Built For Trust With Nick Lippis

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The Built for Trust Podcast will explore the critical elements of creating trusted enterprise infrastructures that are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost efficient. Join your host, Nick Lippis, as he delves into the intricacies of building a reliable and secure IT foundation while streamlining the complexities that have emerged in the rapidly evolving technological landscape. In this podcast series, Nick and his guests will navigate the challenges faced by enterprises as they strive to meet the demands of a dynamic business environment. The focus will be on constructing infrastructure that not only aligns with an organization's objectives but also fosters trust and simplification in the enterprise’s digital journey.

  1. Aug 27

    Building the Reference Architecture for AI-Enabled Security Operations

    As AI drives cyberattacks to machine speed, traditional Security Operations Centers can no longer rely on human response alone. In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis and Peter Campbell, Security Researcher & Agentic AI Working Groups Lead at ONUG, unpack ONUG's AI-Enabled SOC Working Group, one of the highest-voted initiatives from the ONUG board. Together, they explore how organizations can safely adopt autonomous AI while maintaining governance, trust, and human oversight. Nick and Peter walk through the group's reference architecture, covering AI agent personas, levels of autonomy, and the decisions that should remain in human hands. They also discuss distributed versus orchestrated agent architectures and why preserving forensic evidence is just as important as responding at machine speed. Whether you're modernizing your SOC or preparing for agentic security operations, this episode offers a practical framework for building AI-enabled security without sacrificing trust, compliance, or control. Want to help shape this framework? ONUG is looking for practitioners and vendors to help refine the reference architecture ahead of the AI Networking Summit in New York City on October 28–29. Learn more and get involved: https://hubs.li/Q04tVnZr0 New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    Building the Reference Architecture for AI-Enabled Security Operations

  2. Aug 20

    Reimagining the NOC: Building the Path to Autonomous Infrastructure

    In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis and Peter Campbell, ONUG’s Security Researcher & Agentic AI Working Groups Lead, take an inside look at ONUG Collaborative’s Autonomous Infrastructure Working Group and its emerging reference architecture for AI-assisted network operations. Nick and Peter explore how organizations can prepare the NOC for increasing levels of AI autonomy, starting with defining agent personas, permissions, and levels of autonomy before AI is allowed to interact with production infrastructure. They walk through the Agentic Operations Loop and the controls needed to safely introduce AI into network operations, including human oversight, policy enforcement, auditability, and rollback. They also discuss why a hybrid human-AI model may be the most practical path toward autonomous infrastructure today. Built and vetted by enterprise practitioners, the reference architecture provides a framework for advancing AI-assisted network operations while maintaining the controls needed to operate safely and responsibly. Learn more about the ONUG Collaborative AI Networking & Autonomous Infrastructure Working Group and discover how vendors and enterprise practitioners can get involved: https://hubs.li/Q04t85s40 New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    Reimagining the NOC: Building the Path to Autonomous Infrastructure

  3. Aug 13

    Inside ONUG's Collaborative Working Groups: Building the Future of Enterprise AI

    In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis and Peter Campbell, Security Researcher & Agentic AI Working Groups Lead at ONUG, provide an inside look at ONUG Collaborative's newly launched Working Groups and the practitioner-led process behind them. They explain how the ONUG Board identified and prioritized the industry's most pressing AI challenges, and why the Agentic Control Plane received the strongest support from enterprise IT leaders. Nick and Peter walk through the evolving reference architecture, covering the agent trust fabric, personas, runtime supervision, private open routing, AI FinOps, and the shared control plane that enables AI coordination across networking, security, and the broader enterprise. They also discuss the governance, operational, and cultural changes organizations will need as AI systems become increasingly autonomous. Built by enterprise practitioners for enterprise practitioners, these frameworks are designed to help organizations deploy AI agents securely, govern them at scale, and prepare for the next generation of AI-native infrastructure. Learn more about the ONUG Collaborative Working Groups and discover how vendors and enterprise practitioners can get involved ahead of the AI Networking Summit in New York City on October 28–29: https://hubs.li/Q04sRfn-0 New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    Inside ONUG's Collaborative Working Groups: Building the Future of Enterprise AI

  4. Aug 6

    Why Container Networking Is the Foundation of AI Infrastructure

    This episode is part of a seven-part sponsored series with Cisco focused on the technologies defining the next era of enterprise networking, with new episodes released each month. Containers have quietly become the foundation of modern AI infrastructure. Cisco's Thomas Graf, CTO of Cisco Security and Co-Founder of Isovalent, and Craig Connors, CTO of Cisco's Infrastructure and Security Group, join Nick Lippis to explain how Isovalent's Cilium became the default networking layer for Kubernetes, why Cisco acquired Isovalent, and why identity-based security has become essential for AI workloads and agentic systems. The conversation explores how OpenAI is pushing container networking to unprecedented scale, why AI agents will actively circumvent security policies to accomplish a task, and how Cisco is converging networking and security through Isovalent, Tetragon, and Hypershield. They also discuss why AI is driving some workloads back into the data center and what enterprises need to build secure, hybrid AI infrastructure. New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    Why Container Networking Is the Foundation of AI Infrastructure

  5. Jul 23

    The View From Here: The Enterprise AI Power Shift

    Two forces are colliding, and by fall they'll reshape how enterprise IT operates and spends. In this episode of the Built for Trust Podcast, Nick Lippis shares his perspective on the trends converging across the ONUG community. He explains why private AI stacks and token economics are now boardroom issues, why AI FinOps and governance are becoming corporate mandates, and how routing between open source and public LLMs is reshaping enterprise AI strategy. Nick also explores what this means for infrastructure teams as continuous model releases push NOC and SOC operations toward a CI/CD-style approach on the road to autonomous infrastructure. He examines the shift in AI infrastructure financing from cash to debt markets and why that change is giving large enterprise buyers new leverage. The result is a fundamental shift in where power resides. Nick previews how ONUG is helping enterprise leaders prepare for this next phase of AI adoption while positioning their organizations to lead it. New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    The View From Here: The Enterprise AI Power Shift

  6. Jul 16

    From Complexity to Consumption: Rethinking Enterprise Networking

    The campus and branch network hasn't fundamentally changed since the 1990s. Shashi Kiran thinks that's the biggest liability sitting inside enterprise IT. In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis sits down with Shashi Kiran, CMO of Nile, to discuss why the network needs a clean slate approach and what a zero trust by default architecture looks like. They explore why complexity, not cost, is the real driver behind ballooning IT budgets, how Nile embeds security directly into the network fabric instead of bolting it on device by device, and why the shift from CapEx to OpEx is forcing enterprises to rethink how they buy, operate, and manage network infrastructure. Shashi also shares what this summer's wave of AI-driven vulnerability discovery, known across the industry as the "Summer of Mythos," could mean for enterprise network refresh cycles and why he believes agentic AI is transforming the network from a connectivity layer into a strategic control point. New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    From Complexity to Consumption: Rethinking Enterprise Networking

  7. Jul 9

    The View From Here: Why Enterprise Operations Will Never Be the Same

    The next era of enterprise infrastructure won't be defined by AI alone. It will be defined by how organizations adapt to operating it. In this episode of the Built for Trust Podcast, Nick Lippis shares his perspective on the changes reshaping enterprise infrastructure. He explores why continuous software updates are driving a new approach to operations, what organizations need to prepare for as hybrid AI becomes mainstream, and why AI FinOps and governance will play a critical role in the road ahead. This summer marks the beginning of a new operating model for enterprise IT. Nick explains what that shift means for enterprise leaders and the technologies, processes, and operational models they'll need to embrace as AI moves from experimentation to production. New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    The View From Here: Why Enterprise Operations Will Never Be the Same

  8. Jun 25

    Fighting AI with AI: Security, Governance, and the Future of the Enterprise

    Cyber is the one disruption FedEx Freight can't route around. In this episode of Built for Trust, Nick Lippis sits down with Michael Milligan, CISO of FedEx Freight, to discuss how AI is reshaping enterprise security from the boardroom to the front lines of enterprise operations. Michael breaks down the two questions dominating board conversations today: how risk is being managed and how the company is leveraging AI to stay competitive. They explore why the traditional model of waiting on vendor roadmaps is breaking down, how AI is compressing development cycles from weeks to hours, and what that shift means for security teams responsible for managing risk and governance. Michael also shares how AI is transforming logistics at FedEx Freight, from routing and fleet efficiency to automated red teaming, and why he believes the only real defense against AI-powered threats is fighting AI with AI. New episodes of the Built for Trust Podcast come out every Thursday. Subscribe to get notified.

    Fighting AI with AI: Security, Governance, and the Future of the Enterprise
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The Built for Trust Podcast will explore the critical elements of creating trusted enterprise infrastructures that are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost efficient. Join your host, Nick Lippis, as he delves into the intricacies of building a reliable and secure IT foundation while streamlining the complexities that have emerged in the rapidly evolving technological landscape. In this podcast series, Nick and his guests will navigate the challenges faced by enterprises as they strive to meet the demands of a dynamic business environment. The focus will be on constructing infrastructure that not only aligns with an organization's objectives but also fosters trust and simplification in the enterprise’s digital journey.

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