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Six Takeaways from the 2025 CISO Village Summit: A Call to Build, Connect, and Lead

As we wrapped up the 2025 CISO Village Summit in the Florida Keys, news broke of a war between Israel and Iran. Many of us were far from home, trying to process the gravity of what was unfolding while surrounded by peers, friends, and teammates. It was a painful moment. One that made every conversation about resilience, leadership, and responsibility feel even more real. We didn’t ignore what was happening. We carried it with us. And it reminded us why this work matters so much. Even before that moment, this year’s summit already felt different. We brought together over 100 CISOs, founders, and security leaders for three days of open, thoughtful, and sometimes vulnerable conversations. Half the room were first-time villagers, the other half had been with us before. That balance created something powerful. Not just a community, but a shared sense of purpose, to help each other lead through uncertainty, and to keep building toward a safer future.

The AI Analytics Paradox: Why More Tools Have Led to Less Trust

For the past decade, we, the builders of the modern data stack, have sold a story of speed and democratization. We promised that with the right cloud warehouse, the right BI tool, and the right talent, insights would flow like water. It’s time for a confession: for most organizations, that promise remains unfulfilled.

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Ask Yourself One Question: What Is Your Board of Life?

For thousands of years, people lived in tribes. These were not symbolic collectives, but practical ecosystems: shared spaces for labor, security, parenting, decision-making, and survival. The tribe wasn’t optional. It was infrastructure. Modern society rewrote that script. As we industrialized, globalized, and digitized, the dominant cultural narrative shifted toward independence. The solo architect. The lone genius. The self-made founder. Today, we celebrate autonomy and individual achievement in nearly every domain, particularly in technology and entrepreneurship. But we’re starting to see the limits of that model – socially, emotionally, and strategically.

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The Fintersection, Part 3: The Fraud & Cyber Convergence

Let’s be honest: fraud is the original hustle. Long before anyone was talking about malware or zero-day exploits, there were fraudsters running scams with nothing but confidence and a forged signature. But in today’s digital age, fraud has scaled. Massively. It’s no longer just a side hustle for criminals – it’s a global industry.

AIO (Artificial Intelligence Optimization) Is the Biggest CMO Opportunity Since the Digital Search Revolution

In the early 2000s, chief marketing officers were confronted with a defining shift: the rise of the digital era. Search Engine Marketing (SEM) transformed how marketers operated. Instead of vague impressions and traditional media buys, they could now purchase targeted clicks, optimize campaigns in real time, and build performance engines fueled by data. Google Ads became the dominant advertising channel, and with it came a new era of attribution, scale, and tactical precision. It wasn’t just a new set of tools; it defined the playbook that we use today, and those who grasped this idea early achieved significant profitability.

Inside the Enterprise Data Stack: What Leaders Are Prioritizing in 2025

Data leaders are investing aggressively, but cracks in the foundation remain Team8’s 2025 Data Village Survey, which we just released, reveals how the world’s top organizations are scaling their AI ambitions by investing deeply in data infrastructure, platform tooling, and operational governance. But while budgets are rising and AI is moving into production, challenges like data quality, observability, and cross-functional efficiency still dominate the conversation.

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Vibe Shopping: How AI Will Change Purchasing Experiences Forever

Autonomous AI agents will transform the digital buying journey by offering a more personalized, interactive, and efficient experience. They could enable the purchase of complex products like cars and apartments while also enhancing everyday online shopping experiences for items such as shoes, mobile phones, and travel packages. By doing so, they have the potential to greatly improve customer satisfaction and redefine commerce and the future of online shopping. There is a new kind of shopping on the way, I call it #vibeshopping.

CISO VILLAGE WHITEPAPER – The Prompt That Could Break Your Business: Are You Ready for the New AI Risks?

AI is being rapidly integrated into core systems, from customer service to HR to product development. But with this adoption comes a new class of risks: leaked data through prompt injection, biased outputs, loss of control over proprietary information, and exposure to unvetted third-party tools.

The Untold Founder Story of Pagaya – The Hard Way, The Real Way

It’s the kind of car ride that tells you everything you need to know about the DNA of Pagaya’s founding team. Three friends — Gal Krubiner, Yahav Yulzari, and Avital Pardo — on a road trip, deep in discussion. It was not small talk, but a full-on debate about a business problem they just couldn’t let go of. Each one saw it differently. Each one brought a different perspective and challenged the others. The debate came with arguments, pushback, and laughter — the kind of exchange that only happens between people who trust each other completely.

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New Whitepaper: The Evolution of AI Systems ML vs. LLMs and Transforming Healthcare Through AI

From classic machine learning pipelines to the rise of large foundation models, healthcare is entering a new era of AI-driven transformation. This white paper compares traditional ML systems with modern LLM-based approaches and explores what each means for healthcare regulation, deployment, and real-world use.

Payroll: Complex, Costly, and Long Overdue for Disruption – Why We Invested in Celery

Payroll isn’t just a back-office task. It’s a massive, recurring cost center, and a source of ongoing risk and inefficiency for organizations across many industries. Overtime rules. Shift differentials. State and local tax codes. Classification requirements. Break policies. All of it must be reconciled across multiple systems: HR platforms, time-tracking tools, internal policies, and often, email threads.

Beyond the RSA Buzz: What Security Leaders Are Really Thinking About

RSA has always been a whirlwind of vendor pitches, keynotes, and after-hours events. But for me, the real value came from the dozens of conversations with security leaders across the ecosystem. From meetups and booth walkthroughs to hallway chats and late-night dinners, I spent most of the week listening. Here are six takeaways that emerged consistently from those discussions: not headlines, but signals of where security is actually heading.

The Fintersection, Part 2: Risk – The Common Denominator

Risk isn’t just a feature of financial services – it’s the foundation of the entire industry. Without it, there would be no need for banks, insurers, or even the concept of credit itself. The origins of financial risk management can be traced back to the 18th century when banks and lending houses recognized that blindly handing out money wasn’t exactly a sustainable business model. Instead, they developed methods to assess potential threats to their financial health – basic, but essential for avoiding economic catastrophe.

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