Resilient Cyber

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with longtime Cyber practitioners and leaders Helen Patton and Josiah Dykstra to dive into their latest book, "Switching to Cyber: The Mid-Career Guide to Launching a Cybersecurity Career".

The book aims to help mid-career professionals pivot into the cyber career field and navigate finding their cyber niche, bridging skill gaps and conquering tech intimidation among more.

In this episode of Resilient Cyber I sit down with Anshuman Bhartiya to discuss AI-native AppSec.

Anshuman is a Staff Security Engineer at Lyft, Host of the The Boring AppSec Community podcast, and author of the AI Security Engineer newsletter on LinkedIn. 

Anshuman has quickly become an AppSec leader I highly respect and find myself learning from his content and perspectives on AppSec and Security Engineering in the era of AI, LLMs and Agents.

In this episode of Resilient Cyber I'm joined by one of my favorite Vulnerability Researchers, Jerry Gamblin.

Jerry recently published a comprehensive 2025 CVE retrospective, which we will dive into, as well as his thoughts around trends and patterns we may see emerge in the vulnerability management landscape moving into 2026 and beyond.

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with my friend and the Founder of Return on Security (RoS), 💰 Mike Privette.

Mike is the among the best our community has to offer when it comes to analyzing the macroeconomic trends of the cybersecurity ecosystem, from M&A, fundraising, startups, innovation, and venture capital.

We will dig into the macroeconomics of cyber this past year, key trends, takeaways, the outsized role AI has or hasn’t had and what 2026 may hold as we look ahead.

In this episode I sit down with my friend and Vulnerability Researcher Patrick Garrity 👾🛹💙 of VulnCheck to do a roundup of the latest trends, analysis and insights into the vulnerability and exploitation ecosystem throughout the past year.

We covered a lot of great topics, including:

- The most notable vulnerability trends over 2025, including what has changed, or stayed the same in the past year.

- Continued challenges around the NIST NVD and CVE, the sprawl of competing vulnerability databases and vulnerability identification schemes, challenges with funding, centralized vs. decentralized approaches and what the future holds. 

- What the life of a vulnerability researcher looks like under the hood, including participating in coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

- Efforts from Patrick's team at VulnCheck, including their Known Exploited Vulnerability catalog, covering gaps from the CISA KEV, as well as https://research.vulncheck.com that provides excellent graphs and visualizations.

- Patrick's thoughts on what the vulnerability management landscape may look like in 2026. 

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I'm joined by Jesus Alejandro Cardenes Cabre, SVP of Product Architecture and John Xiaremba, Software Engineer, both from the VIA Knowledge Hub team to dig into all things post-quantum cryptography (PQC). 

This includes PQC standards, as well as practical steps developers must take today to mitigate future risks.

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with Kamal Shah, Cofounder and CEO at Prophet Security, to discuss the State of AI in SecOps. 

There continues to be a tremendous amount of excitement and investment in the industry around AI and cybersecurity, with Security Operations (SecOps) arguably seeing the most investment among the various cybersecurity categories.

Kamal and I will walk through the actual state of AI in SecOps, how AI is impacting the future of the SOC, what hype vs. reality is, and much more.

In this episode of Resilient Cyber, I sit down with longtime industry AppSec leader and Founder/CTO of Contrast Security, Jeff Williams, along with Contrast Security's Sr. Director of Product Security Naomi Buckwalter, to discuss all things Application Detection & Response (ADR), as well as the implications of AI-driven development.

In this episode, I sit down with a friend and ex-CIA Officer turned Cybersecurity leader, Ross Young over at CISO Tradecraft.

We will be unpacking the topic of mastering the cybersecurity budget. This includes examining whether most cyber budgets are wasted, determining where and how to make investments, justifying spending, and more.

Don’t miss this chance to delve into an often-overlooked subject that many Cybersecurity leaders struggle with.

In this episode, I sit down with Mitchel Herckis, Global Head of Government Affairs at cloud security leader Wiz. 

We will be discussing all things public sector and cybersecurity, including the evolution of the FedRAMP program, modernizing vulnerability management, and the future of Continuous ATO (cATO).

We covered a lot of ground, including:

• Mitch’s background, both at Wiz and inside Government at roles such as OMB
• How Wiz is working with Federal agencies and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) partners on Cloud Security, including the long-needed overhaul of FedRAMP with FedRAMP 20x’s efforts.
• The move towards real Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) with real-time visibility of cloud environments, as well as the need for machine-readable artifacts, automations, and streamlined security control assessments.
• The modernization of vulnerability management, including factors such as attack paths, reachability, exploitability, known exploitation, and the importance of focusing on real risks versus noise.
• Moving away from paper-based compliance exercises and bridging the gap between security and compliance.
• Wiz’s role as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) and the broader CVE program, including its importance for both the Government and industry when it comes to vulnerability management.
• To evolving usage of SBOMs and broader supply chain security.
• Disjointed efforts around the Government at both the Federal at State levels when it comes to Continuous ATO (cATO) and how we can move towards a more cohesive approach to modern system assessment and authorization.
• The importance of Government Affairs and bridging the divide between industry and Government, including bringing in tech leaders into Government, influencing policy, and improving outcomes for citizens and warfighters alike.
• The dual-edged sword that is AI adoption in the public sector.