# Security as a Business Enabler by Re-envisioning Risk and Leading through Uncertainty - Elyse Gunn - BSW #436 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-security-weekly-audio-792124/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-security-weekly-audio-792124/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436.md Podcast: [Business Security Weekly (Audio)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-security-weekly-audio-792124) Published: 2026-02-25T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://sswaudio.libsyn.com/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/sswaudio/BSW_436_1--8c169964-c1f3-4adb-b2ff-37593ca14677--audio-converted--01d8c596-f189-4330-be44-c98378ffcf04.mp3?dest-id=406369 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/business-security-weekly-audio-792124/episodes/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436 Duration seconds: 3578 ## Resource Most organizations view security as a cost center, a "check-the-box" expense rather than a strategic investment. This mindset leads to chronic underfunding, reactive, panic-driven decision-making, and high staff turnover. It also hampers innovation, strategic initiatives, and customer trust. What if security was viewed as a business enabler, not a cost center? Elyse Gunn, CISO at Nasuni, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how to make security a business enabler, turning security from a cost center into a profit center. Elyse discusses why aligning security initiatives to business drivers is the key to addressing trust, both internally and externally, and how it solves the biggest security priorities for organizations, including: Data Privacy AI Security, and Nth Party Risk In the leadership and communications segment, With CISOs stretched thin, re-envisioning enterprise risk may be the only fix, To Lead Through Uncertainty, Unlearn Your Assumptions, Leaders, Consider Pausing Before Acting on Employee Feedback, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-436 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/business-security-weekly-audio-792124/episodes/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-security-weekly-audio-792124/security-as-a-business-enabler-by-re-envisioning-risk-and-leading-through-uncertainty-elyse-gunn-bsw-436.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.