Episodes

Technology & Security Topics

Meet Tiffany and Matt for some intellectual banter where awareness prepares everyone.

A discussion on how to identify and deal with such tactics.

Where we talk about best practices in reducing operational risk from 3rd parties.

We discuss how organizations need to set up guardrails before deploying AI in their environment or the company.

In this episode we talk about how to combat compliance fatigue to avoid the regulatory minefield that could expose a company to significant financial and legal risks.

In this episode, we talk about Coinbase scams and what bad actor's do to compromise your crypto accounts.

In this episode, we talk about how to break into cybersecurity roles or jobs.

In this episode we talk about practical ways on how individuals or companies can go about in protecting data.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of having the right governance in place and meeting compliance needs to ensure trust in your AI portfolio of projects and/or programs.

In this episode, we discuss security tools such as a SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) which helps log and monitor activities in an IT environment.

In this episode we talk about how AI Bias can be a real problem where it introduces reputational and/or legal risks.

In this episode, Tiff goes solo and shares her “Save the Date” Hack Story, where she shares her personal experience on how she became vulnerable to a scam, what she learned, and how others can protect themselves.

In this episode we talk about AI anxiety leading to mental health issues and how one can protect themselves. And ease the challenges they face by looking at AI for good vs. bad.

SOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

  1. MIT Computer Science and AI Lab Study — "AI Is a Rising Tide, Not a Crashing Wave" (April 2, 2026) https://www.axios.com/2026/04/02/ai-jobs-mit-study-workforce-impact

  2. Harvard Business School Working Knowledge — "Research: How AI Is Changing the Labor Market" (March 4, 2026) https://hbr.org/2026/03/research-how-ai-is-changing-the-labor-market https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/enhance-or-eliminate-how-ai-will-likely-change-these-jobs

  3. Goldman Sachs Research — "The Jobs AI Is Likely to Boost — and Those It May Disrupt" (April 24, 2026) https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/the-jobs-ai-is-likely-to-boost-and-those-it-may-disrupt

  4. Spring Health Workplace Survey — "The Hidden Cost of AI Anxiety" (March 3, 2026) https://www.springhealth.com/blog/hidden-cost-ai-anxiety-workplace-stressor

  5. Modern Health / Fair Play Talks — "Seven in 10 Workers Fear AI Layoffs" (May 8, 2026) https://www.fairplaytalks.com/2026/05/08/seven-in-10-workers-fear-ai-layoffs-as-burnout-political-stress-and-workplace-distrust-surge/

  6. Frontiers in Psychology — "Algorithmic Anxiety: AI, Work, and the Evolving Psychological Contract" (February 17, 2026) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1745164/full

  7. Frontiers in Psychology — "Mental Health in the Era of AI: Technostress and Anxiety" (2025) https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1600013/full

Free Learning Resources:

  1. University of Helsinki — Elements of AI (Free Course) https://www.elementsofai.com

  2. Google — AI Essentials / Grow with Google (Free) https://grow.google/ai

  3. IBM SkillsBuild — AI Foundations (Free with badges) https://skillsbuild.org

  4. OpenAI Academy (Free workshops and digital content) https://academy.openai.com

  5. DataCamp - "Best Free AI Courses 2026" (April 30, 2026) https://www.datacamp.com/blog/best-free-ai-courses

In this episode, we talk about the differences between AI Agents and Agentic AI. And a discussion on the risks associated with them.

SOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

  1. Information Age / ACS — "Gone in 9 Seconds: AI Agent Deletes Company Database" (May 5, 2026) https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/gone-in-9-seconds--ai-agent-deletes-company-database.html

  2. Live Science — "I Violated Every Principle I Was Given: AI Agent Deletes Company's Entire Database in 9 Seconds" (April 29, 2026) https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/i-violated-every-principle-i-was-given-ai-agent-deletes-companys-entire-database-in-9-seconds-then-confesses

  3. Euronews — "An AI Agent Deleted a Company's Entire Database in 9 Seconds, Then Wrote an Apology" (April 28, 2026) https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/28/an-ai-agent-deleted-a-companys-entire-database-in-9-seconds-then-wrote-an-apology

  4. Tom's Hardware — "Claude-Powered AI Coding Agent Deletes Entire Company Database in 9 Seconds" (April 27, 2026) https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds

  5. CX Today — "Claude-Powered Cursor AI Agent Deletes an Entire Company Database in 9 Seconds" (April 29, 2026) https://www.cxtoday.com/security-privacy-compliance/claude-powered-cursor-ai-agent-deletes-an-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-is-your-customer-data-secure/

  6. Fortune — "Your Company's AI Could Delete Everything in 9 Seconds. ServiceNow Wants to Be the Kill Switch" (May 6, 2026) https://fortune.com/2026/05/06/servicenow-kill-switch-ai-agents-bill-mcdermott/

  7. AWS Official Announcement — Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments (Preview) (May 7, 2026) https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-bedrock-agentcore-payments-preview/

  8. AI Magazine — "AWS, Coinbase & Stripe Launch Autonomous Paying AI Agents" (May 7, 2026) https://aimagazine.com/news/aws-coinbase-stripe-launch-autonomous-paying-ai-agents

  9. CoinDesk — "Amazon's New AI Wallet: AWS, Coinbase, and Stripe Build Payment Rails for Bots" (May 7, 2026) https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/05/07/amazon-rolls-out-ai-agent-stablecoin-payments-platform-with-coinbase-and-stripe

  10. AI Business — "AI Agents News: Enterprises Contain AI Agents to Balance Risk, Reward" (May 5, 2026) https://aibusiness.com/generative-ai/agentic-ai

  11. Gartner — 40% of enterprise applications to integrate AI agents by end of 2026 (via ainews.ai) https://ainews.ai/agents

Free Learning Resources:

  1. DeepLearning.AI — Agentic AI Course (Free to Audit) by Andrew Ng https://learn.deeplearning.ai/courses/agentic-ai

  2. LangChain Academy — Introduction to LangGraph (Free) https://academy.langchain.com

  3. Salesforce Trailhead — AI Agent Course (Free, No Coding Required) https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/ai-agent-course/
    MIT Computer Science and AI Lab Study — "AI Is a Rising Tide, Not a Crashing Wave" (April 2, 2026) https://www.axios.com/2026/04/02/ai-jobs-mit-study-workforce-impact

In this episode, we have a very special guest, Meenu of Cyber Advisory who walks us through what GRC or Governance, Risk, and Controls and the start of Cyber Advisory. And how Cyber Advisory helps entrepreneurs or start-ups ease their challenges in protecting their business from security risks and meeting compliance requirements in a highly regulated landscapes.

SOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

  1. Cyber Advisory, LLC - cyberadvisoryllc.com

  2. What happened in the Power School App Breach? — https://www.security.org/identity-theft/breach/powerschool/

Health Topics

We discuss simple ways to stick to a healthier you and not let your New Years resolution to be a healthy failure in February.

Subscribe for updates!