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Opinion

From NSA Recruit at 17 to CEO: The Making of a White-Hat Hacker

Vinnie Liu never broke into systems for thrills. He did it to understand them. That distinction, formed before he was a teenager, shaped a career that went from the NSA to running one of the most recognised offensive security firms in the business.

4 min read
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Opinion

From Navy Sailor to Cybersecurity Chief: What Chris Wheeler Learned About Trust

Resilience CISO Chris Wheeler spent years in the Navy before moving into corporate security. His core lesson: the job is about earning trust, not just blocking attacks.

3 min read
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Opinion

From Gatekeeper to Growth Partner: What the Modern CSO Role Actually Looks Like

Security chiefs who keep talking about firewalls while their peers talk about revenue will keep getting ignored. Here's what the shift to business-first security leadership looks like in practice.

3 min read
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Threat Intelligence

How Walmart Turned Its Security Red Team and Blue Team Into Allies

Rather than letting offensive and defensive security testers work against each other in secret, Walmart's security chief put them in the same room and changed the rules of the exercise.

4 min read
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Policy & Regulation

Bobmojis, Bobbleheads, and Hardware Keys: How the Democratic National Committee Rebuilt Its Security After a Russian Hack

Two security chiefs who ran the DNC's defences back-to-back told Black Hat 2026 how they turned a politically focused, budget-constrained organisation into one where the chair personally called staff who skipped security enrolment.

5 min read
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AI Security

Your Boss Is the Biggest Shadow AI Risk in the Building

New survey data shows senior executives are far more likely than ordinary staff to use unapproved AI tools, and that gap is quietly undermining every security policy their IT teams try to enforce.

3 min read
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