Live from Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas, Jackie McGuire sits down with Chris Boehm, Field CTO at Zero Networks, for a high-impact conversation on microsegmentation, shadow IT, and why AI still struggles to stop lateral movement. With 15+ years of cybersecurity experience—from Microsoft to SentinelOne—Chris breaks down complex concepts like you're a precocious 8th grader (his words!) and shares real talk on why AI alone won’t save your infrastructure. Learn how Zero Networks is finally making microsegmentation frictionless, how summarization is the current AI win, and what red flags to look for when evaluating AI-infused security tools. If you're a CISO, dev, or just trying to stay ahead of cloud threats—this one's for you.
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- 0:00 - Intro from Black Hat 2025: Meet Chris Bain
- 0:44 - The Name Game: Pronunciation Struggles
- 01:19 - Chris Boehm's Career Journey in Cybersecurity
- 02:11 - Microsegmentation Explained Like You’re in 5th Grade
- 03:30 - Why Microsegmentation Matters in the Cloud & AI Era
- 04:11 - Shadow IT and Security Risks in Cloud Environments
- 05:47 - Why AI Struggles to Stop Lateral Movement
- 07:51 - Where AI Is Actually Helping in Cybersecurity
- 09:16 - Finding the Balance: AI Agents vs. Microsegmentation
- 13:35 - How to Evaluate Real vs. Hype in AI Security Tools
Chris Boehm is the Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Zero Networks. He has 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, spanning public sector IT, cloud engineering, and executive leadership. Chris started in State and Local Government before leading hybrid infrastructure and security programs, then spent 7 years at Microsoft across Defender, Azure, and M365, delivering threat detection, identity, and compliance solutions globally. At SentinelOne, he served as Field CISO through its IPO, advising Fortune 500s on threat-informed defense, risk, and strategy. Now at Zero Networks, he helps organizations implement real zero trust and segmentation – tied to tactics, techniques and procedures, not theory – bringing hands-on credibility and an operator’s lens to modern security architecture.
