Emerging Threats in 2026: Inside Proofpoint’s Detection Playbook

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The episode features a discussion on how emerging threats are detected and managed in cybersecurity.

Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Pals! Host Selena Larson and co-host, Tim Kromphardt, chat with Rich Gonzalez, Director of Emerging Threats at Proofpoint, to kick off 2026 with a behind-the-scenes look at how emerging threats are detected, tracked, and turned into real-world protections for defenders. They explore what it really takes to keep pace with an always-on threat landscape, from rapid response to newly released proof-of-concepts, to why certain vulnerabilities like Log4j co...

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Hosts: Selena Larson, Tim Kromphardt

Guest: Rich Gonzalez

Topics covered

• emerging threats
• cybersecurity
• threat detection
• vulnerabilities
• real-world protections
• threat landscape

Keywords

• emerging threats
• cybersecurity
• threat detection
• Log4j
• vulnerabilities
• proof-of-concepts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Proofpoint

Products: Log4j

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