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by Wil Klu
This is a podcast about the business of cyber & tech. Host Wil Klusovsky (Wil Klu) brings on guests leading the industry. We discuss topics to help businesses and individuals improve across all areas of cybersecurity. There is no product pitching, it's a contribution to the industry to help educate, inform, and maybe entertain. If you'd like to reach out to Wil for services, content, contributions go to www.wilklu.me and use the contact form.To apply to be a guest on The Keyboard Samurai: https://www.wilklu.me/kbs-guest-request
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- 2 weeks ago25 min
5 Cybersecurity Questions Every Business Leader Should Ask
Your cybersecurity provider could be doing everything in its contract, and your business could still have gaps nobody owns.In this episode, I walk through five cybersecurity questions every CEO, CFO, COO, and business owner should ask. We'll look at the technology your business depends on, who's accountable for protecting it, what happens when something suspicious occurs at 11:30 on a Friday night, and why having backups doesn't necessarily mean you can recover.You'll leave with practical questions for your next leadership meeting, even if you don't speak fluent cybersecurity.Free Business Cyber Risk Scorecard:https://advisor.vilogics.com/businesscyberriskscorecardTakes less than 7 mins, no tech questions, don't wait until there's an incident to know your protected. Find out for free now. Follow The Keyboard Samurai on Spotify for more practical conversations about technology, cybersecurity, and business leadership.00:00 Why business leaders need cyber clarity02:30 What does your business depend on?06:13 Who owns cybersecurity risk?09:54 Who can access critical systems?13:00 Who detects and responds to threats?16:56 Business Cyber Risk Scorecard18:31 Could your business actually recover?22:26 Five questions for your next meeting
- 3 weeks ago21 min
Bill Deller - AI in Third-Party Risk: SOC2 & What Automation Still Gets Wrong
A vendor has a SOC 2 report. How much confidence should that really give you?Host Wil Klu talks with Bill Deller, a shareholder at Schneider Downs who helps lead its IT risk advisory practice, about AI and third-party risk management. They explore where AI makes vendor reviews faster, why security questionnaires aren't going away, and why a SOC 2 report isn't the full story. If you manage vendors, lead IT or security, or make business decisions about third-party risk, this conversation will help you ask better questions.In this episode:Learn where AI improves vendor due diligence and where it falls short.Find out why automated answers can frustrate clients.Understand the difference between a SOC 2 audit and a risk assessment.Hear why auditor quality and incentives matter.Examine the costs and benefits of AI-powered risk reviews.Explore security frameworks beyond SOC 2.Follow The Keyboard Samurai for more practical conversations on cybersecurity and business. Connect with Bill Deller on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-deller/
- Oct 6, 202621 min
Corey Missimore - AI Privacy: Govern AI Agents Before They Sprawl
AI agents can touch more data, make more decisions, and create more privacy risk than most companies can see.Host Wil Klu sits down with Corey M., an analyst at the American Institutes for Research with nearly 20 years in security and experience across GRC, privacy, and engineering. They explore AI privacy, shadow AI, data brokers, agentic AI governance, and the growing problem of controlling what AI agents can access and do. For CISOs, privacy and GRC leaders, security teams, and business owners, this conversation offers a practical way to think about AI risk without throwing out the security fundamentals that already work.Key takeaways:• Inventory the AI agents already operating in your business• Treat AI agents as identities with defined access and permissions• Control what data agents can use and where that data goes• Keep humans involved when AI makes consequential decisions• Monitor agent activity and regularly review access• Build AI governance around accountability, evidence, and basic cyber hygiene Follow The Keyboard Samurai for more conversations about cybersecurity, AI, privacy, and the business decisions behind technology. If this episode was useful, share it with someone responsible for AI governance or privacy.Find Cory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corymissimore/
- Aug 24, 202623 min
Niki Weiss - Digital Thanatology: Planning Your AI and Digital Legacy
Your physical life ends. Your digital life may keep going, and most people and businesses have no plan for what happens next.Host Wil Klu talks with digital thanatologist Niki Weiss about digital afterlife planning, passwords and MFA, social media accounts after death, key-person risk, AI digital twins, and business continuity. Niki works with companies through Endevo.life on legacy readiness and digital resilience, helping people prepare before a crisis forces the issue. This episode is for business owners, executives, technology leaders, and anyone wondering who controls their data, accounts, and digital identity when they are no longer able to.Key takeaways:• Create a practical digital legacy and end-of-life plan• Organize passwords, phones, logins, beneficiaries, and critical access• Test business continuity for the permanent loss of a key employee• Understand ghost and zombie accounts after someone dies• Consider who may own or use AI versions of your likeness• Treat digital resilience as part of governance and continuityFollow The Keyboard Samurai for more conversations on cyber, technology, AI, business risk, and resilience.Find Nikki: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikiweiss/Her podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK2FUE-JxLOSkrcEo66HDugEndevo.life
- Aug 17, 202620 min
Bryan DeBois -Industrial AI, Digital Twins, and Safer OT Automation
Industrial AI can help manufacturers modernize legacy plants—but only if they understand the systems, data, people, and cybersecurity risks involved.Host Wil Klusovsky speaks with Bryan DeBois, Director of Industrial AI at RoviSys, about bringing AI into real manufacturing and operational technology environments. Bryan explains how industrial AI connects with PLCs, HMIs, digital twins, and manufacturing data to improve processes without replacing every older machine. They also discuss IT/OT convergence, OT cybersecurity, deep reinforcement learning, and why experienced humans must remain part of critical decisions.Key takeaways:Understand how OT system integrators connect the plant floorLearn how AI can optimize legacy manufacturing equipmentExplore digital twins and deep reinforcement learningIdentify cybersecurity concerns created by IT/OT convergenceExamine the growing manufacturing expertise gapRecognize the limits of generative AI in critical environmentsFollow The Keyboard Samurai for more conversations about the business of cyber and tech. Leave a review and share this episode with someone working in manufacturing, OT, AI, or cybersecurity.Find Bryan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-debois/
- Aug 3, 202625 min
Matt Meis - How Cyber Fraud, Money Mules, and Laundering Work
Cyber fraud is a cybersecurity incident with one direct goal: steal the money.Wil Klu hosts Matt Meis, a cybersecurity professional turned full-time fraud fighter, for a plain-English look at modern financial crime. They explain how online scams, money mules, digital money laundering, account takeover, check fraud, and crypto transfers connect. This episode is for cybersecurity leaders, fraud teams, financial professionals, business owners, and anyone who wants to understand how stolen money moves and where prevention can stop it.• Identify common cyber fraud and scam patterns• Follow the path of money through mule networks• Understand first-party, third-party, and synthetic identity fraud• Learn why fast reporting can improve fund recovery• Explore the cyber fraud kill chain and fraud intelligence• See how brand impersonation creates financial and reputation riskFollow The Keyboard Samurai and leave a review. Find Matt on LinkedIn, read the Sec Fraud Ops newsletter, and check out his book, Survive Online.Find Matt:LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-meis/Newsletter: https://secfraudops.substack.com/Book: https://www.learncybersecurity.net/book
- Jul 27, 202632 min
Nat Shere — AI Didn’t Kill Pentesting. It Made Judgment More Valuable.
AI is making penetration testers faster, but it still cannot replace the judgment needed to prove real business risk.Wil hosts Nat Shere, Product Security Manager at Skillable and a penetration tester with more than 10 years of experience, for a practical look at AI penetration testing. They break down where AI helps, where automated pentesting falls short, and why finding more vulnerabilities does not matter unless a tester can prove exploitability and impact. This episode is for CISOs, security leaders, buyers, and cybersecurity professionals trying to separate useful AI tools from expensive scanner theater.Key takeaways:• Learn how AI automates repetitive testing and supports deeper exploit research• Compare AI pentesting tools with vulnerability scanners and manual pen tests• Judge reports by evidence, repeatable steps, and business impact• Understand the privacy risks of sending customer data to public AI models• See why hallucinations, scope, and creative testing still need an expert• Explore how AI may reshape entry-level cybersecurity career pathsFollow The Keyboard Samurai and leave a review for more plain-English conversations about cyber, technology, and business.Find Nat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-shere/
- Jul 20, 202626 min
Carl Stern - AI Governance, Cyber Risk, and the Future of Work
AI can help cybersecurity teams move faster, but speed creates new questions about control, accountability, and whether humans can keep up.Wil Klusovsky, host of The Keyboard Samurai, talks with Carl Stern, VP of Information Security at Age of Learning and a cybersecurity leader with more than 25 years of experience. They discuss building cybersecurity programs in the age of AI, securing agentic AI, using automation for threat intelligence and GRC, and protecting the next generation of cyber talent. The conversation then moves beyond today’s tools into AI governance, artificial general intelligence, regulation, and the future role of human judgment.• Strengthen cybersecurity fundamentals as AI accelerates attacks• Secure AI agents through identity and access controls• Apply AI to threat intelligence, third-party risk, and compliance work• Examine how automation changes entry-level cybersecurity careers• Separate LLM capabilities from the risks of AGI• Consider why thoughtful AI regulation is moving too slowlyFollow The Keyboard Samurai for more conversations about cybersecurity, technology, business, and leadership. Leave a review and share the episode with someone thinking seriously about AI risk.Find Carl: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlstern/
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About Keyboard Samurai
This is a podcast about the business of cyber & tech. Host Wil Klusovsky (Wil Klu) brings on guests leading the industry. We discuss topics to help businesses and individuals improve across all areas of cybersecurity. There is no product pitching, it's a contribution to the industry to help educate, inform, and maybe entertain. If you'd like to reach out to Wil for services, content, contributions go to www.wilklu.me and use the contact form.To apply to be a guest on The Keyboard Samurai: https://www.wilklu.me/kbs-guest-request
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