The Cyber Business Podcast

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Chris Bollerud shares how AppZen tackles fraud in expense and invoice processes using AI-driven automation. From scanning 100% of expense reports to matching invoices against purchase orders and flagging anomalous vendor behavior, AppZen is transforming how financial compliance is handled in enterprises of all sizes. Chris explains how AI helps detect changes in payment behavior, suspicious...

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Matthew Mudry dives into his origin story, starting with a childhood fascination for dismantling and rebuilding computers and his entry into the tech world via Circuit City. He shares how a chance encounter with a bank executive launched his career and how pivotal mentorship moments at companies like Clayton and Castleton Commodities reshaped his thinking. Instead of clinging to technical p...

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William Curtiss reflects on his evolution from engineering secure operating systems evaluated by the NSA to becoming an influential cybersecurity executive and peer group leader. As Co-Chair of Evanta’s CISO Governing Body, he explains how conferences foster collaboration in a field where everyone is facing the same threats—and why peer support is critical in a high-pressure environment. W...

Zac Streelman joins The Cyber Business Podcast at a pivotal moment in his career: day 15 as the new CIO of Allegacy Federal Credit Union. Despite being new to the role, Zac brings a deep and varied background that uniquely equips him to navigate Allegacy's transformation. From his early days building PCs with Cyrix 686 chips to roles in education, manufacturing, and logistics, Zac’s unconventional career p...

Kathryn shares how Brightpoint operates at scale with a team of nearly 950 staff supporting families in areas like mental health, early education, and child welfare. While funding comes largely from state and federal partnerships, Kathryn emphasizes the importance of both public and private collaborators—including AWS, a key supporter of Brightpoint’s emerging AI solutions. As CIO, she’s leading...

Fred Clayton shares the story of how his career started not in a university, but through military service. After joining the Army to see the world, he was thrust into a technical role that would eventually evolve into a two-decade journey through networking, systems administration, cyber operations, and leadership. He became one of the early architects of cybersecurity for the Army when U.S. Cyb...

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John Cahill opens up about what it takes to manage the technology behind a massive public pension fund and the immense responsibility of delivering secure and seamless services to members who depend on monthly benefits. He shares the unique challenges of overseeing systems that handle both sensitive financial data and legislative updates in a hybrid work environment. John's pragmatic approa...

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Anthony shares how an early brush with an APT shaped his entire security career. At the time, he was managing infrastructure for a global business when federal agents revealed that his organization had been compromised. That launched a one-year investigation that taught him more than any course ever could. The APT used subtle techniques like PowerShell commands and login impersonation to b...

Rick Scot recounts his unexpected path to cybersecurity leadership, beginning with tech support at Disney and evolving into high-level roles at Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon. He highlights how his passion for continuous learning and pattern recognition made data and threat intelligence natural fits, eventually landing him leadership roles tackling global cybercrime and even represe...

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Sai opens the conversation by offering insight into the scale and strategy behind YNCU’s cybersecurity posture—supporting 50,000+ members with just 300 employees. He explains how the credit union maintains the same core infrastructure as major banks while relying on collaboration, efficient vendo...

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Trent Johannesson brings a unique voice to cybersecurity—one shaped by decades of field experience and a determination to learn from the ground up. In this conversation, he explains how Phoenix Energy’s broad service portfolio led to hosting client data and prompted the need for internal reorgani...

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Bryan Finney walks through the massive IT and business transformation he’s spearheading at Vector Security—an organization rooted in legacy infrastructure, complex acquisitions, and a fast-evolving physical security market. He breaks down how he unified siloed teams across two companies into “One...

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Rohbair Jean sheds light on the unique challenges of securing a mortgage company operating across all 50 states, each with different regulatory requirements. He discusses how compliance often trails behind real-world threats, urging leaders not to treat frameworks like NIST or GLBA as finish lines but as baselines. His ...

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Frank shares how building a playbook for consistent M&A integration became critical—not just for operations, but for cybersecurity and regulatory alignment. He details his framework built on the Three Cs: Cybersecurity (identity, MFA, EDR, cloud visibility), Compliance (mapping tools across frameworks like ISO, NIST, and CMMC), and Collaboration (unifying communications across platfor...

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