As AI accelerates software development, organisations can build and deploy applications faster than ever before.

The challenge?

Security hasn't kept up.

In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Yogita Parulekar, Founder & CEO of Invigrid, to discuss why the industry needs to move beyond simply "shifting left" and start embracing secure by design - building security, governance and compliance into cloud infrastructure from the very beginning.

Drawing on decades of experience across cloud security, enterprise technology and cybersecurity leadership, Yogita explains why infrastructure is fundamentally different from application code, how AI is changing the pace of innovation, and why security can no longer be treated as something to fix later.

☁️ The difference between secure by design and shift left

🔒 Why cloud infrastructure must be secured before it's deployed

🤖 How AI and vibe coding are changing the speed of software development

⚡ Why security and governance need to keep pace with innovation

🏗️ How embedding security into infrastructure design reduces costly rework later

📈 Why governance should accelerate innovation—not slow it down

🚀 How Invigrid is helping organisations build secure cloud infrastructure from day one

As organisations embrace AI and cloud-native development, security has to evolve from an afterthought into a design principle. This episode explores why building securely from the start is becoming one of the most important shifts in modern cybersecurity.

As organisations rapidly adopt AI agents and large language models, a new category of cybersecurity risk is emerging.

In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Peter Garraghan, Founder & Chief Science Officer at Mindgard and Professor of Computer Science at Lancaster University, to explore why securing AI systems requires a completely different mindset from traditional software security.

Drawing on years of academic research and real-world experience, Peter explains how AI systems introduce entirely new attack paths, why traditional security testing isn't enough, and what organisations should be doing today to safely adopt AI at scale.

🤖 Why AI agents create security risks that many organisations aren't prepared for

🔍 How attackers exploit AI systems beyond simple prompt injection and jailbreaks

🧠 Why AI should be treated as software - but tested differently

🔒 The importance of continuous security testing as AI systems evolve

⚠️ Why connecting AI to enterprise systems dramatically changes the threat landscape

📊 How organisations can identify and prioritise AI security risks before attackers do

🚀 What the future of AI security looks like as AI becomes embedded into critical business workflows

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise adoption, understanding how to secure these systems is becoming just as important as building them.

Network infrastructure powers every modern organisation - yet it's often one of the most underfunded and overlooked areas of cybersecurity.

In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Irfahn Khimji, Field CTO at BackBox, to explore why network resilience has become one of the biggest challenges facing security teams, how AI is changing vulnerability management, and why automation is becoming essential for organisations that simply can't keep up manually.

From AI-powered vulnerability discovery to the realities of managing thousands of network devices with small teams, this episode breaks down why getting the basics right still matters more than ever.

🌐 Why network infrastructure is one of the most overlooked areas in cybersecurity

⚡ How AI is changing vulnerability discovery - and increasing the pressure on security teams

🔧 Why automation is critical for modern network resilience

📊 The biggest challenges CISOs face when balancing risk, budget and limited resources

🤖 Why AI should enhance experts - not replace them

🏀 What Kobe Bryant can teach us about building a resilient cybersecurity programme

💡 How BackBox helps organisations automate network backups, configuration management and vulnerability remediation at scale

If you're responsible for network security, cyber resilience or infrastructure strategy, this episode is packed with practical insights into where the industry is heading - and why mastering the fundamentals still wins.

Artificial intelligence is changing cybersecurity at an unprecedented pace - but is simply adding AI to existing security tools enough?In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Dan Shiebler, Co-Founder & CTO of Artemis, to explore why the future of security operations isn't just about better AI models - it's about rebuilding the data foundations they rely on.Drawing on his experience leading machine learning at Abnormal Security and previously working on AI at Twitter, Dan explains why context, data architecture and AI-native design will define the next generation of security platforms.In this episode we cover:🧠 What actually makes a security platform AI-native⚡ How AI agents are changing both cyber attacks and cyber defence📊 Why data architecture has become the foundation of modern security operations🔍 The biggest mistake organisations make when implementing AI🚀 How Artemis is rebuilding the SIEM from the ground up for an AI-first world🤖 Why context - not just models - is the key to successful AI deployments🔮 What the future of security operations could look like over the next few yearsAs AI continues to reshape cybersecurity, organisations will need more than another AI assistant - they'll need platforms built for an AI-native future.

Most organisations invest heavily in protecting their cloud, endpoints and infrastructure.

But what about the digital assets customers interact with every single day?

In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Naveh Ben Dror, Co-Founder & CEO of Spikerz, to discuss one of cybersecurity's most overlooked attack surfaces: digital marketing infrastructure.

From social media accounts and advertising platforms to domains and websites, Naveh explains why these business-critical assets often fall between marketing and security teams - and why AI is making them a prime target for attackers.

After experiencing a major brand account compromise himself, Naveh set out to build a platform dedicated to securing the public-facing assets that shape customer trust and brand reputation.

🎯 Why social media accounts have become one of the biggest cybersecurity blind spots

🤖 How AI is changing phishing, account takeovers and brand impersonation

🔐 Why marketing and security teams need to work much more closely together

📱 The hidden risks of employees using personal accounts and devices for business platforms

⚠️ How attackers exploit trusted brand accounts to scam customers at scale

🛡️ Why governance is just as important as detection when protecting digital assets

🚀 How Spikerz is helping organisations secure their digital marketing infrastructure without disrupting the way teams work

As AI accelerates cyber attacks, protecting your organisation means looking beyond traditional security controls. This episode explores why digital marketing assets may become one of the next major frontiers in enterprise cybersecurity.

Building software is getting faster than ever.

But security is still too often treated as something that's checked after the product has already been built.

In this episode of Cyber Confersations, Katie sits down with Kim Van Lavieren, Co-Founder & CTO of Dawnguard, to discuss why security needs to move to the very beginning of the development lifecycle—and how AI is making secure-by-design architecture possible for the first time.

Drawing on experience spanning software engineering, security architecture, CISO leadership and Amazon, Kim explains why traditional security reviews create friction between engineering and security teams, and why that entire process needs rethinking.

🏗️ Why secure architecture should start before a single line of code is written

🤖 How AI is transforming secure software design - not just code generation

⚡ Why "shift left" security is finally becoming practical at enterprise scale

🔒 How better architecture reduces attack impact before incidents happen

👨‍💻 Why developers shouldn't have to become security experts

🚀 How Dawnguard is helping engineering teams build securely without slowing innovation

💡 Why the future of cybersecurity is enabling the business—not blocking it

As AI accelerates software development, organisations need security to evolve just as quickly. This episode explores why designing security into systems from day one could become one of the biggest shifts in modern cybersecurity.

Every organisation relies on third-party vendors - but every vendor introduces risk.

In this episode of Cyber Confersations, Katie sits down with Michael Keslassy, Co-Founder & CTO of Vendict, to explore why Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) is becoming one of the fastest-growing priorities in cybersecurity, and how AI is fundamentally changing the way organisations assess supplier risk.

From evolving regulations to agentic AI and increasingly complex supply chains, Michael explains why traditional TPRM processes no longer scale - and why AI-native approaches are transforming the space.

📋 What Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) actually is - and why it matters

🤖 How AI is creating new vendor risks while also solving longstanding TPRM challenges

📈 Why organisations can finally assess hundreds or thousands of vendors at scale

🔍 The growing importance of visibility across third-, fourth-, and fifth-party suppliers

⚖️ How regulation, innovation and compliance are reshaping vendor security

🚀 Why AI-native managed services are changing how security teams approach TPRM

💡 What the future of third-party risk looks like as AI adoption accelerates

As organisations become increasingly dependent on external vendors and AI-powered tools, understanding and managing supplier risk has never been more important.

AI has changed the way employees work - but it has also changed one of security's biggest challenges: governance.

In this episode of Cyber Confersations, Katie sits down with Matthew Smith, EMEA Field CTO at Island, to explore why AI adoption has happened from the bottom up, why traditional security models are struggling to keep pace, and why the browser has become one of the most important control points in modern enterprises.

Drawing on his background as a security engineer and his work helping organisations securely adopt AI, Matt shares practical insights into balancing security with user productivity in a rapidly changing landscape.

We cover -

🚆 Why AI adoption has broken the traditional IT rollout model

🤖 The growing challenge of Shadow AI inside organisations

🌐 Why the browser has become the frontline for enterprise security

🔍 How organisations can gain visibility into AI usage without blocking innovation

👥 Why user experience is critical to successful security adoption

🛡️ How Island helps organisations secure AI, browsers and modern workspaces

📈 Why security teams should focus on enablement—not restriction

🚀 What the future of AI governance and enterprise security could look like

As AI becomes embedded into every workflow, security teams need new ways to protect data without slowing people down. This episode explores what that future looks like—and why the browser may be at the centre of it all.

AI is transforming cybersecurity - but are security operations evolving quickly enough to keep up?

In this episode of Cyber Confersations, Katie sits down with Or Mattatia, Co-Founder & CPO of Beacon Security, to explore why the future of security operations isn't simply adding AI to existing workflows - it's rebuilding SecOps to be AI-native from the ground up.

Fresh from Beacon Security being recognised in the Rising in Cyber 2026 cohort, Or shares lessons from his background in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity, and explains why the biggest challenge facing defenders today isn't the AI models themselves - it's the data powering them.

🔹 Why cybersecurity is still fundamentally a data problem

🔹 Why attackers appear to be benefiting from AI faster than defenders

🔹 The difference between AI-assisted and AI-native security operations

🔹 How the role of security engineers is evolving into security builders

🔹 Why modern SecOps needs better data pipelines and context - not just more alerts

🔹 How Beacon Security is building an AI-native SecOps platform

🔹 The future of autonomous systems and fleets of AI agents in security

🔹 What the next generation of security operations could look like

If you're a CISO, security practitioner, security engineer, or simply interested in how AI is reshaping cyber defence, this episode offers a fascinating look at where the industry is heading next.

Will AI Make Traditional Penetration Testing Obsolete?

In this episode of Cyber Conversations, Katie sits down with Adam Lundqvist, Founder of SQUR, to discuss how AI is reshaping penetration testing, vulnerability management, and application security.

After spending more than two decades in software and cybersecurity, Adam recognised a growing challenge: organisations are developing software faster than ever, but security testing hasn't kept pace.

Traditional penetration testing can be expensive, time-consuming, and often outdated by the time the final report lands on a security team's desk.

So what comes next?

Adam shares why he believes autonomous penetration testing and automated remediation will become a critical part of the future security stack.

Topics covered include:

🔹 Why traditional penetration testing is struggling to keep up with modern development

🔹 The growing attack surface created by APIs and web applications

🔹 How AI is changing both cyberattacks and cyber defence

🔹 Why fixing vulnerabilities is often harder than finding them

🔹 The future of autonomous penetration testing

🔹 How automated remediation could transform vulnerability management

🔹 The opportunities and risks created by increasingly powerful AI models

🔹 What security leaders should be prioritising today

If you're interested in application security, AI, vulnerability management, or the future of offensive security, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.