AI can detect disease from your voice.

It can write code, replace junior roles, and potentially reshape global power structures.

So the real question is not whether AI is advancing. It’s whether we can control what we don’t fully understand.

In this episode, host Tony Pietrocola, President and Co-founder of AgileBlue, and co-host Joe Marquette, AgileBlue CEO and Co-founder, sit down with AI strategist, advisor, and educator Jason Lowe to explore how rapidly expanding AI capability is outpacing control mechanisms across industries. From healthcare breakthroughs to workforce disruption and global AI competition, the conversation moves beyond hype into practical leadership realities.

Key takeaways:

• AI is expanding faster than governance and control frameworks can keep up.
• Continuous learning models could fundamentally change how AI systems behave and evolve.
• The global AI race is not just commercial; it carries geopolitical implications.
• AI-driven productivity gains are reshaping entry-level and junior workforce roles.
• The five human skills that will matter most in an AI-driven world: collaboration, communication, curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.
• And more!

Connect with Tony Pietrocola:

• AgileBlue
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• YouTube: @agileblue
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Connect with Jason Lowe:

• AI Diatribe
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AI is moving faster than most organizations are ready for, and the real risk is not the technology itself, but how leaders choose to adopt it. From boardrooms to security operations centers, the balance between innovation and control has never mattered more.

In this episode, host Tony Pietrocola, President and Co-founder of AgileBlue, and co-host Joe Marquette, AgileBlue CEO and Co-founder, are joined by Ken Stasiak, veteran cybersecurity leader and founder of NegotiatorIQ, to unpack what AI adoption really means for security teams, executives, and boards. Together, they explore how AI mirrors the early days of the internet boom, why cultural readiness matters just as much as technical capability, and how organizations can avoid overtrusting or underutilizing AI. Ken shares insights on governance, cognitive bias, SOC transformation, and the human responsibility that must remain firmly in place as automation accelerates.

Key takeaways:

• Why AI adoption today feels similar to the internet boom of the late 1990s
• The difference between AI as a tool and AI as a decision-maker
• How overtrusting AI can create long-term regulatory and operational risk
• Why culture and leadership mindset determine successful AI integration
• What a healthy human + AI workflow looks like inside a modern SOC
• And more!

Connect with Tony Pietrocola:

• AgileBlue
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• YouTube: @agileblue
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Connect with Ken Stasiak:

• Stasiak
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Cybersecurity doesn’t fail because of weak tools. It fails because of weak translation.

When executives hear acronyms instead of impact, critical decisions stall.

In this episode of Zero Trust Issues, host Tony Pietrocola, President and Co-founder of AgileBlue, and co-host Joe Marquette, AgileBlue CEO and Co-founder, sit down with seasoned CISO Lee Buttke to unpack one of the most overlooked risks in modern cybersecurity: the communication gap between technical teams and business leadership.

Drawing from real-world incident experience, Lee shares how overly technical reporting during a breach created confusion at the executive level, and what security leaders should focus on instead.

• Why cyber acronyms like TTPs can derail executive understanding
• The difference between technical reporting and business impact reporting
• How to communicate containment, exposure, and operational disruption clearly
• Why cybersecurity maturity frameworks create alignment across leadership
• How assigning a monetary value to cyber risk drives smarter decisions
• The role of the CISO in elevating cybersecurity conversations to the board level
• Why resilience in 2026 depends on proactive communication, not reactive defense
• And more!

Connect with Tony Pietrocola:

• AgileBlue
• LinkedIn: AgileBlue
• YouTube: @agileblue
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Connect with Lee Buttke:

• AgileBlue
• LinkedIn: Lee Buttke
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