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In this episode of Unspoken Security, host A.J. Nash sits down with Erin West, Founder at Operation Shamrock. They explore the “scamdemic” and the scams draining wealth at industrial scale. Erin explains why business email compromise, government impersonation, and romance scams work so well: they use fear, trust, urgency, and loneliness.

She then breaks down pig butchering, a long con that starts with a stray text and grows into a fake relationship and a fake crypto investment. Victims think they are building love and wealth at the same time. Instead, scammers push them to empty savings, tap retirement accounts, and borrow more.

Erin also exposes the system behind the fraud. Many scammers are trafficking victims forced to work inside compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, and beyond. She argues this is both a financial crime and a human rights crisis, and she calls for stronger reporting, public awareness, and international pressure.

In this episode of Unspoken Security, host AJ Nash sits down with Bob Fabien “BZ” Zinga, a cybersecurity executive and Naval Information Warfare Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve. They explore how performative leadership shows up in security teams, and why values on a wall fail when pressure hits.

Bob argues that optics without accountability kills trust. When leaders bend with politics or budgets, engaged employees go quiet. That silence hides risk. He shares how breaches often trace back to human choices, including a W-2 phishing scam that exposed employees’ data and changed his own life. He also pushes blameless postmortems and clear escalation paths.

From there, the conversation moves to AI. Bob warns that teams can automate bias and outsource judgment. He calls for guardrails, regulation, and human oversight, especially in high-stakes decisions. He closes with a simple standard: speak up for fairness, even when silence would feel safer.

In this episode of Unspoken Security, host AJ Nash sits down with Galya Westler, Co-Founder and CEO at HumanBeam. They explore how advances in AI, digital identity, and holographic technology are reshaping the way organizations interact with people—while raising tough questions about privacy, ownership, and trust.

Galya shares how her work began in health technology, connecting patients to care during pandemics, and evolved into building secure, lifelike AI avatars for real-world use. She explains why protecting personal likeness and voice matters more than ever, especially as AI tools become more convincing and accessible. Galya stresses the need for consent, encryption, and clear boundaries to keep digital identities safe and organizations accountable.

Together, AJ and Galya dig into the risks and rewards of merging human presence with AI. They discuss how thoughtful design and strong security practices can support experts instead of replacing them, and why education and authenticity are key as we build a future where technology and humanity work side by side.

In this episode of Unspoken Security, host AJ Nash sits down with Eric Yunag, EVP of Product and Services at Convergint. They explore how security integration is changing as organizations face a fast-moving threat landscape and rising expectations from leaders and regulators. Eric explains why today’s environment demands a new approach—one that connects hardware, software, and services in a more dynamic, real-time ecosystem.

Eric shares how integrators help companies navigate not just the technical, but also the legal and operational complexity of modern security. He describes how shifting to cloud platforms, unifying physical and digital identities, and balancing privacy with business outcomes all add new layers of challenge. The conversation highlights the growing use of AI and “visual intelligence”—using camera data for both security and business insight—as organizations look to do more with their investments.

Throughout the discussion, Eric makes the case for trusted, neutral advisors who help organizations build smarter, more connected security systems. He shows how today’s integrators are positioned to guide clients through tough choices, benchmark best practices, and unlock value that goes far beyond traditional security.