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Episode Summary

Damien Lewke, founder and CEO of Nebulock, joins to discuss how agentic AI is rapidly changing cybersecurity, making both attacks and defense faster and more accessible. You’ll hear why proactive, AI-driven threat hunting is now essential for every organization, and how Damien’s experience at top security firms shapes his approach to democratizing these tools.

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Guest Bio

Damien Lewke is the Founder and CEO of Nebulock, a Boston-based cybersecurity startup pioneering autonomous, agentic threat hunting. Before launching Nebulock, he led key roles at Northrop Grumman, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Arctic Wolf, and is now at the forefront of using AI to transform proactive defense.

Episode Breakdown

00:00 Banter

03:22 The Evolution of Cybersecurity and Threat Hunting

10:17 Vibe Hunting: A New Approach to Threat Detection

16:21 Leadership as a Verb in Cybersecurity

19:09 Adversaries Leveraging AI: A New Era

24:38 Rethinking Security Strategies

31:05 The Future of Security Teams and AI

37:26 Career Advice for Threat Hunters

Resources & References

• Anthropic Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
• Google Threat Intelligence Team AI Threat Tracker
• Jocko Willink: Extreme Ownership

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