A Zero Trust Leadership Podcast
Episodes

Striding towards Zero-ish Trust
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Ryan Fried, former Senior Security Engineer at Brooks Running, to discuss the role of cybersecurity in the manufacturing and retail sectors, building a successful Zero Trust program, and the difference between being compliant and being secure.

Live from RSAC! Test, Verify, Validate
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Rob Ragan, Principal Researcher at Bishop Fox – live at RSAC 2023! – to discuss the different types of threats, offensive security trends, and how to continuously find new opportunities to improve cyber resilience.

The Everyday Battle in Cyberspace
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Gary Barlet, Federal Field CTO at Illumio, to discuss his own personal experience with Zero Trust, top cyber challenges facing federal organizations, and why embracing an “assume breach” approach to cybersecurity matters.

Surviving Bad Days in the Cloud
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara chats with Shawn Kirk, former Worldwide Leader for Security Go to Market at Amazon Web Services. The two of them discuss the shared responsibility model, making incremental Zero Trust improvements in the cloud, and cloud economics and ROI.

A Quantitative Approach to Innovation
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Illumio Co-Founder and Advisor PJ Kirner to discuss Illumio’s founding story, taking a data-driven approach to innovation and market validation, and what RSA attendees should be thinking about as they gear up for this year’s conference.

Embracing visibility, consistency and control
In this episode, host Raghu Nandakumara sits down with Stephen Coraggio and Greg Tkaczyk, Managing Partner and Executive Consultant at IBM Security, to discuss the business value of cybersecurity, defining your crown jewels, and overcoming “analysis paralysis” and other Zero Trust challenges.
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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