Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

Highlight reel of the 2025 Verizon DBIR. Organized into 10 clear areas of focus, to help you quickly identify data points that you can use to quickly build business cases and focus on risk areas.

Dive into our recap of Black Hat, DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas from the summer of 2025.

00:00 ...coming up

00:12 introduction & agenda

02:53 who are you wearing?

04:36 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Membership E-Learning & Community

06:01 hot topic - Hacker Summer Camp 2025 Recap

07:28 BSidesLV

08:38 Pros Vs Joes CTF

09:34 Great for noobs but industry heavies still there

11:29 Compliance ≠ Security: Passing audits (PCI, GDPR) does not guarantee real protection against attackers.

13:58 Black Hat USA

17:40 AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI! AI!

21:24 Biz hall much smaller than usual

24:24 RunZero booth/CTF

27:22 Party Crashing

29:07 VulnCheck - this is how you do parties at BlackHat

34:37 DEF CON

37:55 DARPA AIxCC

43:26 DEF CON Soundtrack

45:41 Villages

52:05 Very large vendor area this year - good/bad?

56:11 Recap

57:34 sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Merch Store

58:15 upcoming shows

59:09 That’s a Wrap

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