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Two Inc. Awards in One Year Tell BlackCloak's Cloakers and Clients the Same Thing | A Brand Highlight Recorded On Location at Black Hat USA 2026 with Chris Pierson, Founder and CEO at BlackCloak | Hosted by Sean Martin
BlackCloak picked up two Inc. recognitions in 2026, a Best Workplaces listing in June and a second consecutive Inc. 5000 ranking in August. Chris Pierson explains what each one confirms about the product, the market, and the people building the company.
When You Can't Trust the Face on the Call | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Kevin Surace, CEO of TokenCore
Biometric-assured identity has moved from a fringe idea to the center of enterprise security, and the video call is now one of its biggest pressure points. Kevin Surace shares where TokenCore is headed, why banks are extending identity assurance to the customers who move money, and what security leaders should do befor
Connecting Secure Storage to the Bigger Security Picture | A Brand Highlight at Infosecurity Europe 2026 with Jeanclaude Toma, Chief Executive Officer of Apricorn
Most security conversations skip right past the drive sitting on the desk. Jeanclaude Toma makes the case that hardware-encrypted storage, built to government-grade standards and locked behind a PIN, belongs at the center of the security discussion.
Sixty Products, One Engine | A Brand Highlight at Infosecurity Europe 2026 with VimalRaj Sampathkumar, Head of Technical Operations, UK & Ireland of ManageEngine
Most security teams are not missing tools, they are missing the connections between them. From the Infosecurity Europe 2026 show floor, ManageEngine makes the case that integration, not inventory, is what turns scattered software into real resilience.
After RSAC Conference 2026, Reflecting on Agentic AI, Community, and the Evolution of Cybersecurity | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Tony Anscombe, Chief Security Evangelist of ESET
Once the badges come off, the signal sharpens. Tony Anscombe joins from the other side of RSAC Conference 2026 to unpack what the week actually meant for agentic AI, community, and a cybersecurity industry that keeps circling back to the same first principles.
Securing the Mini Me Era: Why Agent Identity Alone Is Not Enough | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Shreyans Mehta, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Cequence Security | Hosted by Sean Martin
When ten or more AI agents are acting on your behalf across email, code, and customer data, identity tells you who they are but not what they should be allowed to do. This Brand Highlight unpacks how enterprises are moving from blanket access to job-scoped agent personas, and why that shift defines the next phase of sa
From RSAC Conference 2026 Floor to the CSA Report: What Enterprises Are Missing About AI Agents | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Itamar Apelblat, Co-Founder and CEO of Token Security
The hallway conversations at RSAC Conference 2026 all converged on one anxiety, and a new CSA report backs it up with numbers that should worry every security leader. Itamar Apelblat of Token Security translates what he heard on the floor into what enterprises need to do next about AI agents.
Cutting Through the Fog of More | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Michael Parisi, Chief Growth Officer of Steel Patriot Partners
A post-RSAC Conference 2026 catch-up on why the show floor felt like more of the same, and why the conversations that actually move the industry forward are happening everywhere except the floor. Michael Parisi of Steel Patriot Partners joins ITSPmagazine to unpack the "fog of more" and what buyers can do about it.
Building AI With Guardrails: Inside Stellar Cyber's Human-Augmented Autonomous SOC | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager of Stellar Cyber
After RSAC Conference 2026 saturated the show floor with AI on every sticker and slide, Stellar Cyber sits down to cut through the noise with a different message: not all AI belongs in every layer of the SOC. This Brand Highlight unpacks why the right AI for the right problem, paired with a human in the loop, is the pa
Marketing, Brand, And Culture: Are You Paying the Silicon Valley Tax? A Conversation with Nick Richtsmeier of CultureCraft | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli
Are you investing in digital marketing — or just paying the Silicon Valley tax? Nick Richtsmeier of CultureCraft joins Marco Ciappelli to talk about why most organizations are stuck, why marketing alone can't fix it, and what it actually takes to build trust in a humanist way.
Post-RSAC Conference 2026 Recap: Agentic AI, Data Sovereignty, and the New Security Perimeter | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Thyaga Vasudevan, EVP, Product of Skyhigh Security
At RSAC Conference 2026, the gap between AI innovation and enterprise adoption had nearly vanished -- and security teams felt it in real time. Thyaga Vasudevan of Skyhigh Security breaks down what that convergence means for agentic AI, data sovereignty, and the browser as a critical new endpoint.
When Sci-Fi Becomes the Business Plan | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli
What does it look like to invest not just in companies, but in the future of human civilization? Jacob Flores, Head of Research at Type One Ventures, joins this Brand Highlight to explain how the Kardashev Scale shapes an investment thesis that spans manufacturing in space, neurotechnology, and human longevity — and wh
Post-RSAC Conference 2026 Recap: Backup Is Security | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Anthony Cusimano, Director of Solutions Marketing of Object First
After walking the RSAC Conference 2026 show floor, Anthony Cusimano of Object First came back with sharp observations about AI fatigue, the rising status of backup in security conversations, and what the Ootbi Mini is doing for organizations at the edge. This post-show debrief is a candid look at where the industry's m
When OT Goes Down, the Clock Is Already Running | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Rob Demain, CEO & Founder of e2e-assure | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli
When a production line stops, the financial damage is immediate -- and the window to respond safely is narrower than most security teams realize. Rob Demain, CEO and Founder of e2e-assure, joins this Brand Highlight to explain why OT security demands a fundamentally different mindset than IT, and what organizations can
One Key to Rule Them All: Physical Access, Digital Login, and Post-Quantum Security | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Alexander Summerer, Head of Authentication at Swissbit
At RSAC Conference 2026, Swissbit is showcasing a single hardware security key that unifies phishing-resistant digital login and physical door access -- with post-quantum cryptography already in development. Alexander Summerer, Head of Authentication at Swissbit, explains why hardware-rooted identity security is the an
Storage Is Part of Your Security Strategy -- Whether You Planned for It or Not | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer of Infinidat
Most cybersecurity strategies guard the edge, the network, and the apps -- but leave storage unprotected, even though 90% of enterprise data lives there. At RSAC Conference 2026, Eric Herzog of Infinidat makes the case for why storage belongs inside the security stack, and what guaranteed recovery in under a minute act
Closing the Exposure Window: From Vulnerability Management to Remediation Operations | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Sunil Gottumukkala, CEO & Co-Founder of Averlon
Security teams have spent decades getting better at finding vulnerabilities -- but the ability to actually fix them has never kept pace. At RSAC Conference 2026, Sunil Gottumukkala of Averlon explains why the industry needs to shift from vulnerability management to remediation operations, and how agentic AI is finally
Security Is the Network: Integrating AI Firewall and Threat Intelligence Into the Fabric of Enterprise Defense | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Mounir Hahad, Head of HPE Threat Labs of Hewlett Packard Enterprise
At RSAC Conference 2026, Mounir Hahad of Hewlett Packard Enterprise joins Sean Martin to unpack two major announcements -- an AI firewall built for enterprise AI governance and the formal launch of HPE Threat Labs -- and explain why security that lives inside the network is fundamentally different from security bolted
The Backup Layer Is a Security Layer: Object First at RSAC Conference 2026 | A Brand Highlight at RSAC Conference 2026 with Anthony Cusimano, Director of Solutions Marketing at Object First
Ransomware actors are no longer just encrypting production systems -- they're going after backup data first. Anthony Cusimano of Object First explains how a purpose-built, physically hardened appliance changes the calculus for organizations that rely on Veeam.
Adapting to the Speed of Risk: Why GRC Programs Must Move with the Business | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Steve Schlarman, Senior Director of Archer
Traditional GRC cycles were never designed to keep pace with the speed of modern business, and that gap is quietly creating risk exposure across organizations everywhere. Steve Schlarman of Archer shares how the Archer Evolv platform is reshaping governance, risk, and compliance into a continuous, adaptive program that
The Autonomous SOC Is No Longer a Dream | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Subo Guha, Senior Vice President of Product Management of Stellar Cyber
The autonomous SOC has moved from aspiration to reality, and the security operations teams that embrace agentic AI stand to transform how they detect, triage, and respond to threats. Discover how one platform is using a digital army of AI agents to filter alert noise, accelerate remediation, and help MSPs protect more
The New Identity Risk AI Agents Bring to the Enterprise | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Ido Shlomo, Co-Founder & CTO of Token Security
As AI agents gain access to critical systems and data, a new class of identity risk is quietly outpacing the governance models built for human users. Discover why visibility, intent-based access policies, and cross-functional collaboration are the keys to securing the fastest-growing segment of the enterprise identity
The Operations Layer for Live Events | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Ben Ikwuagwu, CEO & Co-Founder of Soundcheck Live
What happens when a professional vocalist with a background in corporate operations decides the live events industry needs better tools? The answer is a platform that brings booking, scheduling, payments, and coordination into one place, letting performers and event professionals focus on what they do best.
Semantic Chaining: A New Image-Based Jailbreak Targeting Multimodal AI | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Alessandro Pignati, AI Security Researcher of NeuralTrust
A newly discovered jailbreak technique called semantic chaining bypasses safety filters in leading image-generation models by exploiting how AI handles content modification versus creation. Learn how this attack works, why it poses a real threat to enterprises deploying multimodal AI, and what organizations can do to d