Practical Zero Trust, Apprenticeships, and Learning to Learn in the Age of AI | Larry Woods

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David Malicoat interviews Larry Woods about practical approaches to Zero Trust and cybersecurity leadership.

Episode 93: Practical Zero Trust, Apprenticeships, and Learning to Learn in the Age of AI Guest: Larry Woods Every breach has a story. Every leader has a strategy. In this episode of The Professional CISO Show , host David Malicoat sits down with Larry Woods , a seasoned cybersecurity executive, during the St. Louis stop of the U.S. Tour for a wide-ranging and deeply practical conversation about what it really takes to lead cybersecurity at scale. This is not a theoretical discussion. It’s a grounded, experience-driven dialogue focused on execution, leadership maturity, and the realities CISOs face every day . Larry shares his personal journey from early technology exposure through infrastructure leadership and into the CISO role, highlighting how security has quietly become embedded in nearly every aspect of modern IT. From there, the conversation expands into three critical areas shaping the future of the profession. 🔐 Practical Zero Trust — Not the Buzzword Version Zero Trust is often dismissed as unattainable or overly complex. Larry challenges that narrative by reframing Zero Trust as a series of pragmatic, achievable decisions rather than a perfect end state. He explains…

People in this episode

Host: David Malicoat

Guest: Larry Woods

Topics covered

• Zero Trust
• cybersecurity leadership
• apprenticeships
• AI in learning
• risk reduction
• cloud strategies

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• Zero Trust
• leadership
• risk management
• cloud-first
• SaaS-first
• apprenticeships
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Tour, Zero Trust, SaaS, IT, cybersecurity

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