Episode 50 — Cybersecurity Leadership Secrets with MK Palmore

In this milestone episode of Cyber Security America, Joshua Nicholson sits down with Malcolm "MK" Palmore — former FBI cybersecurity executive, Naval Academy graduate, U.S. Marine, and former Director of Security at Google Cloud — for a powerful conversation on leadership, risk, and the future of cybersecurity.

MK shares lessons from leading one of the FBI's largest cyber investigative teams in Silicon Valley, helping shape security strategy at Google Cloud, and advising enterprises through complex cyber risk and digital transformation challenges. This episode goes beyond technology and tools to explore what truly drives successful cybersecurity programs: leadership, decision-making, and strategic clarity.

Key topics include:

• How top CISOs think about cyber risk and executive leadership

• Lessons from FBI cyber investigations and real-world breach response

• The evolution of Zero Trust and cloud security strategy

• AI, emerging threats, and the future of enterprise defense

• Why fractional and strategic cybersecurity leadership is reshaping the industry

• Communicating cyber risk effectively to boards and executives

This episode is essential listening for CISOs, executives, board members, security leaders, and anyone responsible for protecting modern enterprises in an era of accelerating cyber threats.

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In episode 49 of Cyber Security America, we explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping cybersecurity, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and modern security operations. As cyber threats grow more advanced, organizations must evolve from reactive defense to proactive, intelligence-driven protection.

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Featuring Woo An (CEO of Zaun.ai) and Tyler Lackey (AI Security Builder), this episode delivers real-world insight into how AI-native security platforms are improving detection, response, and operational scale across enterprise environments.

We discuss:

• The future of MDR and AI-driven security operations
• How AI agents and automation are transforming incident response
• Shadow AI, data leakage, and governance challenges
• AI security risks, role-based controls, and detection engineering
• Scaling cybersecurity outcomes without replacing security teams
• Real-world enterprise lessons from AI-powered security innovation

Whether you're a CISO, security leader, MDR provider, or cybersecurity professional, this episode provides practical insight into how AI is redefining cyber defense and how organizations can stay ahead of evolving threats.

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🎙 Episode 48: AI and Cybersecurity — How Dune Security Is Reinventing User Risk Management

In this episode of Cyber Security America, we explore how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity—and why traditional security awareness training is no longer enough.

I'm joined by David DellaPelle, cybersecurity leader and founder of Dune Security, to break down how AI-driven attacks like phishing, vishing, deepfakes, and social engineering are evolving faster than most security programs can handle. We discuss why 90% of breaches still start with human behavior and how Dune Security is redefining the user layer of cybersecurity with AI-powered risk quantification and remediation.

🔍 Topics covered in this episode:

• Why legacy security awareness training fails in an AI-driven threat landscape

• How attackers use GenAI, voice cloning, and deepfakes to bypass MFA

• The rise of multi-channel social engineering (email, SMS, voice, collaboration tools)

• How AI can identify high-risk users and reduce enterprise attack surface

• What CISOs should be doing now to prepare for AI-enabled threats

• The future of securing both human and AI workforces

This conversation is essential listening for CISOs, security leaders, GRC teams, cloud and identity professionals, and anyone responsible for protecting modern organizations against advanced cyber threats.

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