Graham Neray, Co-Founder and CEO of Oso, joins Cyber Inspiration to discuss the realities of startup life and what it takes to build a company through uncertainty.

Unlike many founders who begin with a specific problem they are passionate about solving, Graham shares that his journey started with a desire to build something meaningful and create his own path. From early conversations with the founder of MongoDB to raising venture capital and navigating pivots, Graham provides an honest look at the founder experience.

Topics include:

• Entrepreneurship and startup decision-making
• Product-market fit myths and realities
• Raising venture capital
• Lessons from failed product ideas
• Startup hiring challenges
• Leadership under uncertainty
• Customer-driven product development
• AI in recruiting and hiring
• Managing founder stress and setbacks
• Advice Graham would give his younger self

A thoughtful conversation for anyone interested in startups, technology, leadership, and growth.

In this episode of Cyber Inspiration, Evgeniy Kharam speaks with Kevin Spease, founder of ISSE Services, about cybersecurity in highly sensitive military environments and what it truly means to build security into systems from day one.

Kevin shares how working on the Minuteman III missile program shifted his view of cybersecurity from compliance-driven documentation to engineering-driven protection. He explains why “security baked in” matters far more than simply checking boxes.

The discussion also dives into:

• FedRAMP and government cybersecurity requirements
• Supply chain security risks
• Growing a cybersecurity company organically over 20 years
• The importance of honesty, ethics, and curiosity in hiring
• Why soft skills matter in technical environments
• Advice for veterans transitioning into cybersecurity careers
• Leadership lessons from difficult moments and uncertainty

This episode is packed with practical insights for cybersecurity professionals, founders, engineers, veterans, and anyone interested in critical infrastructure security.

In this episode of Cyber Inspiration, Evgeniy Kharam is joined by John Spiegel, Jaye Tillson, and Graham Ludlow, authors of Zero Trust Done Right: A practitioner’s guide to zero trust security in the age of AI.

Based on decades of real world experience, they break down why most Zero Trust initiatives fail and what organizations need to do differently.

This is not a technical deep dive. It is a practical conversation about leadership, communication, and execution.

We cover:

• Why Zero Trust is a business initiative, not an IT project

• The human side of Zero Trust and why culture matters

• How to communicate with executives and gain buy in

• Why most initiatives never get finished

• How to position Zero Trust without even using the term

• Lessons learned from real world failures

If you are attending RSA, you can meet the authors and get your copy signed:

• Monday at the Cloud Security Alliance event

• Wednesday at the RSA Bookstore

Grab the book here