A Conversation with Faisal Khan from Vanta

Chinese Solar Builds, DOJ Domain Seizures, Scattered Spider Arrest, Kaiser AI, and more… ➡ Check out Vanta and get $1000 off:vanta.com/unsupervised Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Discussed in this episode:Intro (00:00:00)CrowdStrike Incident Discussion (00:01:49)Threat Actor and Social Engineering (00:03:49)AI Weapons for Ukraine (00:04:56)China's Energy Expansion (00:06:09)Foreign Influence and Disinformation (00:07:30)AI Race and China's Restrictions (00:08:33)Healthcare Innovations with AI (00:10:20)Nvidia's Potential Losses (00:11:19)Google's URL Shortening Service Shutdown (00:14:36)Tech Startup Challenges (00:14:36)Meta Analysis on Toothbrushing (00:16:43)Young Adulthood and Happiness Crisis (00:17:53)AI's Impact on Employment (00:19:08)The Impact of UBI on Ambition (00:20:11)The Nature of Ambition (00:21:18)Cultural Influence on Drive (00:23:14)Addressing Societal Issues (00:24:16)Mental Models for Success (00:24:16)Cannabis and Mediocrity (00:25:25)Conspiracy Culture Commentary (00:26:28)AI in Security (00:27:39)Silicon Valley Political Movements (00:27:39)Discovery Dilemma Tool (00:28:52)Emergency Preparedness (00:28:52)Constructive Political Conversations (00:29:48)Finding Common Ground (00:30:49)Wisdom in Silence (00:31:43)Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

24 Jul 202432min

HackerCamp Approaches, Introducing Substrate, Kaspersky--, Exim/Gitlab Vulns, Personal/Business Branding, and more… ➡ Check out the Autonomous IT Podcast:https://community.automox.com/autonomous-it-podcasts-144 Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one! Discussed on this episode: Intro (00:00:00)AGI Definitions (00:01:29)Pinnacle Human Employees (00:02:36)Transition to ASI (00:03:18)Dynamic Content Summaries (00:03:48)Deepfakes in Education (00:04:43)AI and Disinformation (00:09:04)Manipulation and Inequality (00:11:01)Internet Trust and Content Verification (00:11:01)Concerns Over AI's Impact on Society (00:12:09)OpenAI's AGI Levels (00:13:08)AI Startups and Future Predictions (00:15:24)Technological Innovations (00:16:24)Literacy Crisis in the U.S. (00:17:29)Public Reaction to Health Risks (00:18:35)Search for Extraterrestrial Life (00:19:19)Exoplanets and the Drake Equation (00:19:37)VCs in Medical Practices (00:19:57)Conspiracies and Failures (00:20:48)Therapy and Rumination (00:20:57)Discovery Fluff on Lambda (00:21:12)Securing Workflows with GitHub Actions (00:21:22)Employee Disposability (00:21:32)Correlation of Smoking and Lung Cancer (00:21:48)AI in Satellite Imagery (00:22:04)Git Commits Insights (00:22:49)Check on Friends (00:23:12)Judgment as a Key Skill (00:23:22)Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jul 202424min

Twillio API Dump, North Korea Russia, Funny AI Memes, and more… ➡ Check out Vanta and get $1000 off:vanta.com/unsupervised Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!   Discussed on this episode: Intro (00:00:01)Rebranding of Al Qaeda (00:01:06)Reading Alex Ramos's Business Books (00:01:14)Supporting a Struggling Army Veteran (00:01:54)In-person Sessions with Entrepreneurs (00:02:36)Real World AI Definitions Resource (00:03:00)Defining AI (00:04:08)Machine Learning Definition (00:06:15)Prompt Engineering (00:08:18)Retrieval Augmented Generation (00:09:22)AI Agent Definition (00:10:20)Chain of Thought (00:11:30)Prompt Injection vs. Jailbreaking (00:12:23)Artificial General Intelligence (00:13:24)Sample Efficient AI (00:14:26)Levels of AGI (00:15:25)Artificial Super Intelligence (00:17:21)The Levels of AI (00:19:40)Real World AI Definitions (00:21:49)Cloudflare's New Tool (00:23:51)Emerging AI Capabilities (00:26:00)Technology and Business Updates (00:27:54)Impact of AI on Society (00:32:12)Ground News Recommendation (00:34:29)Aphorism of the Week (00:34:29)Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Jul 202435min

Project Metaculus, SSH and Juniper 0-Day, China v. Taiwan, R1 Leaks, and more… ➡ Check out Vanta and get $1000 off:vanta.com/unsupervised Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one! Discussed in this episode: Updates on Courses and Fabric Introduction (00:00:43)Cracking Trump's Popularity and Security Vulnerabilities (00:01:48)Snowflake Data Breach and AI Security Concerns (00:02:42)APT29 Breach and Consulting Firms' Embrace of AI (00:04:58)AI Forecasting and Chinese Models' Performance (00:06:04)Impact of AI on Vulnerability Research and Automation (00:11:25)New Features in AI Frameworks and Podcast Recommendations (00:14:26)Reflections on Waymo Experience and Epictetus' Aphorism (00:15:26)  Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Jul 202418min

Sonnet 3.5 Support in Fabric, CISA AI Tabletop exercise, Kaspersky ban, China Invasion Scenario, Langchain disilussionment, more… ➡ Check out Vanta and get $1000 off:vanta.com/unsupervised Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!   Discussed on this episode: Introduction (00:00:00) Augmented V2 Registration (00:01:37) Fabric Update and Sonnet 35 (00:01:56) Personal Development and Authenticity (00:03:17) Failures and Authentic Pursuits (00:04:32) Chasing Personal Goals (00:05:30) Articulating and Emoting (00:07:35) Security Updates (00:08:33) Tech Industry Developments (00:09:44) Results as a Service (00:13:11) Intelligence as a Service (00:14:21) Structured Output from LMMS (00:16:38) Innovative Projects (00:17:42) Kludgy first generation AI frameworks (00:18:47) Building a dependable AI stack (00:20:06) Results as a service and trust in AI (00:21:34) Solar energy vs. nuclear power (00:22:36) Smartphone-free schools and societal impact (00:25:02) Sun exposure and its health effects (00:26:04) Intelligence collection and analysis (00:29:26) Future of AI and automation (00:31:32) Tech tools and discoveries (00:33:33) Stoicism and gratitude (00:34:53)    Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Jun 202436min

New AUGMENTED Course Date, 3 New Essays, Disgruntled deletions, Scale and Merit, Russia moves to Yuan, and more… ➡ Check out the Autonomous IT Podcast:https://community.automox.com/autonomous-it-podcasts-144 Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jun 202427min

When SuperIntelligence? Apple's WWDC updates, new Fabric pattern, GPT-4 Hacking Paper, China/Russia Using OpenAI for Misinformation, and more… ➡ Check out Kolide:kolide.com/unsupervisedlearning Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Jun 202453min

In this conversation, I speak with Abhishek Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of Material Security. We talk about: - Material's Security innovative approach to email security by not just preventing unauthorized access but also containing damage from potential breaches. -Abhishek's background in data infrastructure at Dropbox and how product mangers can become successful CEOs due to their cross-functional expertise.  - The need for customized security measures for different organizations, the role of AI in detecting email threats, the importance of single-tenant environments for sensitive customers and the potential risk of default settings in productivity suites like Google Workspace. Among other topics.  Abhishek's Background and Material Security (00:00:00)Email Security and Productivity Suite (00:01:01)Geographical Connection and Coffee Meetup (00:02:06)Product Managers as CEOs and Co-founders (00:02:59)Empowering Product Managers (00:05:01)Product Management and Marketing Importance (00:08:04)Email as a Content Repository (00:09:39)Securing Email Content (00:11:03)Data Protection for Email (00:12:10)Redacting and Canaries (00:12:57)Email Security vs. Data Security (00:14:53)Abuse Cases and Control Layers (00:17:32)Mailbox Compromise and Lateral Movement (00:17:39)Threat Scenario Analysis (00:20:15)Language Models for Detection (00:22:19)Optimism in AI Tools for Defense (00:24:34)Customized Detection Categories (00:25:52)Security Controls Trend (00:26:20)Security Concerns for Law Firms (00:27:07)Email Copy Distribution (00:27:24)API-Based Integration (00:29:08)Monitoring LM Functionality (00:30:42)Threat Intelligence and Detection (00:32:54)Product Design Philosophy (00:35:56)Data Protection (00:38:01)Flexibility in Deployment (00:39:26)Main Products (00:40:33)Posture Management (00:44:01)Broadening Product Coverage (00:48:49)Google Workspace Threat Detection (00:50:05)Challenges with CSP (00:51:13)Contextual Intelligence (00:52:02)Balancing Depth and Breadth (00:53:15)Learning about Material (00:53:40)Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Jun 202454min