Guests:
Jacob Katz, Security Architect, CTO, JASETech LTD
Scott Slack, Guardium Segment Leader, IBM
Episode Overview
Data security is no longer a checkbox - it's the foundation of resilience. If your organization is still starting with tools instead of the data itself, this conversation shows why that approach leaves dangerous blind spots and what to do first.
Shawn Gershman, data security subject matter expert at GlassHouse, is joined by Jacob Katz, a security architect with deep expertise in cryptography, encryption, and data security, and Scott Slack, a market leader for data security at IBM Guardium, for a practical, high-stakes discussion about protecting the asset that matters most: your data.
You'll discover why data discovery can itself create risk, why visibility and observability are now critical across multi-cloud, hybrid cloud, AI, and quantum environments, and how to prioritize the data that actually deserves protection. The conversation breaks down how to think about confidentiality, integrity, and availability together - not just PII and PCI, but also operational data, IP, and the systems that keep your business running.
Shawn, Jacob, and Scott also unpack what a resilient data security program really looks like in practice: cataloging assets, understanding lineage, integrating tools across the stack, and building people, process, and technology around the risk. They explain why encryption alone is not enough without strong key management, how mature organizations handle keys, and why crypto agility is becoming a must-have as quantum risk moves from theory to planning.
The episode goes further into AI security, showing why model observability matters, how sensitive data can end up embedded in models, and why private or in-house deployment may be safer for certain workloads. You will also hear a clear-eyed discussion of quantum readiness, hybrid TLS, larger key lengths, and the urgent need for a crypto inventory and bill of materials before regulations and attackers force the issue.
If you're a CISO, security leader, or anyone responsible for protecting sensitive data while enabling growth, this episode is a sharp, actionable guide to what modern data security really requires. Essential listening if you need to turn security from fragmented tools into a resilient strategy.
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