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Corelight DefeNDRs
Gain clear, actionable intelligence from Corelight's network defense experts. Corelight DefeNDRs translates complex cybersecurity detection challenges into concise, practical episodes designed to support faster, smarter decision-making across modern security teams.
Episodes
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 27 - Building Zeek's Community: Support, AI, and Real-World Use
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Michelle Pathe, Zeek's community liaison, to explore how Zeek stays open, supportive, and useful for practitioners. They…
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Episode 26 - Zeek at 30: The Measure-First Mindset That Shaped Zeek (Part 2)
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Vern Paxson to celebrate Zeek's 30th anniversary and explore the discipline of measurement that underpins modern network…
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Episode 25 - Zeek at 30: Vern Paxson on Origins and Enduring Logs (Part 1)
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Vern Paxson, Corelight co-founder and Chief Scientist, to explore Zeek's 30-year journey from a Berkeley Lab research project…
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Episode 24 - Speaking Security So Leaders, Boards, and Buyers Actually Listen
In this episode, Richard Bejtlich talks with Julie Parrish, CMO at Corelight, about how security professionals can communicate more effectively with CISOs…
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Episode 23 - Inside Zeek 9: Modernizing Open Source Network Monitoring & Agentic Security Scanning
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich sits down with Christian Kreibich, Zeek's technical lead, to unpack the upcoming Zeek 9 release and what it means for…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 22 - The CTO's Case for AI: Fixing Bugs, Vibe Coding, and the Future of Dev Jobs
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich sits down with Steve Smoot, Chief Technical Officer at Corelight, to explore how AI is reshaping the daily work of…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 21 - Building AI Harnesses to Unify Detection and Response
Corelight Senior Security Engineer Jordan Hair joins Richard Bejtlich to break down how defense teams can leverage agentic AI harnesses to transform…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 20 - NDR Essentials: Why Network Data Still Defines Detection
Richard Bejtlich joins Vince Stoffer to unpack the ideas behind his new book on network detection and response, starting with a practical distinction: NSM is a…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 19 - The Cap on Inference: Proving How Network Data Quality Drives AI Security ROI
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich sits down with Corelight Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Greg Bell to unpack groundbreaking research that…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 18 - Live Fire Defense at Locked Shields
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich sits down with Corelight Senior Sales Engineers Adam Donadeo and Nico Roosenboom to unpack their firsthand experiences…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 17 - Home Labs and Tinted Windows: Why Network Visibility Starts at Your Front Door
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich and guest Ricky Lin explore the practical—and often personal—side of network defense: monitoring the home network. Ricky…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 16 - Beyond the Black Box: Solving Data Overload with Agentic Triage
In this episode, host Richard Bejtlich sits down with Dave Getman to discuss the evolution of Corelight Investigator and the paradigm shift from delivering raw…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 15 - The Right Eyes: Mythos, and the Future of Vulnerability Discovery
The emergence of advanced large language models like Anthropic's Mythos represents an epochal shift in cybersecurity, fundamentally altering how zero-day…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 14 - Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: The Shift to Post-Quantum Cryptography
The emergence of quantum computing has introduced a definitive expiration date for classical encryption, fueling a "harvest now, decrypt later" strategy among…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 13 - Battle-Hardened Research: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Open Source
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Ali Islam to pull back the curtain on how a security research lab functions within a modern security company. Moving beyond the…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 12 - The Agentic SOC: Upleveling Analysts with AI Knowledge Multipliers
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Stan Kiefer, Corelight’s Senior Manager for Data Science, to discuss how AI serves as a vital "abstraction layer" and…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 11 - The AI Maturity Journey: Data, Agents, and the Shift from Craft to Art
Richard Bejtlich talks with Vijit Nair, VP of Product at Corelight, about the evolving "AI Maturity Journey" for modern security teams. Vijit outlines a…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 10 - From Lab Research to Founder: Grit and The Leap into Cybersecurity
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Greg Bell, Corelight co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, to explore the transition from elite academic research to the world…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 9 - Federal Cyber Defense: Legacy Debt, Cloud Shifts, and Network Truth
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Jean Schaffer, Corelight’s Federal CTO, to discuss the unique hurdles facing government agencies in an era of escalating…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 8 - Enterprise Nervous System: Using Network Signal to Direct Business Strategy
In this episode of Corelight Defenders, I'm joined by Bernard Brantley, Chief Information Security Officer at Corelight, as we delve into the concept of the…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 7 - Practical AI for Zeek, MITRE, and Security Docs
In Episode 7 of Corelight DefeNDRs, join me, Richard Bejtlich, as I sit down with Dr. Keith Jones, Corelight's principal security researcher, to discuss the…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 6 - Detecting DNS Covert Channels in the Wild (Part 2)
In Episode 6 of Corelight DefeNDRs, we delve deeper into the fascinating world of DNS covert channels with Vern Paxson, our chief scientist and co-founder…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 5 - Detecting DNS Covert Channels in the Wild (Part 1)
In Episode 5 of Corelight Defenders, I, Richard Bejtlich, engage with Corelight's co-founder and chief scientist, Vern Paxson, to delve into the intricate…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 4 - Staying Curious: Lessons from 25 Years in Cybersecurity
In Episode 4 of Corelight Defenders, I sit down with Angela Loomis, Corelight's Director of Technical Account Management, to explore her remarkable 25-year…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 3 - Network Visibility in the Cloud: Why Network Traffic Analysis Remains Critical
Richard Bejtlich discusses cloud security from a network-centric perspective with Corelight's cloud security researcher, David Burkett. They explore why…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 2 - Inside the Black Hat NOC: Defending a hostile conference network
Richard Bejtlich talks with Corelight Principal Technical Marketing Engineer Mark Overholser about what it takes to run the Black Hat Network Operations Center…
Corelight DefeNDRsEpisode 1 - Typhoon season: How Chinese threat actors are quietly staging for disruption
Richard Bejtlich sits down with Vince Stoffer, Corelight's Field CTO, to dive into the recent wave of cyberattacks attributed to Chinese threat actors, known…