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Zero Downtime | The Convergence of AI Security and Data Resilience
Your AI agents have the keys. Do you know which doors they’re opening?
Hijacked AI sessions. Data lifted from business tools. Knowledge bases poisoned to steer AI decisions long after the attack ends. AI security and data resilience just collided, and we’re here for it.
Shelly Calhoun-Jones, Technical Marketing Director at Cohesity, sits down with Praneeta Paradkar, Security Leader, AI & Data Security, to talk about what this means for organizations adopting AI fast, often without knowing what their AI can access, do, or reveal.
Come with questions. We’ll bring opinions.
Host: Shelly Calhoun-Jones, Technical Marketing Director, Cohesity
Guest: Praneeta Paradkar, Security Leader, AI & Data Security
22 Sept 2026
Data Sovereignty: Who Really Controls Your Data?
Your data isn't just stored. It's governed. Wherever it lives, local laws come with it, and that's rewriting the rulebook for how global companies manage risk. In this episode, we break down data sovereignty in plain terms. What it actually means. Why it's exploding as a conversation as regulations multiply region by region. And how organizations are rethinking data residency, cross-border transfers, and control as part of a real resilience strategy. We get into the tension between running a global business and staying inside local data laws. What happens when two regulations contradict each other. And how security and compliance leaders are building strategies that hold up no matter where their data sits.
Featuring:
Jed Wallace, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Cohesity
Bob West, Data and AI Security Officer, Cyera
8 Sept 2026
Geopolitics of Cyber Risk with Edna Conway
Cyber risk doesn't stop at your firewall anymore. It's tangled up in treaties, trade, and geopolitics whether we like it or not.
In this episode, Joye Purser sits down with Edna Conway (former C-level exec at Microsoft and Cisco, current board member and international cyber policy voice) live from RSAC. They get into why "agent" might be the wrong word for the AI systems flooding our environments, how CISOs can finally talk risk in a language the board actually understands, and the UN treaty most security teams have never heard of that could force companies to hand over their own technology.
Edna breaks down the real story behind the Cybercrime Convention (70 nations signed on) and the ICT Security Treaty quietly taking shape behind it. She also makes the case for why security can't afford to operate in silos anymore. Procurement, legal, ops, and security all need to be at the same table, building one holistic view instead of a dozen disconnected ones.
What we cover:
Why "non-human identity" governance matters more than the AI buzzword itself
How to score and communicate agent risk in dollars, not colors
The UN Cybercrime Convention and the new ICT treaty on the horizon
Why 70 nations signing on should be a wake up call for every ICT provider
Building resilience by embedding security into the processes you already have
Why breaking down silos between security, legal, procurement, and ops is the real unlock
Cyber resilience is a team sport and it's a geopolitical one too.
25 Aug 2026
Empty Seats, Open Doors: Why Cybersecurity Hiring Gaps Invite Attack
Every unfilled cybersecurity role is an open door. Understaffed teams are easier targets. Gaps in GRC, threat detection, and incident response don't stay quiet. They turn into headlines.
In this episode of Zero Downtime our own Theresa Miller is sitting down with Deidre Diamond, Founder & CEO of CyberSN and Founder of Secure Diversity to talk hiring, retention, and what's actually working when threats keep evolving but headcount doesn't.
Hiring properly isn't overhead. It's defense.
18 Aug 2026
Breaches and Best Practices with Simone Petrella
A retail breach exposed a gap most security teams never see coming. Here’s what happened, and how to close it. Security is everyone’s responsibility. In this conversation, Simone Petrella breaks down a high-profile retail breach and the organizational gap that made it worse. She shares what CISOs can actually do about it.
In this episode:
- A real breach case study from the retail sector
- Two best practices for running better security exercises
- The one thing a CISO should never say
- Why security can’t live in one department alone
Host: Joye Purser, Global Field CISO, Cohesity
Guest: Simone Petrella, Founder & Principal, CleoPetra Strategies
28 Jul 2026
Zero Downtime | Built to Last: Securing Data Across Its Entire Lifecycle
Data doesn't manage itself. And when it slips through the cracks, that's when risk creeps in and resilience takes a hit.
In this episode of Zero Downtime, we sit down with Don Easton, Cybersecurity Professor, and Shelly Calhoun-Jones, CISSP CCSK, Technical Marketing Director at Cohesity, to talk about what happens when data management falls behind. We dig into why overlooked data is a liability, how it slows you down when you need to respond fast, and what it actually takes to build a stronger, more resilient data lifecycle.
If you're ready to take control of your data instead of letting it control you, this one's for you.
🎙️ Featuring:
Don Easton, Cybersecurity Professor, Lane Community College
Shelly Calhoun-Jones, CISSP CCSK, Technical Marketing Director, Cohesity
14 Jul 2026
Architecting for Resilience: Modern Data Protection and Rapid Recovery
Databases run your business. Are you backing them up like it?
Ransomware doesn't care how critical your database is. It'll hit anyway. In this episode, we're getting into what it actually takes to protect complex, distributed database deployments without slowing teams down.
Theresa Miller (Cohesity) and Dan Coombes (MongoDB) break down how the Cohesity and MongoDB partnership delivers consistent backups, fast point-in-time recovery, and centralized management for enterprises running mission-critical workloads. We talk through the real gap between database agility and enterprise-grade security, and what it takes to close it.
If your recovery goals are strict and your tolerance for downtime is zero, this one's for you.
Featuring:
Theresa Miller, Senior Director, Technical Marketing at Cohesity
Dan Coombes, Senior Product Manager at MongoDB
16 Jun 2026
Zero Downtime | AI Guardrails We Need Right Now with Kristen Beneduce
In this episode of Zero Downtime, Joye Purser sits down with Kristen Beneduce, former Deputy CISO at Nextdoor and incident response lead at Sandia National Labs, to talk about what it actually takes to secure AI systems before they become a liability. Kristen brings a rare perspective, having worked both inside a national lab with a deeply embedded security culture and in the private sector where security still has to fight for its seat at the table. She breaks down why AI agents need to be treated like users, complete with access controls, monitoring, and accountability, and why the organizations getting this right are building faster, not slower.
They cover:
Why security controls make businesses more efficient, not less
How to build tighter linkages between security and engineering teams
What good AI incident response actually looks like Why "being prepared for anything" is the only real strategy.
If your organization is adopting AI and hasn't had this conversation yet, start here.
YouTube URL: https://youtube.com/live/60WnpwncqC8 (https://youtube.com/live/60WnpwncqC8)
26 May 2026
Data Management as the Foundation of Cyber Resilience
Cyber resilience extends beyond preventing attacks; it requires maintaining control even if defenses are compromised. Learn how effective data management strengthens security, addresses gaps in traditional controls, and why knowing what you have, where it lives, and how it’s used is essential for resilience.
YouTube Link: https://youtube.com/live/x1YnuNDL5zM (https://youtube.com/live/x1YnuNDL5zM)
5 May 2026
Compliance Insights – Erin Joe
Integrity and trust go far beyond legal compliance. Tune in to hear Erin Joe, former FBI Special Agent and legal expert discuss how Security Teams should view data security – and resilience – as a matter of professional integrity.
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/live/T5axQD7cP2E?si=Z4cZrgVzcn11SY_S (https://www.youtube.com/live/T5axQD7cP2E?si=Z4cZrgVzcn11SY_S)
14 Apr 2026
The Identity Attack Surface — Trends, Threats & Resilience with Semperis
Identity has become the primary attack vector in modern cyber incidents. In this episode of Zero Downtime, we dive deep with Semperis into the realities of identity-based attacks, Active Directory security gaps, hybrid identity complexity, and recovery strategies that actually work. We break down today’s threat trends and discuss how organizations can harden identity infrastructure while maintaining operational continuity.
YouTube URL: https://youtube.com/live/dMq78LLq-V0 (https://youtube.com/live/dMq78LLq-V0)
26 Jan 2026
Why resilience is in the spotlight
Security leaders get zero downtime. Cyber threats evolve fast. In this kick-off episode, our security experts discuss what cyber resilience really takes; why recovery is just as important as prevention, and one small thing to check now that can save your enterprise months in recovery time.
Theresa Miller, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Cohesity
Joye Purser, Global Field CISO, Cohesity
YouTube: https://youtu.be/AbBknranRxc (https://youtu.be/AbBknranRxc)
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