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The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom

Strategic Clarity for the Modern Executive: Produced by Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, this monthly podcast cuts through the noise of the technical landscape to deliver actionable insights directly to the boardroom table. In about 20 minutes, we bridge the gap between complex cyber threats and strategic organizational resilience.Your host is David Homovich, alongside Alicja Cade and Nick Godfrey. Each episode guest is an expert with titles like Board members, Google Cloud (and Google) execs, Office of the CISO members of the Board Insights team, board advisors, and industry thought leaders.

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    EP15 Mark Lobel on Head In, Hands Out

    Hosts: David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Mark Lobel, Retired PwC Partner (Principal), NACD.DC, MBA, PCIP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, Certified CRO Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub Ed. 10 of Perspectives on Security for the Board Report Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results) Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP14 Neal Pollard on Concentration Risk

    Hosts: David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Neal Pollard, Partner at Control Risks Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap from Board Perspectives Ed. 9 EP1 Karenann Terrell on Cyber Risk as a Business Risk  Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results) How boards can boost resiliency with the updated UK cyber code Google Cloud Security Podcast: Ep 273 AI Assurance, Concentration Risk, and the New Regulatory Frontier  Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP13 Ryan McManus on Total Information Mastery

    Hosts: David Homovich, Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Ryan McManus, Founder, techtonic.io; public and startup company board director, President National Association of Corporate Directors New York. Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub Ryan's Total Information Mastery: Enterprise AI Strategy, Risks, and Road Map Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Google's ROI of AI in security report  NACD's BoardVision Podcast Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP12 Joe Nocera on Resiliency is a Year-Long Discussion

    Hosts:  David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud,  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Guest: Joe Nocera, PwC's Network Information Security Managing Partner and US CISO Resources:  Perspectives on Security for the Board: Edition 9 Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Cloud CISO Perspectives: How CISO Board can fight Cyber-Enabled Fraud Our 4-6-3 rule for strengthening security ties to business Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP11 Betty DeVita on Adopting an Offensive and Defensive Mindset

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Betty DeVita, Global C-Suite Leader, Private and Public Board Director & Fintech Advisor Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub NACD's BoardVision Podcast  Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 9 "From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap" Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 7 "From Good to Great: The Board's Cyber Resilience Game Plan"  Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilignual' in AI, security, to gain advantage  Beyond the hype: Analyzing new data on ROI of AI in security  How Google Does It: Using Binary Authorization to boost supply chain security  Navigating Emerging Threats in the Cloud-Native Software Supply Chain with Cloud Defenses  Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP10 Sharon Barber on Strategic Cyber Resilience and Boardroom Accountability

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Guest:  Sharon Barber, INED BofE, Co-Chair National Cyber Advisory Board NED / CIO / CSO Resources: National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Security Toolkit for Board How boards can book resiliency with the updated U.K. cyber code  (May 2025) NCSC's Timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography (March 2025) NIST's Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF) Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF)

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    EP9 Andreas Wuchner on Beyond the Balance Sheet: Valuing Cyber Investment

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Andreas Wuchner, Cyber & Risk expert, Board advisor Resources: NIST Framework  MITRE Attack Framework Delivering Trusted and Secure AI (Mar 2025) Andreas' LinkedIn post: "Can Startups Succeed Without AI? What Customers and Investors Expect in 2025" Blog: How Economic Threat Modeling Helps CISOs Become Chief Revenue Protection Officers (Oct 2025) NIS 2 Policy (Feb 2023)

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    EP8 Francis deSouza on Enterprise Cyber Leadership

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud Resources: Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Board of Directors Insights Hub Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn NIST Cybersecurity Framework  Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game (July, 2025) Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents (June, 2025) Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition (March 2025)

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    EP7 Tameron Chappell on Psychology, Trust, and AI Transformation

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Tameron Chappell, Chartered Occupational Psychologist Resources: Perspectives on Security for the Board Report (Ed. 4) Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents  Google Cloud Security Community Blog "Securing the Future of Agentic AI: Governance, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Considerations" Google Cloud Security Community Blog "AI Adoption: Learning from the Cloud's Early Days"  Google Cloud Security Community Blog "Staying on top of AI Developments" The Cyber Savvy Boardroom AI-generated "board member takeaways"

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    EP6 Grant Waterfall on Harnessing Innovation while Mastering Compliance

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Grant Waterfall, Partner at PwC Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices  Scaling AI - Navigating Innovation, Risk & Regulation Balancing Browser Security With Productivity Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP5 Phil Venables - Heard on the Street

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Phil Venables, Strategic Security Advisor, Google Cloud Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition, March 2025 Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP4 Jamie Collier on the Current Threat Landscape

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Anton Chuvakin,  Advisor at Office of the CISO, Google Cloud, co-host of Cloud Security Podcast by Google Guest:  Jamie Collier, Lead Advisor (Europe) at Google Threat Intelligence Group Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition, March 2025 The ultimate insider threat: North Korean IT workers blog Cloud Security Podcast by Google Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP3 Don Callahan on Emerging Technology

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Don Callahan, Executive Partner at Bridge Growth Partners and Google Cloud Advisory Board Member  Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub  

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    EP2 Christian Karam on the Use of AI

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Christian Karam, Strategic Advisor and Investor Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Guidance for Boards of Directors on How to Address AI Risk  

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    EP1 Karenann Terrell on Cyber Risk as a Business Risk

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Karenann Terrell, Board Member, Technology Advisor, Former Chief Digital and Technology Officer and Google Cloud Advisory Board Member Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

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    EP0 Introducing The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom with David and Alicja

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn Cloud Security Podcast by Google

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Strategic Clarity for the Modern Executive: Produced by Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, this monthly podcast cuts through the noise of the technical landscape to deliver actionable insights directly to the boardroom table. In about 20 minutes, we bridge the gap between complex cyber threats and strategic organizational resilience.Your host is David Homovich, alongside Alicja Cade and Nick Godfrey. Each episode guest is an expert with titles like Board members, Google Cloud (and Google) execs, Office of the CISO members of the Board Insights team, board advisors, and industry thought leaders.

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