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Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as we explore Zero Trust architecture and implementation with Dr. Chase Cunningham, Chief Security Officer at Demo-Force. At Defender Fridays, we delve into the dynamic world of information security, exploring its defensive side with seasoned professionals from across the industry. Our aim is simple yet ambitious: to foster a collaborative space where ideas flow freely, experiences are shared, and knowledge expands.

On this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast we speak with Alec Fenton, VP of Security Operations at Foresite Cybersecurity about his journey from SOC analyst to security leader. Alec Fenton is a seasoned Cyber Security professional with over 15 years of extensive experience across many IT domains. With a career spanning more than a decade, Alec has honed his expertise in addressing a broad spectrum of cybersecurity challenges, leveraging his analytical prowess and hands-on approach to leadership.

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This week on the podcast, we go through all six of our cybersecurity predictions for 2026. For each prediction, we'll discuss the trends behind them, why we think they'll hit next year, and some takeaways for people and organizations on how to react to them in the coming year.

There's growing concern that AI automation is removing the hands-on experience junior analysts need to develop into senior defenders. In this Intel Chat, Matt Bromiley and Chris Luft challenge that assumption. Matt breaks down why the traditional entry-level path of endless log review and alert triage was never the best training ground to begin with. Log detection, alert triage, and drift detection are often cited as how defenders learn the trade. But most analysts never had time to get to drift detection because they were buried in repetitive work.