A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast
Episodes

Protecting Data in New Ways
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Sean Connelly, Former Director, CISA Zero Trust Initiative Office, to discuss the evolution of network architectures; why incidents over the past 5 years have catalyzed a greater federal focus on cyber resilience, and specifically Zero Trust; and how CISA is thinking about protecting data in new ways.

You Can’t Spell Zero Trust Without OT
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Carlos Buenano, CTO, OT at Armis, to discuss his path to OT security, the importance of Zero Trust in industrial environments, and how to make progress in security while not compromising productivity.

Questioning the Status Quo
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Richard Bird, Chief Security Officer at Traceable AI, to discuss how to be a nontraditional technologist, addressing cognitive dissonance in cybersecurity, and the intersection between Zero Trust and API security.

The Zero Trust Origin story
Welcome back to The Segment! In our Season 2 premiere, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with John Kindervag, Chief Evangelist at Illumio and the “Godfather of Zero Trust”, to unpack John’s Zero Trust origin story, where folks go wrong on their Zero Trust journeys, federal Zero Trust momentum, and so much more.

Strengthening Our Collective Defense
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Ann Johnson, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security Business Development, to explore AI, everyday Zero Trust conversations, cyber resilience best practices, and so much more.

What is the Cost of Loss?
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Richard Staynings, Chief Security Strategist at Cylera, to discuss how the role of the CISO has changed over the past 30 years, the IT challenges facing modern healthcare organizations, and today’s cybercrime landscape.
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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