Unraveling the technology that affects us all but that few of us understand, in a format to give you a basic understanding in the time it takes to drive to and from the grocery store.
Episode 13.6 - A book for "bodyguards": The Protector's Edge
People keep sending me books to review. I don't know why. But I like to read, I read a lot and I read fast, so it's not a big imposition. More often than not I find what the book is missing early on. It was in the first chapter of The Protector’s Edge: Leadership Through Strategy and Action by personal security experts Chuck Randolph, Jonathan Wackrow, and Fred Burton. This is probably not a book on your Amazon wish list and for good reason. It’s a dense book, more suited to a textbook, by one of the author’s own assertions, for Criminal Justice majors and special forces veterans. However, if you are a CEO, a CMO or a CISO, you might want to give it a skim.
But first we talk with Gianna Whitver, CEO of Cybersecurity Marketing Society, about the Cyber Marketing Conference which should be on your calendar.
29 Oct 2026
Episode 13.5 - Connecting the dots in cybersecurity marketing
With the Cyber Marketing Conference starting November 15, I thought I’d take a slight detour into the realm of executive coaching. So I called up an old business acquaintance, Brad Smith, Founder of Stellar Insight ( https://www.stellarinsightinc.com/ ) to discuss one of the biggest problems executives have in cybersecurity: connecting the dots between what their company does and what their customers actually need. That process, done right, leads to success. Done wrong, it leads moribund growth for the seller and to disaster for the customer who can’t properly protect themselves.
I have a certain affinity for what Brad does because my job is the connect the dots between them and the companies I interview, but an executive coach has a more fiduciary responsibility than a journalist. That's why this conversation could be crucial to a tech company.
23 Oct 2026
Episode 13.4
The last two episodes have been about imposing the doctrine of reasonable care to the production, distribution and use of AI technology. I also wrote a story about it that posted this week on Cyber Protection Magazine. I thought I was done with it. I was wrong. Lots of stuff has happened including a new bill in Congress dealing directly with liability of AI companies, Meta changing it’s terms of use to state that they were not responsible for any errors produced by their AI, and a lot of emails and texts from people wanting to chime in.
One of them is Jonathan Capriola, CEO and founder of AI Blockchain Ventures (https://aiblockchainventures.com/)in Siesta Key, Florida, which is making tools and processes to control and identify AI agents. He’s kinda all over the map as most inventors I have met are, but he’s making inroads to the government and major corporations with his tech. It was a fascinating discussion.
This episode is sponsored by the Cyber Marketing Conference (https://www.cybermarketingconference.com/) to be held in Austin beginning November 15
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