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Practical, no-nonsense talks on cybersecurity leadership, AI threats, and building programs that work. Available for conferences, keynotes, executive briefings, and workshops.
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Building Your First Security Program: The Roadmap IT Leaders Actually Need
A practical, no-theory walkthrough for IT leaders who just inherited security responsibilities.
Identity and Access Control Without the User Revolt
How to implement IAM that your people will actually follow.
Detection That Works: Finding Real Threats in the Noise
Cutting through alert fatigue to build detection that catches what matters.
Governance Without the Paperwork: Making NIST CSF Work
Applying the NIST Cybersecurity Framework without drowning in documentation.
When (Not If) It Happens: Incident Response for Real Organizations
Building an incident response capability that works when you need it most.
AI in Cybersecurity: What's Real, What's Hype, What's Practical
An honest look at where AI helps, where it falls short, and what to invest in today.
Managing Security Across a Portfolio
How to run security programs across multiple business units and acquisitions.
AI Agents and Emerging Threats
AI Security for Executives: What Autonomous Agents Mean for Your Risk Posture
A board-level briefing on the risks and realities of autonomous AI in the enterprise.
Prompt Injection: Why Your Firewall Doesn't See the Attack
The new attack surface that bypasses every traditional security control.
40 Years of Breaches: The Patterns That Never Change
Lessons from four decades of security incidents and why the fundamentals still matter.
Zero Trust Meets AI: Applying Navy Crypto Principles to Modern Agent Deployments
What Cold War compartmentalization teaches us about securing AI agents.
The Exception Audit: How One Unreviewed Permission Becomes a $5M Ransomware Recovery
A real-world case study in how small oversights create catastrophic outcomes.
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