Why Your CISO Needs a “Shut Up, Boss” Button

04/08/2025 34 min Temporada 4
Why Your CISO Needs a “Shut Up, Boss” Button

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What if GitHub sucks for security detections—and AI is finally good enough to replace it?Join Josh Mason and Wade Wells as they sit down with Aaron Mog, the outspoken founder of Detections.ai, to unpack why detection engineering is broken—and how his new platform signed up 4,000+ users in just two weeks.Aaron doesn’t hold back. From ranting about GitHub’s failures to sharing how AI is now actually useful for real-world detections, this episode goes deep into:Why most teams still build detections in silos (and waste time doing it)What makes detections fail—and what 80% of orgs get wrongHow Detections.ai uses prompt engineering and log analysis to generate battle-ready alertsWhy vendors will never cover all your detection needs (and that’s okay)Whether you're a threat hunter, detection engineer, or just AI-curious, this episode will challenge your assumptions and give you practical ideas to level up your SOC.Connect with Aaron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronmoghttps://detections.ai/ Code “SimplyCyber”👉 Subscribe for more real talk on cyber defense. 🎧 Listen in and get ahead of the curve.Chapters:00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:31 Aaron Mog and Detections.ai Overview01:58 Community-Driven Detection Engineering04:24 AI Integration and Product Evolution06:20 Challenges in Detection Engineering08:11 AI's Role in Detection Engineering15:51 Vendor Limitations and Custom Solutions16:54 Microsoft's Limitations in Cybersecurity17:23 The Evolution of Threat Hunting18:07 Collaborative Approach to Cybersecurity20:07 Crowdsourcing and AI in Detection Engineering20:57 Challenges and Innovations in AI for Security21:37 AI's Role in Detection and Response23:25 Elastic's Blog and Detection Engineering24:29 AI in Summarizing and Enhancing Security Reports28:14 Community and Commercial Aspects of AI in Security32:18 Conclusion and Community Engagement=========================Sponsored by ThreatLocker - Free 30-day trial of ThreatLockerhttps://www.threatlocker.com/simplydefensive=========================Connect with your hosts:Josh Mason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuacmasonWade Wells: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadingthrulogs=========================All the ways to connect with Simply Cyberhttps://SimplyCyber.io/Socials=========================This podcast is presented by Simply Cyber Media Group

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