The Human Stories Behind Data Trust, AI, and Resilience
Data Archaeology: When AI Digs Up Data Problems from the Past
For years, a confidential document sitting in an overlooked corner of the network wasn't really a risk—because nobody stumbled upon it. Then AI arrived. David Houlding, Director of Global Healthcare Security & Compliance at Microsoft, argues that AI hasn't created new data governance problems for organizations—it's exposed the ones they were already ignoring. In this episode, he reveals what leaders in healthcare and beyond are only now being forced to confront.
Safe Enough? When AI Ambition Outruns Governance & Readiness
Every board wants AI at scale. Every leader wants to move fast. But Avinash Ramesh, Managing Director of Secure AI at Accenture, says the organizations winning with AI aren't the boldest—they're the most prepared. In this episode, he makes the case that responsible progress means building the foundations before you scale the ambition and reveals what happens when intelligence outpaces the operating model holding it up.
Leading in the Dark: Resilient Decisions Amid Automation
When a cyberattack hits, most organizations discover the same thing: the CIO owns the platform, the CISO owns the security, and the business just needs to get back online—but nobody owns the whole picture. Allen Downs, VP of Incident Recovery at Kyndryl, has sat in that room. In this episode, he reveals why most leaders only discover the gaps in their recovery plan at the worst possible moment—when they're already in one.
Who's Who: Securing Identity in a Synthetic World
Most organizations know who their people are. Far fewer know what else is operating inside their infrastructure. Greg Wetmore, Head of Product Development at Entrust, explains why non-human identities—from APIs to AI agents—now outnumber people inside most organizations, and why the majority of businesses lack the visibility to even find them, let alone secure them. In a world of synthetic identities, deepfakes and agentic AI, the question is no longer just who has access. It's what does.
AI Doesn't Fail. Leaders Do
When AI projects collapse—and most do—the instinct is to blame the technology. Zeus Kerravala, founder of ZK Research, says that's the wrong diagnosis entirely. The real problem sits in the boardroom, not the server room: leaders’ blind spots about AI-driven data risk. In this episode, he reveals what leaders are getting wrong about AI failure, and why the biggest risk most organizations face isn't moving too fast—it's not seeing what’s coming.
Eroding Control: How Agentic AI Magnifies Data Trust Issues
AI agents are already making decisions inside your organization. The question is: do you know what data they're acting on and what they're doing with it? Emilee Tellez, Field CTO at Veeam, has seen it across the industry. Organizations rolling out thousands of AI agents with no oversight of what data they can access, what actions they can take, or who's accountable when it goes wrong. And when it does go wrong, it goes wrong publicly.
Is Your CISO Holding You Back — Or Setting You Free?
Most businesses treat their CISO as a brake pedal—the person who says no, slows things down, and complicates innovation. Rick Orloff, VP and CISO at Everpure, thinks that's exactly the wrong model. In this episode, he makes the case that security done right doesn't constrain the business—it's what allows it to move as fast as it possibly can. But only if leaders are willing to ask the questions nobody wants to ask, before an incident forces them to.
The Data Residency Gap: Policy, Practice & True Understanding
Data sovereignty is massively misunderstood. Jan De Clercq, Chief Technologist at HPE's Cyber Advisory & Professional Services, breaks down the real gap between where you think your data lives, and where it actually does. If you think you have it covered, this episode might change your mind.
Featured Hosts
Rick Vanover
Vice President, Product Strategy at Veeam
Rick Vanover is Vice President, Product Strategy at Veeam, where he focuses on driving innovation and advancing data resiliency across modern IT environments. A passionate technologist and communicator, Rick is dedicated to educating audiences of all experience levels on the importance of data protection, cloud infrastructure, and security.
Rick Vanover
Vice President, Product Strategy at Veeam
Featured Guests
David Houlding
Director, Global HC Security & Compliance, Microsoft
Avinash Ramesh
Managing Director, Accenture
Allen Downs
VP Security & Resiliency Services, Kyndryl
Greg Wetmore
VP of Product Development, Entrust
Zeus Kerravala
Founder and Principal Analyst, ZK Research
Emilee Tellez
Field CTO, Veeam
Rick Orloff
CISO, Everpure
Jan De Clercq
Global Lead, HPE
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