Risk Grustlers

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Sep 2026

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Welcome to 'Risk Grustlers,' where we celebrate the extraordinary journeys of modern-day Risk Leaders who embrace the art of 'Grustle'—a powerful fusion of Grind and Hustle. Our podcast dives into the innovative strategies and bold decisions taken by these risk-takers, shaping the future of cybersecurity and risk management. Join us as we explore their inspiring stories, insightful advice, and cutting-edge technologies that define the alternative GRC landscape.

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September 29, 2026Episode 2826 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 28 | Security teams need AI. Can they keep it in check? ft. Charlie Thomas

Security teams have spent years being told to do more with less. AI has arrived with a slightly different proposal: do more, faster, while attackers do the same. For defenders, refusing to use AI is not much of a strategy. Treating it as a magic fix is not one either. In this episode of Risk Grustlers, Charlie Thomas (CEO of Mitiga) joins Nicholas Muy (CISO and VP of Engineering at Scrut Automation) to discuss what happens when new capabilities arrive faster than the security programs meant to manage them, and why the real test of a security program begins when prevention does what it eventually does: fail. Featuring Charlie Thomas, CEO, Mitiga Nicholas Muy, CISO and VP of Engineering - Platform & Security, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

September 24, 2026Episode 2746 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 27 | We can’t build enough AI agents to keep up with cybersecurity ft. Ashish Rajan

AI can write code, uncover vulnerabilities, and keep working long after a human logs off. Yet Ashish Rajan is not convinced security teams are about to run out of work. If anything, the opposite may be true. In this episode of Risk Grustlers, Ashish Rajan (CISO at TechRiot.io and author of AI Security Engineering ) joins Nicholas Muy (CISO and VP of Engineering at Scrut Automation) to talk about what happens when AI adoption moves faster than the security practices meant to contain it. They look past the familiar question of whether AI will replace security jobs. The harder question is what it takes to turn raw model power into something defenders can rely on when an incident is unfolding; organizational context matters, and every new capability creates more to secure. Featuring Ashish Rajan, CISO, TechRiot.io Nicholas Muy, CISO and VP of Engineering - Platform & Security, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

July 23, 2026Episode 2632 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 26 | Cybersecurity is changing faster than its problems ft. Mike Privette

Cybersecurity has never had a shortage of tools. AI is now making it possible to create even more of them, faster than teams can determine which ones are genuinely useful. In this episode of Risk Grustlers, Mike Privette (Founder and Cybersecurity Economist at Return on Security) joins Nicholas Muy (CISO and VP of Engineering at Scrut Automation) to examine the gap between movement and progress. They discuss the market reaction to AI, why security vendors are becoming harder to distinguish, how expectations for security teams are changing, and why the industry keeps returning to the same unresolved problems. Featuring Mike Privette, Founder & Cybersecurity Economist, Return on Security Nicholas Muy, CISO and VP of Engineering - Platform & Security, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

July 15, 2026Episode 2518 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 25 | AI is artificial. You are the intelligence. ft. Teri Green-Manson

AI can write, summarize, and ship a recommendation before you've finished reading the prompt. What it can’t (or shouldn’t) do is own the decision. In this episode of Risk Grustlers, Teri Green-Manson (VP of Technology at Elevate) sits down with Nicholas Muy (CISO and VP of Engineering at Scrut Automation) to work through what AI adoption actually demands of security and technology leaders. Nobody's debating whether teams will use AI anymore. They already are. The question Teri keeps coming back to is a harder one: are you asking the right things before you trust the output, approve the tool, or push it to production? Featuring Teri Green-Manson, VP of Technology, Elevate Nicholas Muy, CISO and VP of Engineering, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

June 2, 2026Episode 2418 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 24 | Cyber has a creativity problem ft. Don Jeter

Everyone is AI-powered, AI-native, or agentic. And with generative AI making it easier to produce more campaigns, visuals, and content, the noise is only getting louder. In this episode, Don and Nick unpack what it actually takes to build a cyber brand people remember. They talk about why creative direction matters more when everyone has the same tools, why bold event marketing only works when it creates real customer connection, and why AI can support creative teams without replacing taste, craft, or human judgment. For cybersecurity teams trying to stand out in a crowded market, this is a conversation about the difference between being visible and being memorable. Featuring Don Jeter, CMO, Torq Nicholas Muy, CISO, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

May 25, 2026Episode 2353 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 23 | The GRC identity crisis ft. Alan Luk

Alan Luk has seen GRC from every angle, from Big 4 audit and consulting, leading GRC teams, and now GRC engineering at Microsoft Azure. In this episode of Risk Grustlers, he joins Nicholas Muy (CISO and VP of Engineering at Scrut Automation) for a candid conversation on the decisions modern GRC teams are being forced to make: what to own, what to enable, when to escalate, and how to work with engineering without turning every audit issue into a fire drill. Featuring Alan Luk, Principal TPM, Microsoft Nicholas Muy, CISO and VP of Engineering, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

March 31, 2026Episode 2234 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 22 | The weight of cyber leadership ft. Larry Whiteside Jr.

This episode gets into the reality behind one of the most visible roles in cybersecurity. Larry Whiteside Jr. shares how the CISO role has evolved into something far broader and harder than many people outside the job realize. What began as a deeply technical function now often comes with executive expectations, growing operational ownership, constant outside pressure, and very little formal preparation for the business side of the role. The conversation also explores how security leaders are expected to make sound decisions in a market flooded with vendors, why smaller and mid-sized companies can no longer treat security as someone else’s problem, and how peer communities have become a practical source of advice, perspective, and relief for people carrying this kind of responsibility. Featuring Larry Whiteside Jr., Co-Founder & President, Confide Group Nicholas Muy, CISO, Scrut Automation About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

March 10, 2026Episode 2119 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 21 | Collaborative Kitchen for AI Governance ft. Sandip Wadje

AI is not just another tool rollout. It is forcing companies to revisit assumptions they have lived with for years. In this Risk Grustlers episode, Sandip Wadje joins Nicholas Muy to discuss what happens when leadership wants the upside of AI immediately, while security, risk, IT, legal, and business teams are left dealing with everything underneath it. The conversation explores what tools like Microsoft Copilot can expose inside organizations, from oversharing in SharePoint to the gap between role-based access on paper and the permissions people actually end up with in practice. Sandip also lays out a more grounded approach for smaller teams: be honest about what is truly confidential, avoid writing controls you cannot consistently follow, give employees a safer way to work with AI, and start preparing for scrutiny around how AI is being used across the business. Featuring Sandip Wadje, Managing Director, BNP Paribas Nicholas Muy, CISO, Scrut About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

January 12, 2026Episode 2017 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 20 | The Security Poverty Line ft. Wendy Nather

In this episode of Risk Grustlers, Wendy Nather joins Nicholas Muy to challenge how we think about compliance, affordability, and security maturity. Wendy introduces the idea of the “ security poverty line ,” the invisible boundary keeping small organizations from achieving the same security outcomes as large enterprises. She breaks down why frameworks like PCI DSS work only when risks are narrowly defined, and how unclear scoping, hidden vendor pricing, and talent scarcity widen the gap. Tune in as Wendy and Nick dismantle the “ back to basics” advice , and explain why fundamentals like asset inventory, change control, and threat prioritization are anything but simple in a cloud-first world. Wendy also shares her practical prioritization pyramid, i.e., where to start when you can’t do everything, and it starts with a step most teams skip. Featuring Wendy Nather, Senior Research Initiatives Director, 1Password Nicholas Muy, CISO, Scrut About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts

December 17, 2025Episode 1924 min

Risk Grustlers | EP 19 | Securing agentic AI ecosystems ft. Sounil Yu

In this episode of Risk Grustlers , Aayush Ghosh Choudhury, CEO and Co-Founder of Scrut, sits down with Sounil Yu, Chief AI Officer at Knostic and author of the ‘ Cyber Defense Matrix ,’ to talk about what it really means to run agentic AI safely , starting from “basic” security hygiene and identity hardening, all the way to drawing hard boundaries around what agents can decide, see, and share. Featuring Sounil Yu, Chief AI Officer, Knostic Aayush Ghosh Choudhury, Co-Founder and CEO, Scrut About Scrut Automation: Scrut Automation empowers scaling companies to move Beyond Compliance, focusing on managing digital risk while reducing the friction of audit preparation, evidence collection, and risk monitoring. Purpose-built for high-growth startups and mid-market businesses, Scrut simplifies the most tedious parts of compliance and risk management, keeping you audit-ready and risk-aware at all times. With seamless integration into your processes, Scrut delivers real-time insights and continuous monitoring, enabling proactive risk management to support sustainable growth. Focus on scaling your business confidently as Scrut automates compliance and strengthens your digital resilience—no more manual work or compliance chaos. To watch more of our episodes and learn more about us, visit us at : https://www.scrut.io/podcasts