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Rebooting the way we think about AI, data, & risk.

  1. How AI Investing Shapes the Next Tech Cycle

    2H AGO

    How AI Investing Shapes the Next Tech Cycle

    AI became expensive the same way anything does: by outpacing the world around it. Join us in this episode with Noah Yago, Vice President of Cisco Investments at Cisco, to trace how generative AI reached this moment and what comes next. Drawing on decades of experience across venture capital, corporate development, and global investing, Noah walks through how Cisco thinks about AI not as a single breakthrough, but as a sequence of bets across models, data, infrastructure, and geography. We tackled early machine learning investments to today’s foundation models, then forward into world models, spatial intelligence, and sovereign AI stacks. Noah also explains why capital concentration shapes outcomes, why enterprise adoption looks different from consumer hype, and why regional data and regulation are quietly redefining how AI systems are built and deployed. Rather than predicting a single winner, this episode explores how AI markets actually form, how costs eventually fall, and why staying close to the fastest growers matters more than betting on any one narrative. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why AI markets reward early scale and how access to capital directly affects talent, cost structures, and long-term survival How world models and spatial intelligence change compute economics and improve reasoning beyond text-based systems What enterprise and public sector adoption reveal about on-premise AI, regulatory pressure, and hybrid deployment strategies Things to listen for:  (00:00) Meet Noah Yago (01:15) From founder to venture investor inside Cisco (03:59) How Cisco began treating AI as a core investment focus (05:32) The four AI categories Cisco invests in (07:31) Competing foundation models and concentrated capital (09:45) Regional AI stacks and data sovereignty pressures (13:54) Why model performance is flattening (15:21) World models and the next phase of AI reasoning (18:19) Data as a moat across text, video, and 3D (19:32) Sovereign AI clouds and state-driven infrastructure (22:56) Why enterprises are reconsidering on-prem AI (28:42) Capital intensity and winner-take-all dynamics

    33 min
  2. Why Agent Identity Is Now a Security Priority

    12/10/2025

    Why Agent Identity Is Now a Security Priority

    AI agents are moving fast, and security teams are scrambling to keep up. Join us as Heather Ceylan, SVP & Chief Information Security Officer at Box, who has spent the last several years leading security teams through rapid change from the explosive growth years at Zoom to her current work shaping Box’s AI posture. Heather shares what it actually feels like to run security at a time when agents can be created in minutes, permissions matter more than ever, and governance committees are struggling to keep pace. She explains why treating agents as identities fundamentally changes the model, how MCP servers introduce new exposure points, and why her team is embedding AI directly into SOC work, design reviews, and vulnerability remediation. It’s a grounded look at how a CISO makes sense of AI while everything around the role continues to shift. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why agents need their own identities and permissions rather than inheriting access from the people who create them How SOC teams can shift from constant alert triage to real threat hunting with the help of AI agents How AI can speed up vulnerability remediation by creating pull requests that engineers only need to review and merge Things to listen for:  (00:00) Meet Heather Ceylan (00:58) Career path from healthcare to Zoom to Box (03:58) Risks of AI agents accessing unstructured content (05:18) Why agent identity and permissions are the new priority (06:50) The challenge of discovering and governing ephemeral agents (08:16) How sandboxes and policies support safe experimentation (09:20) AI governance gaps and the need for dedicated ownership (13:10) Defining AI governance across technical and legal domains (16:17) The rise of MCP servers and new exposure points (18:05) Four AI bets transforming Box’s SOC and security workflows (23:31) KPIs and measuring AI’s impact on security teams (25:27) Resource trade-offs when adopting AI in security (27:58) Managing the complexity of model selection and trust (29:58) Should companies form dedicated AI security teams?

    32 min
  3. Privacy Professionals on the Front Lines of AI Risk

    11/26/2025

    Privacy Professionals on the Front Lines of AI Risk

    Security and privacy leaders are under pressure to sign off on AI, manage data risk, and answer regulators’ questions while the rules are still taking shape and the data keeps moving.  On this episode of Ctrl + Alt + AI, host Dimitri Sirota sits down with Trevor Hughes, President & CEO of the IAPP, to unpack how decades of privacy practice can anchor AI governance, why the shift from consent to data stewardship changes the game, and what it really means to “know your AI” by knowing your data.  Together, they break down how CISOs, privacy leaders, and risk teams can work from a shared playbook to assess AI risk, apply practical controls to data, and get ahead of emerging regulation without stalling progress. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why privacy teams already have methods that can be adapted to oversee AI systems Boards and executives want simple, defensible stories about risk from AI use The strongest programs integrate privacy, security, and ethics into a single strategy Things to listen for:  (00:00) Meet Trevor Hughes (01:39) The IAPP’s mission and global privacy community (03:45) What AI governance means for security leaders (05:56) Responsible AI and real-world risk tradeoffs (08:47) Aligning privacy, security, and AI programs (15:20) Early lessons from emerging AI regulations (18:57) Know your AI by knowing your data (22:13) Rethinking consent and data stewardship (28:05) Vendor responsibility for AI and data risk (31:26) Closing thoughts and how to find the IAPP

    32 min
  4. Building AI Agents That Actually Reason

    10/15/2025

    Building AI Agents That Actually Reason

    AI agents are becoming part of everyday business, but building ones that reason and adapt is still a challenge. On this episode of Ctrl + Alt + AI, host Dimitri Sirota sits down with Joe Miller, Chief AI Officer of Vivun, to explore how enterprises are creating agents that move beyond simple automation. Joe shares what it takes to design systems that can model knowledge, fit into company culture, and genuinely support teams in their work. We examined where current approaches fall short, explored what’s possible as AI matures, and discussed how leaders can prepare for the next stage of intelligent agents in security and enterprise environments. In this episode, you’ll learn: How reasoning and knowledge representation shape the future of AI agents Why cultural fit matters for the successful adoption of intelligent assistants What enterprises should expect as agent technology matures Things to listen for:  (00:00) Meet Joe Miller (01:42) Physics background shaping an AI career (04:44) Why presales roles inspired Vivun’s creation (05:29) GPT-3 surprises and the UX breakthrough (08:37) GPT-5’s plateau and persistent hallucinations (12:32) Moving from a small pond to a big ocean (15:08) How Ava supports the full pipeline (21:38) Culture as the differentiator for AI agents (28:21) Should AI agents specialize or do everything?

    31 min

  5. TRAILER

    Welcome to Ctrl + Alt + AI

    Everyone has questions about AI and security, but not everyone hears from the people shaping the future. Hosted by Dimitri Sirota, Ctrl + Alt + AI brings conversations with the leaders defining data protection, governance, and compliance in an AI-driven world. Listeners will hear insights from CISOs, privacy experts, and innovators who are navigating the risks and opportunities that come with rapid change. Together, we’ll examine the challenges and opportunities ahead and explore what it takes to stay informed, resilient, and prepared in the evolving landscape of security and AI.

    1 min
  6. Discovering the Connection with Healthcare and AI

    07/15/2024

    Discovering the Connection with Healthcare and AI

    In this episode, we're joined by Eugene Tunik, Director, AI + Health at The Institute for Experiential AI, to discuss ML & AI in the neurologic system, modeling based on human movement data, social robotics, and more.

    22 min
  7. Bringing AI to Life with Foundational Data Governance

    05/03/2024

    Bringing AI to Life with Foundational Data Governance

    Joe Dery, Dean of Data Analytics, Computer Science, & SW at WGU, joins the podcast to talk about AI governance, how to bring people, process, and technology together to make AI projects successful, the importance of user experience and AI fluency, and more.

    17 min
  8. Data Security Concerns in AI

    02/20/2024

    Data Security Concerns in AI

    Dr. Anmol Agarwal, Senior Security Researcher at Nokia specializing in AI and Machine Learning security in 5G and 6G, joins us on BigIDeas on the Go to talk about today's security concerns with AI including insider risk, security data at rest and in transit, understanding your use case for AI, and more.

    22 min
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    2020 - 2026
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