AI is changing the cybersecurity threat landscape

This week, Chris is joined by Gregory Richardson, Vice President and Global Advisory CISO at BlackBerry, and Ismael Valenzuela, Vice President of Threat Research & Intelligence at BlackBerry. They address how AI is changing the threat landscape, why human defenders remain a key part of our cyber defenses, and the explain the AI standoff between cyber threat actors and cyber defenders.

Sponsors:
• Fly.io (fly.io) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun (fly.io/speedrun) to get started in minutes.
• Notion (notion.com/practicalai) – Notion is a place where any team can write, plan, organize, and rediscover the joy of play. It’s a workspace designed not just for making progress, but getting inspired. Notion is for everyone — whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or freelance designer, starting a new startup or a student juggling classes and clubs.
• Eight Sleep (eightsleep.com/practicalai) – Take your sleep and recovery to the next level. Go to eightsleep.com/PRACTICALAI (eightsleep.com/practicalai) and use the code PRACTICALAI to get $350 off your very own Pod 4 Ultra. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it. Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia.
Featuring:
• Gregory Richardson – LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/gregorypkrichardson)
• Ismael Valenzuela – GitHub (github.com/aboutsecurity), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/ivalenzuela), X (x.com/aboutsecurity)
• Chris Benson – Website (chrisbenson.com), GitHub (github.com/chrisbenson), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/chrisbenson), X (x.com/chrisbenson)
Show Notes:
• The AI Standoff: Attackers vs. Defenders | Blackberry Blog (blogs.blackberry.com/en/2024/03/ai-in-cybersec…)
• Blackberry (blackberry.com)
Upcoming Events:
• Register for upcoming webinars here (practicalai.fm/webinars)!