Cyber Fusion Forum
Cyber Fusion Forum
Podcast Description
Where real-world outcomes meet cybersecurity thinking.
Sitting down with IT professionals—who are shaping how companies collaborate, adapt, and secure their operations. Some are deep in the cybersecurity trenches. Others work in roles that influence security without it being their core remit.
We unpack how People, Process, Technology with Innovation come together to drive impact actually helps businesses move forward.
If you’re in tech, security, or care about what security actually helps businesses move forward, this is the conversation you want to be part of.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers various themes including cybersecurity challenges in product development, identity and access management (IAM) mistakes, network security versus IAM strategies, and integrating security within DevOps. Specific episodes discuss the implications of AI in product teams, common IAM pitfalls, the need for layered security approaches, and building operational security into business processes, showcasing practical examples and expert anecdotes.
Where real-world outcomes meet cybersecurity thinking.
Sitting down with IT professionals—who are shaping how companies collaborate, adapt, and secure their operations. Some are deep in the cybersecurity trenches. Others work in roles that influence security without it being their core remit.
We unpack how People, Process, Technology with Innovation come together to drive impact actually helps businesses move forward.
If you’re in tech, security, or care about what security actually helps businesses move forward, this is the conversation you want to be part of.
Most transformations start with the tech and stall with the people. In this episode, Joe Mathewson (IAM Transformation Lead at HSBC) shares a refreshingly practical playbook for turning identity programs into business outcomes.
We dig into how to lead change in complex environments: begin with the why (not the tool), tailor the message by audience, and bring operations in from day one so the final solution is adopted, not resisted.
Joe unpacks how security can enable revenue by giving the business controlled speed (think: day-one access, adaptive auth, and cloud controls), and he shows how to write business cases that land. If you’ve ever been told “we’re rolling out this product because…,” this episode will help you flip the narrative, get buy-in, and deliver any program the business actually champions.
What you’ll learn:
The “Start with Why” method for security transformation (and how to use it with execs vs. engineers)
Bottom-up stakeholder engagement that survives tool changes and re-orgs
Turning IAM into a service: enabling risk-taking safely to grow revenue
Business-case proof points: day-one access, JML automation, and killing tick-box recerts
How to sell change without creating a “no department”
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