The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom

David Homovich

Strategic Clarity for the Modern Executive: Produced by Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, this monthly podcast cuts through the noise of the technical landscape to deliver actionable insights directly to the boardroom table. In about 20 minutes, we bridge the gap between complex cyber threats and strategic organizational resilience. Your host is David Homovich, alongside Alicja Cade and Nick Godfrey. Each episode guest is an expert with titles like Board members, Google Cloud (and Google) execs, Office of the CISO members of the Board Insights team, board advisors, and industry thought leaders.

  1. 2D AGO

    EP15 Mark Lobel on Head In, Hands Out

    Hosts: David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Mark Lobel, Retired PwC Partner (Principal), NACD.DC, MBA, PCIP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, Certified CRO Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub Ed. 10 of Perspectives on Security for the Board Report Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results) Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

    20 min

  2. MAR 17

    EP14 Neal Pollard on Concentration Risk

    Hosts: David Homovich, Board Security Specialist & Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Financial Services & Advocacy, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Neal Pollard, Partner at Control Risks Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap from Board Perspectives Ed. 9 EP1 Karenann Terrell on Cyber Risk as a Business Risk  Perspectives on security from the board (2025 global poll results) How boards can boost resiliency with the updated UK cyber code Google Cloud Security Podcast: Ep 273 AI Assurance, Concentration Risk, and the New Regulatory Frontier  Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

    23 min

  3. FEB 24

    EP13 Ryan McManus on Total Information Mastery

    Hosts: David Homovich, Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Ryan McManus, Founder, techtonic.io; public and startup company board director, President National Association of Corporate Directors New York. Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub Ryan's Total Information Mastery: Enterprise AI Strategy, Risks, and Road Map Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Google's ROI of AI in security report  NACD's BoardVision Podcast Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

    35 min

  4. JAN 20

    EP12 Joe Nocera on Resiliency is a Year-Long Discussion

    Hosts:  David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud,  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Guest: Joe Nocera, PwC's Network Information Security Managing Partner and US CISO Resources:  Perspectives on Security for the Board: Edition 9 Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Cloud CISO Perspectives: How CISO Board can fight Cyber-Enabled Fraud Our 4-6-3 rule for strengthening security ties to business Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

    17 min

  5. 12/16/2025

    EP11 Betty DeVita on Adopting an Offensive and Defensive Mindset

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Betty DeVita, Global C-Suite Leader, Private and Public Board Director & Fintech Advisor Resources: Google Cloud's Board of Directors Insights Hub NACD's BoardVision Podcast  Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 9 "From Vision to Value: Governing the Agentic AI Roadmap" Perspectives on Security for the Board, Ed. 7 "From Good to Great: The Board's Cyber Resilience Game Plan"  Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilignual' in AI, security, to gain advantage  Beyond the hype: Analyzing new data on ROI of AI in security  How Google Does It: Using Binary Authorization to boost supply chain security  Navigating Emerging Threats in the Cloud-Native Software Supply Chain with Cloud Defenses  Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn

    34 min

  6. 11/18/2025

    EP10 Sharon Barber on Strategic Cyber Resilience and Boardroom Accountability

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Guest:  Sharon Barber, INED BofE, Co-Chair National Cyber Advisory Board NED / CIO / CSO Resources: National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Security Toolkit for Board How boards can book resiliency with the updated U.K. cyber code  (May 2025) NCSC's Timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography (March 2025) NIST's Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF) Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF)

    24 min

  7. 10/28/2025

    EP9 Andreas Wuchner on Beyond the Balance Sheet: Valuing Cyber Investment

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Andreas Wuchner, Cyber & Risk expert, Board advisor Resources: NIST Framework  MITRE Attack Framework Delivering Trusted and Secure AI (Mar 2025) Andreas' LinkedIn post: "Can Startups Succeed Without AI? What Customers and Investors Expect in 2025" Blog: How Economic Threat Modeling Helps CISOs Become Chief Revenue Protection Officers (Oct 2025) NIS 2 Policy (Feb 2023)

    27 min

  8. 09/23/2025

    EP8 Francis deSouza on Enterprise Cyber Leadership

    Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud Resources: Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Board of Directors Insights Hub Join The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom's Conversation on LinkedIn NIST Cybersecurity Framework  Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game (July, 2025) Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents (June, 2025) Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition (March 2025)

    21 min
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Strategic Clarity for the Modern Executive: Produced by Google Cloud's Office of the CISO, this monthly podcast cuts through the noise of the technical landscape to deliver actionable insights directly to the boardroom table. In about 20 minutes, we bridge the gap between complex cyber threats and strategic organizational resilience. Your host is David Homovich, alongside Alicja Cade and Nick Godfrey. Each episode guest is an expert with titles like Board members, Google Cloud (and Google) execs, Office of the CISO members of the Board Insights team, board advisors, and industry thought leaders.

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