Security & GRC Decoded

Security & GRC Decoded

Raj Krishnamurthy

Episodes 30
Avg. Duration 1h 1m
Activity Highly Active
Since Feb 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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How today’s top organizations navigate the complex world of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). Security & GRC Decoded brings you actionable strategies, expert insights, and real-world stories that help professionals elevate their security and compliance programs. Hosted by Raj Krishnamurthy. It’s for security professionals, compliance teams, and business leaders responsible security GRC and ensuring their organizations’ are safe, secure and adhere to regulatory mandates. Security & GRC Decoded brings you: Actionable strategies, expert insights, and real-world stories to elevate your Security GRC programs. Each episode explores frameworks, risk management strategies, and innovations shaping the future of GRC – from practitioners in the trenches. Subscribe now to unlock the tools and knowledge you need to succeed!

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When GRC Stops Watching and Starts Working ft Ryan Schoeller, Director of Security & GRC @ Treasure Data

Feb 24, 2026 57m

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Ryan Schoeller, Director of Security & GRC at Treasure Data, to challenge one of the most deeply rooted assumptions…

S1E29 Does GRC Belongs Outside Security? The Case for an Independent Second Line ft Charles Nwatu - GRC Engineering Leader

Feb 10, 2026 1h

What if GRC shouldn’t sit inside Security at all—and what if the bigger problem isn’t automation, but what you do after you automate? In this episode, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Charles Nwatu…

S1E28 GRC Is an Engineering Discipline. Not a Checklist. ft Akhila Chitiprolu, Head of Security & GRC @ Sierra

Jan 27, 2026 54m

GRC has long been seen as abstract, manual, and disconnected from how modern engineering teams actually work, but that narrative is breaking down. In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj…

S1E27 GRC as a Growth Engine: From Checklists to Continuous Assurance ft Vivek Madan - Director of Security, Risk, and Compliance @ Fortinet

Jan 13, 2026 55m

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Vivek Madan to unpack what it really means to run a modern GRC program inside a global cybersecurity company. Drawing…

S1E26 Audit ≠ Security: Building Auditable Controls in a High-Velocity World ft Varun Prasad, Cloud Security & Privacy Assurance @ BDO

Dec 30, 2025 59m

Audits are often misunderstood, frequently disliked, and almost always viewed as a necessary evil — but what if that mindset is holding security teams back? In this episode of Security & GRC…

S1E25 Scaling GRC Without the Chaos: How to Build Programs That Don’t Break ft Tom Scuderi, Senior Manager of Security & GRC @ LTK

Dec 16, 2025 56m Transcript

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Tom Scuderi, Senior Manager of Security & GRC at LTK and a veteran practitioner who has spent his career…

S1E24 Controls Are Promises: Rethinking GRC for Modern Security ft Sergio Alonso @ Rapid7

Dec 02, 2025 56m

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Sergio Alonso, a seasoned GRC and information security leader at Rapid7, whose 17–year career spans auditing,…

S1E23 How Pragmatic Controls Build Trust Between GRC, Security, and Engineering ft Mukund Sarma, Deputy CISO @ Chime

Nov 13, 2025 56m

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Mukund Sarma, Deputy CISO and Head of Product Security at Chime, to explore what happens when governance, risk,…

S1E22 How to Build Trust Between GRC and Engineering ft Tristan Ingold, Security GRC Program Manager at Meta

Oct 30, 2025 57m

How do you build real trust between GRC and engineering? In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy welcomes Tristan Ingold, Security GRC Program Manager at Meta. Tristan…

S1E21 Rethinking Risk: Data-Driven Decisions for Modern CISOs ft Tony Martin-Vegue

Oct 16, 2025 1h

In this episode, Raj Krishnamurthy speaks with Tony Martin-Vegue, seasoned risk practitioner, speaker, and co-chair of the FAIR Institute San Francisco chapter. Tony shares decades of lessons learned…

S1E20 Why GRC Is More Than Compliance with Kenneth Moras | Head of Security GRC | Plaid

Oct 02, 2025 1h 19m

In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy sits down with Kenneth Moras, Head of Security GRC at Plaid. Kenneth shares his journey from web developer and pen tester to…

S1E19 “This GRC Space is Hot!” with Varun Gurnaney, Staff Security Engineer at Apple

Sep 11, 2025 53m

How does a software engineer become a GRC leader? In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy welcomes Varun Gurnaney, Staff Security Engineer at Apple. Varun shares his…

S1E18 Risk in Dollars: The Future of GRC Measurement

Sep 04, 2025 54m Transcript

How does a network engineer become a GRC leader? Ramya Subramanian’s journey spans nearly two decades across IT, security, and governance. Now serving as Director of GRC & Privacy Operations at…

S1E17 Compliance ≠ Security: It Sets the Foundation ft Evan Millman, Security GRC Manager @ Abnormal AI

Aug 21, 2025 1h 13m

What’s the true relationship between compliance and security? According to Evan Millman, compliance may not be security—but it’s the necessary starting point for building it.In this episode, Raj sits…

S1E16 Cyber Economics and Keeping Up with Innovation ft Trupti Shiralkar (Cybersecurity Leader & Advisor)

Aug 07, 2025 59m

What trade-offs are you willing to make in cybersecurity? In this episode of Security & GRC Decoded, host Raj Krishnamurthy is joined by Trupti Shiralkar, a seasoned cybersecurity leader and…

S1E15 Why Security And GRC Teams Must Act Like Service Teams ft Jiphun Satapathy from Medallia

Aug 05, 2025 1h 13m

Jiphun Satapathy has built and scaled security organizations at AWS, Snowflake, and now Medallia. In this episode, he joins our host Raj to explore the evolving role of CISOs as strategic business…

S1E14 Preetam Joshi Breaks Down ML, LLMs, AI Agents, and Governance Challenges

Jul 10, 2025 58m Transcript

How do you make sense of security, governance, and risk in an age of black-box AI? This week, Raj is joined by Preetam Joshi, founder of Aimon Labs and machine learning veteran with experience at…

S1E13 RGC, Not GRC: Why Risk Comes First ft Ricky Waldron

Jun 26, 2025 1h 19m Transcript

What if compliance wasn't just about passing audits—but about building trust from the ground up?In this powerful episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Raj sits down with Ricky Waldron, Director of…

S1E12 What Does ‘Technical’ Even Mean in GRC? ft Alan Luk @ Grammarly

Jun 12, 2025 1h 10m

Is it time to stop pretending GRC is technical? Alan Luk makes the case for a new kind of compliance leader—and it might surprise you.In this sharp and unfiltered episode of Security & GRC…

S1E11 No More Compliance Theater: Meet Real Security Compliance with Adam Brennick

May 29, 2025 1h 19m

Is it time to rethink SOC 2? (Spoiler: Adam thinks so—and he’s got the receipts.) In this insightful episode of Security & GRC Decoded, Adam Brennick, Director of Security Risk & Compliance…

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