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Mike is a seasoned engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, and cloud-native architecture.  He currently leads Security Engineering at Netlify, having previously built and led the Security & Compliance program at the high-growth startup Gatsby through its acquisition by Netlify.

An active security researcher with multiple CVEs, Mike has presented research at security conferences and developed cybersecurity curriculum for the University of Pittsburgh, covering penetration testing and red team tactics.  Earlier in his career, Mike founded three tech companies and spent over a decade advising clients on software and cybersecurity initiatives.

Tools & Guides | Feb/2/2026

Building efficient key and secret management processes and testing the rapid rekeying of your cryptographic estate will become increasingly important as recursive AI is directed at keys and secrets reverse engineering. This report explains how to prepare for recursive AI cryptographic attacks.

Tools & Guides | Feb/2/2026

This checklist is designed to help security teams securely pilot and deploy specific Microsoft 365 (M365) Copilot features, such as M365 Copilot for Intelligent Search, Chat, Bing, SharePoint and Teams.

Tools & Guides | Feb/2/2026

Just like hackers are using AI to level-up their attacks, security teams can also use AI to bolster their capabilities. Common use-cases for security teams include: threat detection and response, optimizing code, and vulnerability management.

Tools & Guides | Feb/2/2026

This report explores five critical risk areas: over-reliance on AI, AI bias, hiring misrepresentation through AI, combinatorial risks from agentic AI systems and AI tool sprawl.

Tools & Guides | Feb/2/2026

This document provides a detailed set of prompts to evaluate the security and data privacy guardrails of AI systems. 

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Dr. Dave Venable is Chairman of the Institute for Strategic Risk and Security and a former U.S. intelligence officer. He has served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and security advisor for Fortune 100 and Global 500 companies, and led national-level programs in the U.S. intelligence community. He has taught cybersecurity and cryptography at Southern Methodist University and the U.S. National Cryptologic School.
Event | Sep/8/2026
IANS CISO Roundtables are an exclusive opportunity to connect with peer security executives. The curated agenda is designed to foster conversations between participants, letting them share best practices in an environment free from press or vendors. It’s a closed-door opportunity to tackle the problems that matter most to you and your teams.