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Posts by Patrick Spencer

Patrick Spencer, Senior Vice President, Americas Marketing & Industry Research, Kiteworks
Patrick is charged with building thought leadership and communications programs that increase brand awareness and engagement and propel lead-generation programs. He has nearly two decades of experience in various senior marketing roles within cybersecurity at Contrast Security, Fortinet, and Symantec.
He holds a doctorate from the University of Durham and two masters and a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University.
AI Agent Security Now Dominates Cybersecurity Seed Funding—Here’s Why That Should Worry You
Why Sysadmins Still Don’t Trust AI With Production Systems
The IBM 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report Proves AI Governance Failure, Not AI Itself, Is Driving Costs
AI Agents Are Reaching Data No One Approved — Three New Surveys Confirm the Governance Gap
The 2026 Annual Survey Report Is In: The AI Governance Gap Didn’t Close. It Widened.
Two Breaches, One Root Cause: What Zimbra and Bank of Baroda Reveal About Email as an Attack Surface
Corporate Risk Radar 2026: The AI Governance Gap Is Now a Data Security Problem
Cyber Resilience: Closing the CEO-CISO Perception Gap
Top 7 Data Breach Risks in Healthcare File Sharing That Threaten Patient Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
AI Agents Are Still Logging In as Humans – and Your Audit Trail Is Paying for It
AI Confidence Just Fell 17 Points. Non-Human Identity Governance Is Why.
Secure Managed File Transfer: Your Best Option for File Transfer
Senior Executives Are Driving Your Shadow AI Risk