Vulns + AI = Oh My! From Sandbox Escapes to Record Patches

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks in cybersecurity, one that’s seen AI reshaping both offense and defense. Join us this Friday as we cut through the noise, headline hype, and press releases to figure out what’s happening on the ground. IST hosted a discussion on Friday, July 31, covering: GOLD EAGLE: The White House’s new federal clearinghouse has paired CISA, Treasury, and the Department of War with private industry to speed up vulnerability detection and remediation across critical infrastructure. The OpenAI/Hugging Face breakout: An experimental AI agent escaped its sandbox, targeted Hugging Face, and forced defenders to use local open-weight models after cloud API guardrails blocked forensic efforts. Patchpalooza: With Microsoft’s record-breaking Patch Tuesday (570+ flaws!), we’re seeing the impact of AI vulnerability discovery on standard patch cadences. Panelists: Jen Ellis, Founder, NextJenSecurity and Adjunct Senior Policy Advisor, IST Jason Kikta, Chief Technology Officer, Automox and Adjunct Senior Technical Advisor, IST Nick Leiserson, SVP for Policy, IST Bob Lord, Secure by Design Leader and founder, Hacklore.org Lisa Olson, Principal Security Program Manager, MSFT