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Why Cybersecurity Will Need More Humans — Not Less — in the Age of AI
Every week, the headlines repeat themselves: thousands of jobs lost as companies embrace AI.
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Juan Pablo Castro
Rethinking “Left of Boom” and “Right of Boom” in Cybersecurity
For years, cybersecurity leaders have borrowed the military concept of “left of boom” (before an explosion) and “right of boom” (after the explosion) to…
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Juan Pablo Castro
Threat Hunters vs. Cyber Risk Hunters: Two Sides of Modern Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has long been shaped by its reactive roots. Organizations build defenses, monitor alerts, and wait for attackers to strike before taking…
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Juan Pablo Castro
What More Than 10 Years Working with INTERPOL Taught Me About Cybersecurity
When people think of INTERPOL, their minds often go to high-stakes arrests, global manhunts, or dramatic movie plots.
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Juan Pablo Castro
Cyber Risk Is Now a Boardroom Issue: Why Qantas’ Decision Sets a Global Precedent
For years, I’ve been saying that cyber risk is business risk — and that treating it as a purely technical issue is one of the biggest mistakes…
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Juan Pablo Castro
Cybersecurity and the Unknown Unknowns: Why the Greatest Cyber Risks Are Off the Map
“There are known knowns—things we know we know.
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Juan Pablo Castro
Cyber Risk Is the Board’s New Responsibility — Not Just the CISO’s Burden
After more than two decades working with CISOs and executive teams across industries, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with many boards of directors.
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Juan Pablo Castro

August 2025

Cyber Risk and Exposure: Where Risk Meets Reality
In cybersecurity, cyber risk is often defined in boardrooms, frameworks, and reports — a neat formula of likelihood × impact.
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Juan Pablo Castro
How Do We Measure the Quality of Decisions in Cybersecurity?
Most cybersecurity programs measure activity.
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Juan Pablo Castro
The Need for Digital Twins in Cybersecurity: From Awareness to Anticipation
After more than two decades in cybersecurity, I can say this with certainty: I’ve spent most of my career dreaming of this moment.
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Juan Pablo Castro
The Myth of Being Proactive in Cybersecurity: Why Most Organizations Get It Wrong
The word “proactive” gets thrown around a lot in cybersecurity.
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Juan Pablo Castro
Data Security in the AI Era: Why Protecting Data Is About Access, Not Isolation
Why Data Security Was Never About Data Alone
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Juan Pablo Castro
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