{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI Security Ops","title":"Interview with Josh Mason | Episode 62","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2713,"description":"In this episode of BHIS Presents: AI Security Ops, Bronwen Aker and Ethan sit down with Josh Mason for a wide-ranging conversation about cybersecurity careers, AI, small business security, and what it actually takes to help organizations make practical security decisions.\nHow do small businesses think about security when they do not have a full-time CISO?\nAnd what happens when AI starts lowering the barrier for research, planning, governance, and security operations?\nNot hypothetically. Not as a buzzword. But in the real world — where companies are trying to understand SOC 2, HIPAA, incident response, cyber insurance, AI governance, hallucinations, and the risks of letting tools make decisions they do not fully understand.\nJosh brings a practical perspective from his background as a C-130 pilot, cyber leader, instructor, sales engineer, vCISO, consultant, and founder of Noob Village at DEF CON.\nWe dig into:\n- What Noob Village is and why DEF CON needs an on-ramp for new people\n- Josh’s path from Air Force pilot to cyber leadership\n- Why communication and translation matter so much in cybersecurity\n- What a vCISO actually does for small businesses\n- How smaller companies think through SOC 2, HIPAA, GRC, pen testing, and incident response\n- How AI can speed up research, planning, and draft creation\n- Why AI-generated work still needs human review and source validation\n- How companies are trying to govern employee use of AI tools\n- Why cyber insurance, E&O coverage, and AI hallucinations are starting to overlap\n- Where RAG and guardrails can help reduce risk\n- How AI may reshape the work small businesses can do on their own\n- Why trust, relationships, and human judgment still matter in consulting\n- How hacker community, mentorship, and D&D all somehow fit together\nThis episode explores a practical shift in AI security: AI is not just changing the tools defenders use. It is changing how small businesses learn, make decisions, evaluate risk, and decide when they need...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/mN9_Xu9UJwoaajIvIvLd-Yygv-Vh_nJwEDItjPY09kA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYjBm/MzE1MWI2YmE4ZGJh/MDQ3MmJkMTkxZGNl/MjBjNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}