The cyber angle on tech and AI. Real conversations, no scripts, no sales pitch, no corporate answers.
The angle is cyber, but the guest list is the whole of tech: founders, CEOs and CTOs alongside CISOs, security architects and SOC analysts. What is actually happening with cyber and AI, where the industry gets it wrong, and what it means for anyone building or running technology in the UK. New episodes post weekly, and every one is published on this page.
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26 Aug 2026 · 33 min
Jay George, CISO & Founder at Clear Loop Security
A long-time outsourced CISO explains why vulnerability backlogs pile up, why supplier questionnaires often achieve little, and why a single cyber risk number gives boards false comfort.
Conversations with UK security leaders.
20 Aug 2026 · 23 min
Alex Munn, CTO at Propellant.Digital
A fractional CTO explains why AI's productivity gains are more modest than the hype suggests, why the same speed can quietly create serious security risks, and why cyber and operational risk need to be managed together.
13 Aug 2026 · 25 min
Andy Bates, CISO & Founder at StonesThro
Andy Bates unpacks what digital sovereignty actually means, why boards are fixating on AI while neglecting cyber basics.
6 Aug 2026 · 46 min
Richard Bennett, Field CTO at IBM & HashiCorp
Richard Bennett explains why he thinks true artificial intelligence does not yet exist, and what that means for how organisations should think about agentic AI risk. He sets out why observability, orchestration and governance matter more than chasing the latest AI tool.
Cyber Heard started as written interviews on LinkedIn before becoming a full podcast.
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A former mechanic from Liverpool, 30 years in Cyber Security, keynote speaker and working stand-up. Twelve questions. No corporate answers.
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Cyber Heard is a good place to start if you want the UK perspective without the marketing. Each episode is a relaxed conversation with a UK security leader or frontline practitioner about what is actually happening in their world: the threats they are dealing with, where the industry gets it wrong, the impact of AI, and what they would tell someone starting out today. New episodes post weekly.
Cyber Heard is the invitise podcast: the cyber angle on tech and AI. The lens is always cyber, but the show is made for anyone in tech with an opinion on where cyber and AI are taking us. No scripts, no sales pitch, no corporate answers. It began as written interviews on LinkedIn and grew into a full podcast, and every episode is published on this page.
On Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube, or through the RSS feed if you use another podcast app. Every episode is also published on this page, so you can watch or listen without leaving the site.
People from across UK tech, not just the security corner of it: founders, CEOs, CTOs and development leaders alongside CISOs, security architects, SOC analysts and frontline practitioners. What they share is an opinion on cyber and AI and what it means for their world. Guests speak as themselves rather than reading corporate lines, which is what keeps the conversations honest.
Email cyberheard@invitise.com. If you work in tech and have something to say about cyber or AI, we would love to hear it. You do not need to be a security specialist. Episodes are relaxed conversations, not interrogations, and there is no script to follow.
A 16-page invitise briefing for cyber, risk and people leaders. Why the hiring window has narrowed, what 24-hour mobilisation actually requires, and the four conditions that have to be true for next-morning on-site to mean something.
of senior cyber roles take 6 months or longer to fill in the UK.
longer than other IT roles, senior cyber vacancies stay open.
of large UK businesses now own cyber at board level.
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