The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom

The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom, a Google Cloud Office of the CISO podcast, offers monthly 15-20 minute episodes featuring security leaders, board members, and thought leaders. Hosted by David Homovich and rotating Office of the CISO members, experts share insights for strategic clarity and improved organizational security. Guests include board members, Google Cloud/Google executives, Office of the CISO Board Insights team members, board advisors, and industry thought leaders.

EP10 Sharon Barber on Strategic Cyber Resilience and Boardroom Accountability

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Guest:  Sharon Barber, INED BofE, Co-Chair National Cyber Advisory Board NED / CIO / CSO Resources: National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Security Toolkit for Board How boards can book resiliency with the updated U.K. cyber code  (May 2025) NCSC's Timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography (March 2025) NIST's Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF) Google's Secure AI Framework (SAIF)

11-18
24:20

EP9 Andreas Wuchner on Beyond the Balance Sheet: Valuing Cyber Investment

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Andreas Wuchner, Cyber & Risk expert, Board advisor Resources: NIST Framework  MITRE Attack Framework Delivering Trusted and Secure AI (Mar 2025) Andreas' LinkedIn post: "Can Startups Succeed Without AI? What Customers and Investors Expect in 2025" Blog: How Economic Threat Modeling Helps CISOs Become Chief Revenue Protection Officers (Oct 2025) NIS 2 Policy (Feb 2023)

10-28
27:10

EP8 Francis deSouza on Enterprise Cyber Leadership

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Francis deSouza, COO, Google Cloud Resources: Cloud CISO Perspectives: Boards should be 'bilingual' in AI, security to gain advantage Board of Directors Insights Hub NIST Cybersecurity Framework  Tabletopping the tabletop: New perspectives from cybersecurity's favorite role-playing game (July, 2025) Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents (June, 2025) Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition (March 2025)

09-23
20:51

EP7 Tameron Chappell on Psychology, Trust, and AI Transformation

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Tameron Chappell, Chartered Occupational Psychologist Resources: Perspectives on Security for the Board Report (Ed. 4) Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google secures AI Agents  Google Cloud Security Community Blog "Securing the Future of Agentic AI: Governance, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Considerations" Google Cloud Security Community Blog "AI Adoption: Learning from the Cloud's Early Days"  Google Cloud Security Community Blog "Staying on top of AI Developments" The Cyber Savvy Boardroom AI-generated "board member takeaways"

08-26
28:11

EP6 Grant Waterfall on Harnessing Innovation while Mastering Compliance

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Grant Waterfall, Partner at PwC Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Cloud CISO Perspectives: New AI, cybercrime reports underscore need for security best practices  Scaling AI - Navigating Innovation, Risk & Regulation Balancing Browser Security With Productivity

07-22
21:17

EP5 Phil Venables - Heard on the Street

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Phil Venables, Strategic Security Advisor, Google Cloud Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition, March 2025

06-24
27:36

EP4 Jamie Collier on the Current Threat Landscape

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Anton Chuvakin,  Advisor at Office of the CISO, Google Cloud, co-host of Cloud Security Podcast by Google Guest:  Jamie Collier, Lead Advisor (Europe) at Google Threat Intelligence Group Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Perspectives on Security for the Board, 7th Edition, March 2025 The ultimate insider threat: North Korean IT workers blog Cloud Security Podcast by Google

06-02
10:13

EP3 Don Callahan on Emerging Technology

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Nick Godfrey,  Senior Director and Head of Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Don Callahan, Executive Partner at Bridge Growth Partners and Google Cloud Advisory Board Member  Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub  

04-22
20:40

EP2 Christian Karam on the Use of AI

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Christian Karam, Strategic Advisor and Investor Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Guidance for Boards of Directors on How to Address AI Risk  

04-22
18:16

EP1 Karenann Terrell on Cyber Risk as a Business Risk

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud  Guest:  Karenann Terrell, Board Member, Technology Advisor, Former Chief Digital and Technology Officer and Google Cloud Advisory Board Member Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub

04-22
20:48

EP0 Introducing The Cyber-Savvy Boardroom with David and Alicja

Hosts: David Homovich, Customer Advocacy Lead, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Alicja Cade, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud Resources: Board of Directors Insights Hub Cloud Security Podcast by Google

04-21
09:45

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