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Andesite CEO Brian Carbaugh talks about SecOps and leadership on CyberBytes: The Podcast

Our CEO Brian Carbaugh met with Aspiron’s Oliver Legg to discuss his career from CIA Chief of Staff to Bionic AI SOC startup founder. They talked about how a career in intelligence shaped Brian’s approach to leadership, risk, and company-building, the principles and special sauce that make Andesite unique in the category.

 

The conversation delves on how Andesite is taking a contrarian stance on AI in the SOC by putting analysts, not automation, at the center, and how the “replace the analyst” narrative gets it wrong.

 

They talk about how crowded the AI SOC field has become and look at differentiators beyond the hype. Brian explains why he chose a company-builder and foundry model over traditional venture funding and why Andesite has invested on security and compliance from day one.

 

 

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Andesite CEO Brian Carbaugh and CPO William Macmillan discussed SecOps on CISO Tradecraft

Our CEO Brian Carbaugh and CPO William Macmillan joined Mark Hardy for a great episode of CISO Tradecraft. They discussed the Human-AI SOC and how AI is transforming security operations.

They delved into the efficiency, accuracy, and proactive threat detection that AI systems bring to the SOC, and the critical role of contextual data in modern threat detection. The conversation covered the challenges of legacy SIEMs, the benefits of AI to solve for alert fatigue, and the sea change offered by a new SOC architecture.

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Our CEO, Brian Carbaugh, talked with Channel 8 News NOW at Black Hat

Carbaugh, a former CIA operative who was also part of the first U.S. team deployed to Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, was interviewed during Black Hat to talk about his perspective on some of the industry’s biggest challenges: rising AI-driven threats and a shrinking pool of skilled defenders.

Reflecting about his background, he explained, “I spent so much of my time focused on counterterror direct kinetic physical threats to the United States…But you realize playing out in the background all along are those cyber threats, that are persistent, that are coming every minute of the day.”

“The community here in Las Vegas has felt the impact of these attacks across a broad array of targets,” Carbaugh said. “It does highlight the importance of the conference, bringing together people to solve challenges, we’re all feeling it, this pressure.”

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The Importance of Team Culture in Startups, with Andesite’s CEO and co-founder Brian Carbaugh

In this conversation, Brian Carbaugh, CEO and co-founder of Andesite, shares his unique journey from the CIA (and beore that the Marines!) to the world of cybersecurity. He discusses the challenges and rewards of being a founder, the importance of setting a positive tone for the team, and the necessity of resilience in a startup environment. Brian emphasizes the value of building a supportive team culture, the multi-hat lifestyle of a startup CEO, and the critical role of sales and marketing in a competitive cybersecurity landscape. He reflects on why he chose cybersecurity and the excitement of being a founder, highlighting the opportunity to create a lasting legacy.

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The Art of Intelligence

Former CIA Officers Brian Carbaugh (Andesite’s CEO and co-founder), Dawn Meyerriecks, and Michael Morell partner with MasterClass to teach declassified techniques on how to assess risk, strengthen relationships, and get ahead in life and business. Skills so good, they’ve been kept secret, until now.

What you’re about to read is not for civilians’ eyes. Until now. MasterClass has attained access to three of the CIA’s top former officers, who have been given authorization to share their real-life experiences and the valuable lessons they learned about leadership, critical thinking, and risk management. There’s a reason the CIA keeps its techniques a secret. You’re about to find out why.

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