From PentestGPT to production: The state of AI-assisted offensive security with Charles Grandjean / Defender Fridays [#327]

About this episode

This episode discusses the thought processes of analysts in cybersecurity investigations and the characteristics of high performers.

Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as Chris Sanders, Founder at Applied Network Defense and the Rural Technology Fund, breaks down how analysts actually think through investigations and what separates high performers from the rest.

People in this episode

Host: Chris Sanders

Guest: Charles Grandjean

Topics covered

• AI-assisted security
• offensive security
• investigations
• high performance
• cybersecurity

Keywords

• PentestGPT
• AI
• offensive security
• cybersecurity investigations
• high performers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Applied Network Defense, Rural Technology Fund

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