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Welcome to Guardians of the Data! Join host, Ward Balcerzak, each week as he dives deep into the passions, expertise, and experiences of CISOs, Chief Data Officers, and more. Guardians of the Data is sponsored by Sentra - AI-powered data security platform that discovers and classifies all your data accurately and automatically to achieve enterprise-scale data protection without the fuss.
Unknown Host hosts Guardians of the Data, a technology show with 48 episodes published.
Most organizations have spent decades classifying data without ever asking the most important question: what are we actually trying to do with that classification? In this episode, David Smith, a cybersecurity leader wit
What if someone asked you right now where your most sensitive data lives? Most organizations would struggle to give a confident answer. In this episode, Tony Schimizzi draws on years of consulting experience to make a po
What's your biggest data security blind spot? Today's guest, Cory Zaner, Senior Enterprise Architect for critical infrastructure and trusted advisor to executive leaders, joins Ward to discuss why organizations continue
What data do you have, where does it live, and who has access to it? These three questions sit at the heart of every data security challenge and according to Brian Cherry, most organizations still can't answer them. In t
What would happen if your AI searched all your data right now? Today’s guest, Kevin Feck, Director of Data Protection and Security Architect, joins Ward to unpack how AI is reshaping the data security landscape. With ove
How can organizations govern AI responsibly when the technology (and the risks) are evolving faster than ever? In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Ward sits down with Sweeney Williams, Head of Responsible AI, to un
Are security teams already behind on AI? And what does it take to catch up? In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Ben Rothke joins the show to break down the biggest data security challenges facing organizations toda
How much of your company’s data is completely unknown? And what risk is it creating? In this episode, Ward sits down with Brent Bigelow: security consultant, President of the Charlotte ISSA, and a cybersecurity veteran w
What if your DLP tool is slowing your business down instead of protecting it? In this episode, Andrew Wilder shares why traditional data loss prevention (DLP) programs have struggled to deliver real value, and what needs
How do you protect sensitive data without becoming the bottleneck in a business that’s moving faster than ever? Today, Ketan Gotmare shares how nearly two decades in cybersecurity have shaped his perspective on modern da
How can the super technical cybersecurity leaders communicate risk and protection to other business leaders? Today, we unpack a huge topic: how to “speak business” when you’re a technology leader. We take a look back at
What is the first step in building an effective data security and data governance strategy? In this re-aired episode, we revisit a powerful conversation with Hans Vargas, Enterprise Data Protection Lead at Marathon Petro
Are organizations focusing on the wrong things when it comes to data security? In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Anand Pallapalayam, an enterprise data protection leader with nearly 30 years of experience, explai
Are your AI models amplifying bias and exposing your organization to data scraping risks without you realizing it? Today, Ward sits down with Areejit Banerjee, Senior Manager of Data Protection and Product Strategy and p
Why do so many security leaders struggle to build lasting, effective programs, even as technology keeps getting better? In this episode, Ward sits down with retail CISO Mark Alvarado to unpack one of the biggest misconce
How do you secure AI when you don’t have data inventory, classification, identity controls, and governance frameworks? You can’t. In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Ward sits down with Jason Elrod, Founder of Limi
What happens when your AI system has more access to your data than your employees (and you don’t even know it)? Sanjeev Kumar, Senior Global AI & Data Protection Lead at Amazon Web Services, joins Ward on the podcast tod
Is leadership the real reason data security keeps breaking down? In this episode of Guardians of the Data, host Ward Balcerzak sits down with Joshua Copeland, Director of Cybersecurity at Crescendo. With more than 25 yea
Are we solving the cybersecurity talent problem the wrong way? The cybersecurity industry has no shortage of open roles, yet thousands of capable candidates still can’t land their first job. In this episode of Guardians
What happens when the systems that move people and power our world aren’t secure? In this episode of Guardians of the Data, host Ward Balcerzak sits down with Arturo Santos, Director of Cybersecurity Architecture at Amtr
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