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Episode 149: Black Hat 2026 - Everything Had an AI Agent. Nothing Stopped the Phishing Email.
AI was in every booth, every keynote, and nearly every conversation at Black Hat 2026. Which makes the most useful takeaway from the show a slightly awkward one: the fundamentals still decide who gets compromised.
Host Kim Coombes is joined by Connection security experts John Chirillo and Rob Di Girolamo, along with penetration tester and lead systems engineer Joe Chmielewski, to work through what actually mattered this year.
The conversation covers:
Why AI found hundreds of real vulnerabilities when a human guided the methodology, and performed worse running on its own
Attacker velocity, and why AI lets adversaries cover more ground in the time they have inside an environment
AI agents as a new class of privileged identity, and the machine identity lifecycle gap most organizations haven't closed
What "the end of rare" means when AI makes offense cheap, and why monthly scanning with 30-day patch windows is getting harder to defend
How to tell AI-enabled from AI-washed when a vendor claims an autonomous SOC
The attacks that still work, from a phishing email to an unpatched server, and why a pen tester rarely needs anything exotic to get in
They close with what security teams should do differently on Monday morning. Inventory before innovation, and stop assuming, start validating.
16 Jul 2026
Episode 148: From AI PCs to Better Patient Care – Lenovo Smart, Secure Endpoints with Intel and Microsoft 365
Healthcare organizations are under growing pressure to modernize IT environments while improving clinician experience, strengthening security, and preparing for the next wave of AI-enabled workflows.
In this episode, we’ll explore how AI-powered endpoints, intelligent collaboration tools, and modern device strategies are helping healthcare IT leaders balance operational efficiency with better patient outcomes.
Host: James Hilliard
Guests:
Abhishek Khowala, Global Head of AI, Health and Life Sciences Vertical atIntel
Alexander Stanton III, Account Executive for Healthcare at Lenovo
Show Notes:
00:00 - Introduction: AI endpoints and healthcare modernization overview02:17 - Success story: Ohio children's hospital — modernization benefits03:16 - Security in healthcare AI: Protecting models and managing endpoints05:33 - Challenges faced by healthcare IT teams: Resources, regulation, data issues07:54 - Criticality of security and managing AI complexity in healthcare09:47 - The importance of practical AI adoption focused on patient outcomes11:12 - How AI PCs enhance clinician workflows and patient safety13:06 - Practical benefits of AI endpoints: reducing downtime and improving outcomes14:01 - Role of Intel, Lenovo, and Microsoft in secure, effective AI deployment15:21 - The significance of local processing in healthcare AI PCs — Intel’s innovation17:18 - Leveraging Microsoft 365 for orchestrating complex workflows with AI18:59 - Managing endpoint sprawl and prioritizing security in healthcare IT20:25 - Enhancing threat detection with AI hardware and software integration22:18 - Rethinking modernization: From IT assets to care quality investments24:42 - Using endpoints at the point of care to meet KPIs and reduce data risks26:06 - Early wins: Focus on outcomes, pilot projects, and stakeholder alignment27:57 - Moving forward with healthcare modernization practices
6 Jul 2026
Episode 147: Ripple Security Logic for Protecting the Interconnected Healthcare Ecosystem
Healthcare organizations face growing pressure to modernize clinical systems while defending against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. In this episode, host Kim Coombes is joined by Connection Security Center of Excellence experts John Chirrillo and Rob Di Girolamo to discuss Ripple Security Logic, a framework for understanding and managing risk across today's highly connected healthcare environments. The conversation explores the interconnected relationships between endpoints, medical devices, networks, cloud platforms, identities, and clinical workflows.
Hear from our experts as they discuss how XDR-powered observability, Zero Trust principles, AI-driven analytics, and resilience-focused strategies can help healthcare organizations reduce risk, strengthen threat detection, and support better patient outcomes.
Moderator: Kimberlee Coombes, Security Solution Architect, ConnectionGuest: John Chirillo, Principal Security Architect, ConnectionGuest: Rob Di Girolamo, Senior Security Architect, Connection
Show Notes
(0:00) - Welcome and episode overview: Healthcare cybersecurity and Ripple Security
(1:02) - How Ripple Security changes organizational thinking about cybersecurity
(2:00) - Interconnected ecosystem of healthcare data and devices
(2:57) - Visualizing ripple effects on patient care and organizational risks
(3:27) - The number of connected devices per hospital bed
(4:26) - Growth of attack surface with connected medical devices
(5:24) - Importance of endpoint security and XDR's role in healthcare
(6:22) - How XDR correlates telemetry for threat detection
(7:20) - The critical role of observability versus simple data collection
(8:45) - Distinguishing noise from signals using context-aware observability
(10:10) - Significance of XDR in managing healthcare’s vast device ecosystem
(11:37) - Visibility challenges in healthcare networks and XDR’s benefits
(13:01) - Faster detection and response through integrated telemetry
(14:50) - The importance of east-west traffic monitoring and network segmentation
(17:37) - Redefining perimeter security in a remote and cloud-enabled world
(20:03) - Combating alert fatigue with AI-driven analytics
(21:55) - Security considerations for cloud adoption in healthcare
(25:08) - Impact of breaches and costs on healthcare organizations
(26:04) - Building resilience as a core component of cybersecurity strategy
(28:24) - Aligning security with business resilience and clinical continuity
(29:21) - Final thoughts: Trust, resilience, and proactive cybersecurity planning
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