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Data Security Decoded provides actionable, vendor-agnostic insights to reduce data security risk and improve resilience outcomes. Designed for cybersecurity and IT professionals who want practical insights on preparing for attacks before they happen, so they can respond effectively when they inevitably do. Episodes feature insights from researchers, crafters of public policy, and senior cybersecurity leaders, to help organizations reduce risk and improve resilience. Data Security Decoded provides practical advice, proven strategies, and in-depth discussions on the latest trends and challenges in data security, helping listeners strengthen their organizations' defenses and recovery plans.
Top CISO Priorities and Global Digital Trust with Morgan Adamski
Data Security Decoded
23 minutes
2 weeks ago
Top CISO Priorities and Global Digital Trust with Morgan Adamski
Welcome to Data Security Decoded. Join host Caleb Tolin in conversation with Morgan Adamski who leads Cyber, Data, and Tech Risk at PwC and is a former US national security leader who spent 16 years tracking nation-state threats inside the US government. Coming out of a career spent inside secure facilities without windows or phones and working to address China’s prepositioning in US critical infrastructure, Morgan shares a direct view of how geopolitics is now shaping cyber risk decisions in boardrooms.
What You'll Learn:
Why only 24% invest in proactive defense, even while 60% call cyber a top priority
How AI agents are cutting breach timelines to under 80 days
Why cyber insurance is now a hygiene scorecard, not just financial protection
The real reason leaders lack confidence in resilience
Where legacy systems and supply chain dependencies expose blind spots
How public–private collaboration changed the response to China’s infrastructure campaign
What CISOs must confront now to avoid being blindsided by the next crisis
The conversation gives security leaders and decision-makers a clear view of where current strategies fall short and the choices required to build real resilience before the next crisis forces it.
Episode Highlights:
[03:43] Why China prepositions inside US critical infrastructure to trigger disruption and panic in a crisis
[04:20] Collective defense in action: how victims and industry exposed the campaign
[09:27] The truth behind cyber budgets: only 24% invest in proactive defense
[11:57] How AI agents are shortening breach lifecycles to under 80 days
[13:07] Why cyber insurance is now a security scorecard, not a safety net
Episode Resources
Caleb Tolin on LinkedIn
Morgan Adamski on LinkedIn
PwC’s 2026 Global Digital Trust Insights report
Data Security Decoded
Data Security Decoded provides actionable, vendor-agnostic insights to reduce data security risk and improve resilience outcomes. Designed for cybersecurity and IT professionals who want practical insights on preparing for attacks before they happen, so they can respond effectively when they inevitably do. Episodes feature insights from researchers, crafters of public policy, and senior cybersecurity leaders, to help organizations reduce risk and improve resilience. Data Security Decoded provides practical advice, proven strategies, and in-depth discussions on the latest trends and challenges in data security, helping listeners strengthen their organizations' defenses and recovery plans.
