In this episode, Mike Elkins maps a whole‑of‑business blueprint for digital safety that actually reduces risk you can measure. We break down what “holistic” really means in practice: identity as the control plane, data‑centric design, continuous verification, least privilege, segmentation that shrinks blast radius, and automation that removes human bottlenecks. From cloud and SaaS to OT/IoT and third‑party risk, Chase shows how to connect policy, architecture, and operations so security becomes a repeatable system—not a pile of tools.

Takeaways

• Why piecemeal controls create “debt‑in‑depth”

• How to center Zero Trust on identities, not networks

• Pragmatic micro‑segmentation and just‑in‑time access

• A simple metric stack for the board (exposure, blast radius, dwell time)

• How to align GRC with day‑to‑day enforcement

No FUD. No silver bullets. Just the playbook to make “holistic” real.