We catch up with Isaac Shahar, VP Security and CISO at Ebury, on what it takes to secure cross-border payments while a fintech scales fast under bank-level expectations. We dig into auditability, M&A integration, AI risk, and why fraud and cyber teams work best when they triage together from minute one. • building a career perspective from hacking to threat research to global banking scale • securing a multi-jurisdiction payments business while aligning with a parent bank’s standards • ge...
2 Jul 2026
Carlos Garcia (Head Cybersecurity at Solaris)
We talk with Carlos Garcia, Head of Cyber at Solaris Bank, about leading security through rapid transformation while keeping risk grounded in what can break today. We dig into how AI changes software supply chain security, identity governance, and fraud, and what practical controls still work in a regulated bank. • moving from cloud-native speed to regulated banking process and why compliance becomes a security foundation • using company transformation to build a proactive security post...
22 Jun 2026
Mandy Andress (CISO Elastic)
We sit down with Mandy Andres, CISO of Elastic, to map how AI is reshaping security programs and why business fluency matters as much as technical depth. We dig into visibility, identity sprawl, agent behavior, and what CISOs can do right now to manage risk at machine speed. • Mandy’s path from accounting and auditing to security leadership • Elastic’s security scope across enterprise, product security, and SaaS infrastructure • Why visibility and asset management stay the h...
8 Jun 2026
Diogo Guerra (SVP Engineering Feedzai)
We talk with Diogo Guerra about building fraud and risk platforms at global scale while keeping engineering speed high and security standards uncompromising. We dig into why security leadership sits close to engineering at Feedzai, how they operationalize threat modeling, and where AI helps or hurts productivity. • Diogo’s scope across engineering, security, IT, and cloud operations for a 190-person organization • Feedzai’s focus on transactional fraud, anti-money laundering, and ...
25 May 2026
Ritesh Patel (CISO Just Eat Takeaway)
We talk with Ritesh Patel about building security that keeps up with product velocity without becoming a blocker. We dig into AppSec, Third-party risk, fraud, and a practical four-part framework for AI security that holds up under real-world pressure. • Building a CISO “tool belt” through a nonlinear career across ops, engineering, risk, and incidents • Defining security as a business capability tied to trust and outcomes • Managing pace and agility in a consumer tech marketplace withou...
4 May 2026
Nuno Teodoro (ex-VP Cybersecurity at Solaris)
We talk with Nuno Teodoro about how a hands-on security leader builds real defenses inside a cloud-native bank while regulators, auditors, and the business all demand speed. We dig into what changes when a fintech becomes a bank, how to use compliance to fund security maturity, and why AI-driven fraud is raising the stakes. • career path from computer engineering to application security and penetration testing • shifting from consultancy to leading security inside companies across telecom, in...
4 May 2026
Patrick Blanc (CISO Nexthink)
We talk with Patrick Blanc about what it takes to secure a fast-growing B2B company whose product includes a privileged endpoint agent deployed at massive scale. We dig into why fundamentals beat hype, how productivity shortcuts quietly create the biggest risks, and how we frame security to customers and the board without losing speed. • Patrick’s career path from banking and consulting to CISO roles and security leadership at Google DeepMind • Why privileged endpoint agents raise...
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