The Strategy Layer Live
The Strategy Layer Live helps CISOs and cybersecurity leaders rise above the noise and drive measurable business value. Hosted by Identient, this podcast explores how to lead with intelligence, influence, and clarity—aligning security with the priorities that matter. It’s not just about protection—it’s about performance.
The Strategy Layer Live
Latest Episodes
Two Birds, One Podcast: AI, Governance, and the Road Ahead
In this episode of The Strategy Layer Live, Steve sits down with Richard Bird—multi-time CISO, former Chief Customer Information Officer at Ping Identity, author, and current Chief Security Officer at Singulr—for a ...
Running Toward Impact: Lessons In Leadership with Bill Kehoe
In this episode of The Strategy Layer Live, Steve sits down with Bill Kehoe, Chief Information Officer for Washington State, for a rare, wide-ranging conversation recorded in person. Bill reflects on a career spanning state, cou...
The Next-Gen CISO: Leading Beyond Risk and Certs with Jimmy Sanders
In this episode of The Strategy Layer Live, we sit down with one of the most respected and candid voices in cybersecurity today — Jimmy Sanders.Jimmy is the CISO of Save Mart overseeing more than 200 stores across the Wes...
How To CISO with Andy Ellis — Leadership Lessons for the Next-Gen Security Executive
What does it really take to lead as a modern CISO?In this episode of The Strategy Layer, Steve sits down with Andy Ellis — former CSO of Akamai, CISO Hall of Fame inductee, and author of How to CISO 1.1 — for a...
Co-Morbid Poisoning of the CISO Role: What Comes Next?
In Episode 2 of The Strategy Layer Live, we dig into one of the most urgent — and least acknowledged — leadership challenges in cybersecurity today.The CISO role isn’t dying. But it is being slowly redefined, compressed...