SHI’s Research Breakdown
SHI’s Research Breakdown
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SHI’s Research Breakdown is your audio companion to SHI’s Research Roundup newsletter, offering sharp, focused conversations that take you beyond the headlines. Each episode dives deep into a single research topic from the newsletter, unpacking key insights, implications, and unanswered questions with subject matter experts from across the tech industry.
Whether it’s AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, or IT asset management, we break down the research so IT leaders, decision-makers, and curious minds can understand what it really means for their business and why it matters now. In about 15 minutes, you’ll be better equipped to lead in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Follow SHI’s Research Breakdown for a dose of clarity, context, and expert commentary—because the tech trends shaping tomorrow deserve more than a headline.
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The podcast delves into themes such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and IT asset management, with episodes like the unpacking of Flexera’s 2025 State of ITAM Report highlighting issues like audit costs and software sprawl, offering key insights relevant to IT leaders and decision-makers.
SHI’s Research Breakdown is your audio companion to SHI’s Research Roundup newsletter, offering sharp, focused conversations that take you beyond the headlines. Each episode dives deep into a single research topic from the newsletter, unpacking key insights, implications, and unanswered questions with subject matter experts from across the tech industry.
Whether it’s AI, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, or IT asset management, we break down the research so IT leaders, decision-makers, and curious minds can understand what it really means for their business and why it matters now. In about 15 minutes, you’ll be better equipped to lead in a rapidly evolving digital world.
Follow SHI’s Research Breakdown for a dose of clarity, context, and expert commentary—because the tech trends shaping tomorrow deserve more than a headline.
In this episode of SHI’s Research Breakdown, host Victoria Barber is joined by SHI Field CISOs Brad Bowers and Rob Forbes to unpack the 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report from the Ponemon Institute and IBM. We also covered this report in the August 8th edition of the Research Roundup newsletter and a recent blog post on the SHI Resource Hub.
Throughout the conversation, they explore how AI is reshaping both attack methods and defense strategies, why breach costs are trending differently in the U.S. compared to the rest of the world, and what CISOs and boards can do to move from reactive to proactive strategies.
They also dive into the dual role of AI as both a weapon and a shield, the critical governance gaps organizations still face, and the business decisions behind paying (or refusing to pay) ransomware demands.
Discussed in this episode
- Global data breach costs decline for the first time in five years
- How AI is being used by both attackers and defenders
- Shadow AI and the risks of poor access controls
- Why U.S. breach costs continue to climb past $10 million
- Business decision-making around paying ransomware demands
- The importance of AI governance and security at the board level
- Shifting from reactive spending to proactive cybersecurity strategies
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