Breaking into Cybersecurity - Jon Salisbury

AI and Cybersecurity: Jon Salisbury on Driving Change

In this episode of 'Breaking into Cybersecurity', host Chris interviews Jon Salisbury, CEO & Chief AI Officer of Nexigen. Jon discusses his journey from co-founding Nexigen as a competitor to VMware to evolving into a leading AI and cybersecurity firm. He details Nexigen's early innovations in virtualization, their pivot to IT services based on customer demand, and their current focus on AI, including the establishment of an AI research lab. The conversation covers the importance of agility and listening to customers, the challenges of implementing AI in business, and the future of cybersecurity and multimodal attacks. Jon also provides insights into modeling advanced AI systems and the significant potential and risks involved in AI deployment.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
01:33 Founding and Early Days of NextGen
04:59 Evolution and Growth of NextGen
05:54 AI and Smart City Innovations
09:01 Becoming a Chief AI Officer
11:28 Research Lab and AI Model Development
12:22 AI in Military and Defense Applications
15:51 Nature-Inspired AI Solutions
20:31 Exploring Sparse Encoding and Regional Activations
20:46 Introduction to Multimodal Attacks
21:45 Understanding Crossmodal Attack Vectors
23:23 Challenges in Cybersecurity Research
25:20 Enterprise Adoption of AI Models
26:57 The Role of AI in Modern Business
31:25 Evaluating AI Implementation Success
35:32 Governance and Simplification in AI
38:10 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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About the hosts:  

Renee Small is the CEO of Cyber Human Capital, one of the leading human resources business partners in the field of cybersecurity, and author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book, Magnetic Hiring: Your Company's Secret Weapon to Attracting Top Cyber Security Talent. She is committed to helping leaders close the cybersecurity talent gap by hiring from within and helping more people get into the lucrative cybersecurity profession. https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebrownsmall/
Download a free copy of her book at magnetichiring.com/book

Christophe Foulon focuses on helping to secure people and processes, using a solid understanding of the technology involved. He has over ten years of experience as an Information Security Manager and Cybersecurity Strategist. He is passionate about customer service, process improvement, and information security. He has significant expertise in optimizing the use of technology while balancing the implications for people, processes, and information security through a consultative approach.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophefoulon/

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