Practical AI – Episode #294
AI is changing the cybersecurity threat landscape
with Gregory Richardson & Ismael Valenzuela from Blackberry
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.
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Notes & Links
Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title | Chapter Duration |
| 1 | 00:00 | Welcome to Practical AI | 00:35 |
| 2 | 00:35 | Sponsor: Fly | 02:45 |
| 3 | 03:33 | AI standoff | 02:20 |
| 4 | 05:53 | The problem to solve | 02:30 |
| 5 | 08:23 | Cybercrime rising | 04:49 |
| 6 | 13:12 | Blackberry's role | 06:59 |
| 7 | 20:22 | Sponsor: Notion | 02:14 |
| 8 | 22:52 | AI in the ecosystem | 06:44 |
| 9 | 29:36 | Gartner hype cycle | 06:20 |
| 10 | 36:09 | Sponsor: Eight Sleep | 02:31 |
| 11 | 38:49 | There are no replicants | 09:47 |
| 12 | 48:36 | Upcoming changes | 05:52 |
| 13 | 54:36 | Outro | 00:46 |