Trust Issues
Why do so many businesses have trust issues with security and compliance? We’re here to find out.Hosted by Brandon Lecoq and Joseph Candelario, Trust Issues is the podcast that makes cybersecurity and compliance a little less boring (and a lot more human).
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The Federal Contract That Isn’t Worth Winning (opens the original)
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A federal contract can look great on paper and still be a bad deal once CMMC enters the picture. In this episode of Trust Issues, Bruno Lecoq and Jeremy Patterson speak with Christine Hopkins, President and CEO of Advanced Supply Chain International (ASCI), about the real cost of CMMC, why compliance cannot live with IT alone, and why leaders need to understand the full business impact before chasing the contract.
Your AI Passed the Audit. Should You Trust It? (opens the original)
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AI can pass compliance checks and still create risk once it meets the real world. In this episode of Trust Issues, Bruno Lecoq and Jeremy Patterson speak with Arvita Tripati, Founder and Principal at Vahana Labs and former CISO/DPO at regulated healthcare companies, about why AI governance cannot stop at compliance. They explore how organizations can balance innovation with security, create clear accountability for AI systems and continuously reevaluate whether their governance still works as te
CMMC, Whistleblowers and the Cost of Lying (opens the original)
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Compliance is not security, and security is not compliance. In this episode of Trust Issues, Jeremy Patterson and Bruno Lecoq speak with E.J. Hilbert, Director of US Regulatory Compliance and Security Officer at Element Materials Technology, about why checkbox compliance fails, why CMMC cannot be treated like an IT-only project and why contractors need to understand the rules they are signing up to, before an auditor, whistleblower, competitor, or regulator forces the issue. The big takeaway: CM
Your AI Policy Won’t Save You (opens the original)
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AI governance is where most companies are getting it wrong. It’s not that they lack policies, but because they don’t understand what can actually go wrong with the technology they’re deploying. In this episode of Trust Issues, hosts Jeremy Patterson and Bruno Lecoq step away from their usual CMMC focus to sit down with Dallas Bishoff, President of Process 360 and a sitting member of the ISO committees writing the rules for AI, auditing, and emerging technologies.
The CUI Scoping Mistake Blows Up CMMC Budgets (opens the original)
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CMMC costs can spiral fast, and the problem usually starts even before a single control is implemented. In this episode of Trust Issues, Bruno Lecoq speaks with Christina Reynolds, Registered Practitioner Organization leader and author of Scope Small, Win Big, about why contractors need to scope CUI before securing everything, why Microsoft 365 Commercial can sink a CMMC package, and why Phase One scoring requirements still matter even while Phase Two is paused.
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