Cybersecurity Where You Are · 2026-06-03 · 39 min
In episode 190 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson and Tony Sager sit down with Brian Calkin , Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the Center for Internet Security® (CIS®). Together, they separate fact from fiction around artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities like Mythos AI and other AI-driven vulnerability discovery tools. Here are some highlights from our episode: 00:50 . Greetings to Brian and setting the stage for questions from a CIS webinar 03:05 . The lack of a unified formula or standard for vulnerability prioritization 03:55 . The opportunity for defenders to interrupt vulnerabilities chained together 05:47 . An invitation to better understand your enterprise amid the "slopdemic" 06:33 . How AI guardrails tie back into security best practices 10:15 . How a fundamental practice we can refine is the best counter to chained attacks 12:25 . The value of the CIS Community Defense Model and a teaser for Version 3 14:50 . Mythos AI vs. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) in terms of practice and time 19:08 . Visibility, governance, and prioritization: Three elements of a "prepared" environment 24:32 .
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