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Security Is the Brakes That Let You Go Faster | Glean's CISO on AI, Agents, and Trust ft. Sunil Agrawal

2026-09-1556:15

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Sunil Agrawal, CISO at Glean, to discuss why the traditional "security as friction" narrative is outdated. Sunil explains his philosophy that security functions as the brakes on a car—not to slow you down, but to provide the safety net that allows you to move faster. Drawing on three decades of leadership at companies like Netflix, Adobe, and Qualcomm, Sunil unpacks the critical shift in the post-Mythos threat lan...

Security Theater Isn't a Skills Problem. It's an Incentive Problem. ft James Tabron, Director of GRC Engineering @ Aquia

2026-08-1859:22

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with James Tabron, Director of GRC Engineering at Aquia, for a conversation almost nobody in this space is qualified to have: what GRC looks like from inside an engineering org. James spent two decades in IT before building GRC programs at SendGrid, Twilio, and Snapdocs — and then did something almost no GRC practitioner ever does. He crossed the aisle. A VP of engineering hired him into the engineering organization t...

The Evolution of Modern GRC ft. James Huang, Head of GRC @ Gong

2026-08-0446:34

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with James Huang, Head of GRC at Gong, to explore how Governance, Risk, and Compliance has evolved from a traditional audit function into a strategic engineering discipline. Drawing on experience building GRC programs at Ernst & Young, Cisco, Salesforce, and Gong, James explains why modern GRC leaders must think beyond compliance checklists and focus instead on understanding risk, partnering with engineering, and b...

The Trust Gap in AI: Why Agents Need a New Certification Model ft Rajiv Dattani & David Meyer @ AIUC

2026-06-2538:08

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Rajiv Dattani and David Meyer from Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) to explore one of the biggest unanswered questions in AI security: Can organizations actually trust AI agents? As enterprises rapidly deploy AI-powered products, copilots, and autonomous agents, traditional security assessments, compliance frameworks, and cyber insurance models are struggling to keep pace. Rajiv and David explai...

Beyond Checkbox Compliance: Why GRC Must Become an Engineering Discipline ft Sheron Chakalakal, Head of GRC @ UiPath

2026-06-0253:38

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Sheron Chakalakal, Head of GRC at UiPath, to explore why the future of GRC looks far more like systems engineering than traditional audit management. Drawing from his experience at Salesforce, Deloitte, and UiPath, Sheron explains why point-in-time audits and checkbox compliance are failing modern engineering organizations — and why risk-driven, continuously monitored GRC programs are becoming essential. The conve...

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