On Below the Surface, six-time CISO Dr. Yonesy Núñez sits down with leading security experts to get past the buzzwords and into the real work of defending an organization. Candid conversations on the threats, tradeoffs, and decisions that shape modern cybersecurity and risk.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:39:50 GMTMon, 24 Aug 2026 19:14:59 GMT60Yonesy Núñez<p>On <i>Below the Surface</i>, six-time CISO Dr. Yonesy Núñez sits down with leading security experts to get past the buzzwords and into the real work of defending an organization. Candid conversations on the threats, tradeoffs, and decisions that shape modern cybersecurity and risk.</p>episodicYonesy Núñezdylan@surf.ainoYonesy Núñez sits down with Pete Chronis — Operating Partner at Cyberstarts and a two-decade CISO at Paramount, WarnerMedia, Turner, and EarthLink — on how things change when attacks turn machine-speed and bespoke, hitting one company at a time rather than blasting everyone at once. Pete argues that buying more tools won't help: the real enemy is the status quo, and the CISOs who pull ahead build innovation into the way their people, process, and technology work together. They close on a gap Yonesy sees widening — founders build for the demo, while operators buy what survives the Tuesday afternoon when everything's on fire.

]]>6df8321c-2625-406c-a72d-32c32a6d8c24Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:53:05 GMT<p>Yonesy Núñez sits down with Pete Chronis — Operating Partner at Cyberstarts and a two-decade CISO at Paramount, WarnerMedia, Turner, and EarthLink — on how things change when attacks turn machine-speed and bespoke, hitting one company at a time rather than blasting everyone at once. Pete argues that buying more tools won't help: the real enemy is the status quo, and the CISOs who pull ahead build innovation into the way their people, process, and technology work together. They close on a gap Yonesy sees widening — founders build for the demo, while operators buy what survives the Tuesday afternoon when everything's on fire.</p>no00:30:5311Episode 1 - Pete Chronis from CyberStartsfull