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• Episdoe 344 Deep Dive: Steven Grossman | Cybersecurity and Compliance in regulated Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs)

  In this episode, we sit down with Steven Grossman, CISO / CIO at Standard & Preferred Insurance, as he talks about the challenges small and medium-sized businesses face in securing their environment, especially in view of growing regulatory requirements, and how he brings his enterprise consulting experience to bear in driving change. Steven discusses the unique challenges faced by SMBs—such as limited budgets, smaller IT teams, and a general lack of prioritization around cyber risk—while emphasizing the importance of leadership, education, and investing in the right resources like MSPs and fractional CISOs. The conversation covers the regulatory pressures driving security improvements, the pitfalls of treating cybersecurity as a box-ticking exercise, and strategies for building a resilient risk management culture. Steven also shares his perspective on balancing regulatory burden and genuine security, the dangers of under-resourcing IT, and the reasons why proactive approaches to cyber risk are essential for business continuity and consumer trust. Steven is a cross-functional cybersecurity and information technology leader with experience working in startup to large enterprise environments. After 2 decades of management consulting with international firms like PwC, smaller boutiques and independently on his own, Steven jumped into the cyber and tech startup ecosystem, bringing to bear his knowledge and experience in cybersecurity, risk management, regulatory regimes, data analytics and business process management. Throughout his career, Steven has also held numerous industry executive positions, including his current role as CISO/CIO of Standard & Preferred and the Graph Group, a Workers Comp insurance carrier based in the NY/NJ tri state area.

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• From Commvault SHIFT 2025 – KB On The Go | Danielle Sheer and Avi Boru

  In this bonus episode, KB sits down with Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer at Commvault, and Avi Boru, Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, Network & Telecom at Lennar. Together they discuss building trust by design and how AI, transparency, and authentic relationships are shaping the future of business continuity and cyber recovery. Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer, Commvault Modern compliance, legal and security teams need to be predictive, proactive, and data-driven to meet the speed, agility, and growth of global business in a world of constant cyberattacks. Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer, enables Commvault to do just that. Danielle Sheer is a strategic leader with deep expertise managing complex global privacy systems. She has repeatedly scaled Corporate Trust operations for public technology companies, led IPOs and other transformative strategic transactions, and counselled leaders and boards on significant governance and activist shareholder matters. Prior to joining Commvault, Danielle served as General Counsel at financial technology services company Bottomline (NASDAQ:EPAY) and at cloud-backup SaaS solutions provider Carbonite (NASDAQ:CARB). She currently serves as Global Chair of The L Suite; as well as a director on the Boards of LinkSquares; BreachRx; Formally; and the NetZero Institute; and the Board of Trustees at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Avi Boru, Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, Network & Telecom at Lennar Corp. As Senior Director of Cloud Engineering at Lennar, Avi leads Lennar’s enterprise cloud vision and strategy to drive the company’s digital transformation. With expertise spanning Strategic Planning, & Integration, Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing, and more, Avi is continually driving towards excellence, scalability, and reliability, especially in fast- paced settings.

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• Episode 343 Deep Dive: Rajesh Khazanchi | Breach Ready is More Than Just A Mindset

  In this episode, we sit down with Rajesh Khazanchi, CEO and co-founder of ColorTokens, as he explores what it truly means to be “breach ready” in today’s cybersecurity landscape. Rajesh emphasises the shift from perimeter-based defences to a proactive containment strategy, highlighting the importance of assuming breaches are inevitable and minimising damage through micro segmentation and Zero Trust principles. He discusses how evolving business pressures and sophisticated AI-driven attacks are raising expectations for swift decision-making and rapid recovery from disruptions. The conversation covers practical approaches for bridging knowledge gaps, the role of continuous compliance and visibility, and how organisations can leverage existing EDR technologies to achieve stronger resilience without increasing tool sprawl. Rajesh also shares insights on building customer trust through quicker recovery times, the impact of business continuity on competitive advantage, and the importance of design thinking for both organisational and personal cyber safety. Rajesh Khazanchi is the CEO and Co-Founder of ColorTokens, a company that provides a zero-trust segmentation SaaS platform that spans across IT, OT, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Devices and Users. Under Rajesh’s leadership company has accelerated to grown over 300% annual in last 3 years deployed over 100+ large enterprise customers in Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Pharma. Rajesh leads a team of 400+ people worldwide and drives the vision, strategy, and execution of the company’s products and services. As an accomplished technology leader, Rajesh has led product teams at VMware, BMC, HP, and Oracle, and has been on the front lines of the battle against cyberattacks for more than two decades. He has been awarded six patents for his innovations in cloud automation and cybersecurity, and is a member of YPO and TiE, two global networks of entrepreneurs and executives. Rajesh is passionate about solving complex problems, creating value for customers, and building a culture of excellence and innovation at ColorTokens.

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• Episode 342 Deep Dive: Daniel Churches | The Impact of Personal Liability in Cybersecurity and Security Professionals

  In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Churches, Director in Sydney at ColorTokens, as he explores the sweeping impact of new Australian legislation imposing personal liability on company directors for cybersecurity breaches. Daniel breaks down the shifting landscape for CISOs and senior security leaders, the end of self-regulation, and how shared risk at the board and executive levels is altering market behaviour. He discusses the challenges around resource constraints in security teams, the crucial role of business continuity planning, and the importance of articulating measurable value to organisational leadership. We also examine how the legislation is driving changes in funding priorities, motivating cross-functional engagement, and preparing organisations to better withstand breaches in an evolving threat environment. Daniel shares his optimism about the future, emphasising both the increased pressure and potential for positive, industry-wide change. Dan is an Australian and Asia Pacific Sales Leader with over 25 years’ IT experience in Hardware and Software Solutions and Services, Business Development, GTM planning and implementation, Large Complex Negotiations and Executive Relationships. He has worked for IBM, NTT Global and Verizon Enterprise Solutions driving business and building teams in Hardware, Software, Professional Services, Managed Services, Hybrid Cloud, PaaS, SaaS, Data Analytics, Security and Digital Transformation solution sales. As a Sales Director with ColorTokens, Dan is driving market penetration, brand development, partner engagement and client services and support. He is responsible for industry and buyer alignment and understanding of the ColorTokens “Breach Ready” messaging focusing on halting the spread of ransomware and malware attacks across IT/OT, IoT and Legacy environments providing customers a viable Cyber Resilience ‘Uptime’ compliance capability they can report to market.

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• Episode 341 Deep Dive: Anshuman Sharma | A Critical Infrastructure Approach to Cyber Security

  Anshuman Sharma is the Director of Verizon Threat Research Advisory Centre (VTRAC), Cybersecurity Consulting Services at Verizon Business. Anshuman has more than 17 years’ experience as a well-rounded and seasoned Cyber Security Professional. VTRAC is a specialized division within Verizon’s Cyber Security Consulting organisation, helping customers regain control and mitigate cyber threats from their networks, applications and devices. VTRAC team members are located across the globe, bringing together professionals with military, law enforcement and IT expertise who are well-versed in criminal and civil investigative requirements.  The organisation is a globally-approved PCI Forensic Investigator (PFI). As a regional leader for the investigative response team and a global capability lead for VTRAC, Anshuman is responsible for business portfolio management for professional services, especially focused on digital forensics, incident response, and threat intelligence in the APJ region while working for several top global enterprises and government organisations.

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