Mentorship to Mastery: AI and Community Lessons with Ron Eddings

Mentorship to Mastery: AI and Community Lessons with Ron Eddings

AI might analyze your logs in seconds, but only the community can put you in the room that changes your career.

In this solo episode, Ron Eddings discusses the powerful balance between human connection and artificial intelligence in shaping the future of cybersecurity and beyond. From the sacrifices that sparked his career to the mentors who opened doors, Ron shares personal stories that show why community will always be your ultimate competitive edge, even as AI advances into the SOC. He also runs live AI experiments on ransomware response and log analysis, revealing what AI can (and can’t) do for practitioners right now.

Impactful Moments:

00:00 - Introduction 02:00 - Why community is your first advantage 03:30 - The sacrifice that launched Ron’s career 04:40 - Meeting mentor Marcus Carey 06:00 - Early opportunities in cybersecurity 07:00 - The power of hacker spaces 09:00 - How mentors open hidden doors 10:00 - RSA and Black Hat as career accelerators 13:00 - The most underrated LinkedIn feature 15:00 - The HVS mastermind community 16:00 - Reality check on GPT-5 18:00 - AI builds an IR playbook 20:00 - Critical do’s and don’ts in incident response 23:00 - Why hallucinations matter in cybersecurity AI 25:00 - AI makes sense of raw logs 28:00 - Can AI replace tier one analysts? 30:00 - Where AI still falls short 31:00 - Final challenge: Strengthen your community

Links:

Connect with our Ron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldeddings/

Register for our livestream with Gerry Auger: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7359290642633539586/

Check out the links to the OpenAI ChatGPT threads here: Incident Analysis Summary: https://chatgpt.com/share/689fa61f-3498-8006-9989-ff8221f97b01

Ransomware Incident Playbook: https://chatgpt.com/share/689fa63f-86ec-8006-8355-642d4d38808e

Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams

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Episode 28 - Talking Tech: Speaking For SANS with Jennifer Santiago

Episode 28 - Talking Tech: Speaking For SANS with Jennifer Santiago

While progressing through a career in Cybersecurity (Or Technology), there will be opportunities to present research at conferences and events. In this episode, Ron and Chris chat with Jennifer Santiago - Director of Content Development and Speaker Management at SANS Institute. Jennifer shares insight on selecting conference topics and how to make an impact while giving a presentation at SANS.   SANS CTI Summit is right around the corner and would love to meet. Sign up with the following link:http://www.sans.org/u/XJ4 Use the code "CTIPOD20" to get 20% off.

7 Jan 202024min

Episode 27 - Mark Metry Podcasting with Purpose

Episode 27 - Mark Metry Podcasting with Purpose

Upgrading the human is critical to cybersecurity and life. In this episode, host of Humans 2.0 - Mark Metry joins Ron and Chris to discuss the evolution of technology and purpose.

13 Dec 201935min

Episode 26 - Exploring the Financial Playbook with Kimberly Hodgdon

Episode 26 - Exploring the Financial Playbook with Kimberly Hodgdon

Information Security / Cybersecurity can be an extremely lucrative path. In this episode, Chris and Ron explore the financial playbook with Kimberly Hodgdon - Stock Plan Manager @ Netflix

12 Dec 201926min

Episode 25 - Underrepresented

Episode 25 - Underrepresented

In this webcast/podcast series simply called "Underrepresented"—a series recorded and produced in conjunction with our good friends, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli —we want to merge conversations and actions. In this first episode, we get to speak with someone well outside of the InfoSec industry, Chris’ dad, Doug Cochran. Doug is joined by someone that does amazing things for the greater community and helping those less fortunate to get a voice and to be heard - co-founder of the ICMCP, Larry Whiteside Jr.

10 Dec 201958min

Episode 24 - Decoding LinkedIn with Brynne Tillman

Episode 24 - Decoding LinkedIn with Brynne Tillman

Your most reputable source of marketing is YOU! With Today's tools like LinkedIn this becomes a realistic task and something that every professional should take advantage of. During this episode, Brynne Tillman gives invaluable insight for enhancing presence on LinkedIn.

3 Dec 201938min

Episode 23 - Operating in High Performance Environments with Markus De Shon

Episode 23 - Operating in High Performance Environments with Markus De Shon

Ever met someone with a Nuclear Physics and Cybersecurity background? If not, meet Markus De Shon - Detection Engineering Lead @ Netflix. In this episode, Markus shares experience moving from one industry to another and operating in high performance environments

19 Nov 20191h 29min

Episode 22 - Road To The DevGuild Conference with Ody Lupescu

Episode 22 - Road To The DevGuild Conference with Ody Lupescu

In this episode, Ody Lupescu joins Chris and Ron to discus building Security Programs and Onboarding Third Party Vendors Looking for more content and interaction from industry experts? Join Hacker Valley Studio at the DevGuild Conference Nov 14 with promo code hackervalley15

12 Nov 201938min

Episode 21 - Changing the AppSec Game with Tanya Janca

Episode 21 - Changing the AppSec Game with Tanya Janca

Notice something new? What better to way unveil the new podcast name Hacker Valley Studio with an amazing guest - Tanya Janca. Tanya has made a huge impact to Application Security and to many other infosec domains. I'd highly recommend staying in touch with Tanya and following her work.   Tanya Janca: https://twitter.com/shehackspurple https://dev.to/shehackspurple https://medium.com/@shehackspurple    https://www.youtube.com/shehackspurple    https://www.twitch.tv/shehackspurple https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca   Security Sidekick: https://securitysidekick.dev https://twitter.com/SecSidekick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KyuI83jt0l14q8xyffC2A   WoSEC (Women of Security) https://twitter.com/WoSECtweets  #SecurityWin  https://twitter.com/shehackspurple/status/1183483366592503808

22 Okt 201951min

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