The Segment

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara and Gerald Caron, Former Chief Information Officer for the Office of the Inspector General at the US Department of Health and Human Services, unpack how to manage operational risk, the role of data mapping in any successful Zero Trust strategy, and demonstrating ROI. --------“Because when you're managing risk, it's not just an IT thing. It's also a mission thing as well. What are the political aspects of the risk and the decisions that you're making? That informs the IT risk as well. But I think it has to be well understood that this is, going back to the ROI, this is why this is a good investment. This is gonna help mitigate this risk… [Zero Trust] is a cultural thing for an organization and it needs to be communicated.” - Gerald Caron--------Time Stamps* (5:00) Understanding your operational risk posture as a CIO* (9:52) What peanut butter, the cinema and Zero Trust have in common* (14:10) Demystifying Zero Trust: Driving the adoption of ZT at the OIG* (18:40) Measuring progress and effectiveness* (25:53) Aligning Zero Trust with your company’s business strategy--------SponsorAssume breach, minimize impact, increase resilience ROI, and save millions in downtime costs — with Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Learn more at illumio.com/--------LinksConnect with Gerald on LinkedIn

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara chats with George Finney, best-selling author and Chief Security Officer at Southern Methodist University, about his experiences with Zero Trust in higher education, the cultural elements of cybersecurity, his new book “Project Zero Trust” and why some Zero Trust projects fail. --------“That understanding fundamentally of trust is something we don't necessarily talk about a lot in organizations. When you get into Zero Trust, the real trick is how do I spot the trusts? When I look at a computer, router, firewall, server config — what's the trust? How do I go through and get rid of them?That's what Zero Trust is about. It's not about not trusting people. It's about finding those trusts in our digital systems and getting rid of them.” - George Finney--------Time Stamps* (5:40) Establishing a unified security culture* (11:10) What Zero Trust isn’t: “Don’t take the cynical approach” * (16:50) The secret sauce to being a CSO today is building in security from day 1 * (24:00) Understanding your “protect surface” to maximize ROI * (28:30) The reason some Zero Trust projects fail isn’t because of tools - it’s people--------SponsorAssume breach, minimize impact, increase resilience ROI, and save millions in downtime costs — with Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Learn more at illumio.com/--------LinksConnect with George on LinkedInCheck out George's best-selling book "Project Zero Trust"

In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Chase Cunningham, former Forrester analyst and “Dr. Zero Trust”, to discuss the evolution of the Zero Trust framework and what organizations get wrong when mapping out their Zero Trust strategies. --------“...John [Kindervag] says it all the time: Trust is a human emotion; we've built it into computers. If you remove the trusted relationships, it's not that there's going to be “zero trust.” It's that they're going to have manageable risk based on trust relationships, and that makes the bad guy's day really hard.” — Dr. Chase Cunningham--------Time Stamps* (6:34) Zero Trust is nothing new, just an evolution of something that’s always made sense * (10:32) You can get Zero Trust wrong – but start small to get it right * (16:18) How vendors have changed the Zero Trust landscape * (21:39) How APIs are transforming the future of cybersecurity platforms * (28:34) Federal Zero Trust progress is “fast-ish” --------SponsorAssume breach. Minimize impact. Increase resilience. With Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Learn more at illumio.com/--------LinksConnect with Chase on LinkedInCheck out the DrZeroTrust podcast

In the past two years, more than three-quarters of organizations have been attacked by ransomware, and over two-thirds have experienced at least one software supply chain attack. Attackers are smarter, more sophisticated and move more quickly than ever. If your organization hasn’t been breached yet, odds are you will be. On “The Segment: A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast”, you will hear from industry experts about the latest cybersecurity and ransomware trends. We will unpack how modern organizations can reduce risk and curtail impact with Zero Trust - a “never trust, always verify” approach to cybersecurity.Join us for The Segment: A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast, brought to you by Illumio.-------Assume breach. Minimize impact. Increase resilience. With Illumio, the Zero Trust Segmentation company. Learn more at illumio.com/