Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- October 26, 2023
- Duration
- 36m
- Channel
- No Priors
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Cyber Security is going to change significantly in the era of AI, according to Ryan Noon, cofounder of Material Security, a security company that makes cloud-based Google and Microsoft email a safe place for sensitive data. Elad Gil and Ryan talk about how Material Security started to use LLMs, potential security threats from AI hacks, and the role of the government in securing the Internet. Ryan also shares his advice for founders. Ryan co-founded Material Security in 2017 after seeing high profile email hacks in the 2016 Presidential election. Previously, he led various engineering teams at Dropbox after it acquired his first company, Parastructure. Prior to Parastructure, he led engineering at a data analysis company spun out of Stanford by DARPA. He holds both an MS in Computer Networks and Security and a BS in Computer Science from Stanford. 00:00 - How 2016 Election Hacking Inspired Ryan to Start Material Security 05:02 - Generative AI Use Cases in Cyber Security & Fine Tuning 11:50 - Predictions on Effective Threat Levels from AI Hacks 15:39 - Democracy, the Department of Defence, DARPA and Cyber Security 20:17 - Is there room for startups in the Cyber Security industry? 27:13 - New Challenges On Horizon After 7 Years as Cofounder 30:32 - Advice to Founders
SPEAKERS
Elad Gil
hostRyan Noon
guestNarrator
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of No Priors, featuring Elad Gil and Ryan Noon, No Priors Ep. 38 | With Material Security Co-Founder Ryan Noon explores aI Supercharges Cybersecurity: Material Security’s Ryan Noon On Defense Ryan Noon, co-founder and chairman of Material Security, explains how the company protects cloud email (Google Workspace, Office 365) by assuming accounts will be compromised and limiting the damage through “defense in depth.”
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