Interview with Josh Mason | Episode 62
Summary
Host Bronwyn Aker interviews Josh Mason, a former Air Force pilot turned V-CISO and founder of the Noob Village nonprofit at DEF CON. They discuss his consulting work helping small businesses with GRC and incident response, emphasizing the use of AI tools like Claude for research and drafting. The conversation explores AI governance challenges, hallucination risks, and how AI is reshaping cybersecurity accessibility for smaller firms.
Topics discussed
Introduction to AI Security Ops and guest Josh Mason
Noob Village and welcoming newcomers to cybersecurity
Josh's career path from Air Force to sales engineering
The role of a Virtual CISO for small businesses
Using AI tools like Perplexity for security research
AI governance, guardrails, and preventing hallucinations
AI's impact on small business security and D&D dice
Consulting strategies and building client trust
Contact info, social media, and closing remarks
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