# Cybersecurity: what operators said this week

Security leaders on incidents, controls and what they changed.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/cybersecurity

> "one person's official responsibility… can create a household cyber security checklist and put it in their own personal calendar to get an email notification once a year"
- Mike Piper on The Long View, 2026-10-21, at 13:16. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/06ff00c6f7d4aa24

> "those multi-factor authentication codes… are the keys to the kingdom for cyber criminals"
- Mike Piper on The Long View, 2026-10-21, at 19:35. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2c838becdf43bee8

> "I have my own security agent that reviews the code. And it's like, well, Claude just created the code. But then Claude is now with its security app going, well, that code is insecure."
- George Kurtz (CrowdStrike executive) on No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups, 2026-10-22, at 38:19. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/1079a19062a0bedd

> "we have to have an annual independent risk assessment, validating the security."
- Melanie Pedrone on Tell Me Everything | Logistics Freight Podcast, 2026-10-24, at 3:16. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/d961c29d42e4aa34

> "there is a gambit of tools that can extract your network configurations, right, or your virtual firewall, you know, security group settings and diagnose what, you know, quickly understand what could or couldn't be problematic around them, right? Like it's going to flag if you have a tenant open to the internet"
- Doug Barbin on Security & GRC Decoded, 2026-10-23, at 40:31. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/bf749728d0c1fd3d

> "we built it from ground up. So, you know, at the time, you know, I was the accounts payable clerk, you know, the superintendent, you know, the security guard. And we built it, leased it up and then sold it for a pretty decent profit."
- Rob Buccini on The Macro Dirt Podcast, 2026-10-22, at 5:10. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/a2c15b67566ec427