ClearTech Loop: In the Know, On the Move
Episodes
From Reaction to Prediction in AI Security with Evan Kirstel
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Security teams have spent years operating in reaction mode. Alerts fire, analysts scramble, and incident response often moves at human speed while adv...
Air Traffic Control for AI Security with Deputy CISO Aby Rao
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI has erased the perimeter. Security teams are no longer guarding walls — they’re managing airspace. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peter...
AI Only Works If Your Foundations Do: A Conversation with Dr. Anton Chuvakin
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is not a fix for a broken SOC. It exposes weaknesses you already have. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson talks with Dr. Anton Chuvakin —...
AI with Financial Intelligence: Turning Hype Into Measurable Value (with Ajay Patel, GM Apptio/IBM)
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A practical framework for AI ROI: visibility, accountability, and value Episode description / show notes Last week, you probably caught my chat with...
Hybrid Integration in the Era of AI: Real Enterprise Use Cases
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprises are not trying to modernize in a vacuum. They are running mission-critical workloads on mainframes and ERPs, while also deploying cloud ap...
Guardrails for Growth: AI in Regulated Industries
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you enable AI inside one of the most highly regulated industries on the planet — without slowing the business or attracting regulatory heat? ...
Talk Dollars, Not FUD: The CISO’s New Mandate
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Description: In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with John Carse, Field CISO at SquareX and former CISO at Dyson and Raku...
The Integration Imperative: Why AI Starts (and Succeeds) With webMethods Hybrid Integration | ClearTech Loop x IBM
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI doesn’t fail because of bad models — it fails because of broken connections. Jo Peterson and David Linthicum unpack how IBM’s webMethods Hybr...
Bumpers, Not Brakes: Pragmatic AI Safety with Dutch Schwartz
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI safety isn’t about slowing innovation — it’s about steering smarter. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Dutch Schw...
The CSA AI Safety Initiative with George Finney
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is moving fast — and the frameworks to secure it are racing to keep up. In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with George Fin...
Hybrid Integration: The Foundation of Full-Stack Automation | Jo Peterson | ClearTechLoop
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Peterson explores why hybrid integration is now the foundation of full-stack automation — and how a unified platform helps IT leaders manage comp...
The CISO’s Financial Reality Check: Building Security That Pays for Itself
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Bil Harmer, Founder & CEO of Killswitch Advisory, to explore a topic every security ...
The CISO’s AI Dilemma: Shadow AI, Survival Moves, and Governance with Josh Copeland
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CISOs are being asked to do two things at once: deploy AI faster and guarantee it won’t backfire. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson talk...
The Evolution of Full Stack Automation in the AI Era | Jo Peterson | ClearTech Loop
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryJo Peterson explores how a full stack approach to automation — powered by a hybrid control plane and AI — helps IT leaders cut through frag...
The CISO Role in the Age of Generative AI with Rob May
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI isn’t just another shiny tool — it’s a catalyst to rethink how we secure and govern our organizations. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Pe...
Proactive AI Security for CISOs with David Linthicum
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI isn’t just a productivity tool — it’s a brand-new attack surface. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson sits down with David Linthicum...
The CISO Field Guide: Becoming Operator, Strategist, Storyteller with Mark Lynd
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CISOs wear three hats in 2025: Operator, Strategist, Storyteller. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson sits down with Mark Lynd — Head of Ex...
AI Security Isn’t a Regex Problem — Lori MacVittie on Governing the New Threat Surface
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rules don’t scale. Architecture does. F5’s Lori MacVittie makes the case for putting security policy in the infrastructure—not the app—and for...
Cybersecurity is a Business Risk, So Why are We Still Talking Tech?
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think your security strategy is airtight? Think again. In this episode, Brad Moldenhauer — VP and CISO-in-Residence at Zscaler — lays out the bru...
Fake AI Won’t Innovate — It’ll Infect You
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ClearTech Loop Ep. 8 with Rob Bair, CISO-in-Residence at Zscaler Episode Summary Cybercriminals are running fake AI startups — and users are downl...
Stop! AI Could Be Your Next Breach — Here’s Why
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You think AI is protecting you. It might actually be helping hackers. V-CISO Danny Pastrana has seen it first-hand — AI tools deployed without gua...
Translating Cyber Risk into Business Strategy | Robert Uno | ClearTech Loop Ep. 6
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this sixth episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson is joined by Robert Uno, Global CISO and Founder of Triden Group, to unpack what modern cybersecu...
Architecting Resilient Cybersecurity at Scale | Stan Lowe | ClearTech Loop Ep. 5
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this fifth episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Stan Lowe, CISO at the U.S. Department of the Interior, to explore how federal-sca...
Securing AI at Scale: Privacy, Trust & Growth | Mike Britton | ClearTech Loop Ep. 4
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Description / Show Notes In this fourth episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Mike Britton, CIO at Abnormal Security, to unpa...
Risk Culture in Manufacturing: Aligning Security with Process | Thomas LaBonte | ClearTech Loop Ep. 3
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with Thomas LaBonte, CISO at Saint-Gobain North America, about the practical side of align...
Security as an Enabler: Board Communication & Cloud Risk | Scott Howitt | ClearTech Loop Ep. 2
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Scott Howitt, Founder, SVH Cyber, to discuss how CISOs can help drive secure inno...
CISO Playbook: Quantifying Cyber Risk & Governing AI | Stephenie Southard | ClearTech Loop Ep. 1
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this premiere episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with Stephenie Southard, Chief Security Officer at Baxter Credit Union, to explore what...