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Risk Never Sleeps Podcast

Risk Never Sleeps Podcast

Hosted by Ed Gaudet, CEO and Founder of Censinet, The Risk Never Sleeps Podcast highlights the people protecting patient safety in today's fast-paced, high-demand, increasingly digital healthcare environment.
Through conversations with CIOs, CISOs, and Risk Leaders we highlight their insights and best practices around one core question: What must we do to protect patient safety?
For more information and ways you can increase your risk awareness and safety, visit us at www.censinet.com

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Episode #249. The Human Side of AI No One Budgeted For, with Michael Meis, CISO for the University of Kansas Health System
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Aug. 6, 2026

Episode #249. The Human Side of AI No One Budgeted For, with Michael Meis, CISO for the University of Kansas Health System

Healthcare AI isn’t failing because of the technology; it’s failing because organizations underestimate the human and governance systems required to make it work. In this episode, Michael Meis, Chief Information Security Officer for the University of Kansas Health System, explains how cybersecurity, identity and access management, and AI strategy are converging within a large academic health system. He emphasizes that cyber risk quantification is essential as a “translation layer” that helps
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Episode #248. The Cybersecurity Risk Hiding in Retired Technology, with Gus Thompson, Executive Vice President-Client Strategy at Maxxum
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July 30, 2026

Episode #248. The Cybersecurity Risk Hiding in Retired Technology, with Gus Thompson, Executive Vice President-Client Strategy at Maxxum

What happens to your organization's data after a laptop, server, or hard drive reaches the end of its life, and could AI still recover information you thought was gone forever? In this episode, Gus Thompson, Executive Vice President-Client Strategy at Maxxum, discusses how Maxxum helps organizations securely dispose of and remarket end-of-life technology assets through IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services. He explains that AI has increased the risk of data recovery from improperly sanitized d
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Episode #247. You Can’t Ban AI: Securing Healthcare’s New Reality, with CISO and Director of Information Security at Adventist HealthCare
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July 23, 2026

Episode #247. You Can’t Ban AI: Securing Healthcare’s New Reality, with CISO and Director of Information Security at Adventist HealthCare

As AI rapidly transforms healthcare, cybersecurity leaders must balance innovation with governance, patient safety, and mission-driven care. In this episode, Michael Prakhye, Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Information Security at Adventist HealthCare, shares how his background in healthcare IT, the Department of Defense, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology shaped his approach to cybersecurity leadership at Adventist HealthCare. He explains why healthcare
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Episode #246. When Software Stops Waiting for Instructions, with Allen Roush, Lead AI Researcher at Thoughtworks
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July 16, 2026

Episode #246. When Software Stops Waiting for Instructions, with Allen Roush, Lead AI Researcher at Thoughtworks

What happens when AI systems begin collaborating, coding, learning, and making decisions faster than humans can keep up? In this episode, Allen Roush, Lead AI Researcher at Thoughtworks, explores the rapid evolution of AI agents, autonomous software development, and the challenges of managing increasingly capable AI systems. He discusses how current AI tools are already transforming software engineering workflows, enabling developers to automate complex tasks and dramatically accelerate produ
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Episode #245. The Revenue Cycle Just Got a New Brain, with Ben Beadle-Ryby, Co-Founder at AKASA
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July 8, 2026

Episode #245. The Revenue Cycle Just Got a New Brain, with Ben Beadle-Ryby, Co-Founder at AKASA

Healthcare revenue cycle work is about to look very different, and AI is driving the change. In this episode, Ben Beadle-Ryby, Co-Founder at AKASA, talks about how generative AI is transforming healthcare revenue cycle management. He explains that legacy, rules-based systems struggle with the complexity of clinical documentation, which can span dozens of records and thousands of words per patient encounter. AKASA uses large language models to interpret this data more accurately, with humans r
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Episode #244. Why Healthcare Is Harder Than the Military, with Blaine Hebert, Vice President and CISO at Onvida Health
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July 7, 2026

Episode #244. Why Healthcare Is Harder Than the Military, with Blaine Hebert, Vice President and CISO at Onvida Health

What changes when mission-driven discipline meets healthcare’s complexity? In this episode, Blaine Hebert, Vice President and CISO at Onvida Health, discusses his transition from a 27-year career in the Marine Corps to leadership in healthcare cybersecurity. He contrasts the military’s structured, fast decision-making with healthcare’s slower, more complex, and politically nuanced environment. In his current role, he focuses on strengthening foundational security practices, managing vendor an
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Reviews

Great podcast with interesting interviews

"This show captures both cybersecurity topics in healthcare as well as tells great stories about people in the field. Ed Gaudet is a great and interesting host. Definitely recommend."

Hopleaf70 | Jan. 11, 2024
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