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Cyber Risks for Government Agencies | Kush Sharma, Founder of KnightSpectre

28 Jul 2025

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Kush Sharma, Founder of KnightSpectre and Inaugural CISO of the City of Hamilton, has advised organizations worth over $2.5 trillion and knows exactly why most CISOs fail when talking to boards. From his experience being Toronto's inaugural CISO to overseeing a $34 billion railway merger, he shares his insights on government vs enterprise security, why small municipalities are cyber sitting ducks, and how AI-powered browser extensions are a massive security blind spot. 0:00 How an SAP internship created a cybersecurity powerhouse4:29 Security challenges in government and enterprise12:25 The trick to explaining security needs to the board level17:32 Why local governments are goldmines for hackers25:39 “Even security vendors get breached” and browser security blind spots29:56 Creating tailored security education programs40:56 Kush Sharma’s advice for aspiring CISOs: study human behavior🔔 Follow Kush and Aleksandra on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kush-m-sharma-9bb875a/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-melnikova-1012/🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0

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