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Pentesting AWS Security Agent
5 november 2026 · 39 min
When cloud providers introduce autonomous AI agents to conduct penetration testing on customer environments, who is responsible when the AI breaks out of scope?
In this episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, Ashish sits down with Richard Fan, an AWS Security Hero, to discuss his research into the AWS Security Agent (recently rebranded as AWS Continuum). Richard shares how he successfully manipulated the agent to bypass AWS guardrails, utilizing internal DNS spoofing and HTTP redirects to trick the AI into attacking out-of-scope, public targets. We discuss why human pentesters easily spot these anomalies, whereas autonomous agents can suffer from context switching.
The conversation also explores the unexpected costs of running these AI tasks (at $50 per hour), the danger of overly simplistic prefix-matching allowlists, and how the AI agent actively circumvented tool restrictions by writing its own execution scripts. Lees meerGuest Socials - Richard's Linkedin
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Using LLMs for Enterprise Threat Modeling
27 oktober 2026 · 36 min
Creating an application threat model was a resource-intensive process that took weeks or months, resulting in static documents that were abandoned 80% of the time after their initial creation. However, with development speeds accelerating through AI, security teams must move away from point-in-time blueprints and adopt continuous, enterprise-wide threat modeling to keep pace. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ben Oster, CPO at ThreatModeler, to discuss how AI is fundamentally changing how we secure software design. Ben explains how Large Language Models (LLMs) can ingest context from Terraform, code repositories, and Confluence pages to generate comprehensive threat models in minutes instead of months. By integrating AI directly into pull requests, organizations can continuously monitor architectural drift across microservices and reduce the manual burden on both developers and security architects. Lees meer
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Mythos Hype vs. Reality: Why You Need an Agentic Harness
21 oktober 2026 · 48 min
Is the fear surrounding Anthropic’s Mythos model justified? In this episode, Ashish sits down with Johnny Hand, Global CISO at Trend AI and host of The AI Security Brief. Johnny breaks down why turning on a model like Mythos without a multi-stage orchestration layer is like handing someone the keys to a Ferrari when they don't know how to drive. Lees meer
He talks about the 66,000+ CVE "vulnpocalypse" panic and that only 1% of vulnerabilities are ever actively exploited in the wild. We also examine real-world autonomous threats like "Jade Puffer" (the first documented agentic ransomware path) and walk through 3-step maturity framework for enterprise AI adoption: Visibility, Observability, and Actionability via Agentic Governance Gateways
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How Block Solved DNS Vulnerabilities
13 oktober 2026 · 55 min
When companies rapidly migrate to the cloud without strict registrar policies, users often spin up unsanctioned subdomains pointed at third-party services like Vercel or Hugging Face. When those services are spun down but the DNS records remain, it creates "dangling" domains ripe for takeover, a vulnerability that can compromise entire hosted zones, auth tokens, and session cookies. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ramesh Ramani, Staff Security Engineer at Block, to discuss how his team reduced their domain takeover bug bounty reports from over 80 in a single submission down to near zero. Ramesh breaks down the complex challenge of DNS attribution, explaining why automating DNS cleanup is impossible without first identifying resource owners and consolidating approved registrars.
We explore the technical architecture behind Block's stateless, AWS-native automation system, which continuously enumerates their external attack surface and routes vulnerable CNAMEs, MX records, and Elastic IPs directly to the responsible application teams. Ramesh also shares his thoughts on the limitations of AI when evaluating least privilege and parsing logs, emphasizing why security engineers still need deterministic signals.
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Why AI Security is Actually a Data Security Problem
8 oktober 2026 · 40 min
When an AI coding agent hallucinates a software package name, attackers can simply create malicious packages with that exact name, tricking the AI into downloading malware directly into your environment. In this episode, Ashish sits down with David Gibson, SVP of Strategic Programs at Varonis, to explain why the rapid adoption of AI copilots and autonomous agents is fundamentally a data security crisis. We spoke about how connecting AI to your corporate environment before locking down your data creates massive, unintentional insider threats, allowing employees to instantly discover sensitive information they shouldn't see. We explore the Varonis Atlas framework, which provides a unified control plane to inventory AI systems, implement runtime guardrails, and execute automated red teaming. David also breaks down emerging threats like "hallucination squatting," untrusted agent inputs, and why managing identity groups without understanding data access is like holding a keyring without knowing what doors the keys unlock. Lees meer
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Securing Millions of AI-built Apps: How Lovable Defends Against Insider Threats
12 september 2026 · 1 uur 11 min
Empowering non-technical users to build production-grade applications requires a proactive, secure-by-design architecture. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Marcus Hallberg and Samuel Kelemen, security engineers at the AI software creation platform Lovable, to discuss how they actively secure AI-generated code and protect creators from supply chain risks. Lees meer
Focusing on solutions rather than alarmism, Marcus and Samuel detail their response to an incident where malicious contractors mimicked AI agent commits. They outline their multi-layered defense strategy: securing a predefined tech stack, utilizing integrated security scanners, and tuning coding agents with strict guardrails to ensure secure output by default. The conversation also covers the evolution of the shared responsibility model in the AI era, the critical importance of foundational hygiene like Git commit signing, and the necessary transition from local "YOLO mode" to secure, sandboxed agent environments. Discover how platforms can leverage AI not just to write code, but to actively assist users in finding and resolving security issues through concepts like "CISO agents."
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Why AI Won't Replace Your SOC: Federated Data & APEX Framework
1 september 2026 · 38 min
Hash values, IP addresses, and domains are virtually useless as primary detection mechanisms in the era of AI-driven polymorphic malware and short-lived phishing kits. If your detection strategy is still stuck at the bottom of the Pyramid of Pain, your incident response team is doused in noise while true threats slip through undetected. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Nicole Beckwith, Senior Director of Security Engineering & Operations at Cribl (former Secret Service investigator and Kroger security ops lead), to break down Cribl's open APEX framework. Nicole explains how APEX focuses on behavioral chaining, time-boxing, and clustering over raw telemetry to build high-fidelity detections without needing a thousand individual rules for every MITRE ATT&CK box. We also explore the shift from a "single pane of glass" to a deterministic "single lens" over federated data, why AI agents must be provisioned as true identities rather than unmonitored service accounts, and how to analyze hyper-fast threat archetypes like Anthropic's GTG 1002. Lees meer
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The "Hunt First" AI Security Strategy
25 augustus 2026 · 46 min
Did you know that 82% of all intrusions don't involve any sort of malware, and AI-augmented attacks are up 89% year over year? If your security operations team is solely focused on reacting to known-bad SIEM alerts, you may be missing the silent breaches. In this episode, Ashish is joined by Damien Lewke, Founder and CEO of Nebulock, to discuss the critical shift toward a "Hunt First" mindset. Damien explains why moving away from alert fatigue and focusing on raw, normalized telemetry (across endpoint, identity, and cloud) is the only way to proactively surface unknown threats. We also dive into how AI is finally democratizing the elite skill of threat hunting, allowing even single-person security teams to investigate and attribute complex behaviors.From hunting down shadow AI (like unapproved MCPs) to challenging the notion that AI will replace threat hunters, this episode is a masterclass in modern security operations. Lees meer
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Shadow AI & Sandbox Escapes: Why You Need an Agentic Control Plane?
18 augustus 2026 · 32 min
When Claude Cowork hits a roadblock, it doesn't give up, it writes a custom Python script and downloads an untrusted NPM package just to bypass its restrictions and finish its goal. Are your security tools close enough to stop it? In this episode, Ashish sits down with Michael Leland, VP, Field CTO at Island, to discuss the critical need for an Agentic Control Plane. Michael breaks down why traditional security silos (EDR, DLP, CASB) fail to provide visibility when autonomous AI agents execute tasks outside the network, and why the browser is the ultimate line of defense for monitoring user intent. We explore the massive reality of Shadow AI and the hidden danger of well-intentioned employees accidentally hooking up sensitive data to public LLMs. Finally, Michael shares practical strategies for solving token waste through "model fit steering" and managing the complex "two-hop problem" when an agent calls another agent. Lees meer
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How Adobe Uses AI Agents for building a WAF Pipeline?
4 augustus 2026 · 47 min
When vulnerability disclosures shrink the wild exploit window down to less than 24 hours (or even minutes), traditional manual patching and WAF rule creation simply cannot keep up. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ammar Alim (Product Security Engineering Lead at Adobe) to break down how to build an automated, agentic WAF pipeline. Ammar shares how his team manages the scale and complexity of seven commercial and open-source WAFs (including AWS WAF, Cloudflare, Akamai, Azure WAF, Wallarm, and ModSecurity) by leveraging AI agents.
Discover how to construct an agentic harness, orchestrate deep research agents to gather exploit POCs, and utilize multi-model architectures (e.g., Anthropic for rule generation and OpenAI as an LLM judge) to eliminate false positives and safely deploy virtual patches
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Why Runtime Agents Are Replacing Static Posture Checks
28 juli 2026 · 45 min
The attack window from the discovery of a vulnerability to its exploitation has shrunk to less than 24 hours and sometimes down to just 25 minutes. Is your security team prepared for the speed of AI-driven attacks? Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Sarit Tager, who leads Cortex Cloud product management at Palo Alto Networks, to discuss why the post-Mythos era is forcing Cloud Security and AppSec out of their traditional silos. Sarit explains how AI coding agents prioritize generating code over securing it, which can sometimes result in flaws like accidentally deleting production databases within two weeks.
We also explore how English has become the new primary programming language, effectively making everyone a potential developer. Sarit breaks down why relying solely on cloud posture management is no longer enough and why deploying active runtime agents is now mandatory to block real-time exploits.
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The Hidden Cost of BlackBox AI: Bridging Cloud and Code Security
9 juli 2026 · 43 min
Traditional SCA and SAST tools are notorious for drowning security teams in false positives, historically flagging nine out of ten alerts incorrectly. But while generative AI seems like a magic bullet, simply wrapping an out-of-the-box LLM around your code can result in confident hallucinations and astronomical costs extrapolating to as much as $52 million a year for a large enterprise using frontier models. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Harry Wetherald, CEO and co-founder of Maze, to discuss the evolution of AI-native AppSec and Cloud Security. Harry breaks down the critical difference between vulnerability reachability (is the code active?) and true exploitability (can an attacker actually trigger it logically?). He also explains why the historical walls between cloud security and application security teams are finally crumbling as AI acts as a perfect translator between the two domains.
If your team is debating "Build vs. Buy" for AI security tools, this episode is essential. Harry shares the biggest red flags to watch out for in AI vendors (beware the "black box"), how to intelligently route across models to optimize token costs by 100x, and how a true "security brain" orchestrates multiple investigations to provide reliable context across your entire environment.
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Who Governs Your AI Agents? Identity, Offboarding & Open Standards
2 juli 2026 · 35 min
Are overprivileged AI agents the biggest emerging threat in cybersecurity? In a recent high-profile attack, a vibe-coding company had its entire source code stolen because an attacker exploited a long-lived, overprivileged token tied to a third-party AI agent. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Ely Kahn, CPO at Okta, to unpack the challenge of managing Non-Human Identities (NHI) in the AI era. Ely explains why traditional, static human permissions completely break down when applied to autonomous agents. To solve this, Okta has spearheaded Cross-App Access (XAA), an extension of OAuth that uses an Identity Assertion Grant (ID JAG). This open protocol, backed by 25+ partners, including Anthropic, XAA securely passes the baton between apps without annoying consent pop-ups or dangerous static API keys.
We also explore the four maturity levels of agent authorization, ranging from broad API keys to the ultimate "North Star" of intent-based security. Learn the difference between SPIFFE (for internal cryptographic identity) and XAA (for downstream resource authorization), how the Linux Foundation is building an Agent Domain System, and why every CISO needs an immediate "kill switch" for rogue AI agents.
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AI-Powered Forensics: How Attackers Automate Breaches
23 juni 2026 · 39 min
AI isn't necessarily creating impossible new attacks, but it is drastically lowering the technical barrier to entry for cybercriminals. In this episode, Ashish Rajan speaks with Simon Biggs, Cyber Incident Response Specialist at Varonis, about how AI is accelerating the attack lifecycle. Lees meer
Simon explains how attackers are using AI kits to instantly set up ephemeral phishing portals, query SQL databases in minutes, and bypass AI guardrails to compile Remote Access Trojans (RATs). We also discuss the shift in ransomware tactics from "encryption-first" to "data-theft-first," and how AI empowers attackers to post-process terabytes of stolen data to monetize it in novel ways.
For defenders, the message is clear: if your S3 access logs and SQL transaction logs aren't turned on before a breach, your forensics team won't be able to tell lawyers or regulators what data was actually lost. Discover why data classification and proactive logging are the ultimate lifelines for IR teams in the AI age.
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The 4 Pillars of AI SOC:From Threat Hunting to Vibe Hunting
16 juni 2026 · 47 min
Threat hunting has officially evolved into "vibe hunting". However, if your AI security tools lack the right semantic context, they might be doing more harm than good. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Aqsa Taylor, Chief Security Evangelist at Exaforce, to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of Security Operations Centers. Aqsa explains how her team coined the term "vibe hunting" after autonomously tracking IOCs and exposure windows during the nationwide attack. We also explore the limitations of upstream detections, highlighting complex threats like the HackerBot Claw pull-request manipulation, TeamPCP NPM supply chain attacks, and APTs posing as fake employees on Google Workspace.
If you are navigating the noise of the 54+ new AI SOC startups, Aqsa breaks down the 4 Pillars of an AI SOC (Triage, Detection, Investigation, and Response) and speaks to "Build vs. Buy" debate regarding internal security tooling.
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Native Cloud Firewalls Falling Short in a Multicloud World
11 juni 2026 · 37 min
As enterprises expand across multiple cloud environments, on-premise data centers, and dynamic AI workloads, traditional perimeter defenses and siloed cloud-native tools are no longer enough to secure the modern network. In this episode, Ashish sits down with Murali Rathinasamy, Senior Director of Product at Cisco, to break down the next evolution of network security: the Hybrid Mesh Firewall. Murali explains why relying solely on cloud-native firewalls can create visibility gaps, and how unified policy orchestration allows security teams to manage enforcement points seamlessly. He shares a real-world case study of how Multicloud Defense is used to eliminate manual route table configurations and achieve zero-downtime, blue-green upgrades. The conversation also tackles micro-segmentation. Murali breaks down why segmentation initiatives usually stall in "analysis paralysis" and provides a practical, agentless roadmap to reduce your attack surface "one bite at a time". Lees meer
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How AI Agents Will Negotiate Your Vendor Contracts
27 mei 2026 · 38 min
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) has historically been a tedious, 200-page paper exercise that felt like being catapulted back to 1979. But AI is changing that. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Igor Andriushchenko (CISO at Lovable) and Jasper Mills (CEO of Ethira) to discuss the collision of TPRM and AI.
We dive into the hidden risks of Shadow AI, exploring the chaos that ensues when non-technical teams spin up unauthorized AI tools without security oversight. Jasper and Igor explain why the future of vendor risk involves treating AI agents like a contracted workforce, managing their lifecycles, and preparing for the 2027 era of "agent-to-agent" negotiations where humans are entirely removed from the loop.
We also cover the impact of DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) regulations, the Build vs. Buy debate for AI security tooling, and how to use autonomous agents to finally automate tedious vendor questionnaires.
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How Claude Mythos Changes Vulnerability Management: From CVSS to Exploitability
5 mei 2026 · 45 min
Is your vulnerability management program ready for something like Claude Mythos? The old days of treating vulnerabilities as temporal events (like Heartbleed or Log4J) and patching them on a leisurely 30, 60, or 90-day cycle are officially over. Lees meer
In this episode, Ashish sits down with Brad Hibbert, COO and Chief Strategy Officer at Brinqa. Brad explains how the release of Anthropic's Claude Mythos, an AI model capable of discovering vulnerabilities at machine speed without human intervention has compressed the time-to-exploit from months down to mere seconds.
We discuss why the traditional assumption that "sophisticated attacks require sophisticated attackers" is no longer relevant, and why leaning solely on CVSS scores will drown your remediation teams in noise. We speak about how defenders must pivot from generic patching to focusing on true exploitability within their specific environments. Learn how AI can chain multiple "low severity" vulnerabilities (which were previously ignored 90% of the time) to gain root access, and why siloed AI security tools will lead to an expensive and ineffective game of "Whac-A-Mole".
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AISPM Isn't Enough: How to Apply Zero Trust to AI Agents
29 april 2026 · 54 min
We are officially entering the "Multi-AI Era." Much like the multi-cloud times, organizations are no longer just using a single AI tool like Microsoft Copilot, they are building custom, agentic workflows using diverse third-party models and MCP servers . In this episode, Ashish sits down with Shawn Hays from Varonis to discuss why the security market has over-pivoted on AISPM (AI Security Posture Management) . Shawn spoke about how having visibility and an inventory of your AI models is a great start, but it fails to secure the enterprise if you lack the guardrails to actually stop an agent from going off the rails and exfiltrating data . Shawn breaks down the components of a robust AI security platform (like Varonis Atlas) and explains why data security is inseparable from AI security. He spoke about why AI agents will blindly "read whatever is on the teleprompter," meaning your AI is only as secure as the data access and identity controls surrounding it . Tune in to learn how to apply Zero Trust across the entire AI chain from the prompter to the cloud infrastructure Lees meer
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The Rise of Agentic Cloud Security: Code-to-Cloud Shrinks to 3 Days
21 april 2026 · 27 min
Is your cloud security strategy ready for the "messy middle" of AI adoption? With developers pushing code from inception to production in under three days using "vibe coding," and adversaries capable of exfiltrating data in just 25 minutes, human-led security is no longer fast enough .In this episode, Ashish sits down with Elad Koren from Palo Alto Networks (Cortex Cloud) to discuss the shift toward Agentic Cloud Security. Elad spoke to us about why bolting an AI chatbot onto legacy security tools doesn't work, and why you must run AI directly where your data lies . Elad shared a real-world case study: an organization that rapidly spun up an "internal" AI workload to test the market, only to have a red team discover it was exposed to the public internet with zero authentication .If you want to know how the role of cloud security practitioners will evolve from manual analysts to AI orchestrators within the next five years, listen to this episode. Lees meer
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Why EDR Fails at AI Security & The Rise of Endpoint Behavior Modeling
14 april 2026 · 31 min
Is your EDR blinding you to insider threats? In this episode, Ashish is joined by Brandon Dixon (Co-Founder & CTO of Ent AI, and former Microsoft Security Copilot leader) to discuss why traditional endpoint security tools are failing in the AI era . Lees meer
Brandon talks about the reality of modern "Insider Risk." Attackers are no longer relying on malware; they are "living off the land" by using legitimate enterprise software (like Zoom or Microsoft Office) to look like everyday employees . Why EDR tools can see that Zoom is running, but are completely blind to a user granting remote control to an outsider .
We also explore the explosion of Shadow AI, highlighting a real-world HIPAA violation where an HR employee tried to feed patient records into Meta AI via WhatsApp . If your SOC team is drowning in alerts from "dumb control points," this episode talks about how to move from reactive pattern matching (legacy DLP) to proactive behavioral intent modeling at the endpoint
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Solving Prompt Injection & Shadow AI for AI Malware
7 april 2026 · 37 min
Are AI agents functioning like adversarial malware inside your network? In this episode of the Cloud Security Podcast, Ashish sits down with Jasson Casey, Co-founder and CEO of Beyond Identity, to speak about the security risks introduced by Shadow AI and code assistants .Jasson explains why an AI agent executing a tool is the perfect opportunity for prompt injection or proprietary data exfiltration comparing unchecked agents to Ron Burgundy reading whatever is on the teleprompter . We discuss the "barbell" reaction of CISOs (either blocking AI entirely or blindly accepting the risk) and why placing device-bound identity at the core of your security stack is the only way to safely enable AI speed .From an $80,000 stolen Anthropic key nightmare on Reddit to a red-team exercise that cloned voices using Hugging Face models in just four hours, this episode highlights the tangible threats and solutions of the AI era . Lees meer
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Browser Security Explained: Consent Phishing, "Click Fix" Attacks & The Limits of EDR
10 maart 2026 · 46 min
Is your security team treating your Identity Provider (IDP) like a firewall? In this episode, Adam Bateman (CEO & Co-founder of Push Security) explains why that's a dangerous mistake and how modern attackers are bypassing SSO entirely .Drawing from his background leading red teams that simulated nation-state attacks , Adam breaks down the massive architectural shift from network-based attacks to browser-native exploits. We dive into the terrifying evolution of phishing, from "Click Fix" attacks that trick users into running malicious commands via their clipboard, to "Consent Phishing" that completely takes over Azure without ever touching the endpoint .If your company relies heavily on SaaS applications or Chromebooks, this episode would be a valuable listen. Lees meer
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Is AI Hallucinations a Myth and the Real Threat from AI
6 maart 2026 · 40 min
Are attackers really using AI to run end-to-end cyber campaigns? In this episode, Edward Wu (Founder and CEO, DropzoneAI) joins Ashish to separate the hype from reality when it comes to AI-driven attacks .Edward explains how attackers are currently using open-source LLMs for reconnaissance and spear-phishing , and why the major commercial models now explicitly prohibit users from generating exploits without vetting . On the defense side, Edward shares how AI agents have successfully automated over 160 years' worth of alert investigations in the real world proving that 100% software-delivered SOC triage is already here .We also debunk the myth of AI "hallucinations," explaining why most errors are actually just poor context management . If you're building a security operations center or working with an MSSP, this episode will teach you how to shift from manual alert fatigue to leveraging AI for threat hunting. Lees meer
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Why AI Infrastructure is Harder to Secure Than Cloud
20 februari 2026 · 34 min
Is AI security just "Cloud Security 2.0"? Toni De La Fuente, creator of the open-source tool Prowler, joins Ashish to explain why securing AI workloads requires a fundamentally different approach than traditional cloud infrastructure. Lees meer
We dive deep into the "Shared Responsibility Gap" emerging with managed AI services like AWS Bedrock and OpenAI. Toni spoke about the hidden dangers of default AI architectures, why you should never connect an MCP (Model Context Protocol) directly to a database.
We discuss the new AI-driven SDLC, where tools like Claude Code can generate infrastructure but also create massive security blind spots if not monitored.
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How Attackers Bypass AI Guardrails with Natural Language
10 februari 2026 · 47 min
In the world of Generative AI, natural language has become the new executable. Attackers no longer need complex code to breach your systems, sometimes, asking for a "poem" is enough to steal your passwords . Lees meer
In this episode, Eduardo Garcia (Global Head of Cloud Security Architecture at Check Point) joins Ashish to explain the paradigm shift in AI security. He shares his experience building AI-powered fraud detection systems and why traditional security controls fail against intent-based attacks like prompt injection and data poisoning .
We dive deep into the reality of Shadow AI, where employees unknowingly train public models with sensitive corporate data , and the sophisticated world of Deepfakes, where attackers can bypass biometric security using AI-generated images unless you're tracking micro-movements of the eye .
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Vulnerability Management vs. Exposure Management
6 februari 2026 · 40 min
In this episode, Brad Hibbert (COO & Chief Strategy Officer at Brinqa) joins Ashish to explain why traditional risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) is no longer enough in a cloud-first world . Lees meer
We explore the evolution from simple patch management to Exposure Management a holistic approach that sits above your security tools to connect infrastructure, code, and cloud risks to actual business impact . Brad breaks down the critical difference between a "Risk Owner" (the service owner) and a "Remediation Owner" (the team fixing the bug) and why this distinction solves the "who fixes this?" problem .
This conversation covers practical steps to uplift your VM program, how AI is helping prioritize the noise , and why compliance often just "proves activity" rather than reducing real risk . Whether you're drowning in Jira tickets or trying to automate remediation, this episode provides a roadmap for modernizing your security posture
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Is Developer Friendly AI Security Possible with MCP & Shadow AI
5 februari 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
Is "developer-friendly" AI security actually possible? In this episode, Bryan Woolgar-O'Neil (CTO & Co-founder of Harmonic Security) joins Ashish to dismantle the traditional "block everything" approach to security. Lees meer
Bryan explains why 70% of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers are running locally on developer laptops and why trying to block them is a losing battle . Instead, he advocates for a "coaching" approach, intervening in real-time to guide engineers rather than stopping their flow .
We dive deep into the technical realities of MCP (Model Context Protocol), why it's becoming the standard for connecting AI to data, and the security risks of connecting it to production environments . Bryan also shares his prediction that Small Language Models (SLMs) will eventually outperform general giants like ChatGPT for specific business tasks .
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Why AI Can't Replace Detection Engineers: Build vs. Buy & The Future of SOC
21 januari 2026 · 52 min
Is the AI SOC a reality, or just vendor hype? In this episode, Antoinette Stevens (Principal Security Engineer at Ramp) joins Ashish to dissect the true state of AI in detection engineering. Lees meer
Antoinette shares her experience building detection program from scratch, explaining why she doesn't trust AI to close alerts due to hallucinations and faulty logic . We explore the "engineering-led" approach to detection, moving beyond simple hunting to building rigorous testing suites for detection-as-code .
We discuss the shrinking entry-level job market for security roles , why software engineering skills are becoming non-negotiable , and the critical importance of treating AI as a "force multiplier, not your brain".
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AI Vulnerability Management: Why You Can't Patch a Neural Network
13 januari 2026 · 41 min
Traditional vulnerability management is simple: find the flaw, patch it, and verify the fix. But what happens when the "asset" is a neural network that has learned something ethically wrong? In this episode, Sapna Paul (Senior Manager at Dayforce) explains why there are no "Patch Tuesdays" for AI models . Lees meer
Sapna breaks down the three critical layers of AI vulnerability management: protecting production models, securing the data layer against poisoning, and monitoring model behavior for technically correct but ethically flawed outcomes . We discuss how to update your risk register to speak the language of business and the essential skills security professionals need to survive in an AI-first world .
The conversation also covers practical ways to use AI within your security team to combat alert fatigue , the importance of explainability tools like SHAP and LIME , and how to align with frameworks like the NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act .
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Why Backups Aren't Enough & Identity Recovery is Key against Ransomware
16 december 2025 · 37 min
Think your cloud backups will save you from a ransomware attack? Think again. In this episode, Matt Castriotta (Field CTO at Rubrik) explains why the traditional "I have backups" mindset is dangerous. He distinguishes between Disaster Recovery (business continuity for operational errors) and Cyber Resilience (recovering from a malicious attack where data and identity are untrusted) . Lees meer
Matt speaks about the "dirty secrets" of cloud-native recovery, explaining why S3 versioning and replication are not valid cyber recovery strategies . The conversation shifts to the critical, often overlooked aspect of Identity Recovery. If your Active Directory or Entra ID is compromised, it's "ground zero” and you can't access anything. Matt argues that identity must be treated as the new perimeter and backed up just like any other critical data source .
We also explore the impact of AI agents on data integrity, how do you "rewind" an AI agent that hallucinated and corrupted your data? Plus, practical advice on DORA compliance, multi-cloud resiliency, and the "people and process" side of surviving a breach.
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How to secure your AI Agents: A CISOs Journey
9 december 2025 · 55 min
Transitioning a mature organization from an API-first model to an AI-first model is no small feat. In this episode, Yash Kosaraju, CISO of Sendbird, shares the story of how they pivoted from a traditional chat API platform to an AI agent platform and how security had to evolve to keep up. Lees meer
Yash spoke about the industry's obsession with "Zero Trust," arguing instead for a practical "Multi-Layer Trust" approach that assumes controls will fail . We dive deep into the specific architecture of securing AI agents, including the concept of a "Trust OS," dealing with new incident response definitions (is a wrong AI answer an incident?), and the critical need to secure the bridge between AI agents and customer environments .
This episode is packed with actionable advice for AppSec engineers feeling overwhelmed by the speed of AI. Yash shares how his team embeds security engineers into sprint teams for real-time feedback, the importance of "AI CTFs" for security awareness, and why enabling employees with enterprise-grade AI tools is better than blocking them entirely .
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AI-First Vulnerability Management: Should CISOs Build or Buy?
4 december 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Thinking of building your own AI security tool? In this episode, Santiago Castiñeira, CTO of Maze, breaks down the realities of the "Build vs. Buy" debate for AI-first vulnerability management. Lees meer
While building a prototype script is easy, scaling it into a maintainable, audit-proof system is a massive undertaking requiring specialized skills often missing in security teams. The "RAG drug" relies too heavily on Retrieval-Augmented Generation for precise technical data like version numbers, which often fails .
The conversation gets into the architecture required for a true AI-first system, moving beyond simple chatbots to complex multi-agent workflows that can reason about context and risk . We also cover the critical importance of rigorous "evals" over "vibe checks" to ensure AI reliability, the hidden costs of LLM inference at scale, and why well-crafted agents might soon be indistinguishable from super-intelligence .
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SIEM vs. Data Lake: Why We Ditched Traditional Logging?
2 december 2025 · 47 min
In this episode, Cliff Crosland, CEO & co-founder of Scanner.dev, shares his candid journey of trying (and initially failing) to build an in-house security data lake to replace an expensive traditional SIEM. Lees meer
Cliff explains the economic breaking point where scaling a SIEM became "more expensive than the entire budget for the engineering team". He details the technical challenges of moving terabytes of logs to S3 and the painful realization that querying them with Amazon Athena was slow and costly for security use cases .
This episode is a deep dive into the evolution of logging architecture, from SQL-based legacy tools to the modern "messy" data lake that embraces full-text search on unstructured data. We discuss the "data engineering lift" required to build your own, the promise (and limitations) of Amazon Security Lake, and how AI agents are starting to automate detection engineering and schema management.
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How to Build Trust in an AI SOC for Regulated Environments
19 november 2025 · 42 min
How do you establish trust in an AI SOC, especially in a regulated environment? Grant Oviatt, Head of SOC at Prophet Security and a former SOC leader at Mandiant and Red Canary, tackles this head-on as a self-proclaimed "AI skeptic". Grant shared that after 15 years of being "scared to death" by high-false-positive AI, modern LLMs have changed the game . Lees meer
The key to trust lies in two pillars: explainability (is the decision reasonable?) and traceability (can you audit the entire data trail, including all 40-50 queries?) . Grant talks about yje critical architectural components for regulated industries, including single-tenancy , bring-your-own-cloud (BYOC) for data sovereignty , and model portability.
In this episode we will be comparing AI SOC to traditional MDRs and talking about real-world "bake-off" results where an AI SOC had 99.3% agreement with a human team on 12,000 alerts but was 11x faster, with an average investigation time of just four minutes .
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Threat Modeling the AI Agent: Architecture, Threats & Monitoring
11 november 2025 · 47 min
Are we underestimating how the agentic world is impacting cybersecurity? We spoke to Mohan Kumar, who did production security at Box for a deep dive into the threats of true autonomous AI agents. Lees meer
The conversation moves beyond simple LLM applications (like chatbots) to the new world of dynamic, goal-driven agents that can take autonomous actions. Mohan took us through why this shift introduces a new class of threats we aren't prepared for, such as agents developing new, unmonitorable communication methods ("Jibber-link" mode).
Mohan shared his top three security threats for AI agents in production:
Memory Poisoning: How an agent's trusted memory (long-term, short-term, or entity memory) can be corrupted via indirect prompt injection, altering its core decisions.
Tool Misuse: The risk of agents connecting to rogue tools or MCP servers, or having their legitimate tools (like a calendar) exploited for data exfiltration.
Privilege Compromise: The critical need to enforce least-privilege on agents that can shift roles and identities, often through misconfiguration.
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AI is already breaking the Silos Between AppSec & CloudSec
4 november 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
The silos between Application Security and Cloud Security are officially breaking down, and AI is the primary catalyst. In this episode, Tejas Dakve, Senior Manager, Application Security, Bloomberg Industry Group and Aditya Patel, VP of Cybersecurity Architecture discuss how the AI-driven landscape is forcing a fundamental change in how we secure our applications and infrastructure. Lees meer
The conversation explores why traditional security models and gates are "absolutely impossible" to maintain against the sheer speed and volume of AI-generated code .
Learn why traditional threat modeling is no longer a one-time event, how the lines between AppSec and CloudSec are merging, and why the future of the industry belongs to "T-shaped engineers" with a multidisciplinary range of skills.
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AI Agents for SOC: Hype Curve vs. Measurable ROI
28 oktober 2025 · 36 min
Is the AI SOC analyst just hype, or is there measurable ROI? We spoke to Edward Wu, founder of Dropzone AI about this and he shared insights from a recent Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) benchmark report that quantified the impact of AI augmentation on SOC teams. The study revealed significant improvements in speed (45-60% faster investigations) and completeness, even for analysts using the tech for the first time. Lees meer
Edward spoke about the "robotic" limitations of traditional SOAR playbooks with the adaptive capabilities of agentic AI systems, which can autonomously investigate alerts end-to-end without pre-defined scripts . He shared that while AI won't entirely replace human analysts ("That's not going to happen"), it will automate much of the manual Tier 1 toil, freeing up humans for higher-value roles like security architecture, transformation, and detection engineering .
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Can You Build an AI SOC with Claude Code? The Reality vs. Hype
21 oktober 2025 · 48 min
Can you just use Claude Code or another LLM to "vibe code" your way into building an AI SOC? In this episode, Ariful Huq, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce spoke about the reality being far more complex than the hype suggests. He explains why a simple "bolt-on" approach to AI in the SOC is insufficient if you're looking for real security outcomes. Lees meer
We speak about foundational elements required to build a true AI SOC, starting with the data. It's "well more than just logs and event data," requiring the integration of config, code, and business context to remove guesswork and provide LLMs with the necessary information to function accurately . The discussion covers the evolution beyond traditional SIEM capabilities, the challenges of data lake architectures for real-time security processing, and the critical need for domain-specific knowledge to build effective detections, especially for SaaS platforms like GitHub that lack native threat detection .
This is for SOC leaders and CISOs feeling the pressure to integrate AI. Learn what it really takes to build an AI SOC, the unspoken complexities, and how the role of the security professional is evolving towards the "full-stack security engineer".
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Incident Response of Kubernetes and how to Automate Containment
10 oktober 2025 · 52 min
How do you perform incident response on a Kubernetes cluster when you're not even on the same network? In this episode, Damien Burks, Senior Security engineer breaks down the immense challenges of container security and why most commercial tools are failing at automated response. Lees meer
While many CNAPPs provide runtime detection, they lack a "sophisticated approach to automating incident response or containment" in complex environments like private EKS . He shares his hands-on experience building a platform that uses a dynamically deployed Lambda function to achieve containment of a compromised EKS node in just 10 minutes, a process that would otherwise take hours of manual work and approvals .
This is a guide for any DevSecOps or cloud security professional tasked with securing containerized workloads. The conversation also covers a layered prevention strategy, the evolving role of the cloud security engineer, and career advice for those looking to enter the field.
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The Truth About AI in the SOC: From Alert Fatigue to Detection Engineering
3 oktober 2025 · 46 min
"The next five years are gonna be wild." That's the verdict from Forrester Principal Analyst Allie Mellen on the state of Security Operations. This episode dives into the "massive reset" that is transforming the SOC, driven by the rise of generative AI and a revolution in data management. Lees meer
Allie explains why the traditional L1, L2, L3 SOC model, long considered a "rite of passage" that leads to burnout is being replaced by a more agile and effective Detection Engineering structure. As a self-proclaimed "AI skeptic," she cuts through the marketing hype to reveal what's real and what's not, arguing that while we are "not really at the point of agentic" AI, the real value lies in specialized triage and investigation agents.
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The Security Gaps in AWS Bedrock & Azure AI You Need to Know
23 september 2025 · 55 min
The race to deploy AI is on, but are the cloud platforms we rely on secure by default? This episode features a practical, in-the-weeds discussion with Kyler Middleton, Principal Developer, Internal AI Solutions, Veradigm and Sai Gunaranjan, Lead Architect, Veradigm as they compare the security realities of building AI applications on the two largest cloud providers. Lees meer
The conversation uncovers critical security gaps you need to be aware of. Sai reveals that Azure AI defaults to sending customer data globally for processing to keep costs low, a major compliance risk that must be manually disabled . Kyler breaks down the challenges with AWS Bedrock, including the lack of resource-level security policies and a consolidated logging system that mixes all AI conversations into one place, making incident response incredibly difficult .
This is an essential guide for any cloud security or platform engineer moving into the AI space. Learn about the real-world architectural patterns, the insecure defaults to watch out for, and the new skills required to transition from a Cloud Security Engineer to an AI Security Engineer.
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The Evolution of Email Security: From Pre-Breach to Post-Breach Protection
16 september 2025 · 30 min
For the last 30 years, email security has been stuck in the past, focusing almost entirely on stopping bad things from getting into the inbox. In this episode, Rajan Kapoor, Field CISO at Material Security and former Director of Security at Dropbox, argues that this pre-breach mindset is dangerously outdated. The real challenge today is post-breach: protecting the sensitive data that already lives inside your mailboxes. Lees meer
The conversation explores why we must evolve from "email security" to the broader concept of "workspace security" . Rajan explains how interconnected productivity suites like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 have turned the inbox into a gateway to everything else Drive, accounts, and sensitive company data. We also discuss how the rise of AI co-pilots will create new risks, as they can instantly find and surface over-shared data that was previously hidden in plain sight .
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Using AI to Fix Your Cloud Security Backlog beyond Visibility
9 september 2025 · 49 min
You have the visibility, you see the alerts, but your security backlog is still growing faster than your team can fix it. So, are you actually getting more secure? In this episode, Snir Ben Shimol, CEO of Zest Security, argues that "knowing about an open door or an open window don't make you more secure... just make you more aware" . Lees meer
We spoke about the traditional "whack-a-mole" approach to vulnerability management. Snir shared an analogy: when planning a trip, the most important question isn't who goes first, but "what is the vehicle?" . He explains how AI's ability to perform recursive analysis can find the "vehicle" for your remediation efforts, that one base image upgrade or single code change that can reduce 20-30% of your entire vulnerability backlog in one action .
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Your SecOps Team Can't Save Your Cloud: A New Blueprint for Security.
27 augustus 2025 · 47 min
The conversation around cloud security is maturing beyond simple threat detection. As the industry grapples with alert fatigue, we explore the necessary shift from a reactive to a proactive security posture, questioning if a traditional SecOps model is sufficient for modern cloud environments. Lees meer
We spoke with Gil Geron, CEO of Orca Security, to examine the limitations of a SecOps-centric defense. SecOps teams are inherently reactive, they cannot be the sole guardians of cloud infrastructure. Instead, the conversation centers on a new blueprint: viewing cloud security as an end-to-end workflow that integrates development, deployment, and production runtime with a continuous feedback loop into policy.
The role of AI is also explored, not just as a threat, but as an opportunity to empower security teams and make knowledge more accessible. We spoke about the power of context in reducing alert volume, citing a case where millions of vulnerabilities were prioritized down to a handful of actionable fixes.
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New Identity Blueprint for a Future with Cloud & AI
22 augustus 2025 · 50 min
Identity is the root cause of over 70% of all security incidents, yet many organizations still rely on fundamentally flawed authentication methods. In this episode, Jasson Casey, CEO and co-founder of Beyond Identity, explains why even common forms of MFA are insufficient and why any system that relies on a "secret moving" is vulnerable to attack. Lees meer
The conversation dives deep into the architectural shift needed to truly secure identity: moving from probabilistic tools to deterministic proof. Jasson breaks down how to leverage the hardware-backed secure enclaves (like TPMs and the Secure Enclave) that already exist in our devices to create un-phishable, device-bound credentials that can't be stolen or copied.
We also explore how this approach provides a necessary defense against the next wave of AI-enabled threats, including deepfakes and hyper-realistic social engineering attacks that will make it nearly impossible for humans to spot the difference.
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AI for SOC Automation: A Blueprint for the New world of Incident Response
8 augustus 2025 · 53 min
The nature of Security Operations is changing. As cloud environments grow in complexity and data volumes explode, traditional approaches to detection and response are proving insufficient. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Kyle Polley, who leads the AI security team at Perplexity, about a modern blueprint for the Security Operations Center (SOC). Lees meer
The discussion centers on a necessary architectural shift away from traditional SIEMs, which were not built for today's scale, toward a "data lake infrastructure built for detection and response". Kyle explains how this model provides the scalability needed to handle modern data loads and enables a more effective incident response process.
A cornerstone of this new model is the use of centralized AI agents. The conversation explores how these agents can be tasked with performing in-depth alert investigations, helping to reduce analyst burnout and allowing security teams to focus on more proactive, high-impact work. This approach moves beyond simple automation to create a system where AI augments and enhances the capabilities of the human team.
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The Truth About Agentic AI in the SOC: Reality vs. Hype
7 augustus 2025 · 53 min
What does the integration of AI into a Security Operations Center (SOC) practically look like? This episode explores the concept of the "Agentic SOC," moving beyond marketing terms to discuss its real-world applications and limitations. Lees meer
Ashish Rajan is joined by Edward Wu, CEO of Dropzone AI, for an in-depth discussion on the current state of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity. Edward, who holds numerous patents in the field, shares his perspective on how AI is changing security operations. The conversation details how AI agents can function as a tool to support human analysts rather than replace them, and why the idea of a fully autonomous SOC is not yet a reality.
The "Agentic SOC" model: A framework where AI agents assist human security engineers.
AI's role in alert investigation: How AI can autonomously investigate alerts by making over a hundred large language model invocations for a single alert.
Practical limitations of AI: A discussion on challenges like AI hallucinations and the need for organizational context.
Building vs. buying AI tools: An overview of the complexities involved in creating in-house AI agents for security.
The impact on SOC metrics: How AI can influence Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR) by investigating alerts in parallel within minutes.
The future for security professionals: How the role of a Level 1 SOC analyst is expected to evolve as AI handles more repetitive tasks.
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Understanding a $10B Fraud Vector in Cloud-Native Workflows
22 juli 2025 · 45 min
A $10 billion fraud vector is currently exploiting a common feature in many cloud-native applications: the SMS verification flow. This isn't a traditional breach. Instead of stealing data, adversaries use bots to trigger costs that are quietly absorbed into your company's operational budget, often showing up as an inflated cell phone or marketing bill. Lees meer
We spoke to Frank Teruel, COO at Arkose Labs about how this fraud works at a technical level and why modern, automated cloud workflows can be a perfect hiding place for these costly attacks. He also shares a story of how a single cloud container was hijacked, costing a company half a million dollars in compute costs for crypto mining over one weekend.
This is a critical conversation for anyone working in cloud security, DevOps, and engineering who wants to understand the financial risks embedded in the very architecture of their applications.
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How BT Tackled 180 Years of Legacy to Build a Passwordless Future
17 juli 2025 · 20 min
How do you modernize security in a 180-year-old company that operates critical national infrastructure? What does it look like when you discover tens or even hundreds of thousands of credentials hidden across your estate? Lees meer
In this episode, we sit down with Christian Schwarz, Security Director for Network Services at BT Group , recorded at HashiDays London. Christian shares the immense challenge and strategic approach to standardizing secret management across one of the world's oldest telecommunication companies.
He details BT's journey away from the "moat and a castle" security model towards a future with no passwords for developers , reducing friction and enhancing security by design.
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