The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom

The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom

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The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom episodes

  • S2 E1 Janet Wong on Active Digital Governance

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Google Cloud Consulting, North Am Regulated Industries
    • Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Janet Wong, Board Member, TWFG, Valvoline

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    20 min
  • EP16 Dom Cussatt on The Risk Calculus

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Dom Cussatt, CEO of Vault Cloud US

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: AI as a strategic imperative to manage risk
    • Make security simpler: Introducing the Google Cloud recommended security checklist
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    31 min
  • EP15 Mark Lobel on Head In, Hands Out

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Mark Lobel, Retired PwC Partner (Principal), NACD.DC, MBA, PCIP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, Certified CRO

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • Ed. 10 of Perspectives on Security for the Board Report
    • Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results)
    • Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    20 min
  • EP14 Neal Pollard on Concentration Risk

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Neal Pollard, Partner at Control Risks

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap from Board Perspectives Ed. 9
    • EP1 Karenann Terrell on Cyber Risk as a Business Risk
    • Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results)
    • How boards can boost resiliency with the updated UK cyber code
    • Google Cloud Security Podcast: Ep 273 AI Assurance, Concentration Risk, and the New Regulatory Frontier
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    24 min
  • EP13 Ryan McManus on Total Information Mastery

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Ryan McManus, Founder, techtonic.io; public and startup company board director, President National Association of Corporate Directors New York.

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • Ryan's Total Information Mastery: Enterprise AI Strategy, Risks, and Road Map
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage
    • Google's ROI of AI in security report
    • NACD's BoardVision Podcast
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    35 min
  • EP12 Joe Nocera on Resiliency is a Year-Long Discussion

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud,
    • Nick Godfrey, Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Joe Nocera, PwC's Network Information Security Managing Partner and US CISO

    Resources:

    • Perspectives on Security for the Board: Edition 9
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: How CISO Board can fight Cyber-Enabled Fraud
    • Our 4-6-3 rule for strengthening security ties to business
    • Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    18 min
  • EP11 Betty DeVita on Adopting an Offensive and Defensive Mindset

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Betty DeVita, Global C-Suite Leader, Private and Public Board Director & Fintech Advisor

    Resources:

    • Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • NACD's BoardVision Podcast
    • Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 9 "From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap"
    • Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 7 "From Good to Great: The Board's Cyber Resilience Game Plan"
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilignual' in AI, security, to gain advantage
    • Beyond the hype: Analyzing new data on ROI of AI in security
    • How Google Does It: Using Binary Authorization to boost supply chain security
    • Navigating Emerging Threats in the Cloud-Native Software Supply Chain with Cloud Defenses
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    34 min
  • EP10 Sharon Barber on Strategic Cyber Resilience and Boardroom Accountability

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Nick Godfrey, Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Sharon Barber, INED BofE, Co-Chair National Cyber Advisory Board NED / CIO / CSO

    Resources:

    • National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Security Toolkit for Board
    • How boards can book resiliency with the updated U.K. cyber code (May 2025)
    • NCSC's Timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography (March 2025)
    • NIST's Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF)
    • Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF)
    25 min
  • EP9 Andreas Wuchner on Beyond the Balance Sheet: Valuing Cyber Investment

    Hosts:

    • David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Andreas Wuchner, Cyber & Risk expert, Board advisor

    Resources:

    • NIST Framework
    • MITRE Attack Framework
    • Delivering Trusted and Secure AI (Mar 2025)
    • Andreas' LinkedIn post: "Can Startups Succeed Without AI? What Customers and Investors Expect in 2025"
    • Blog: How Economic Threat Modeling Helps CISOs Become Chief Revenue Protection Officers (Oct 2025)
    • NIS 2 Policy (Feb 2023)
    28 min
  • EP8 Francis deSouza on Enterprise Cyber Leadership
    • Hosts:
    • David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
    • Nick Godfrey, Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud

    Guest:

    • Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud

    Resources:

    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage
    • Board of Directors Insights Hub
    • Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn
    • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
    • Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game (July, 2025)
    • Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents (June, 2025)
    • Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition (March 2025)
    21 min

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Strategic Clarity for the Modern Executive: Produced by Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, this monthly podcast cuts through the noise of the technical landscape to deliver actionable insights directly to the boardroom table. In about 20 minutes, we bridge the gap between complex cyber threats and strategic organizational resilience.