Dark Reading Confidential: Reviving the Hacker Ethos That Built Cybersecurity

This podcast transcript features Michael Coates and Tal Kollender discussing the evolution of the hacker mindset into mainstream cybersecurity roles, the loss and preservation of technical curiosity as the industry matures, operational problems like alert fatigue and remediation gaps, and practical advice for CISOs—including how to translate technical risk for boards and the importance of hands-on understanding of emerging technologies such as AI to drive effective security decisions.