Watchtower

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Where cybersecurity, data, and AI leaders come to talk like humans - not headlines. Hosted by former global CISO, Ash Hunt, every episode uncovers what’s really happening behind the boardroom slides and breach reports. From insider stories of risk and resilience to honest takes on AI disruption, this is where leaders shaping the future of security drop the corporate filter and tell it straight. Presented by Cyera. Produced by Mission.org.

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Episodes

"Can Defense Keep Up?" Is the Wrong Question 08.07.2026 49:10

How defense keeps up with AI, cyber threats, and private-sector innovation. In this episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt sits down with Jimmy Harrington , retired Air Force colonel and former Deputy CIO at U.S. Special Operations Command , for a conversation about cyber resilience, defense innovation, and what large organizations often misunderstand about speed. From NATO and the Pentagon to AI-ena...

AI Doesn't Give Us Judgment 24.06.2026 46:52

Is AI helping us make better decisions or just giving us more data to misinterpret? In this episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt speaks with Tony Martin-Vegue, founder of NinetyFive Risk Advisory and author of From Heat Maps to Histograms , about cyber risk, decision-making, and the role of AI in risk analysis. Tony explains why security teams often have more data than they realize, but still need...

When Identity Fails, The Business Stops 17.06.2026 47:28

Identity is now the fabric that determines the viability of every business operation. In this episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt talks with Valvoline CISO Corey Kaemming about how identity became the operational backbone of modern companies. As cloud, automation, and AI accelerate, identity failures don’t just create risk - they stop work entirely. They explore why identity decisions are now busi...

Are We Measuring the Right Things? 27.05.2026 40:32

Security runs on metrics, but do those metrics reflect real risk? In this episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt sits down with Wade Baker - co-founder of Cyentia Institute and longtime architect of the Verizon DBIR - to dismantle the cybersecurity metrics that feel right but consistently lead programs astray. They take down "average cost per breach," expose why MTTR makes security teams look great w...

What 1,000+ Breaches Taught This CISO About Preparedness 13.05.2026 45:25

Are you just avoiding a breach? Or are you prepared for one? Dan Bowden is the Global CISO at Marsh - the world's largest insurance broker - where he protects 90,000+ employees across 130+ countries while simultaneously seeing how organizations are evaluated after cyber incidents. In this episode, Dan breaks down how regulation, insurance, and real breach data are changing the standard for what "p...

Has Cybersecurity Failed Us? 29.04.2026 34:42

We’ve spent billions on cybersecurity. Why are the problems the same? In the first episode of The Watchtower, Ash Hunt invites Jason Clark , CSO at Cyera, to dig into the hard truth that foundational security controls still fail in real environments. Together, they explore why identity and data remain unsolved, how rapidly changing enterprise tech has outpaced control design, and why AI is forcing...

Welcome to The Watchtower 14.04.2026 1:44

The systems we rely on weren’t built for the world we’re running today. Welcome to The Watchtower. The cybersecurity podcast exploring how identity, data, and behavior now control whether a business runs - or stops. Hosted by former global CISO, Ash Hunt, The Watchtower pulls back the curtain on what’s actually happening behind dashboards - from fragile identity systems to the real impact of AI in...