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In her second sit-down with host Pamela Kubiatowski, Voya Financial CISO Stacy Hughes turns from the technical to the interpersonal. Hughes speaks as an industry advocate and mentor about the importance of going deeper than standard cyber awareness training, mentorship as "servant leadership," practical advice for dealing with the time constraints imposed on executives, and a few of the Atlanta-area organizations she supports.

What are CISOs to make of recent rulings against their colleagues and increasing scrutiny from the SEC, whose new reporting rules are dnow in effect? Host Pam Kubiatowski sits down with renowned Voya Financial CISO and FinTech veteran Stacy Hughes to discuss how the new rules affect incident response, the importance of CEO support, and considerations unique to the financial industry.

From Microsoft to Salesforce, Syam Nair’s work has left an indelible mark on the intersection of technology and business productivity. He recently joined Zscaler as CTO and EVP of Research and Development. In this episode, he relates lessons from the first 100 days on the job, the personal philosophies that guide his professional life, and what excites him most about the future of Zscaler from a technology perspective. His ability to inspire, engage, and be wholly life-enhancing is legendary among tech leaders.

When a prospect has trouble grasping the architecture underpinning zero trust, Zscaler calls in Brian Deitch. The Chief Technology Evangelist is known for his colorful technical whiteboarding sessions and passion for infosec. He joined the show to discuss his career, early experiments with social engineering, and influences on his distinctive style.

He never planned to climb the ladder of corporate technology leadership. But an obsession with hard problems led him down the path to becoming the CTO for South Africa's Capitec Bank. In this episode, learn more about Andrew Baker's career arc, including going from "my very first project was to remove Zscaler because I didn't see the value in it," to leading three successful zero trust transformations and becoming a Zscaler advisor.

Zscaler VP & GM of Product Management Dhawal Sharma joined the show to preview some of the innovations to be announced at Zenith Live '23 in Las Vegas and Berlin this June. But before he does, Dhawal provides a glimpse into the challenges and goals of product management teams, how they prioritize release roadmaps, and the importance of customer-centric innovation.

The big three cloud service providers are in an arms race to release new functions and win market share, which is great for innovation. On the flip side, orgs contend with misconfigurations, excessive entitlements, sensitive data exposure, unpatched vulnerabilities, and bindpsots across their asset inventories. Learn how the combined power of CNAPP and DLP can help you get back in control from Zscaler SVP & GM, Posture Control Rich Campagna.

Business continuity planning has become a board-level conversation. With so many resources now living in the cloud, outages threaten organizations' very survival. Host Pam Kubiatowski welcomes Harsha Nagaraju, Sr. director, product marketing to the show to discuss the features and capabilities Zscaler offers to enhance clients' resilience against minor and catastrophic failures of public cloud service providers.

Mergers and acquisitions in media, entertainment, and gaming are unique because users are in the driver’s seat, and monetizing their engagement is the name of the game. Praveen Bhasin, managing partner at Tata Consulting Services rejoins Zscaler’s Sami Ramachandran and host Pam Kubiatowski to discuss transactions in this dynamic sector, including how consolidation and 5G can reface the market landscape in coming years.

There are 44 countries and over 200 languages spoken in Europe, making for a complex place for organizations doing trade, complying with data privacy laws, and architecting a zero trust models. In this episode, returning guest Martyn Ditchburn, director of transformation strategy at Zscaler, says thinking globally but implementing locally while solving for real business challenges is what matters to success regardless of the economic climate.

Praveen Bhasin (Tata Consulting Services) and Sami Ramachandran (Zscaler) return for the second part of their M&A series, focusing on the trends in the rapidly transforming healthcare industry. Learn about notable transactions in the space, how greater value is extracted from speeding up integrations, and the ingredients needed that make deals successful today.

If you've ever sat on a couch or put on a jacket, chances are you've experienced a product from Coats. Ben Corll, former VP of cybersecurity for the more than two-century-old industrial thread manufacturer joins the show to talk about leading the company's digital transformation. He discusses gradually adopting a zero trust mindset, why his biggest hurdle wasn’t a technical one, and how he ultimately ended up joining Zscaler.