Experienced CISOs from MongoDB and Gusto reveal proven frameworks for translating complex cybersecurity metrics into board-friendly presentations that drive decision-making.

Topics Include:

• Security leaders discuss challenges of presenting technical cybersecurity topics to boards
• MongoDB CISO presents three times in six months, Gusto director five times
• Three-angle metrics framework: environmental threats, prevention quality, and detection/response speed capabilities
• Board members switch contexts frequently, requiring extensive education and simplified heat maps
• Repeatable presentation models help board members follow consistent data across meetings
• Audit committees get different depth than general board updates on programs
• New technologies like AI require educating boards on risks versus opportunities
• Foundational security principles like zero trust remain constant regardless of technology
• Security buzzwords need translation appendices since board members forget technical definitions
• Financial services background helps translate cyber risks into dollar amounts boards understand
• Third-party penetration testing provides independent validation but requires vendor rotation strategies
• Limited 30-minute board time means trusting security leaders' vendor diligence decisions
• First-time CISOs should educate on threat landscape then tailor strategy to company
• Balance discussing shiny new technologies with essential foundational security blocking and tackling
• AI implementation spans customer features, infrastructure security, and augmenting security capabilities internally

Participants:

• Sean Josephson - Sr. Director of Information Security, Gusto
• Julien Soriano – Sr. Vice President, CISO, MongoDB
• Gee Rittenhouse - Vice President, Security Services, Amazon Web Services

Further Links:

• Gusto: Website – LinkedIn
• MongoDB: Website – LinkedIn – AWS Marketplace

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John Skinner of Vectra AI shares how cyber attackers are democratizing sophisticated attacks using dark web tools, and why AI-powered hybrid defense is now essential for enterprise security.

Topics Include:

• Vectra AI: 13-year-old cybersecurity company founded as "AI native" from day one
• Built on machine learning assumption while competitors treated AI as afterthought
• Generative AI represents the latest evolution in their comprehensive AI journey
• Started pairing threat researchers with ML developers to codify attack behaviors
• Added agentic AI in 2018 for correlation across space and time
• Uses AWS Security Lake, GuardDuty, and recently became AWS Bedrock customer
• Success measured by reducing "dwell time" from initial attack to detection
• Achieved 60% faster alerts, 51% faster monitoring, 50% faster investigation times
• Customers should evaluate vendor's data science quality and algorithm training years
• Evolved hybrid defense approach as attacks start anywhere, go everywhere
• AI handles high-volume correlation while humans focus on analytical decisions
• Future challenge: democratized cyber attacks using readily available dark web tools

Participants:

• John Skinner – Vice President Corporate/Business Development, Vectra AI

Further Links:

• Vectra AI: Website – LinkedIn – AWS Marketplace - YouTube

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Vice President of Engineering James Musson reveals how Lucanet integrated multiple acquired solutions into a unified platform, achieving 3-month integration timelines while serving 6,000+ customers.

Topics Include:

• Lucanet evolved from financial consolidation tool to comprehensive CFO solution platform
• Platform covers consolidation, planning, ESG reporting, tax compliance, and cash management
• Three key differentiators: easy to use, fast time-to-value, innovative AI features
• AI-powered XBRL tagging reduces days of manual work to minutes with 90% accuracy
• Complex challenge: integrating multiple acquired tech stacks with cloud-native platform development
• Built micro front-end architecture and platform services for seamless user experience
• Custom control plane automates customer onboarding and manages rolling upgrades safely
• Latest acquisition integrated into platform within three months, unprecedented speed
• Strong company culture focuses on innovation, hackathons, and continuous learning
• AI bootcamps and tech lunch sessions keep 6,000+ customer engineering teams engaged
• Balances AI innovation with regulatory compliance using deterministic core processes
• Heavy AWS adoption with serverless technologies handles peaky financial reporting workloads

Participants:

• James Musson – Vice President, Engineering, Lucanet

Further Links:

• Lucanet: Website – LinkedIn

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