Rob T. Lee
@robtlee
Chief AI Officer, Chief of Research, @SANSInstitute | Cybersecurity Expert & Threat Hunter | Godfather of DFIR | Technical Advisor to US Govt
Proud to share AI Cybersecurity Careers, a strategic guide to high-paying cybersecurity positions in the AI transformation era. This is the first in a series on ten high-demand roles. Organizations need strategic thinkers who can handle problems that literally didn't exist two…
The US AI Action Plan was released by the @WhiteHouse yesterday specifically calling out AI incident response. America's AI Action Plan specifically mandates "promote mature federal capacity for AI incident response" as a critical infrastructure protection measure. This…
Should boards have one deep technologist who can speak AI, or should every member start building technical fluency? It’s both. You need someone who can explain in plain language the implications of AI adoption throughout the enterprise. But the rest of the board can’t just sit…
I've seen a continual reduction in cybersecurity investment in the 20 years I've been doing this. Security dollars are never the fun dollars for an organization (as I have been told for many years), but investment in a robust cybersecurity defense - first in talent, then…
Are you going to the DFIR Summit this year? I am and cannot wait. Check out what Baby Heather thinks. :) #DFIR #digitalforensics #DFIRSummit @sansforensics for585.com/dfirsummit25
Yes, AI will automate certain technical security roles over the next several years. But the need for human ingenuity within cyber defense will ALWAYS remain. Combatting highly sophisticated threat actors across a widened attack surface cannot be accomplished with advanced…
We need more experts who understand both AI and cybersecurity. This isn't optional anymore. It's survival. Make AI part of your daily routine. This is a path that I'm on - In order to be healthy today, you need to focus in on four things: to get proper sleep. Get a proper diet.…
A decade ago, advanced persistent threats (APTs) required months to complete a kill chain from initial compromise to data exfiltration. By 2023, this timeline has compressed to weeks. @MIT research reveals that AI-powered adversary systems execute attack sequences 47 times…
Every now and then, this meme comes in extremely handy. I loved the movie, but immediately went to my computer and generated this. #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS
About 15 years ago, I got the chance to learn how to drive offensively. You're driving 80 miles an hour and have to react to things that pop up in front of you every few seconds. With the instructor on our right and something equivalent to a Star Wars blast shield blocking our…
I personally use AI for at least 30 minutes a day and encourage cyber leaders and executives to do the same. You cannot win if you don’t fundamentally understand AI’s benefits and risks. You need a way to reduce risk for implementation, and that starts with seeing where people…
Likely one of the most important charts right now.
Increasingly think this might be the most important chart in the world right now
Appreciate Kevin Townsend and @SecurityWeek asking the security professionals. We know we can’t build secret access points into encrypted systems (especially with no visibility for the orgs buying and relying on these tools) and expect them to stay secure. Security needs to be in…
⚡️ LIVE at #ICSSummit | We're thrilled David Worthington flew in from Australia to show us how @JemenaLtd put the #ICS 5 Critical Controls into action & how he goes about reporting the results to the board. 🔗 Join us FREE online now: sans.org/u/1yvS
🚨 Live at #ICSSummit | Nina Kollars & Jason Vogt share how Taipei ran 9 wargames w/ 160+ participants at CYBERSEC 2025 to game #CyberResilience. Their focus areas? ‣ Power & comms redundancy ‣ Local cyber firm strategy ‣ Offshoring vs onshoring 🔗 sans.org/u/1yvS
Beyond encryption: Why #QuantumComputing might be more of a science boom than a #CyberSecurity bust by @robtlee @VentureBeat Read more: buff.ly/vf8Qqtx #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #DeepLearning #Technology cc: @ogrisel @miketamir @theadamgabriel
When AI meets it's AI parent.... what happens within minutes is kind of wild. Amazing demo from @baratunde at the @AspenDigital Shared Future AI Forum today. The security implications of agent-to-agent (A2A) protocols are worth your attention right now.