Everyone claims their testing tool does AI now, and Jay Newlin (Director of Quality Assurance) has the flooded inbox to prove it. He and Greg Vanore (Director of Software Engineering) join host Matt Triner to talk about cutting through that noise, why customers still don't believe automation is worth paying for, and the readable, declarative test frameworks that actually change their minds. Then things get personal with the two worst legacy code handoff stories you'll hear this year, one on burned CDs, one on three-ring binders of printed source code, and what disciplined test automation looks like when you inherit either one.Episode Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:07 Automated Quality Assurance Testing in Software Development

01:22 Challenges in Assessing Tools for Automation Testing

02:42 The Importance of Automation in Testing

03:50 Educating Customers on the Value of Automation Testing

04:41 Expanding Testing Techniques Beyond Traditional Methods

05:48 Customer Perception of Automated Testing

07:09 The Future of Automated Testing

15:57 Balancing Rapid Deployment and Quality

16:58 The Importance of Unit Test Coverage

17:56 Maintaining Test Automation During Rapid Deployment

20:41 The Role of Tooling in Government Environments

22:56 Deliverables and Documentation in Government Contracts

25:12 Testing Legacy Systems

27:56 Considerations for Legacy Systems in Test Automation

34:43 The Future State of Automated Testing

Ask 5 people to define threat intelligence and you'll get 5 different answers, and that's exactly where this episode starts. Will Elchert (Senior CTI Analyst, Hunter Strategy) and Jake Williams (VP of R&D, Hunter Strategy) join host Matt Triner alongside two clients living this from the buyer's side: Keith McCartney, SVP of Security and IT at DNA Nexus, and Billy Martin, CTSO at Vigor. Together, they break down what separates a threat intel program that actually drives decisions from one that's just, as Jake puts it, "cyber story time with the CTI team." The conversation covers where AI genuinely helps in CTI workflows and where it falls flat, how red and blue teams each get value out of the same intelligence, and what metrics actually prove a security program's worth to leadership.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Cyber Threat Intelligence

02:51 Defining Threat Intelligence

05:41 Stakeholder Engagement in Cybersecurity

08:34 Risk Management and Cyber Threat Intelligence

11:36 Industry-Specific Approaches to Threat Intelligence

14:25 The Importance of Context in Threat Intelligence

17:07 Integrating Cybersecurity Functions

19:51 Actionability of Threat Intelligence

25:24 The Evolution of Cyber Threat Intelligence

28:58 AI's Role in Cybersecurity

32:19 Data Analysis and AI Integration

37:14 Challenges and Opportunities with AI

41:27 Human Element in Cyber Threat Intelligence

49:57 Red Team vs Blue Team Dynamics

52:28 Red Team vs Blue Team: Who Leverages CTI Better?

55:02 Funding and Capability Development in Cybersecurity

58:11 The Importance of Communication and Collaboration

01:01:14 Metrics for Measuring Threat Intelligence Effectiveness

01:09:45 Building a Cybersecurity Program from Scratch

Threat modeling is one of cybersecurity's most valuable practices, and one of the most skipped. Xander Keele (Director of Solution Architecture) and Greg Vanore (Director of Software Engineering) join host Matt Triner to break down frameworks like STRIDE and PASTA, why developers push back on it, and how to get buy-in without falling into pure theory. They also dig into how AI is changing the pace of both attacks and defenses.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Threat Modeling in Cybersecurity

02:12 Defining Threat Modeling and Its Overlooked Nature

07:13 The Role of Risk Assessment in Threat Modeling

12:09 Social Skills in Threat Modeling and Development

22:06 Higher-Level Threat Modeling and Industry Context

24:45 Real-World Applications of Threat Modeling Techniques

31:49 Enhancing Threat Models with Market Insights

34:10 The Role of Market Share in Risk Assessment

36:36 Contractual Implications of Threat Modeling

41:34 Integrating Threat Modeling into Development Culture

52:02 Adapting Threat Modeling for Emerging Technologies