Chris Nyhuis: Defending the Infrastructure the World Can't Afford to Lose

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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