Outpacing the Adversary with AI Threat Defense – John Hultquist – BH26 #1

The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a radical shift. AI is no longer just a productivity accelerator for developers and analysts—it has become actively weaponized by sophisticated threat actors to discover and exploit vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed. We’ll discuss Google’s own approach to combating today’s threats and the need for security teams to transform vulnerability management with machine-speed defense. Segment Resources: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-ai-threat-defense https://cloud.google.com/security/ai-threat-defense https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/ebookgooglecloudsecurityaithreatdefense.pdf https://services.googl...

August 5, 2026

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Segment Resources:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-google-ai-threat-defense https://cloud.google.com/security/ai-threat-defense https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/ebookgooglecloudsecurityaithreatdefense.pdf https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/whitepapercombatingaidriventhreatsgooglemachinespeed_defense.pdf

This segment is sponsored by Google Cloud. Visit https://securityweekly.com/googlebh to learn more about them!

Guest

John Hultquist

Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group at Google

John Hultquist is Chief Analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group, having come to Google through its acquisition of Mandiant. John has over 25 years of experience in intelligence and special operations, principally covering emerging threats in cyber espionage. His team found and first publicly exposed the Russian threat actor best known as Sandworm. John is the founder of CYBERWARCON and SLEUTHCON, and he teaches at Johns Hopkins University. He is also a veteran of the US Army.

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