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From Commvault SHIFT 2025 – KB On The Go | Danielle Sheer and Avi Boru
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In this bonus episode, KB sits down with Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer at Commvault, and Avi Boru, Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, Network & Telecom at Lennar. Together they discuss building trust by design and how AI, transparency, and authentic relationships are shaping the future of business continuity and cyber recovery.

Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer, Commvault

Modern compliance, legal and security teams need to be predictive, proactive, and data-driven to meet the speed, agility, and growth of global business in a world of constant cyberattacks. Danielle Sheer, Chief Trust Officer, enables Commvault to do just that.

Danielle Sheer is a strategic leader with deep expertise managing complex global privacy systems. She has repeatedly scaled Corporate Trust operations for public technology companies, led IPOs and other transformative strategic transactions, and counselled leaders and boards on significant governance and activist shareholder matters.

Prior to joining Commvault, Danielle served as General Counsel at financial technology services company Bottomline (NASDAQ:EPAY) and at cloud-backup SaaS solutions provider Carbonite (NASDAQ:CARB).

She currently serves as Global Chair of The L Suite; as well as a director on the Boards of LinkSquares; BreachRx; Formally; and the NetZero Institute; and the Board of Trustees at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Avi Boru, Senior Director, Cloud Engineering, Network & Telecom at Lennar Corp.

As Senior Director of Cloud Engineering at Lennar, Avi leads Lennar’s enterprise cloud vision and strategy to drive the company’s digital transformation. With expertise spanning Strategic Planning, & Integration, Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing, and more, Avi is continually driving towards excellence, scalability, and reliability, especially in fast- paced settings.

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The Scattered Spider, Airline Attacks and How to Be Breach Ready!

The Scattered Spider, Airline Attacks and How to Be Breach Ready!

By Agnidipta Sarkar | Cyber Resilience, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Zero Trust
Introduction On July 2, 2025, Qantas, Australia's flagship airline, disclosed a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of up to six million customers, first detected on June 30, 2025. Touted as one of the most significant data breaches in Australia's recent history, the attack is suspected to be the work of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercriminal group. According to the information currently available, the hackers targeted a third-party customer service platform used by Qantas's contact centre - specifically, a Manila-based ...
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For years, organisations viewed cybersecurity failures as costly but absorbable mishaps. That era is over. Relentless, high-impact breaches now demand evolving accountability, impacting not just technology resilience but also governance, trust, and the rule of law. A Defining Test Case The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s lawsuit against Optus for its 2022 mega-breach, which exposed the data of...
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Introduction In the face of increasing regulatory pressure, rising cyber threats, and growing business complexity, organisations need a structured, scalable approach to managing risk. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) frameworks have become vital for aligning information security with corporate objectives, ensuring operational resilience, and maintaining trust with stakeholders. For tech executives, building...
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