A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast

Episodes

The Math Doesn’t Math: Why a Former White House CIO Says Cybersecurity Is Broken | Theresa Payton
Season Four
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The Math Doesn’t Math: Why a Former White House CIO Says Cybersecurity Is Broken | Theresa Payton

Recorded live at RSA Conference 2026, Theresa Payton—the first female White House CIO joins to tackle a critical question: If organizations are spending more than ever on cybersecurity, why are outcomes getting worse?

How Cybercriminals Manipulate Trust — Then Steal Millions | Timothy Kromphardt
Season Four
· Episode
4

How Cybercriminals Manipulate Trust — Then Steal Millions | Timothy Kromphardt

In this episode of The Segment, Timothy Kromphardt, Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, explores how modern scams actually work behind the scenes. 

From Hype to Guardrails: Building AI You Can Actually Trust | Josh Woodruff
Season Four
· Episode
3

From Hype to Guardrails: Building AI You Can Actually Trust | Josh Woodruff

In this episode, Joshua Woodruff, Founder & CEO of MassiveScale.AI, explores what it really takes to adopt AI, especially agentic AI, without putting your business at risk.

From Compliance to Containment: The New Era of Financial Services Supervision | Phil Park 
Season Four
· Episode
2

From Compliance to Containment: The New Era of Financial Services Supervision | Phil Park 

In this episode, Phil Park, global cybersecurity and risk leader at IBM, brings a practical perspective on how supervision is rapidly evolving from compliance checklists to real-world operational readiness. 

Why Doing the Basics in Cyber Is So Hard—and So Necessary | Ross Haleliuk
Season Four
· Episode
1

Why Doing the Basics in Cyber Is So Hard—and So Necessary | Ross Haleliuk

In this episode of The Segment, Raghu sits down with Ross Haleliuk to unpack why most security failures aren’t caused by a lack of tools, but by a failure to execute the fundamentals.

From the White House to the Boardroom: Tony Scott on Leading Transformative Tech
Season Three
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12

From the White House to the Boardroom: Tony Scott on Leading Transformative Tech

In this episode of The Segment, we're joined by one of the most influential technology leaders of our time: Tony Scott. Tony shares his journey through some of the world’s most complex organizations, offering a candid look at the forces that drive digital transformation, why organizational silos still shape most architectures, and how AI may finally help dissolve them.

2025 MarCom Gold Winner

Thanks MarCom for recognizing The Segment: A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast as a Gold Winner in this year’s 2025 MarCom awards! We're proud to have won best industry-focused podcast series.

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