S4:E74🎙️🔥 LIVE with Richard Stiennon
Leadership & Success Podcast with Coach BZ — Season 5:Episode 74
“Agentic AI and Cyberwar: Leadership in an Autonomous Threat Landscape”
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Mark your calendars:
📅 Thursday, April 2, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM PT (San Francisco, CA) | 12:00 PM ET (Birmingham, MI)
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🚀 Introducing My Guest
Richard Stiennon is one of the most respected voices in cybersecurity—an industry analyst, author, and Founder of IT-Harvest.
With over three decades of experience spanning:
•VP Research at Gartner
•CMO at Fortinet
•VP Threat Research at Webroot
…and as the architect behind one of the most comprehensive cybersecurity industry intelligence platforms in the world…
👉 Richard has helped leaders see the battlefield clearly before making mission-critical decisions.
He is also the author of the powerful new book:
📚 “Guardians of the Machine Age: Why AI Security Will Define the Future of Digital Defense”
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⚔️ Why This Conversation Matters
The battlefield has changed.
We are no longer just defending networks…
We are defending machines that think, decide, and act.
From AI-driven cyber threats to autonomous defense systems…
👉 This is not the future.
👉 This is NOW.
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🧠 What You Will Learn…
🎯 How agentic AI is reshaping cyber threats—and defenses
🎯 Why leaders must shift from protecting infrastructure → protecting intelligence
🎯 The explosion of the AI security market (400+ vendors and growing)
🎯 How to cut through cybersecurity complexity and make data-driven decisions
🎯 What CISOs, commanders, and engineers must do to lead in an autonomous threat environment
🎯 Key insights from Richard’s latest book on AI security and digital defense
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💬 Join the Conversation!
🗺️ Where are you tuning in from? Drop your city, region, or country in the comments!
🙏🏽 What is one thing you are grateful for today?
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👇 Your Turn:
➡️ What are your three takeaways from this episode?
➡️ What’s one leadership insight you’re applying this week?
➡️ Tag a colleague, junior officer, or teammate who could benefit from this conversation ❤️🙏🏾
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⚓ Coach BZ Takeaway:
In the Navy, we learned to fight with speed, precision, and trust in our systems.
But what happens when those systems begin to make decisions on their own?
👉 That’s the leadership challenge of our time.
Let’s LEAD through it—together.
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