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Recorded at Cisco Live 2026 in Las Vegas, where 20,000 operators, engineers and executives gathered at Mandalay Bay to shape the future of networking, AI and cybersecurity. KB sits down with two Cisco security leaders on the front lines of agentic AI. Peter Bailey, SVP and GM of Cisco Security, breaks down why the security frameworks built over the last 20 years wer...

KB grabs the mic backstage at SPHERE 2026 by Atmos for two conversations that couldn’t look more different on the surface, but end up pointing at the same thing: where cyber threats really come from, and who’s pushing back.

First up, KB sits down with Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinnes...

Pete Harteveld was appointed CEO of Exabeam in October 2025 and most recently served as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer.  He has more than two decades of leadership experience having built a reputation for scaling revenue and building high-performing global teams across the cybersecurity and technology sectors.

Pete played a pivotal role in uniting Exabeam and LogRhythm in 2024, leveraging his deep expertise in merge...

KB is on the ground at the ISACA 2026 North American Conference in Las Vegas, this time for the AI conversation that’s reshaping ROI, risk and governance all at once.

Sushila Nair, Independent Information Security Consultant, and President of the ISACA Greater Washin...

As a specialist in networking and software development, Vincent joined the F5 team in France in 2000 as a pre-sales engineer. Having contributed to F5’s growth initially in the French market and South EMEA region, he took on several managerial roles before overseeing from 2018 the EMEA pre-sales teams as the VP of Solutions Engineering for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).  From 2025, Vincent has been appointe...

KB takes the mic behind the scenes at SPHERE 2026 by Atmos, where 1,500 people from across cyber, legal, tech and government packed a room to do something rare: shift the entire industry’s focus from the moment of crisis to what comes before it. In two conversations, Reece Corbett-Wilkins and Leah Pinto reflect on the day, the speakers, and what it actually takes to change an industry’s centre of gravity.

Then Anthony C...

Snowflake has recently appointed Mayank Upadhyay its Chief Security and Trust Officer to lead security efforts.

Mayank brings one of the most influential careers in enterprise security to Snowflake. During his more than two decades at Google, he shaped the modern security landscape, ultimately serving as Vice President of Engineering for Google Cloud where he secured both the public-facing Google Cloud Platform and the private clou...

KB is on the ground at ISACA 2026 North American Conference in Las Vegas, sitting down with two guests pulling at the same thread from different angles: the gap between how dependent we’ve become on modern tools and how little we actually understand them.

First, Pam ...

John Wojcik, Senior Threat Researcher, Infoblox:

Based in Bangkok, Thailand, John is a seasoned threat intelligence researcher who has spent his career following cybercriminal activity in the Southeast Asia region. Recently, his work at Infoblox has focused on pig butchering as a service, exposing sophisticated global money laundering, human trafficking and slave operations in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines. John ...

In this episode of KB on the Go, recorded at Atmos SPHERE 2026, Karissa Breen brings together two conversations united by one uncomfortable truth: we have built fast, efficient, hyper connected societies, and quietly traded away our resilience.

First, Karissa sits down wit...

Dominic Vogel is a well-respected cyber security thought leader appearing on media news outlets across the world. As a veteran cyber security expert and thought leader, Dominic holds a proven track record across multitude of industries (financial services, logistics, transportation, healthcare, government, telecommunications, and critical infrastructure). Dominic is a firm believer in delivering sustainable security that supports a...

Dmitry Volkov is a cybersecurity veteran, technology entrepreneur, and the dynamic leader of Group-IB and its team of over 250 cyber defenders. Recognized as one of the top seven influencers in global cybersecurity by Business Insider, Dmitry is also a member of the Europol EC3 Advisory Group and the UN Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Group.

In 2003, Dmitry co-founded Group-IB as a cyber investigations startup. Two decades late...

Recorded live from Extreme Connect in Orlando, KB sits down with Markus Nispel, CTO EMEA & Head of Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks, and Michael Jones (MJ), VP of AI and Innovation, Office of the CTO at Extreme Networks.

Markus gets into why networks are now a boardroom conversation, what real time data means for agentic systems, and the shift from human in the loop to human on the loop. He also unpacks the guardrails and ...

John Hines is the Senior Director of Enterprise Business for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region at Lumen Technologies.

With more than 25 years of leadership experience in IT solutions and cybersecurity, John has led and grown businesses across diverse global markets. His expertise spans cybersecurity, risk management, network and cloud solutions, consulting services, and new market acquisitions, serving industries such as manufactur...

In this episode, we sit down with Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister of Australia, current Chairman of Fortescue Future Industries, Senior Advisor to KKR, and Strategic Advisor at Semperis. Malcolm reflects on his leadership in launching Australia’s first national cybersecurity strategy and examines the evolution of cyber as a vital component of national security and statecraft. He shares insights into the challenges fac...

In this episode, we sit down with César Cernuda, President at NetApp, as he explores the growing significance of data and the evolving role of trust, governance, and transparency in managing this strategic asset. César discusses how organizations and nations must build intelligent data infrastructures to enable AI and navigate complex regulatory landscapes, emphasizing the importance of cybersecurity, interoperability, and moderniz...