Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

In this episode, Corey Nachreiner interviews WatchGuard Cybersecurity Analyst and Threat Emulation & Investigations Lead, Kristen Yang, about the path into cybersecurity, the evolution from threat hunting to leading investigations, and the realities of defending against modern attacks. They explore today’s threat landscape, incident response mistakes, red teaming lessons, MITRE ATT&CK, AI in security, and the skills analysts need most, plus a rapid-fire round to close things out.

AI is everywhere in cybersecurity. For partners, the real question is not about the technology. It is about your people. Is AI replacing analysts, or making them more effective? In this session, we break down the differences between automation and augmentation and why they matter for MSPs delivering security services. Automation removes repetitive SOC work such as triage, enrichment, and basic containment. Augmentation strengthens human experts with faster investigation, clearer attack mapping, and smarter response decisions.

This week on the podcast, we cover the cyber attack that managed to wipe more than 200,000 resources off of the medical technology giant Syryker's network. After that, we review a research post on a good chrome extension gone bad. We end by discussing a recent Microsoft threat intelligence post on how North Korean-backed threat actors have operationalize AI for job scams.

This week on the podcast, we chat about an OpenClaw bot that moved beyond vulnerability research and into malicious activity. Before that, we cover an AI-discovered vulnerability in the pac4j-jwt authentication library before ending with a discussion on an upcoming California law designed to help make age verification in the digital age easier, but with massive consequences.