Cybersecurity 🎙️ Episodes

#227: UCSB, Virginia Tech & Cisco ThousandEyes on Leading IT Before the Problems Find You
March 17, 2026

#227: UCSB, Virginia Tech & Cisco ThousandEyes on Leading IT Before the Problems Find You

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Josh Bright from UC Santa Barbara, Dwane Sterling from Virginia Tech, and JJ Mahon from Cisco ThousandEyes break down what it means to lead IT before the problems find you - from building a collaborative leadership team to monitoring the student experience before the first ticket ever lands.

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#226: ASU, Cloudflare & IDC on AI Governance in the Higher Ed Wild West
March 16, 2026

#226: ASU, Cloudflare & IDC on AI Governance in the Higher Ed Wild West

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Lester Godsey from Arizona State University, Dan Kent from Cloudflare, and Matthew Leger from IDC break down why most institutions are still in the AI Wild West - and what it actually takes to govern, secure, and scale AI across a campus before agentic systems make the problem exponentially harder.

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#225: CSU, UT System & Palo Alto Networks on AI Access, Cybersecurity at Scale & the CSU Promise
March 11, 2026

#225: CSU, UT System & Palo Alto Networks on AI Access, Cybersecurity at Scale & the CSU Promise

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Ed Clark from CSU, William Huang from UT System, and Chuck Romero from Palo Alto break down what it actually takes to close the AI divide across 460,000 students — and why browser security is now the front line.

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#223: Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell & NVIDIA on AI Workforce Development
March 2, 2026

#223: Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell & NVIDIA on AI Workforce Development

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell, and NVIDIA break down what's actually broken in higher ed workforce pipelines — and what AI workforce development can do to fix it.

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#222: ASU, UCSB & Tanium on Why AI Efficiency Isn't Enough in Higher Ed
Feb. 26, 2026

#222: ASU, UCSB & Tanium on Why AI Efficiency Isn't Enough in Higher Ed

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Kyle Bowen from Arizona State University, Joe Sabado from UC Santa Barbara, and Doug Thompson from Tanium make the case that efficiency was never supposed to be the finish line — and break down what responsible AI adoption actually looks like when it connects to the mission.

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#199: Securing Decentralized IT at UT-McCombs & Tanium's 'Whole of Education' Framework [EDUCAUSE 2024]
April 10, 2025

#199: Securing Decentralized IT at UT-McCombs & Tanium's 'Whole of Education' Framework [EDUCAUSE 2024]

Featuring: Cory Wilburn , Chief Information Officer, Texas McCombs School of Business Doug Thompson , Chief Education Architect, Tanium Episode Highlights: Leadership Insight: The Chief Alignment Officer Cory Wilburn redefine...

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#197: LSU's $7.5M Student-Powered SOC + NJIT's Life-Saving Analytics + Illinois' Creative Data Applications Powered by Splunk [EDUCAUSE 2024]
March 13, 2025

#197: LSU's $7.5M Student-Powered SOC + NJIT's Life-Saving Analytics + Illinois' Creative Data Applications Powered by Splunk [EDUCAUSE 2024]

Featuring: Craig Woolley , Chief Information Officer at Louisiana State University (LSU) Kim Milford , Chief Information Security Officer at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Ed Wozencroft , VP for Digital Strategy and ...

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#196: Building Cyber Warriors: UTSA's SOC & Elastic's AI Secret Sauce [EDUCAUSE 2024]
Feb. 27, 2025

#196: Building Cyber Warriors: UTSA's SOC & Elastic's AI Secret Sauce [EDUCAUSE 2024]

Featuring: Kendra Ketchum , Vice President for Information Management and Technology and CIO at the University of Texas, San Antonio Jared Pane , Director of Solutions Architecture at Elastic Episode Highlights: Leadership Ph...

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#195: Purdue's Enterprise AI Challenge + Montana's State-Wide Cyber Hub [EDUCAUSE 2024]
Feb. 20, 2025

#195: Purdue's Enterprise AI Challenge + Montana's State-Wide Cyber Hub [EDUCAUSE 2024]

Featuring: Timothy Winders , AVP and Deputy CIO at Purdue University Zach Rossmiller , CIO, University of Montana Mani Keerthi Nagothu , Americas Field CISO & Associate Director at SentinelOne In this episode, you’ll learn: H...

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#176: Lester Godsey, Christian Taillon, Tina Carkhuff, and Gary Depreta - Weaving the Cybersecurity Tapestry: The Art of Public Private Collaboration
June 27, 2024

#176: Lester Godsey, Christian Taillon, Tina Carkhuff, and Gary Depreta - Weaving the Cybersecurity Tapestry: The Art of Public Private Collaboration

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd. Lester Godsey, CISO, Maricopa County Lester serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Maricopa County, the fourth largest county in the Uni...

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#175: Ralph Johnson, Allen Ohanian, Martha Goodwin, and Dr. Muriel Reid – The Human Firewall: Cybersecurity's Next Frontier
June 25, 2024

#175: Ralph Johnson, Allen Ohanian, Martha Goodwin, and Dr. Muriel Reid – The Human Firewall: Cybersecurity's Next Frontier

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd. Ralph Johnson, the State CISO, Washington State brings a wealth of experience to his role as having previously served as CISO for Los Angeles County a...

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#174: Jack McCain & Tim Roemer - National Security from State to Local Governments
May 16, 2024

#174: Jack McCain & Tim Roemer - National Security from State to Local Governments

In this never-before-seen, closed-door only recording from the ​ ​ 2024 TechTables Phoenix Live Podcast ​ ​ , Navy veteran Jack McCain, CEO of Blue Sky Vantage, and former Director of Homeland Security and State CISO Tim Roem...

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#173: Governor Doug Ducey on How Arizona Became a National Leader in Cybersecurity
April 26, 2024

#173: Governor Doug Ducey on How Arizona Became a National Leader in Cybersecurity

Featuring: Governor Doug Ducey , 23rd Governor of Arizona In this episode, you’ll learn: "Cybersecurity is homeland security, cybersecurity is national security." ~ Governor Doug Ducey I recently had the incredible opportunit...

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Ep.166 [JUST ANNOUNCED] 2024 Final Four Live Podcast Tour - Cybersecurity Showdown: State CISO vs Private Sector CSO. An Interview with Tim Roemer, Chief Security Officer at GMI
Jan. 31, 2024

Ep.166 [JUST ANNOUNCED] 2024 Final Four Live Podcast Tour - Cybersecurity Showdown: State CISO vs Private Sector CSO. An Interview with Tim Roemer, Chief Security Officer at GMI

Mark your calendars for the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour April 1st-3rd, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn more here: https://www.techtables.com/2024-phoenix-live-podcast-tour Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wante...

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Ep.161 The CISO's 3-Step Guide to Building an Unstoppable Cyber Community with Candace Wynn is the Cyber Community Ops Manager and Warren Sponholtz is the Deputy State CISO at Florida Digital Service
Dec. 1, 2023

Ep.161 The CISO's 3-Step Guide to Building an Unstoppable Cyber Community with Candace Wynn is the Cyber Community Ops Manager and Warren Sponholtz is the Deputy State CISO at Florida Digital Service

Candace Wynn is the Cyber Community Ops Manager and Warren Sponholtz is the Deputy State CISO at Florida Digital Service. They discuss how Florida is taking steps to improve cybersecurity through grants, incident response, and community building.

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Ep.158 Cybersecurity Meets Business Goals: Insights into Florida State Courts' Strategy with Roosevelt Sawyer, CIO, Florida State Courts Administrator
Nov. 14, 2023

Ep.158 Cybersecurity Meets Business Goals: Insights into Florida State Courts' Strategy with Roosevelt Sawyer, CIO, Florida State Courts Administrator

Featuring Roosevelt Sawyer Jr., CIO, Florida Office of State Courts Administrator 🔗 Connect with Roosevelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roosevelt-sawyer-jr-7252362/ "Blending those [private and public sector experiences] toge...

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Ep.153 The Motion Offense: Cybersecurity Strategies That Build Relationships First
Sept. 16, 2023

Ep.153 The Motion Offense: Cybersecurity Strategies That Build Relationships First

Show Notes Featuring Lt Col. Chris Winnek, Commander, 102nd Information Ops Battalion & Cyber Operations Chief at the Texas Military Dept., and Chris Humphreys, Texas State Cybersecurity Council "This is NOT the new normal to...

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Ep.152 Transforming Legacy Systems: A CDO & CISO Blueprint for Digitization and Cybersecurity
Sept. 9, 2023

Ep.152 Transforming Legacy Systems: A CDO & CISO Blueprint for Digitization and Cybersecurity

Show Notes Featuring Shauna Rogers, CDO, Texas Attorney General, and Celerino Torres, CISO, Texas Attorney General 🔗 Connect with Shauna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunarogers2/ 🔗 Connect with Celerino: https://www.linkedi...

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Ep.151 From the Red Zone to the End Zone: CISO Cyber Strategies that Won't Bust Your Bracket
Sept. 6, 2023

Ep.151 From the Red Zone to the End Zone: CISO Cyber Strategies that Won't Bust Your Bracket

Show Notes Featuring Ryan Murray, State CISO, State of Arizona; Krishna Edathil, CTO/Assistant Commissioner, Texas Higher Ed. Board, and Tim Roemer, ThriveDX President & Fmr. State CISO, State Arizona We're all talking to the...

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Ep.148 Cybersecurity Defenders Unite: The Do's and Don'ts of Protecting Real People in Real Time
Aug. 25, 2023

Ep.148 Cybersecurity Defenders Unite: The Do's and Don'ts of Protecting Real People in Real Time

Show Notes 🔗 Connect with Dr. Chris Mitchell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-p-m-b4130b168/ 🔗 Connect with Ryan Murray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-murray-az/ 🔗 Connect with Jeremy Deckert: https://www.linkedin....

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Ep.146 UCF Straight Talk: Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Digital HigherEd & More
Aug. 17, 2023

Ep.146 UCF Straight Talk: Generative AI, Cybersecurity, Digital HigherEd & More

Show Notes 🔗 Connect with Matthew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjetthall/ 🎙 About the episode On this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, we follow Matthew's journey from investment banking to HigherEd IT a...

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Ep.137 Modernizing California's 911 System & Building High-Performance Teams
June 23, 2023

Ep.137 Modernizing California's 911 System & Building High-Performance Teams

Featuring: Michelle (Malik) Geddes , Chief Information Officer, San Francisco Department of Emergency Management In this episode, you’ll learn: Michelle Geddes' expertise in building high-performing teams The California plan ...

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