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Threat Vector | Securing AI Without Slowing Business

In this milestone 100th episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, for a candid conversation on the modern security landscape and what it takes to lead through sustained disruption. Nikesh shares why AI is not just another technology cycle, how security too often becomes an aftert...

Threat Vector | Securing the AI Supply Chain

AI security is no longer optional, it’s urgent. In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Ian Swanson, former CEO of Protect AI and now the AI Security Leader at Palo Alto Networks. Ian shares how securing the AI supply chain has become the next frontier in cybersecurity and why every enterprise building or integrating AI ne...

PANCast™ Episode 55: Setting Anti-Virus Policy with Advanced Wildfire

(view in My Videos) Episode Transcript: John: Hello, Pancasters. Today, we have a special guest who's going to talk to us about advanced Wildfire policies. We have with us Michael Lawson from the technical marketing engineering team. Welcome, Michael. To start with, can you tell us a bit about yourself? Michael: Michael Lawson is senior...

Threat Vector | Lessons from the Underground

In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton is joined by Keith Mularski, Chief Global Ambassador at Qintel and former FBI cybercrime investigator, to explore how threat intel forged in the underground is reshaping today’s SOC. Keith shares lessons from his legendary career—undercover operations, dismantling DarkMarket, and leading some of th...

Threat Vector | The Adversarial Hacker Mindset

In this episode of Threat Vector, host ⁠Michael Heller⁠, Managing Editor for Cortex and Unit 42 and Executive Producer of the podcast, sits down with long-time security leaders ⁠Greg Conti⁠ and ⁠Tom Cross⁠ to unpack the hacker mindset and the idea of “dark capabilities” inside modern technology companies. Greg, Principal at Kopidion Cybersecurit...

Threat Vector | Securing the Modern Workforce: Lessons from Medallia's CISO

In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton, Senior Director of Thought Leadership at Unit 42, speaks with Jiphun Satapathy, SVP and CISO of Medallia. They discuss how security and user experience must coexist in today’s hybrid and AI-driven workplace. Satapathy explains how Medallia secures its global workforce, manages SaaS adoption, ...

Threat Vector | Hacker Movies Then vs Now

In this episode of Threat Vector, We dive into a nostalgic yet revealing journey through classic hacker films, from WarGames to The Net and beyond, to assess what they got right, what they wildly imagined, and what those stories say about culture, fears, and cyber reality today. David Moulton, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unit 42 t...

Threat Vector | Inside Jingle Thief Cloud Fraud Unwrapped

In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unit 42, sits down with Stav Setty, Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks, to unpack Jingle Thief a cloud-only, identity-driven campaign that turned Microsoft 365 into a gift card printing press. Stav explains how the Morocco based group known as...

Threat Vector | Why Proactive Security Can't Wait

In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unit 42, speaks with Elad Koren, Vice President of Product Management for Cortex Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. With the 2025 Unit 42 Incident Response Report showing that adversaries can move from initial compromise to data theft in less than five hour...

Threat Vector | Securing the AI Frontier

AI adoption is outpacing every major tech wave of the past two decades, reshaping the digital enterprise faster than most security leaders expected. In this episode of Threat Vector, Meerah Rajavel, Chief Information Officer at Palo Alto Networks, joins David Moulton to talk about how CIOs can successfully lead AI transformation while securing n...

Threat Vector | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in AI

On this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton sits down with Andy Piazza, Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Unit 42, to unpack the good, the bad, and the ugly of AI in security. We explore how AI is accelerating detection and response, where it’s already saving thousands of analyst hours, and why human-in-the-loop still matters. W...

Threat Vector | Shifting Security Left

In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton speaks with two cybersecurity leaders from Palo Alto Networks: Sarit Tager, Vice President of Product Management, and Krithivasan Mecheri (Krithi), Senior Director of Product Security. Together, they dive into the urgent challenges of securing modern development in the age of AI. The discussion exp...

Threat Vector | Don't Leave Them to Their Own Devices

In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton speaks with Asher Davila, Principal Security Researcher at Palo Alto Networks, about the newly released 2025 Device Security Enterprise Threat Report. This data-rich report reveals that over 21% of connected enterprise devices have known vulnerabilities, and nearly 40% of devices registered in...

Threat Vector | Securing Pre-K-12: A Tech Leader's Perspective

In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Mohammed Saleh, Associate Chief Technology and Management Information Systems Officer at Paterson Public Schools. They explore how school districts can balance cybersecurity, accessibility, and affordability while navigating the evolving threat landscape in K-12 education. Mohammed s...

Threat Vector | Securing Modern Workforce

Hybrid work has changed the game, but has your security kept up? In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton sits down with Harish Singh, Vice President and Global Head of Infrastructure and Application Management at Wipro, to unpack the evolving cybersecurity landscape at the intersection of digital transformation, SaaS expansion, and AI-po...