AI Security, Cyber Risk, and Cloud Strategy on ClearTech Loop
Season 2 of ClearTech Loop is built around three questions:
How is AI changing the way organizations think about risk?
What does stronger cybersecurity leadership look like right now?
How should leaders rethink cloud strategy as business and technology keep shifting?
Hosted by Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst at ClearTech Research, ClearTech Loop is a fast, focused podcast covering AI, cybersecurity, and cloud risk through a business leadership lens.
Each 10-15 minute episode explores the issues shaping modern technology strategy and the decisions leaders cannot afford to ignore.
From governance and resilience to infrastructure change and emerging risk, ClearTech Loop helps leaders make sense of what is shifting, what matters most, and what comes next.
AI Security, Cyber Risk, and Cloud Strategy on ClearTech Loop
The CISO Field Guide: Becoming Operator, Strategist, Storyteller with Mark Lynd
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CISOs wear three hats in 2025: Operator, Strategist, Storyteller.
In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson sits down with Mark Lynd — Head of Executive Advisory & Strategy at Netsync, globally ranked AI & Security Thought Leader, and author of Cyber War One Scenario.
Mark shares a practical field guide for CISOs navigating the complexity of AI adoption:
- Operator: Shift SOCs from alert-chasing to question-asking. Measure time-to-decision, not tool count.
- Strategist: Stop reinventing governance. Use paved roads with guardrails (NIST, ISO, vendor frameworks).
- Storyteller: Boards don’t want tool inventories — they want proof you can protect the business. Translate cyber chaos into ROI and resilience.
If you’ve been wondering how to brief the board, govern shadow AI, or actually augment your SOC with AI (without burning out your team), this is your episode.
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