Vigilant CEO Chris Nyhuis breaks down how nation-state hackers target food supply chains, telecom, and critical infrastructure — and why most organizations don't know they've been breached for nearly 300 days. A candid conversation on what it actually takes to defend what matters most.
What happens when the systems that feed, connect, and power entire countries get hacked? Chris Nyhuis has spent 16 years building the answer — and his clients have never had a breach.
In this episode:
• Why the average organization takes 287 days to detect a threat — and how Vigilant reduces that to four hours
• The frozen food warehouse incident that convinced Chris cybersecurity was a matter of life and death, not just data
• How AI has dramatically lowered the cost and speed of attacks — and why defenders are still losing ground
• What CEOs get dangerously wrong about cybersecurity, and the one thing Chris wishes every executive would do before their next board meeting
Chris Nyhuis is the co-founder and CEO of Vigilant, a Cincinnati-based cybersecurity company that has protected critical infrastructure — food supply chains, telecom systems, healthcare networks, and defense clients — for over 16 years with zero client breaches. He built Vigilant on a principle the industry largely abandoned: that forensically validated, full-stack detection is the only defense that actually works. He is also a committed philanthropist, donating 25 percent of Vigilant's profit to orphan care and anti-human trafficking efforts worldwide.
Connect with Chris Nyhuis:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisnyhuis
Website: https://www.vigilantdefense.com
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