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The ITSPmagazine Podcast

The ITSPmagazine Podcast

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Founded in 2015, ITSPmagazine began as a vision for a publication positioned at the critical intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and society. What started as a written publication has evolved into a comprehensive repository for all their content—podcasts, articles, event coverage, interviews, videos, panels, and everything they create. This is where Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli talk about cybersecurity, technology, society, music, storytelling, branding, conference coverage, and whatever else catches their attention. Over a decade of conversations exploring how these worlds collide, influence each other, and shape the human experience. This is where you'll find it all.© Copyright 2015-2026 ITSPmagazine, Inc. All Rights Reserved Ciencias Sociales Política y Gobierno
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  • Software Supply Chains, AI Risk, and the Transparency Gap | A Brand Spotlight with Daniel Bardenstein of Manifest | RSAC 2026
    Mar 14 2026
    As RSAC 2026 approaches, Daniel Bardenstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Manifest, joins hosts Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli to unpack the growing disconnect between how security leaders perceive their AI and software supply chain posture and what practitioners on the ground actually experience. Drawing from Manifest's new research report — Beyond the Black Box — Bardenstein connects the dots between shadow AI, SBOM adoption gaps, and a dangerous pattern: history is repeating itself as organizations rush to adopt AI with the same disregard for security that characterized the early cloud era. In a wide-ranging pre-event conversation ahead of RSAC 2026, Daniel Bardenstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Manifest, explores what it means to truly secure the software and AI supply chain — not just check the compliance box. Manifest's new research report, Beyond the Black Box, surveyed more than 300 security and AI leaders globally to understand the reality of AI adoption and software supply chain risk. One of the most striking findings was not a statistic, but a structural problem: a significant perception gap exists between how confident executive security leadership feels about their AI security posture and how unprepared frontline practitioners actually are. Where there is misalignment, Bardenstein notes, there is risk. The conversation draws a vivid parallel to the cloud adoption wave of a decade ago, when organizations rushed to SaaS and cloud infrastructure without thinking through security implications — and gave birth to entire new industries to clean up the mess. Today, the same dynamic is playing out with AI. Nearly two-thirds of the survey respondents reported encountering shadow AI within their organizations, as employees freely use tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, or locally downloaded models without centralized governance. When that AI eventually gets embedded into software that organizations build, deploy, and sell, the blind spots compound. SBOMs — software bills of materials — represent a promising step toward supply chain transparency, and Bardenstein credits the US government's regulatory nudging for driving adoption. Manifest's research shows that roughly 60% of organizations are now generating SBOMs, a meaningful milestone. But generation is not governance. Too many organizations treat an SBOM as a compliance artifact — a JSON file on a hard drive — rather than an operational tool that could dramatically accelerate vulnerability response, regulatory compliance, and incident management. The prescription has been filled; it's just not being taken. To reframe the urgency, Bardenstein introduces the concept of the "transparency tax" — the hidden cost organizations pay in time, money, and risk when they build or buy opaque technology. Just as consumers demand ingredient labels on food, Carfax reports on used cars, and active ingredient disclosures on prescriptions, the technology sector needs to normalize the same transparency for software and AI. For organizations willing to do the math, the case for investing in supply chain visibility becomes not just a security argument, but a business one. Heading into RSAC 2026, Manifest will not have a booth but will be active across the conference floor, meeting with customers, partners, and prospects. Bardenstein will appear on an invite-only panel alongside leadership from Corridor Dev, 1Password, and Google to discuss secure software and secure AI. The team is also planning to announce new platform capabilities designed to close the governance gaps their research surfaced — helping organizations move fast without creating the kind of blind spots that make AI adoption a liability rather than an advantage. Tune in for this sharp, candid pre-event conversation — and look for the full on-location Brand Spotlight recorded live at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco. 🎙️ This story is part of the RSAC 2026 Coverage Series on ITSPmagazine, produced in partnership with Manifest. GUEST Daniel Bardenstein CEO and Co-Founder, Manifest https://www.linkedin.com/in/bardenstein/ https://www.manifestcyber.com RESOURCES Beyond the Black Box Research Report — Manifest: https://www.manifestcyber.com Learn more about Manifest and their software and AI supply chain security platform: https://www.manifestcyber.com Learn more about and follow ITSPmagazine's coverage on RSAC 2026: https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac-usa-2026-san-francisco-cybersecurity-event-coverage Catch all of our event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/technology-cybersecurity-society-podcast-coverage Want to tell your Brand Story Difference Maker Podcast Story or Advertise with us? 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/telling-your-story KEYWORDS Daniel Bardenstein, Manifest, Manifest Cyber, software supply chain security, SBOM, AI supply chain, AI risk, RSAC 2026, RSA Conference, Sean Martin, Marco Ciappelli, brand spotlight, brand story, ITSPmagazine, ...
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  • The Business of Trust: What Steel Patriot Partners Is Watching at RSAC 2026 | A Brand Spotlight with Michael Parisi
    Mar 14 2026

    As RSAC 2026 approaches, Michael Parisi of Steel Patriot Partners sits down with Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin to talk about what it means to show up to the world's largest cybersecurity conference with a business-first mindset. For Parisi — a 20-plus year veteran of professional services, federal compliance, and cybersecurity — RSA is less about the show floor and more about the quiet corners where real conversations happen.

    Steel Patriot Partners operates on a simple but powerful premise: business owners first, engineers second, compliance professionals third. That philosophy shapes everything from how they engage clients to how they show up at industry events. At RSAC, Parisi's calendar is already full — and intentionally so. The value isn't in the booths. It's in the bilateral trust that forms between peers who cut through the noise to share what's actually working.

    And the noise, this year, is particularly loud. AI dominates the conversation in ways that create as much anxiety as excitement — especially for federal cybersecurity professionals whose institutional knowledge feels suddenly uncertain. Parisi addresses this head-on: the question isn't just whether AI will replace jobs, it's whether leaders are having honest conversations with their teams about what's changing and why. The fog of marketing has thickened into what he calls a "fog of truth" — a marketplace where it's increasingly hard to know who actually delivers versus who just pitches well.

    This conversation is a preview of what Steel Patriot Partners will be listening for, talking about, and connecting around at RSAC 2026 — from retaining trusted people amid AI disruption, to whether tried-and-true solutions still hold their own against the wave of AI-native platforms. Parisi and the SPP team will also be sitting down with Marco and Sean live on the floor for a deeper follow-up conversation.

    Loved this conversation? Share it with someone heading to RSAC 2026 and make sure to connect with Michael Parisi and the Steel Patriot Partners team in San Francisco.

    GUEST

    Michael Parisi

    Chief Growth Officer, Steel Patriot Partners

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-parisi-4009b2261/

    https://www.steelpatriotpartners.com

    RESOURCES

    Steel Patriot Partners: https://www.steelpatriotpartners.com

    RSAC Conference 2026: https://www.rsaconference.com

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  • Adapting to the Speed of Risk: Why GRC Programs Must Move with the Business | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Steve Schlarman, Senior Director of Archer
    Mar 12 2026

    Archer is redefining what it means to manage governance, risk, and compliance in an environment defined by constant change. Steve Schlarman, Senior Director at Archer, has spent nearly two decades helping organizations understand why their traditional GRC approaches are falling short and what it takes to close the gap.

    The forces challenging organizations today are well known: velocity of change, volume of change, and the uncertainty that compounds both. What makes the problem acute is timing. Annual audit cycles and quarterly risk assessments produce reports that reflect a reality that has already shifted by the time decision makers see them. The result is drift between what GRC functions can see and what leadership actually needs to know, and every gap in that visibility carries potential exposure.

    Schlarman explains that this reactive posture is exactly what Archer is working to change. Rather than treating risk and compliance as periodic checkboxes, the goal is to build a program that runs continuously, projecting forward as the business expands into new jurisdictions, launches new products, or encounters emerging risks. What are the compliance obligations? How does exposure shift? Archer Evolv is designed to answer those questions in real time, keeping GRC moving alongside the business rather than scrambling to catch up.

    Central to Archer's strategy is AI applied with intention. Rather than deploying generic agents, Archer is building what Schlarman calls AI operators: focused, guardrailed tools designed specifically to solve GRC problems. That distinction matters because the complexity of risk and compliance work demands precision, not just automation.

    This is a Brand Highlight. A Brand Highlight is a ~5 minute introductory conversation designed to put a spotlight on the guest and their company. Learn more: https://www.studioc60.com/creation#highlight

    GUEST

    Steve Schlarman, Senior Director, Archer | https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveschlarman/

    RESOURCES

    Learn more about Archer and the Archer Evolv platform: https://www.archerirm.com

    Are you interested in telling your story?
    ▶︎ Full Length Brand Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#full
    ▶︎ Brand Spotlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#spotlight
    ▶︎ Brand Highlight Story: https://www.studioc60.com/content-creation#highlight

    KEYWORDS

    Steve Schlarman, Archer, Sean Martin, brand story, brand marketing, marketing podcast, brand highlight, GRC, governance risk and compliance, adaptive GRC, integrated risk management, Archer Evolv, AI in GRC, risk management, compliance automation, enterprise risk, risk and compliance strategy


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