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In this episode, Leonard is joined by our good friend and privacy and security maven, The Data Diva, Debbie Reynolds of Debbie Reynolds Consulting to get a feel for the outlook of security, privacy, and trust in 2026.

The security and trust landscape is constantly shifting, and the threats and risks are growing and accelerating as GenAI expands the fine line between digital marketing (surveillance economy) and the AI-augmented criminal economy.

Leonard and Debbie unpack the following:

💥 Where are we going with security & trust in 2026?
💥 Taller walls & bigger locks are not good enough!
💥 Is breaking down silos of data for AI expanding security risk?
💥 The neXt Curve AI Security Sandwich
💥 The missing focus on curation and knowledge
💥 Over-trust and over-reliance on GenAI danger
💥 The death of Metaverse & the rise of AI glasses
💥 The rise of the robotic privacy problem
💥 The outlook for trust in the era of deepfakes
💥 The AI chatbot for spam & agentic cyberattacks
💥 AI will only get better,... for threat actors too!

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Check out Debbie Reynolds at www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com. Also make sure to check out "The Data Diva Talks Privacy" podcast, celebrating its 1 millionth download! Congrats, Debbie!

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