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Oct 29, 2026

Why traditional IT skills aren't enough for OT security with Yonald Chery from the Technology Advancement Center

Yonald Chery, CTO at the Technology Advancement Center (TAC), joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices. Yonald explains why securing operational technology (OT) in critical infrastructure requires specialized skills beyond traditional IT cybersecurity, particularly when protecting systems that must remain operational around the clock. He discusses how TAC is bridging the skills gap through hands-on training, simulated industrial environments, and partnerships that connect emerging technologies with national security needs.

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Oct 28, 2026

Neutralizing frontier AI exploits through identity containment with Amy Blackshaw from Palo Alto Networks

Amy Blackshaw joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices to discuss how frontier AI is accelerating attacks and reshaping identity security. She explains why organizations must shift their focus from preventing initial access to limiting how long compromised identities remain useful to attackers. Amy explores how zero standing privileges, just-in-time access, and automated identity containment can help organizations reduce their exposure as threats move at machine speed.

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Oct 20, 2026

The next era of Zero Trust: Actions, not just access with Roman Arutyunov from Xage Security

Roman Arutyunov, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Xage Security, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices. Roman discusses why Zero Trust must evolve beyond controlling access to governing what identities, workloads, and AI agents can actually do once connected. He explores how real-time authorization, least-privilege enforcement, and just-in-time permissions can help organizations secure increasingly autonomous environments.

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Oct 8, 2026

Why AI Agents Are Challenging Traditional Security Models with Sanjay Jeyakumar from Abnormal AI

Sanjay Jeyakumar, Co-Founder and CTO at Abnormal AI, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices conversation about why AI agents are challenging traditional security models. Using a recent OpenAI and Hugging Face incident as an example, Sanjay explains how agents can combine legitimate permissions, stale credentials, and over-privileged identities in unexpected ways. He discusses why securing agentic AI requires organizations to look beyond known threats and focus on whether identities are behaving as expected.

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Oct 6, 2026

Surviving first contact from a Frontier AI-enabled cyber threat with Steve Ryan from Trinity Cyber

Steve Ryan, Founder and CEO at Trinity Cyber, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices. Steve discusses how frontier AI is collapsing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, shifting cyberattacks from human speed to machine speed. He explains why this acceleration challenges traditional detection and response models and what it means for organizations to build defenses capable of surviving first contact with an AI-enabled threat.

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Sep 30, 2026

Crisis Orchestration: The Unsung Hero of Successful Cyber Incident Response with Dan Ohlemeier from Semperis

Dan Ohlemeier, Principal Solutions Architect at Semperis, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices conversation about crisis orchestration and the often-overlooked challenges of executing an incident response plan during a real cyber crisis. Dan explains why organizations need to prepare for communication, coordination, and documentation when normal systems are unavailable or untrusted, how more realistic tabletop exercises can expose gaps before an incident, and why effective cyber resilience depends on aligning people, processes, and technology.

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Sep 2, 2026

How Do You Let AI Agents Run Safely with Rob Allen from ThreatLocker

Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices. Rob discusses how the conversation around agentic AI has quickly shifted from whether organizations should allow these tools to how they can use them safely. He explains why built-in guardrails aren't enough and how external controls, visibility, and a Zero Trust approach can help organizations embrace AI without giving agents unrestricted access to sensitive data and systems.

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Sep 1, 2026

From Shadow AI to Shadow Agents with Heather Ceylan from Box

Heather Ceylan, CISO at Box, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices to discuss how autonomous AI agents are changing the enterprise risk landscape. She explains why organizations need to govern content, permissions, and agent actions from the start, and how CISOs can create secure pathways for AI adoption that enable innovation rather than stand in its way.

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Aug 27, 2026

Hybrid Identity in the Age of Agentic AI with Tim Springston from Semperis

Tim Springston from Semperis joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices to discuss why hybrid identity isn't going away and what that means for cyber resilience. Tim explores the growing complexity of identity environments and how agentic AI is creating new opportunities for defenders while simultaneously giving attackers new ways to target identity systems.

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Aug 26, 2026

The Hidden Attack Surface Inside Data Centers

Stephen Hilt, Senior Threat Researcher at TrendAI, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices recorded at Black Hat USA 2026. Drawing on research presented at DEF CON, he discusses thousands of internet-exposed industrial control systems associated with U.S. data centers, how attackers could target building and energy infrastructure to bypass traditional IT defenses, and why the growing importance of data centers makes these overlooked systems an increasingly important part of the security conversation.

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Aug 25, 2026

When Prevention Is No Longer Enough with Christy Wyatt from Absolute Security

Christy Wyatt, CEO of Absolute Security, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices recorded at Black Hat USA 2026. She discusses why prevention and detection alone are no longer enough to define security performance, how the business costs of downtime are putting greater focus on cyber resilience, and why organizations are increasingly thinking about their ability to remain operational and recover when disruption occurs.

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Aug 24, 2026

When AI Makes Everyone a Target with Mark Beare from Malwarebytes

Mark Beare, General Manager of Malwarebytes Consumer Business, joins Dave Bittner on the CyberWire Daily podcast for a sponsored Industry Voices recorded at Black Hat USA 2026. He discusses how AI is helping scammers create highly personalized attacks at scale, why everyday consumers are increasingly attractive targets, and how AI could also help defenders make cybersecurity easier and more accessible for the people they protect.

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