No Password Required Podcast Episode 68 — Rob Hughes

No Password Required Podcast Episode 68 — Rob Hughes

From No Password Required by Cyber Florida

January 20, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 68

About this episode

Rob Hughes discusses his career and vision for a passwordless future in cybersecurity.

Rob Hughes — CISO at RSA and Champion of a Passwordless Future No Password Required Season 7: Episode 1 - Rob Hughes Rob Hughes, the CISO at RSA, has more than 25 years of experience leading security and cloud infrastructure teams. In this episode, he reflects on his unconventional career path, from co-founding the original Geek.com and serving as its Chief Technologist during the early days of the internet, to leading security and systems design at Philips Home Monitoring. Jack Clabby of Carlton Fields, P.A. and Kayley Melton welcome Rob for a wide-ranging conversation on identity, leadership, and the realities of modern cybersecurity. Rob currently leads RSA’s Security and Risk Office, overseeing cybersecurity, information security governance, and risk across both RSA’s products and corporate environment. Rob explains his dream for a passwordless future. He unpacks why passwords remain one of the largest sources of cyber risk, how real-world incidents and password-spraying attacks have accelerated change, and why phishing-resistant technologies like passkeys may finally be reaching a tipping point. The episode wraps with the Lifestyle Polygraph, where Rob lightens the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jack Clabby, Kayley Melton

Guest: Rob Hughes

Topics covered

  • passwordless future
  • identity
  • leadership
  • cloud infrastructure
  • cybersecurity

Keywords

  • CISO
  • RSA
  • cyber risk
  • passkeys
  • phishing-resistant technologies

Mentioned in this episode

Products: the Lifestyle Polygraph, RSA

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