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The messy middle of AI-powered bug disclosure
Which nation-sate should worry us most
What AI alignment means for cybersecurity
Jailbreaks, sandboxes, and the limits of AI safeguards
ClickFix and the social engineering of routine
Defending in the middle of the vulnpocalypse
The Vulnpocalypse arrived early
Rethinking how federal cyber hiring actually works
The world still treats bug hunters like criminals
The SOC wasn't built for this
Why Cybersecurity is at the heart of the US-China AI race
A builder's view of the AI arms race
What the Section 702 lapse means for cybersecurity
What the post-quantum executive order means for CISOs
How security investigators can get the right info out of AI security tools
Inside Operation Disruption Week: Taking Down Southeast Asia's Scam Machine
Zero days, zero order: The chaos reshaping vulnerability disclosure
Why the autonomous SOC Is the wrong goal
The last layer standing
From Two Weeks to Three Days: The KEV Deadline Debate
Can specialized security survive Daybreak and Mythos?
Why access brokers have stubbornly remained successful
Can you prove which agent did what?
How government and Industry can raise the cost of cybercrime
Proving Identity in the age of agents
The federal government's most underrated cybersecurity tool
What does industry think of the White House's cybersecurity strategy?
When iPhone exploits turn into commodities
Behind the scenes of the Socksescort takedown
What comes next for Trump's cybersecurity plan?
A plea to improve quantum security in the federal government
Is the 'Shields Up' era of CISA over?
Should you still trust your password manager?
No exceptions: How Amazon killed the password and unified security
What leaders can learn from the WEF's Cybersecurity Outlook
Opportunistic by Default: How OT gets pulled into the blast radius
How do you win a conflict most Americans can’t see?
What's powering the 'Steroid Era' of cybercrime?
The Access‑Trust Gap: Why security can’t see what work depends on
How AI has complicated enterprise mobile security
Breaking down the latest era of Chinese cyberespionage with Booz Allen's Nate Beach-Westmoreland
How Visa's CISO turns a 'paranoid and pessimisitic mindset' into positive security outcomes
What security teams should do to prepare for the quantum computing future
How MSP's are dealing CISA changes
Mobilizing Main Street: Inside the Cyber Civic Engagement Program
A reset on information sharing
Rethinking resilience with WatchTowr CEO Benjamin Harris
What's it like to go through the FedRAMP process?
Andesite's Brian Carbaugh on how lessons from the CIA can power an AI-powered SOC
Censys’ Silas Cutler on how adversaries chain vulns together for big attacks
Veracode’s Chris Wysopal on the security issues with AI code development
Phosphorus’ Sonu Shankar on IoT Vulnerabilities and Salt Typhoon Tactics
Halcyon’s Cynthia Kaiser on the state of ransomware
What happens if CISA 2015 lapses?
Dave DeWalt on how to get a board to buy in on cybersecurity
Are enterprises having the right AI security conversations?
What is CISA’s focus moving forward
Inside the AI Action Plan with Dreadnode’s Daria Bahrami
NetRise’s Tom Pace on why telecom’s Salt Typhoon problem may never go away
Kemba Walden and Devin Lynch on securing the AI Stack
Valence Security’s Yoni Shohet on the growing risk tied to SaaS applications
Intel471’s Will Dixon goes behind the scenes on the DanaBot takedown
DARPA’s Andrew Carney on AIxCC’s quest for truly autonomous AI
RSA CEO Rohit Ghai on the promise and peril of passkeys
MIND’s Eran Barak
Bishop Fox’s Rob Ragan and Iron Man Suit for pen testers
Olivia Rose on why the CISO role may not be the pinnacle of security work
Semperis CEO Mickey Bresman on the power of tabletop exercises
Expel CEO Dave Merkel on the impact of AI & Automation in modern SOCs
Recorded Future’s Alexander Leslie on the ‘MarkoPolo’ traffer team
Verizon’s Alex Pinto on the takeaways from the 2025 DBIR
Will Pearce on the ever-changing field of offensive AI security
Lior Div on how security teams should be using AI agents
Ken Bagnall on how companies can work with governments to take down malicious infrastructure
Edera’s Alex Zenla on how to make cloud computing and AI secure-by-design
Allie Bohan on how to handle the non-technical side of a ransomware attack
Discover’s Sunil Mallik on the ever-changing roles of the CISO
Chainguard’s Dan Lorenc on the next decade of software supply chain security
Virtru’s John Ackerly on how the feds are keeping data secure and interoperable
FBI’s Cynthia Kaiser on Salt Typhoon’s ‘indiscriminate’ data collection
Chainalysis’ Jackie Burns-Koven on the drop in ransomware payments
Google’s John Hultquist on how APTs are using generative AI
Hugh Thompson on what the SEC got right (and wrong) with its cyber incident reporting mandate
Gabrielle Hempel on AI regulation on the federal and state level
Guidepoint Security’s Jason Baker on lessons learned from negotiations with ransomware groups
Phil Venables on the State of the CISO
Vik Phatak on the inherent issues in native cloud firewalls
Emily Crose on the government’s long history with hackers
GreyNoise’s Andrew Morris on using AI to find zero-days
The evolution of Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit
Securing the Skies: Aerospace Cybersecurity with David Brumley
What will GenAI regulation look like in 2025?
Special CyberTalks Edition with National Cyber Director Harry Coker
DomainTools’ Sean McNee on how China is watching the Russia-Ukraine conflict
ReversingLabs’ Saša Zdjelar on the ‘black box’ of commercial software
Cal-Berkeley’s Elijah Baucom on how students are helping nonprofits avoid spyware
Mandiant’s Michael Barnhart on the North Korean IT worker crisis
Trellix’s John Fokker on the latest cybercriminal snapshot
How organizations are handing AI security
We’re back! RunSafe CEO Joe Saunders on secure-by-design in IoT devices