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- 2 weeks ago34 min
Turning 30,000 Findings Into 50 That Matter with Dan Pagel and Brad Hibbert
Mythos just found 30,000 new vulnerabilities, and now every security team is asking the same question: what actually matters? In this episode, Ron Eddings sits down with Dan Pagel, CEO at Brinqa, and Brad Hibbert COO & CSO at Brinqa, to break down the Anthropic Mythos moment that rattled the security industry. From the panic of millions of new findings dropping overnight to the strategy of narrowing them down to the 50 that actually matter in YOUR environment, this episode is a masterclass in exposure management at machine speed. Dan and Brad share how Brinqa helps organizations make sense of massive volumes of findings, correlating data across 260+ connectors, enriching vulnerability context, and delivering clear, explainable actions to IT operations teams. They also tackle the bigger question: how do you build enough trust in AI to let it take autonomous action on your behalf? The answer starts with better data, better explainability, and knowing when to keep humans in (or on) the loop. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - What just happened? Breaking down the Anthropic Mythos moment 04:10 - Why most new findings don’t apply to your environment 07:12 - What Mythos means to the broader market 09:09 - Why AI-driven discovery isn’t slowing down 11:00 - The gap between security and IT ops: how explainability closes it 13:38 - How fast you should go through findings 15:53 - Why MTTR is the wrong metric and what businesses actually care about 18:03 - Why real-time visibility is replacing scheduled scanning 19:50 - Human IN the loop vs. human ON the loop 22:14 - What happens when AI hallucinates? 27:20 - Why we’re over and under-estimating the impact of AI 29:54 - The immediate win Brinqa achieves for its customers 31:50 - What CISOs are really asking now: "What does good look like?" Links Connect with our guest, Dan Pagel, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpagel/ Connect with our guest, Brad Hibbert, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradhibbert/ Learn more about Brinqa: https://www.brinqa.com/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- 3 weeks ago39 min
Killing the Playbook with Agentic AI with Allan Alford and Tom Findling
SOAR promised to close the loop in the SOC and fell flat. Agentic AI is finally delivering what a decade of playbooks couldn’t. In this episode, Ron sits down with Allan Alford, SVP at NTT Global Data Centers, and Tom Findling, co-founder and CEO of Conifers.ai. They cover why static playbooks broke under real-world conditions and how agentic systems are flipping the SOC operating model. They get into hallucination guardrails, human-on-the-loop versus human-in-the-loop, and the QR-code phishing investigation an agent solved on its own without being told how. The conversation closes on trust thresholds, the speed of enterprise adoption, and Allan's blunt warning to any CISO trying to slow this train down… you're already on the tracks. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Why the lazy sysadmin always wins 05:15 - Why SOAR fell flat 08:00 - Guardrails, hallucinations, and showing the work 13:00 - The SOC AI holy grail 15:30 - The moment you start saying we 17:30 - QR-code phishing the agent solved alone 19:00 - Why playbooks were never going to scale 28:00 - Earning trust at enterprise scale 33:30 - Stand in front of this revolution and lose 35:40 - Risk quantification on business steroids Links Connect with our guest, Tom Findling, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomfindling/ Learn more about Conifers.ai at https://www.conifers.ai Connect with our guest, Allan Alford, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanalford/ ___ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Apr 17, 202634 min
The Epidemic of Sameness Is Killing Your Brand with Don Jeter
In 2025, Torq brought a monster truck to RSAC. And Don Jeter, Torq's CMO, will be the first to tell you: nobody's buying an AI SOC platform because of a grave digger in the booth. In this episode, Ron sits down with Don to discuss what Torq is actually doing in a category packed with 60 near-identical vendors, and why "the epidemic of sameness" is the real threat to every cybersecurity brand right now. Don explains why Torq builds everything in-house, why he starts every strategy by listening instead of pitching the product, and why the only differentiator left in cyber marketing is how much you genuinely care. It's a conversation about brand, but it's really a conversation about trust, community, and what it takes to make a CISO text you back. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Introduction 03:50 - How Don landed at Torq 06:09 - What the Torq brand stands for 07:41 - Giving cybersecurity pros their flowers 09:09 - Cookie-cutter booths, cookie-cutter brands 12:00 - Why Torq built everything in-house 15:34 - Start with listening, not the product 18:13 - "We have to out-care the other teams" 21:45 - Nobody buys because of a monster truck 24:06 - Welcome to the experience age 28:30 - Entertain them or lose them Links Connect with our guest, Don Jeter, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donjeter/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Apr 7, 202628 min
Minutes to Meltdown: Cyber Recovery When It Counts with Chris Bevil
Most organizations are prepping for disaster recovery when they should be building for cyber recovery, and those are not the same thing. Recorded live at RSAC Conference 2026, Ron sat down with Chris Bevil, Principal Security AI Strategist at Commvault, to break down what actually happens after a breach hits and why most teams are caught flat-footed. Chris walks us through Commvault's Minutes to Meltdown tabletop exercise, why isolated recovery environments matter, and how clean data determines whether you get your company back in hours or in 200+ days. This episode will tell you what separates a team that recovers from a team that unravels. Impactful Moments 01:16 - Live at RSAC 2026 with Chris Bevil, Principal, Security AI Strategist at Commvault 01:40 - Minutes to Meltdown origin story 03:00 - What goes into a Meltdown? 04:48 - What happens in the first 30 minutes of chaos 07:00 - What Commvault actually does 08:21 - What is IRE? Isolated recovery environment breakdown 10:40 - What is Disaster Recovery in 2026? 13:00 - How cyber recovery differs from disaster recovery 14:20 - Where attackers go in the first 30 minutes 15:40 - The 3-2-1 rule and where teams fail 21:45 - What successful recovery looks like 25:14 - AI strategy at Commvault Links Connect with our guest, Chris Bevil, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-b-211998a/ Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Apr 1, 202624 min
Building AI Governance Before the Incidents Hit with Guru Sethupathy
AI adoption is outpacing governance at every level, and the cost of waiting is getting higher by the day. Guru Sethupathy, General Manager of AI Governance at Optro and former Founder of FairNow, breaks down what it really takes to build trust in AI systems before things go sideways. Guru lays out a simple but powerful 3 P’s Framework: policies, process, and people, connecting it to what teams are actually dealing with right now, from shadow AI to security threats that don’t look like anything we’ve seen before. If 2026 is the year AI moves from experiments to real operations, this conversation is your blueprint for keeping it under control. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Introduction 02:25 - What does Optro do? Helping companies with the AI governance journey. 03:10 - Why AI governance is really about trust, not control 05:15 - The moment AI went mainstream, and why that changed everything 05:50 - The three real business risks: performance, security, and transparency 07:30 - Human accountability in an AI-driven world 08:48 - What’s actually happening with AI regulation, EU, US, and standards 10:28 - Where Optro fits, orchestration vs monitoring in AI governance 13:05 - The 3 Ps framework: policies, process, and people 14:47 - Governance 101, why AI inventory is the first move every team misses 16:12 - The reality check, AI adoption is outpacing governance everywhere 17:45 - Shadow AI explained, what your team is doing that you can’t see 19:45 - Optro’s top use cases: visibility, compliance, and operationalizing governance 20:43 - Who owns AI governance, and why it’s becoming a team sport 22:20 - Final advice, start now or play catch-up later Links Connect with our guest, Guru Sethupathy, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guru-sethupathy/ Learn more about Optro: https://optro.ai/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Join our creative mastermind and stand out as a cybersecurity professional: https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Continue the conversation by joining our Discord: https://hackervalley.com/discord Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Mar 31, 202613 min
What Happens When Attackers Collaborate More Than Defenders? Ron Eddings Reporting Live from RSAC Conference
What happens when attackers collaborate better than defenders? Recorded live from RSAC 2026, this solo episode with Ron breaks down the biggest themes shaping cybersecurity right now, from organized threat groups and massive data breaches to the growing tension between productivity and control inside modern organizations. This conversation highlights a hard truth. The threat landscape is evolving through collaboration. From phishing-as-a-service platforms like Tycoon 2FA to supply chain breaches impacting entire ecosystems, attackers are sharing tools and moving faster than ever. But there’s another side to the story. As AI becomes embedded in how work gets done, security teams are being pushed to rethink their role. Blocking tools is no longer enough. The real challenge is enabling the business while managing risk, and that requires trust, alignment, and a stronger sense of community across the industry. This episode is a call to rethink how we approach security. Not as isolated teams enforcing policy, but as a connected community working together to adapt, respond, and move forward. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Introduction, live from RSAC 2026 02:50 - Tycoon2FA and the rise of phishing-as-a-service 04:45 - The TELUS breach and what a petabyte-scale attack looks like 06:21 - Why you need strict controls … everywhere 07:30 - Are AI agents the new Shadow IT? 09:00 - The balance between productivity and security controls 09:27 - Boards’ demands for their teams to use AI 11:53 - Why leading security teams is more like parenting than policing 12:42 - Community is the foundation for the future of cybersecurity Links Connect with Ron Eddings on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldeddings/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Mar 20, 202621 min
RSAC 2026: Show Up or Fall Behind
What does it mean when your smart doorbell becomes an entry point for surveillance? What happens when a single hacker can jailbreak every major AI model within hours of its release? And why are the same tools being used by both nation-state attackers and the defenders trying to stop them? In this solo episode, Ron Eddings breaks down the urgent case for practitioner unity in cybersecurity, from AI-powered jailbreaking and IoT surveillance creep to geopolitical cyber operations. With RSAC 2026 just around the corner, this episode is a rallying cry for the community to come together, share intelligence, and build the defenses that no single team can build alone. The episode also tackles one of the biggest misconceptions in the industry right now. AI already came for your job, but now it is changing how we define responsibility, decision-making, and trust. Add in rising pressure across the workforce, new legislation pushing for human oversight, and real-world examples of AI being used in global conflict, and the stakes become hard to ignore. Impactful Moments 00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Pliny the Elder, God Mode and AI Jailbreaks 03:30 - Cyber in US-Israeli Operations in Iran and Anthropic Tensions 06:00 - Cyber threats that are hitting normal people 07:30 - Is my Ring Doorbell a surveillance risk? 10:05 - Attackers are collaborating and sharing more than defenders today 11:30 - RSAC: the cyber Super Bowl 14:30 - AI has already replaced your job 14:30 - Why mental health is cybersecurity's hidden crisis 17:00 - Governance in AI and what Texas is doing about it 19:00 - Was Claude used in state-level ops? Links Connect with Ron Eddings on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldeddings/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
- Mar 16, 202637 min
What’s Next After Building a $2.5B Cybersecurity Company with Dean Sysman
What does it look like when a cybersecurity founder who built a $2.5 billion company decides to level up, again? Dean Sysman, co-founder of Axonius, sits down with Ron Eddings to pull back the curtain on what it really took to go from zero to $100M ARR in four and a half years, and what came next. Dean breaks down the founder mindset, the emotional weight of tying your identity to your company, and why he stepped into the Executive Chairman role while simultaneously pursuing a PhD in AI systems at Columbia University. He gets into how boxing taught him what solo performance reveals about leadership, why vulnerability is a non-negotiable skill at scale, and what it means to care about something bigger than yourself. This one hits differently if you're building, leading, or figuring out what your next chapter looks like. Impactful Moments 00:00 – Introduction 05:00 – Boxing for charity: raising $55K 08:00 – Competitive by nature, born to build 10:00 – Solo performance sharpens team leadership 13:00 – Axonius: zero to $100M ARR in 4.5 years 15:00 – Founder identity tied to company success 21:00 – Purpose bigger than yourself fuels resilience 25:00 – Self-awareness as the #1 growth tool 28:00 – Executive Chairman + Columbia PhD pursuit 33:00 – Ron's personal reflection on founder identity Links Connect with our guest, Dean Sysman, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deansysman/ Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/
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