The security chief brings in an AI crew

I’ve worked in security for twenty years, and there was a time when a week’s worth of news fit around a cup of coffee. Today the news feed is like trying to drink from a fire hose. By the time I’ve read the morning alert, three more have arrived. By the time I understand the third one, the first is already old news.

The job itself hasn’t changed: know what’s happening, understand what it means, and tell people what to do. It’s just that the pace has become superhuman.

So the question is no longer whether I need help. It’s this: how can a security chief keep up with a world that changes faster than you can read the news about it?

I’m hiring a crew

The classic answer would be a job ad: analyst wanted, experienced, resilient, available on Saturday nights. I’m doing something different. I’m not looking for flesh-and-blood colleagues. I’m hiring my own AI clones.

The upside: they never get tired, never ask for a raise, and are happy to read CVE write-ups at three in the morning. The downside: sometimes they’re wrong with great confidence. That’s why you still need me.

• Red

  AI clone · attacker's view

  Curious, fast and a little cheeky. Standing in front of an access gate, he doesn't look for the card reader; he wonders how to get through without one. He shows how attackers think, but he stays ethical: he works in our own lab, explains the mechanism, and never hands anyone a working attack tool. You can tell him by his red eye glow.

• Péter – White

  human in the loop

  The boss, which is to say me. Calm, and fond of telling a story. I decide what really matters, I check what the crew brings in, and I form the opinion. Everything goes out under my name, so the final word is mine too. I have no eye glow: that's how you know a human is talking.

• Blue

  AI clone · what to do now

  Calm, methodical, practical. By the time Red finishes a sentence, Blue has already turned it into a checklist. His job is to make the lesson into concrete steps: ones a grandparent can follow and a sysadmin won't find boring. You can tell him by his blue eye glow.

How we work together

1. 1

   Red + Blue

   They watch

   They constantly scan the world's security news, alerts and research, and report to the boss. Red looks at what could be dangerous; Blue looks at who it affects and what they could do.

2. 2

   Péter – White

   I give feedback

   I go through what they bring, ask follow-up questions, cut what doesn't matter and add my own ideas. Sometimes I bring a topic myself, because a conversation or an everyday situation got me thinking.

3. 3

   Red + Péter – White + Blue

   We dig deep

   Whatever makes it through the filter, the three of us examine closely, and if needed, try out in the lab. We cross-check sources and sort fact from guesswork. I dig in too, because the right questions often aren't the ones the AI asks.

4. 4

   Red

   Attacker's view

   Red adds how the other side thinks: where the weak spot is, and why the trick works.

5. 5

   Blue

   Defense

   Blue turns it all into actions: what to do now at home, for your family or for your company.

6. 6

   Péter – White

   I report back

   I put the picture together: the crew's work, my own experience, and what I've seen in situations like this over twenty years. Then I report back, this time not to the board, but to you, the readers. Shorter, clearer, and I promise, without an executive summary.

What you’ll find here

Thorough pieces, with quality over quantity. Sometimes an analysis of fresh news, sometimes a roundup, sometimes an experiment from my own lab. Cyber and physical security, because today’s burglar is as likely to come through the network as through the window. I write for everyone, in a way that still gives professionals something new.