AI, Adversaries, and the Human Problem in Cyber | Fireside Chat with Max Margolis

In this fireside chat, Danny sits down with Max Margolis to cut through the noise surrounding AI in cybersecurity. While the industry races to slap "AI-powered" on every product and executives pour hundreds of millions into tools they barely understand, the real story is far more nuanced and far more urgent. From hallucinations in audit reports costing hundreds of millions of dollars to adversaries building sophisticated malware frameworks using generative AI alone, this conversation pulls no punches on where we actually stand and where we are headed. If you work in cyber, defend networks, or make decisions about security spending, this is the reality check you need right now.
Key Themes Discussed:

AI Is a Tool, Not a Savior — Why stripping away the marketing hype reveals that LLMs are probability engines that augment human intelligence but will never replace the people behind the keyboard.
Adversaries Are Accelerating:  How threat actors are leveraging generative AI to build malware, speed up zero-day exploitation by months, and launch more targeted campaigns against Western infrastructure.
The Silo Problem Is Killing Defense: Why Cyber Threat Intelligence buried under the SOC is a strategic failure, and how systems theory offers a path to breaking down the walls that leave organizations exposed.
More Money and More Tools Will Not Save You:  The hard truth that stacking tools on top of tools without training, governance, and a clear strategy only increases complexity and widens the attack surface.
The Human Element Is the Endgame:  From insider threats to the defenders on the front lines, cybersecurity will always come down to people, and organizations that forget this will pay the price.