ClearTech Loop: In the Know, On the Move
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Welcome to ClearTech Loop—your fast, focused, and fresh/ take on what’s next in technology. This 10-minute “HotTake” podcast delivers sharp, soundbite-ready insights on Cloud, Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, and AI Security. Built for busy tech leaders and practitioners, each episode brings clarity to a rapidly shifting landscape.
Each week, we explore the most pressing issues through a 3-question lens, offering listeners a pulse-check on the business and technical conversations shaping the security space today.
The ClearTech Loop Mission
ClearTech Loop exists to:
- Raise awareness about evolving risks and opportunities
- Share real-world insights from the field
- Explore best practices and what’s working now
- Investigate emerging trends with curiosity and candor
- Spark meaningful dialogue and debate
Cleartech Loop Podcast
Welcome to the Cleartech Loop Podcast, a hot take approach to cyber security, cloud security and AI security landscape. Each week, we ask guests three focused questions to quickly educate listeners about a specific security topic, risks and opportunities. This rapid fire approach gets to the heart of business and technical conversations that are happening right now.
Fernando Montenegro: Cybersecurity is a Social System
Download Transcript (pdf) Episode Summary In this episode of the ClearTech Loop podcast, Jo Peterson sits down with Fernando Montenegro, Vice President and Practice Lead, Cybersecurity at The Futurum Group, to talk about...
Miri Rodriguez: Security is an Environment
Download Transcript (pdf) Episode Summary AI security keeps getting framed like a technology problem: new tools, new controls, new dashboards, new rules. In this ClearTech Loop episode, Jo Peterson sits down with Miri...
Margaret Dawson: AI, Cost, Control, Relevance
Download Transcript (pdf) “People trust their peers more than any vendor or anyone else.” — Margaret Dawson Episode Summary AI is moving into the enterprise through every door at once, security, engineering, and marketing....
Series Spotlight: The CISO Slant (Episodes 1-10)
We kick things off with a special series: The CISO Slant. In this 10-episode arc, we sit down with prominent CISOs to unpack how they’re navigating challenges, redefining priorities, and managing risk in the age of AI.
AI Security Isn’t a Regex Problem | Lori MacVittie | ClearTech Loop S1E10
Stop bolting on “controls.” Start governing the system. Hosted by Jo Peterson · ClearTech Loop | Download Transcript (pdf) Episode Summary Rules don’t scale. Architecture does. In this conversation, Lori...
ClearTech Loop Ep. 9 with Brad Moldenhauer, Zscaler
Cybersecurity is a Business Risk, So Why are We Still Talking Tech? A hard-hitting look at how cyber risk is reshaping the executive seat — and why the next mistake could be your last. Hosted by Jo Peterson ·...
Fake AI Won’t Innovate — It’ll Infect You | ClearTech Loop Ep. 8 with Rob Bair, Zscaler
Ransomware gangs aren’t just hiding on the dark web anymore. They’re running polished fake AI startups — complete with sleek websites, SEO strategies, and marketing campaigns. And it’s working. People are downloading...
ClearTech Loop Research
Commvault: Building on a Strategy of Resilience
Over 60,000 people descended on Las Vegas this last week for AWS re:Invent, one of the flagship global tech conferences of the year. The event attracts Cloud Architects, Developers and Engineers, Data and AI professionals, IT leaders, including a fair share of CISOs...
What Industry Leaders Are Watching at re:Invent 2025
AWS re:Invent 2025: What Three Industry Heavyweights Told Me On Day One AWS re:Invent has always been the place where the real conversations happen. Yes, there are keynotes and announcements, but the real insight comes from the people who build, ship, secure and...
Special Edition: Commvault Cloud Unity at SHIFT NYC
November 17, 2025 During SHIFT NYC this week, Commvault announced Commvault Cloud Unity, an AI-driven platform that brings together data security, cyber recovery, and identity resilience across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on premises environments. In the keynote, the...
Insights from a four-part ClearTech Loop special series on hybrid integration with IBM webMethods
Over the past several months, I have had the opportunity to go deep on hybrid integration and automation in partnership with IBM webMethods. The four episodes had one theme: Hybrid integration is not a technical decision. It is an operating model for...
Where Financial Intelligence Meets AI
At a time when every enterprise is talking about AI but struggling to prove its value, the Apptio Technology Business Management (TBM) Conference 2025 brought together the people actually making it measurable. This wasn’t a hype parade, it was a working session on...
Inferencing and ESMB through Lenovo’s ISG Lens at GIAC25
During a couple of absolute perfectly cool, crispy, sunny days this October in Raleigh, NC about 70 analyst from around the world gathered at Lenovo’s US headquarters for the Global Industry Analyst Conference or GIAC25. The entire executive team greeted us and their...
The Identity Gap in AI
The identity gap in AI security refers to the significant challenges and vulnerabilities that arise because existing identity and access management (IAM) systems are ill-equipped to handle the proliferation and autonomous nature of non-human identities, particularly...
Neoscalers on the Rise
A neoscaler is a new type of cloud provider, often called a "neocloud," that specializes in delivering high-performance infrastructure for intensive artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. Unlike traditional hyperscalers (like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft),...
#BlackHat2025 Wrap Up
The 8 Key Themes of BlackHat 2025 Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay hosted the 2025 BlackHat conference last week with an estimated 22,000 guests. The focus of Black Hat is to provide a platform for the latest cutting-edge research, developments, and trends in...
The Gap Between AI Adoption and AI Security is Wide
Thoughts from the ground at #BlackHat2025 Headed to #BlackHat2025 in Las Vegas where one of the key themes will be #AISecurity. Check out the futuristic image that Chat GPT created of AI Security in Las Vegas! No doubt that AI has had a huge impact on cybersecurity,...
Why ClearTech Loop?
Because tech doesn’t stand still—and neither do we. We cut through hype to bring actionable insight with an unconventional voice. Whether decoding complex topics or rethinking long-held assumptions, ClearTech Loop keeps you in the circle and ahead of the curve.