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Most enterprises can’t see the AI they’re already running — and the hardest part to find is embedded inside SaaS tools IT approved long ago. This week Brandon Krieger talks with Arti Raman, CEO and Founder of Portal26 and previously the founder of Titaniam, about getting real visibility into enterprise AI usage: why roughly 95% of GenAI pilots never reach production, what her team measures under “AI Value Realization,” and why she believes you cannot govern what you cannot see.   Topics include: Why shadow AI is hiding inside already-approved SaaS applicationsFounding Titaniam in 2019 after the Equifax breach, and the 2023 rebrand to Portal26Why most enterprise GenAI pilots stall before productionWhat CISOs still get wrong about governing AI usageA practical first 90 days for AI visibility  Guest: Arti Raman — CEO and Founder, Portal26Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

Your phone number is the recovery route for almost every account you own — which is exactly why attackers go after it. Brandon Krieger talks with Mark Kreitzman, General Manager at Efani Secure Mobile, about the SIM swap that took his own accounts for 61 minutes in 2017, what he learned from two decades inside security companies acquired by Microsoft and Cisco, and why Efani's answer to the problem is deliberately, stubbornly manual. Topics include: The 61-minute SIM swap and what it costWhy mobile is now one of the biggest security risksWhat a SIM swap is and why they are risingHow AI has changed the threat landscapeThe mistakes people make protecting their digital identityPractical steps to take todayGuest: Mark Kreitzman — General Manager, Efani Secure MobileHost: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

AI agents are now touching enterprise data at a scale and speed no legacy DLP tool was designed for. This week, Brandon Krieger talks with Gidi Cohen — CEO and Co-Founder of Bonfy.AI, and the former 21-year CEO of Skybox Security — about what he calls “AI usage control”: governing how AI systems and agents actually access and use sensitive data, before exposure happens rather than after. Topics include: Building — and later watching — Skybox Security's 21-year run and 2025 shutdownFounding Bonfy with ex-Idaptive CEO Danny Kibel and raising a $9.5M seed roundWhy traditional DLP models weren't built for AI-driven data riskWhat “AI usage control” is, and why it's becoming its own security category“Shadow AI” vs. “Shady AI” — the overlooked risk hiding in already-approved toolsGuest: Gidi Cohen — CEO and Co-Founder, Bonfy.AIHost: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKriegerListen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

As enterprises hand production access to autonomous AI agents, identity — not the network perimeter — is becoming the real control plane. In this episode, Brandon Krieger talks with Ev Kontsevoy, Co-Founder and CEO of Teleport, about securing access for humans, machines, and AI agents alike. Ev traces his path from co-founding Mailgun (acquired by Rackspace) to launching Teleport in 2015 and building it into a $1.1 billion company that pioneered Infrastructure Identity and, in 2026, launched Beams — trusted, isolated runtimes that give AI agents their own identity and governance in production. Topics include: From Mailgun founder to CEO of a $1.1B infrastructure-identity companyWhy traditional access models like VPNs and shared credentials break under AI agentsWhat 'Infrastructure Identity' means for humans, machines, and agentsHow Beams isolates and governs AI agents in productionWhat security leaders should ask before their next agent deploymentGuest: Ev Kontsevoy — CEO & Co-Founder, TeleportHost: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKriegerListen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

Static IOC feeds are losing the race against adversaries who rebuild infrastructure faster than most defenders can track it. On episode 299 of DailyCyber, Will Baxter, Head of Product at Team Cymru, joins Brandon Krieger to explain what's replacing static indicators, why visibility beyond your own network edge matters, and how organizations can start disrupting attacks before they ever launch. Topics include: The shift from static IOC feeds to living, machine-speed threat intelligence How adversaries adapt infrastructure faster than defenders can respond Why external telemetry is critical to modern cyber defense Proactively disrupting attacks before execution, not just detecting after the fact Will Baxter's path from military service and US-CERT to Team Cymru Guest: Will Baxter — Head of Product, Team Cymru Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

Deepfakes have moved off the internet and onto your Zoom calls. This week on DailyCyber, Yagub Rahimov — Founder and CEO of Polygraf AI — joins Brandon Krieger to talk about why he bet his company on small, locally-run AI models instead of the industry's race toward bigger clouds, what his brand-new Meeting Guard product catches in real enterprise meetings, and what he thinks is missing from the policy conversation on AI-driven fraud. Topics include: Turning a $1.9M trading run into a hard lesson on discipline Why Polygraf builds Small Language Models instead of chasing large LLMs Real-time deepfake and fraud detection inside enterprise video meetings The policy solutions missing from today's AI fraud conversation The road from SXSW 2025 “Best in Show” to a granted patent at RSAC 2026 Guest: Yagub Rahimov — CEO and Founder, Polygraf AI Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

Attackers are moving from a 14-day exploit window to a 15-minute one. On this episode, Shimon Tolts, CEO & Co-Founder of Copperhelm, joins Brandon Krieger to explain how his team built the industry's first agentic cloud security platform to meet that speed — and why security has lagged behind every other engineering discipline in adopting AI. Topics include: What makes a security platform genuinely "agentic" How Context Lake structures cloud data so AI can act with confidence Earning security leaders' trust in autonomous agents on live infrastructure Building at scale: lessons from Unity and ironSource What CISOs should prioritize to prepare for the agentic era Guest: Shimon Tolts, CEO & Co-Founder, Copperhelmhttps://copperhelm.com/ Host: Brandon Krieger, CEO & vCISO Advisor Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca Watch Full Episode: YouTube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: DailyCyber.ca

Security operations centers are buried — enterprises now average more than 4,000 alerts a day and manage to investigate just over a third of them. In this episode, Brandon Krieger talks with Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO of Crogl, about building an AI "knowledge engine" designed to close that gap. Monzy traces his path from 12 years as an applied security researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, through leadership roles in security research at Splunk and cybersecurity go-to-market at Databricks, to co-founding Crogl in 2023 — a company that raised $30M (a $25M Series A led by Menlo Ventures and a $5M seed led by Tola Capital) to build what TechCrunch called an AI "Iron Man suit" for security analysts. Topics include: Monzy's career arc from a national nuclear lab to founding a cybersecurity startup What compelled him to enter an already-crowded security market The biggest daily pain points facing SOC analysts How AI complements the work of security practitioners Whether AI will eventually replace jobs in data security Guest: Monzy Merza, Co-Founder and CEO, CroglHost: Brandon Krieger, CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: YouTube.com/BrandonKriegerListen: DailyCyber.ca

AI, Compliance Automation & The Future of Cyber Governance | DailyCyber with Justin Beals   As regulatory requirements continue to expand, organizations are looking for ways to simplify compliance while strengthening cybersecurity outcomes. AI and automation are increasingly becoming critical components of modern governance, risk, and compliance programs.   In this live episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger speaks with Justin Beals, Founder & CEO of Strike Graph, about how organizations can modernize compliance operations, reduce audit fatigue, and build sustainable cybersecurity programs.   Justin is an entrepreneur, former CTO, AI researcher, and inventor whose work spans enterprise software, semantic mapping, and educational NLP systems serving millions of users. His research into knowledge classification and framework alignment directly influenced the architecture behind Strike Graph's approach to compliance automation across standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA, and CMMC.   Topics covered: • Why major compliance frameworks overlap more than organizations think • Using AI to automate cybersecurity compliance activities • Common misconceptions surrounding compliance and security maturity • Foundational security gaps organizations should address before adopting AI • Governance and risk challenges created by emerging AI technologies • Strategies for building scalable and audit-ready security programs   Guest: Justin Beals — Founder & CEO, Strike Graph https://www.linkedin.com/in/jubeals/ https://www.strikegraph.com/   Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkrieger https://www.DailyCyber.ca   📺 Watch Full Episode: youtube.com/BrandonKrieger 🎧 Listen to the podcast: https://www.DailyCyber.ca   #DailyCyber, #CyberSecurityPodcast, #ComplianceAutomation, #GovernanceRiskCompliance, #AISecurity, #CyberLeadership, #SOC2

Infrastructure Resilience & Business Risk | DailyCyber 294 with Ben Wilcox   Artificial intelligence is reshaping enterprise technology, accelerating innovation while introducing new security, governance, and operational challenges.   In this live episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger sits down with Ben Wilcox, CTO & CISO at ProArch, to discuss how organizations can securely adopt AI, manage infrastructure risk, and prepare for the next generation of cyber threats.   As both CTO and CISO, Ben offers a unique perspective on balancing technology enablement with cybersecurity leadership. His work focuses on helping organizations build secure, resilient environments while navigating the complexities of AI, cloud infrastructure, compliance, and modern cyber risk. Recent discussions from Ben have focused heavily on AI governance, agent visibility, DevSecOps maturity, and the security implications of rapidly accelerating AI adoption.    Topics covered: • AI security and governance challenges • Shadow AI and organizational risk • Infrastructure resilience and cloud security • Balancing innovation with cyber risk management • Emerging AI-driven threat landscapes • Security leadership in the AI era • What businesses should do before scaling AI initiatives   Guest: Ben Wilcox — CTO & CISO, ProArchhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-wilcox/https://www.proarch.com   Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisorhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkriegerhttps://www.DailyCyber.ca   📺 Watch Full Episode: YouTube.com/BrandonKrieger 🎧 Listen to the podcast: https://www.DailyCyber.ca   #DailyCyber294, #AISecurity, #CyberSecurityPodcast, #EnterpriseTechnology, #CloudSecurity, #ArtificialIntelligence, #CyberLeadership

DailyCyber 293 — Privacy-First AI, Personal Knowledge & Trustworthy Intelligence   In this episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger is joined by Jonathan Schaeffer, Founder of KIND (Knowledge-IN-Depth), to discuss how artificial intelligence can be designed around privacy, trust, and user ownership of data.   Jonathan shares lessons from more than 40 years in AI development and explains why he believes the future of AI should empower individuals to curate, understand, and benefit from their own knowledge without sacrificing privacy to cloud-based systems.   Topics include: • Data ownership and AI governance • Privacy-first AI architecture • Local AI versus cloud AI • Building trustworthy intelligent systems • Personal knowledge management through AI   Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Guest: Jonathan Schaeffer — Founder, KIND   📺 Watch Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/BrandonKrieger 🎧 Listen: https://www.DailyCyber.ca

Technology Strategy, Operational Efficiency & Business Innovation | DailyCyber 292 with Robert Maxwell   In this episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger is joined by Robert Maxwell, CEO of TGT Solutions Inc., to discuss how organizations can strategically apply technology to improve profitability, efficiency, and innovation.   Robert shares insights from more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, explaining how businesses can align operational goals with practical technology strategies that support growth and long-term competitiveness.   Topics include: • Technology strategy and business alignment • Operational efficiency and modernization • Leadership during digital transformation • Technology investment decision-making • Innovation and scalable business systems   Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Guest: Robert Maxwell — TGT Solutions Inc.   Watch: Brandon Krieger YouTube Listen: DailyCyber Podcast

In this episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger speaks with Chris Pierson, Founder & CEO of BlackCloak, about the rapidly evolving risks facing executives, high-profile individuals, and their families in today’s digital world. Chris shares insights from decades of cybersecurity, privacy, legal, and financial services leadership experience — including his work with Homeland Security, FinTech organizations, and executive protection initiatives. The discussion explores digital executive protection, AI-enabled scams, reputational threats, identity theft, and how organizations should think beyond traditional enterprise cybersecurity boundaries.   Topics covered: Digital executive protection Cybersecurity risks for executives AI-driven fraud and impersonation Privacy and reputational exposure Identity theft prevention Protecting families and high-profile individuals   Guest Dr. Chris Pierson — Founder & CEO, BlackCloak Website: BlackCloak.io LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchristopherpierson   Host Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor   Watch Full Episode: YouTube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: DailyCyber.ca

The Future of Tokenized Settlement and Quantum-Ready Financial Infrastructure | DailyCyber 290 with Ryan Kirkley In this episode of DailyCyber, Brandon Krieger is joined by Ryan Kirkley, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Settlement Network, to discuss the future of tokenized settlement, validator security, cross-border payments, and quantum-ready financial infrastructure. Ryan shares his perspective on why validator design should be treated as a security layer, how newer blockchain networks are evolving their validator models, and where current blockchain and financial security frameworks still leave institutions exposed. The discussion also explores how identity, accountability, and fraud prevention may change as validator participation evolves, and why financial networks need to begin preparing for quantum risk now rather than later. Topics covered: Validator design as a security layer  Weaknesses in current blockchain trust models  Emerging changes in validator architecture  Financial and blockchain security gaps  Identity, fraud, and validator accountability  Quantum risk and infrastructure planning  Post-quantum readiness for long-lived assets    Guest: Ryan Kirkley — Co-Founder and CEO, Global Settlement Network LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryankirkley/ Website: www.Globalsettlement.com   Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor Watch Full Episode: YouTube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: DailyCyber.ca

Building Cyber Ranges & Real-World Cyber Readiness| DailyCyber 289 with Lee Rossey Cyber ranges and simulation platforms are redefining how organizations prepare for real-world cyber threats.   In DailyCyber Episode 289, Brandon Krieger speaks with Lee Rossey, CTO & Co-Founder of SimSpace, about how advanced cyber environments are being used by USCYBERCOM, global militaries, and enterprises to improve cyber readiness.   Lee brings decades of experience from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he led cyber range development and worked with DARPA and the Department of Defense to build foundational cyber training infrastructure, including the National Cyber Range Complex. This episode explores how organizations can move beyond theoretical security and into real-world validation and resilience.   Lee Rossey is a former Group Leader at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he established the Cyber System Assessments Group. He has led cyber range development, red teaming, and large-scale testing initiatives supporting national defense programs. As CTO & Co-Founder of SimSpace, he now leads the development of simulation platforms used globally for cyber training and testing.   Topics covered: • Cyber range evolution • Red teaming at scale • Military cyber strategy • Cyber resilience testing • Future training platforms   Guest: Lee Rossey — CTO & Co-Founder, SimSpace Host: Brandon Krieger — CEO & vCISO Advisor, KNSS Consulting   Watch: YouTube.com/BrandonKrieger Listen: DailyCyber.ca