Most companies do not have a cyber team, an enterprise budget, or time to assemble a stack of specialized security products. They still face the same internet, the same attackers, and the same supply-chain exposure as everybody else.
Gaurav Keerthi, CEO of StrongKeep, argues that cybersecurity has become a luxury product. He joins Joe Patti and Adam Roth to explain why the enterprise-first model leaves organizations without dedicated security teams exposed, why questionnaires do not solve the underlying problem, and what a usable baseline of protection could look like.
The conversation gets practical. It covers the limits of double-hatting IT staff with security responsibility, why a smaller supplier can become an enterprise’s real point of exposure, and why doing something proportionate beats waiting for a perfect plan that never arrives.
Resources mentioned:
- StrongKeep: https://www.strongkeep.com/
- Gaurav Keerthi on LinkedIn: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-keerthi
Topics Discussed
- Why cybersecurity has become too expensive and complex for many organizations
- The supply-chain consequences of companies without dedicated security staff
- Why double-hatting IT and security creates impossible trade-offs
- The difference between bespoke enterprise security and a usable baseline
- Cybersecurity’s “IKEA problem”: simpler, bundled security that ordinary companies can use
- The four basic ways a computer can be compromised
- Why regulation and customer pressure may move security expectations down the supply chain
- How companies can start with proportionate protection instead of doing nothing