Cargo theft costs the American economy up to $35 billion a year. Strategic theft — where criminals impersonate carriers, forge documents, and reroute entire truckloads using cyber tactics — has risen 1,500% since 2021. In 2025, estimated losses surged 60% to nearly $725 million in confirmed incidents alone, with the true number almost certainly many times higher.

And yet trucking and logistics — the industry most targeted by organized crime in the United States — has been among the slowest to adopt the AI-powered surveillance and monitoring tools that could change the equation entirely.

Why?

Ed Burnett spent more than two decades as a senior security executive protecting one of the world's largest and most complex logistics operations. He has seen cargo theft evolve from opportunistic crime to sophisticated international networks that operate like legitimate businesses, complete with logistics coordinators, document forgers, and cyber specialists. He knows what the industry has tried, what hasn't worked, and what AI can now do that nothing else could before.

In this episode, Ed and Lauren dig into the uncomfortable truth about why the most crime-beset industry in America has been so slow to embrace its most powerful available defense — and what it will take to change that.
Speakers:Lauren OBrien — Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudastructure (Host)James McCormick — CEO, CloudastructureGreg Smitherman — CFO, CloudastructureEd Burnett — Executive Adviser, Cloudastructure; Former Senior Security Executive & Fraud Investigator

AGC Partners has closed more technology M&A transactions than virtually any boutique investment bank in the country, and remote monitoring has become one of the most active corners of their deal flow. John Tinkham brings a perspective that operators rarely get: what serious acquirers and investors actually see when they look under the hood of a remote monitoring business. In this episode, John breaks down what separates the companies commanding premium valuations from those stuck competing on price, where the capital is flowing and why, and how AI is reshaping what a remote monitoring business is actually worth. This is the episode for anyone who wants to understand not just how to build a great remote monitoring company — but how the market values one.
Panelists:• John Tinkham — Managing Director, AGC Partners• James McCormick — CEO, Cloudastructure• Lauren O'Brien — Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudastructure• Greg Smitherman — CFO, Cloudastructure

James, Lauren, and Ed Burnett just walked the floor at the largest security conference in the world — and they're bringing back everything worth knowing. Ed brings rare credibility to the debrief: two decades as VP of Security and Global Fraud Investigation at UPS, a background as a Military Police officer, and recognition as a security expert by Forbes, The Independent, and U.S. News and World Report.

Together they cut through the vendor noise on AI-powered video analytics, access control, and the convergence of IT and physical security — telling you what's genuinely signal and what's just hype.

Your essential security technology briefing, straight from the source.

From computer vision to large language models, AI is moving from simply “seeing” to actually understanding what is happening in the world. This episode explores how different AI models interpret visual and textual data together, what that means for new products and business models, and why these capabilities matter to retail investors tracking the next wave of AI adoption.​

Featured Speakers:

• James McCormack — CEO, Cloudastructure
• Greg Smitherman — CFO, Cloudastructure
• Lauren O'Brien — CRO, Cloudastructure

AI-powered cameras, drones, and robots are upon us! Join our discussion on how organizations protect people, property, and data worldwide, opening new fronts in both automation and risk. This episode breaks down what is real versus hype, how these tools work together in modern security programs, and why the global market for AI-driven security solutions is expected to expand significantly over t

Panelists:James McCormick — CEO, CloudastructureGreg Smitherman — CFO, Cloudastructure(Host) [CRO Name] — CRO, CloudastructureCloudastructure's AI surveillance and Remote Guarding platform processes 8 million videos per day, combining machine intelligence with human-in-the-loop oversight to deliver a 98% deterrence rate. As the security landscape evolves toward drones, robots, and autonomous devices, Cloudastructure is positioned to be the AI engine powering them all — giving property managers smarter protection at a lower cost than traditional on-site guards.🌐 Learn more: https://cloudastructure.com

Even the smartest AI misses context that humans catch. This episode unpacks how “human in the loop” models keep AI security systems accurate, fair, and trustworthy, and why that blend of automation plus judgment is shaping which AI companies ultimately scale in the enterprise.

Speakers:

James McCormack – CEO, Cloudastructure

Greg Smitherman – CFO, Cloudastructure

Lauren O’Brien – Chief Revenue Officer, Cloudastructure

In this episode, host and CRO Lauren OBrien, CEO James McCormick and CFO Greg Smitherman break down how security cameras plus AI are quietly turning into powerful data tools—cutting losses, improving operations, and reshaping how investors think about brick‑and‑mortar risk. Listeners learn how Cloudastructure fits into this shift as a real-world case study, without pitches or hype, just practical examples and questions an informed retail investor should be asking.