Reimagining Cyber - real world perspectives on cybersecurity

AI is changing application security at breakneck speed — and it’s not just about generating code faster.
In this episode, Keelin Conant's guest is Diogo Rispoli, an application security leader, architect, and longtime industry expert. They explore what happens when AI agents start writing, testing and fixing code, and even talking to each other. The episode also digs into rogue agents, exploitability, AI-powered testing, the limits of auto-remediation, and why security teams need to look beyond the code itself.
Plus, Diogo looks ahead to 2030 and asks a big question: will finding vulnerabilities even be the job of AppSec anymore?
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In this episode of Reimagining Cyber, Keelin Conant welcomes Kurtis Minder, author of Cyber Recon, former founder of GroupSense, and one of the industry's most experienced ransomware negotiators. Together they discuss the evolution of ransomware, what organizations get wrong about cyber risk, how AI is changing the threat landscape, and the critical actions leaders can take today to protect their businesses. Plus, Kurtis shares insights from years spent communicating directly with the people behind some of the world's most damaging cyberattacks.

Relevant links:
https://www.kurtisminder.com/
Cyber Recon: https://a.co/d/8R4ewib 
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In this powerful episode of Reimagining Cyber, Keelin Conant speaks with Dr. Kelsey Morgan of EverFree about the growing connection between human trafficking and cybercrime. Learn how victims are being forced into scam operations, what recovery looks like for survivors, and how the cybersecurity community can play a role in creating change. It's a conversation that will forever change how you view cybercrime.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Fight of my Life podcast - https://fightofmylifepodcast.com/escaping-scam-city-roll
Forbes - How Romance Fraud Links The U.S. To East Africa And Southeast Asia
Forbes - Pay Attention To The Victims Behind Scams, Various Groups Urge
World News Group - Trapped inside a cyberscam center

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In this special episode of Reimagining Cyber, Tyler Moffitt hosts the podcast for the final time — looking back on 15 years in cybersecurity, the lessons he’s learned from speaking with security practitioners, researchers, MSPs and incident responders, and how dramatically the threat landscape has evolved.
Tyler and incoming host Keelin Conant explore the shift from early malware and ransomware to double extortion, data theft and increasingly sophisticated nation-state activity. They also discuss how AI is accelerating the speed at which new exploits and attacks move from proof of concept into the wild.
The conversation covers why organizations should report cybercrime to law enforcement, the role cryptocurrency trails can play in investigations, and the increasingly blurred line between financially motivated ransomware groups and nation-state operations.
Looking ahead, Tyler shares some practical advice for defenders: treat identity as part of the security perimeter, limit privileges, protect administrative accounts, prepare for AI agents with excessive permissions, test backups, run tabletop exercises and focus on the fundamentals.
But this episode is ultimately about more than technology. Tyler and Keelin discuss the importance of people, curiosity and human experience in cybersecurity — and why, despite changing technology and evolving attackers, there will always be a need to understand what is really happening and what defenders should do about it.
As Tyler hands over the hosting role to Keelin, the next chapter of Reimagining Cyber begins.
In this episode:
15 years of cybersecurity lessons
How ransomware has evolved
AI and the acceleration of cyber threats
Why organizations should report cybercrime
Nation-state attacks and ransomware-for-hire
Identity as the new security perimeter
AI agents, permissions and OAuth tokens
Incident response and tabletop exercises
Why cybersecurity fundamentals still matter
The human side of cybersecurity
Tyler’s final episode and Keelin’s new chapter as host
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What does cyber resilience really mean when the stakes extend far beyond the security team?
In this special Reimagining Cyber: The Boardroom Edition, we bring together perspectives from three 2026 conversations to explore how cybersecurity is becoming a board-level business and operational issue.
Theresa Lanowitz, Cybersecurity Analyst at Omdia and former Gartner analyst explains why resilience can't be treated as simply another cybersecurity initiative — and why the whole organization, from the board and C-suite to frontline teams, needs to take responsibility.
We then look at the first year of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with tech leader Dominic Brown (founder, Graves Light Consulting) , exploring what the regulation means for financial services, why implementation has proved challenging, and why governance, testing and accountability are becoming increasingly important.
Finally, Doug Merritt, CEO of Aviatrix and former CEO of Splunk, argues that cybersecurity is entering a new “containment era.” If organizations have to assume that breaches will happen, how do they prevent those breaches from becoming catastrophic? His answer: measure the blast radius.
Across all three conversations, one message stands out: cyber leadership is no longer simply about protecting technology. It's about preserving operations, protecting customers, sustaining trust and ensuring the business can continue when disruption occurs.
This is cybersecurity from the boardroom perspective.
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