
Welcome to Guardians of the Data! Join host, Ward Balcerzak, each week as he dives deep into the passions, expertise, and experiences of CISOs, Chief Data Officers, and more. Guardians of the Data is sponsored by Sentra - AI-powered data security platform that discovers and classifies all your data accurately and automatically to achieve enterprise-scale data protection without the fuss.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 23 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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What are the biggest challenges data leaders are facing?
Today, we run back some of the best conversations of the year. Ward brings together insights from data security, privacy, and governance leaders across industries to answer one foundational qu... more
What’s the real business impact of bad data governance in modern security programs?
Rick Doten, former Healthplan CISO at Centene Corporation and AI researcher with over 25 years of cybersecurity experience, joins the show to discuss the biggest cha... more
How do you get true leadership buy-in for your data security program and turn risk assessments into real action?
In this episode, AVP of InfoSec and data security leader Kenny Vu breaks down why leadership support is the biggest determining factor i... more
Is AI really the solution to your data security challenges, or is the real problem hiding in your people and processes?
Ian Kicmol, leader of a major data protection organization with more than a decade of experience, shares why the biggest challeng... more
Are your cybersecurity practices ready for the new era of AI-generated phishing, social engineering, and real-time deepfake attacks?
In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Dr. Sergio Sanchez, CIO of Coleman Health Services and former medical turn... more
Do you really know what your organization’s “crown jewels” are? Or how to protect them?
Bryan DeLuca, Principal Cybersecurity Engineer and self-proclaimed “Swiss Army knife” for data security programs, shares why every great security strategy starts... more
Are you building a data security program that truly works or just checking the boxes for compliance?
In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Matthew Gonzales, Director of Data Security Engineering, shares what it really takes to build and sustain ... more
In this episode of Guardians of the Data, Ward sits down with Tobias Simpson, Director of Data Security and Security Awareness at Kennesaw State University, to unpack the realities of data classification, governance, and loss prevention in complex or... more










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