The Only Thing Worse Than Technical Debt is Newly Discovered Technical Debt

The Only Thing Worse Than Technical Debt is Newly Discovered Technical Debt

Author: David Spark, Mike Johnson, and Andy Ellis July 14, 2026 Duration: 43:57

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This week's episode is hosted by David Spark, producer of CISO Series, and Andy Ellis, principal of Duha. Joining them is Tim Callahan, CIO/CISO, AFLAC.

In this episode:

  • Week one is the wrong time to overreach
  • Nobody has the AI playbook
  • Vulnerability management wasn't built for this clock
  • Stop blaming the human, fix the system

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