Episode summary:
Former CISO and now Spektion CEO Joe Silva catches up with Kirk Havens, head of security operations and strategy at NIQ, for a candid conversation about why vulnerability management hasn't kept pace with the rest of the security stack, and what that gap is costing defenders.
They unpack why another prioritization schema isn't the answer, what going upstream of the patch backlog actually requires, and how agentic AI is about to recreate every legacy network boundary problem at scale.
It's part reframe and part field report, with hard-earned takes on translating security risk for the C-suite, the governance gap coming for AI adoption, and what changes when meantime-to-exploit hits zero.
About the podcast
Hosted by former CISO-turned-CEO Joe Silva, this show delivers unfiltered stories, lessons, and laughs from the frontlines of cybersecurity leadership.