SECURE& | “The Internets Biggest Point of Failure” with Tod Beardsley | S5 Ep8

From teenage hacker to shaping the future of vulnerability management. 🎙️

In this episode of the Secure & Scale Podcast, Jack Brandwood sits down with Tod Beardsley, Vice President of Security Research at runZero, to explore the evolution of vulnerability management and the challenges facing defenders today.

Tod shares his journey from hacking as a teenager to helping shape the systems the industry relies on, including the future of CVE, AI-driven security research, and why vulnerability standards matter.

In this episode, we dive into:

• Why CVE became the industry's shared language
• The risk of vulnerability databases fragmenting
• How AI is changing security research
• The future of vulnerability disclosure
• Why attackers ignore vulnerability identifiers while defenders rely on them

One of the biggest takeaways:
"Attackers give no spits about which vulnerability identifier it is. As long as they get shells, they're good."

If you're a security leader, researcher, or vulnerability management professional, this episode is worth watching.

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