ClearTech Loop: In the Know, On the Move
Be in the Loop
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.
The ClearTech Loop Mission
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.
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</span
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.
ClearTech Loop Special Edition: Rethinking CDN Pricing with AWS CloudFront
Download Transcript (pdf) Cloud pricing has a way of looking simple right up until the bill arrives. You start with an application. Then you add performance. Then security. Then logging. Then DNS....
AI Security: James McQuiggan on Shadow AI, NHIs and AI Defense
Download Transcript (pdf) In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with James McQuiggan, founder and CISO of Apparent Security, about three issues shaping enterprise AI security:...
AI Security: Rock Lambros on Shadow AI, NHIs, and AI Defense
Download Transcript (pdf) In this episode of ClearTech Loop, Jo Peterson speaks with Rock Lambros, CEO and Founder of RockCyber, about three issues shaping the next phase of AI security: shadow AI, non human identities,...
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.
ClearTech Loop Podcast Ep 4 Mike Britton, CIO Abnormal AI
Release Date: July 23, 2025 Series: The CISO Slant (Episode 4 of 10) Guest: Mike Britton, CIO, Abnormal AI Host: Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst, ClearTech Research Transcript: View/download transcript (pdf)Episode Summary In this episode of The CISO Slant, Jo Peterson...
ClearTech Loop Podcast Ep 3 Thomas LaBonte CISO Saint-Gobain NA
Release Date: July 16, 2025 Series: The CISO Slant (Episode 3 of 10) Guest: Thomas LaBonte, CISO, Saint-Gobain North America Host: Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst, ClearTech ResearchEpisode Summary In this third episode of The CISO Slant, Jo Peterson sits down with Thomas...
ClearTech Loop Podcast Episode 2 Scott Howitt, Founder SVH Cyber
Release Date: July 8, 2025 Series: The CISO Slant (Episode 2 of 10) Guest: Scott Howitt, Founder, SVH Cyber Host: Jo Peterson, Chief Analyst, ClearTech ResearchEpisode Summary In this second installment of The CISO Slant, Jo Peterson talks with Scott Howitt, Founder,...
ClearTech Loop Research
Microsoft Co-Pilot for Azure—Your AI Key to Letting the Light In
In IT we love acronyms. An oldie but a goodie is KTLO or Keeping the Lights On. KTLO refers to basic systems and infrastructure maintenance. Did you know that some IT organizations spend as much as 80% of their resources and budget on simply supporting the...
Microsoft Defender for Cloud–A Holistic View
Did you know that Microsoft released the first version of SQL Server, known as SQL Server 1.0, in 1989 for the OS/2 operating system? All of us in IT are familiar with this long time database friend and server that stores and retrieves data. SQL Server was...
Continued Innovation with Azure VMware Solution
Recently, I attended the Veritas Conquer Every Cloud event on January 26th. Veritas has been in business for almost 40 years, starting out as Tolerant Systems in 1983, building fault-tolerant computer systems. It was interesting to learn that their software and...
Microsoft Fabric — Connecting the Dots
Did you know that Microsoft released the first version of SQL Server, known as SQL Server 1.0, in 1989 for the OS/2 operating system? All of us in IT are familiar with this long time database friend and server that stores and retrieves data. SQL Server was...
AI’s Role in Identity
Due to the widespread adoption of multi cloud strategies and the growing utilization of AI related programs like Large Language Models, we’re seeing the quantity of both human and machine identities growing quickly. Many of these identities require sensitive or...
Responsible AI in an Evolving Regulatory Environment
Generative AI is expected to be a $200 billion industry by 2032. The pace of its growth underscores the need to address the legal, ethical, and privacy concerns created by the technology and its use. This powerful thought leadership whitepaper from the Cloud Security...
AWS re:Inforce 2024 Keynote Recap—A Commitment to Security and Innovation
Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on integrated circuits (or microchips) will double every two years. Moore’s law was first described by Gordon E. Moore, a co-founder of Intel, in 1965. It has held largely true for about 46 years now, even though he...
A Sea Change: AWS No Longer Operating as VMware Cloud on AWS reseller
What Do the Changes Mean if You are a VMC on AWS Customer? In 2017, VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched VMware Cloud on AWS, a powerful platform that combines VMware’s leading virtualization technology with AWS’s robust cloud infrastructure. As of April 30,...
Future First Sustainability—The Equinix Green Data Center Initiative
According to a report from 451 Research’s Sustainability 2023, most organizations have now either implemented (46%) or are developing (27%) formal targets for reducing their environmental impact. IT operations contribute to environmental impact. Vendor sustainability...
GKE Enterprise—Go Fast and Be Secure
Last week at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, I got a chance to share a cup of coffee with Bobby Allen, MS, PMP , Group Product Manager, Google Cloud Runtimes It’s been 10 months since Google introduced GKE Enterprise to help companies manage complex Kubernetes...
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.