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’s Financial Reality Check: Building Security That Pays for Itself
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In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson sits down with Bil Harmer, Founder & CEO of Killswitch Advisory, to explore a topic every security leader wrestles with — how to make cybersecurity pay for itself.
Harmer brings more than two decades of experience leading programs for startups, governments, and global financial institutions. He’s blunt, practical, and focused on one truth: cybersecurity isn’t a cost center — it’s a financial model.
Jo and Bil break down what that means for CISOs under pressure to do more with less:
- Why security is a cost of survival, not safety
- How to redefine cyber risk as financial risk
- Why governance now starts with procurement
- What “acceptable loss” really looks like in practice
- How to spot hidden AI clauses in your SaaS contracts before your data trains someone else’s model
This episode cuts past the theory and gets into the business side of cybersecurity — where financial fluency is now just as important as technical skill.
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