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The Narrative Attack Paradox: When Cybersecurity Lost the Ability to Detect Its Own Deception and the Humanity We Risk When Truth Becomes Optional | Reflections from Black Hat USA 2025 on the Marketing That Chose Fiction Over Facts
When different vendor technologies are being fed into the same promotional blender, possibly a generative AI one, producing standardized output regardless of what went in. When an entire industry converges on identical language to describe supposedly different technologies, meaningful technical discourse breaks down.
When Artificial Intelligence Becomes the Baseline: Will We Even Know What Reality Is AInymore? | A Black Hat USA 2025 Recap | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE3 | Read by TAPE3
At Black Hat USA 2025, AI wasn’t the differentiator — it was the baseline. In this episode, I explore what happens when black-box automation takes over security decisions, the risks it creates for organizations and CISOs, and why defining and measuring “success” has never been more critical.
Access Roulette: How to Stop Betting Your Security on Standing Privileges | A Brand Story with Ofir Stein, CTO and Co-Founder of Apono | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
This episode explores how dynamic, context-aware access controls can eliminate the friction between security and productivity. Learn how a Zero Standing Privilege approach protects both human and AI identities while enabling organizations to operate at full speed without compromising safety.
Event Recap: Kieran Human at Black Hat USA 2025 — ThreatLocker Unveils Configuration Defense, Achieves FedRAMP Status & More
ThreatLocker introduced DAC configuration monitoring and achieved FedRAMP certification at Black Hat 2025, strengthening zero trust capabilities while expanding government market access through practical security solutions.
From Excel to Excellence: Transforming Cybersecurity Workforce Management | A Brand Story with Deidre Diamond, Founder and CEO of CyberSN, and Carraig Stanwyck, CEO and Former Fortune 200 CISO | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
The corridors of Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas buzzed with conversations about AI and emerging threats, but one of the most compelling discussions centered on something decidedly human: how we actually manage our cybersecurity teams. Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder and CMO of ITSPmagazine, connected with longtime industry co
How to Automate Cybersecurity Operations Without Coding, Crying, or Calling IT at 2 A.M. | A Brand Story with Mike Wayne, VP, Global Sales at BlinkOps | A Black Hat USA 2025 On Location Brand Story
AI-powered micro agents are enabling organizations to automate targeted tasks quickly and reliably, reducing manual work and accelerating response times in security and beyond. This conversation reveals how a platform approach can extend automation benefits from SOCs to every corner of the enterprise.
Your Business Apps Are Bringing Friends You Didn’t Invite | A Brand Story with Saša Zdjelar, Chief Trust Officer at ReversingLabs | A Black Hat USA 2025 On Location Brand Story
Commercial software supply chain risk is no longer theoretical—breaches show trusted vendors can introduce vulnerabilities or malicious code into critical environments. This episode reveals how organizations can implement technical controls to analyze and verify any software they run, turning visibility into actionable
From Excel to Excellence: A Black Hat 2025 Conversation on Transforming Cybersecurity Workforce Management
The corridors of Black Hat 2025 in Las Vegas buzzed with conversations about AI and emerging threats, but one of the most compelling discussions centered on something decidedly human: how we actually manage our cybersecurity teams. Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder and CMO of ITSPmagazine, connected with longtime industry co
Data Kidnapping: Because File Encryption Is So 2020 | A Brand Story with Brett Stone-Gross, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Zscaler | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conference On Location Brand Story
Ransomware groups are increasingly abandoning file encryption in favor of high-value data theft, using extortion to extract massive payouts while avoiding the spotlight. This conversation reveals who they target, how they operate, and what organizations can do to shut down their most exploitable weaknesses.
Black Hat 2025: Crogl's CEO Monzy Merza Explains How AI Can Help Eliminate Alert Fatigue in Cybersecurity
Crogl CEO Monzy Merza discusses how AI-driven security platforms automate alert investigation using enterprise knowledge graphs, enabling analysts to focus on threat hunting while maintaining data privacy.
The often-overlooked truth in cybersecurity: Seeing the Unseen in Vulnerability Management | A Brand Story with HD Moore, Founder and CEO of RunZero | Black Hat USA 2025 Coverage
The cybersecurity industry has developed an uncomfortable truth that few want to acknowledge: most successful breaches don't happen because defenders ignored known vulnerabilities. They happen because attackers exploited assets that organizations never knew existed in the first place.
Stellar Cyber Revolutionizes SOC Cybersecurity Operations with Human-Augmented Autonomous Platform at Black Hat 2025 | Brand Story With Subo Guha
Stellar Cyber unveiled their human-augmented autonomous SOC platform at Black Hat 2025, transforming security operations by reducing thousands of alerts to manageable dozens while empowering analysts through AI-driven automation.
From Fish Tanks to AI Agents: Why the Words “We’re Secure” Means Nothing Without Proof | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conversation with Viktor Petersson | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
From AI-driven development to SBOM-driven compliance, this conversation examines how regulation, culture, and technology are pushing security beyond a checkbox exercise. It’s a candid look at guardrails, market failures, and the human exchanges at Black Hat USA 2025 that are shaping tomorrow’s security practices.
From Boardroom to Living Room: Securing the Modern Executive | A BlackCloak Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Chris Pierson
High-profile corporate leaders face digital risks that extend far beyond company networks, from personal email compromises to deepfake attacks. This episode explores how combining advanced technology, privacy safeguards, and concierge-level service creates an always-on shield for executives and their families.
When Bots Rewrite the Buyer’s Journey: Protecting Brand Value in the Age of AI Agents | An Akamai Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Rupesh Chokshi
AI innovation is advancing faster than security integration, leaving enterprises vulnerable to threats ranging from AI bot scraping to compromised conversational agents. This discussion explores how organizations can protect both their data and business models while embracing AI-driven growth.
Simplifying Security Without Sacrificing Control | A ThreatLocker Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Danny Jenkins
Security doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective. This conversation reveals how practical controls, simplified processes, and continuous customer engagement are helping organizations achieve strong security without slowing down business.
The Agentic AI Myth in Cybersecurity and the Humanity We Risk When We Stop Deciding for Ourselves | Reflections from Black Hat USA 2025 on the Latest Tech Salvation Narrative | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter
Walking the floors of Black Hat USA 2025 for what must be the 10th or 11th time as accredited media—honestly, I've stopped counting—I found myself witnessing a familiar theater. The same performance we've seen play out repeatedly in cybersecurity: the emergence of a new technological messiah promising to solve all our
How Novel Is Novelty? Security Leaders Try To Cut Through the Cybersecurity Vendor Echo Chamber | Reflections from Black Hat USA 2025 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE3 | Read by TAPE3
Black Hat USA 2025 brought countless vendor announcements — but how many will actually change the way security programs run? In this episode, Sean Martin explores several vendor press releases and recalls several conversations with CISOs to break down the real trends, the AI hype, and what both CISOs and vendors need t
How to Lose a CISO in 10 Words (or Less) | Straight Talk, Not Spin: Black Hat’s Hard Truths | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Our Black Hat USA 2025 coverage closes with candid conversations about what CISOs really want from vendors—clear, honest communication that connects directly to their operational needs. Sean and Marco share their reflections on the event, the pitfalls of buzzword-heavy marketing, and the importance of building trust th
Solving GRC Fatigue: How AI Is Helping Compliance Teams Do More With Less | An E-V-E GRC Brand Origin Story with Anders Søborg, Co-Founder of Eve, and Mark Humphrey
This episode explores how AI is reshaping governance, risk, and compliance by eliminating manual drudgery and delivering evidence-based, automated recommendations. Hear how Eve’s purpose-built AI platform is already transforming how organizations approach third-party risk, compliance audits, and ESG reporting.
Fake Identities, Real Consequences: The Data Trail Behind Your Political Donation | A Black Hat USA 2025 Conversation with Virginia Tech’s Alan Michaels and Jared Byers | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Virginia Tech researchers inject thousands of fake identities into real political campaigns to uncover how personal data is shared, used, or compromised. Their Black Hat USA 2025 session reveals disturbing truths about privacy, ethics, and digital manipulation in modern politics.
From Hacker Defense to Civil Liberties: Threat Modeling Meets Constitutional Law | A Black Hat USA 2025 Keynote Conversation with Jennifer Granick | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Jennifer Granick brings constitutional law and threat modeling into the same room at Black Hat 2025, arguing that the real threat isn’t just cybercriminals—it’s unchecked government surveillance. Her keynote offers a call to action for technologists to help restore privacy through design and engineering.
When the C-Suite Becomes the Attack Surface | A BlackCloak Pre-Event Coverage of Black Hat USA 2025 Las Vegas | Brand Story with Chris Pierson
Executives and their families face growing digital risks that blur the lines between personal and professional. This episode explores a proactive and human-driven approach to executive protection that blends cybersecurity, privacy, and concierge-level response into a cohesive solution.
Creative Storytelling in the Age of AI: When Machines Learn to Dream and the Last Stand of Human Creativity | A Conversation with Maury Rogow | Redefining Society And Technology Podcast With Marco Ciappelli
I sat across - metaversically speaking - from Maury Rogow, a man who's lived three lives—tech executive, Hollywood producer, storytelling evangelist—and watched him grapple with the same question haunting creators everywhere: Are we teaching our replacements to dream? In our latest conversation on Redefining Society an