David Bombal

Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026. In this deep dive, David Bombal sits down with Carlos Pereira (Cisco Fellow & Chief Architect, Customer Experience) to discuss the hard truth about AI deployment in 2025 and 2026. While the world is focused on B2C chatbots, Carlos explains why the real value lies in Agentic AI systems that don't just...

Thank you to ThreatLocker for sponsoring my trip to ZTW26 and also for sponsoring this video. To start your free trial with ThreatLocker please use the following link: https://www.threatlocker.com/davidbombal Are your passwords and 2FA enough to stop a modern cyber attack? In this interview, Rob from ThreatLocker breaks down the dangerous reality of password reuse, SIM swapping, and why traditiona...

Thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026. In this interview, Cisco VP Rick Miles breaks down the evolution of the firewall, the massive hardware leap of the 6100 series, and how AI agents and eBPF are completely reshaping the industry. Whether you're trying to secure AI models against prompt injection or wondering if AI will replace your netw...

Big thanks to ‪@ThreatLocker‬ for sponsoring my trip to ZTW26 and also for sponsoring this video. To start your free trial with ThreatLocker please use the following link: https://www.threatlocker.com/davidbombal Discover how easily hackers prompt engineer malware in 2026. Kieran Human from ThreatLocker demonstrates bypassing Microsoft Copilot guardrails to write PowerShell ransomware. // Kieran H...

Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026. The AI revolution is putting unprecedented strain on global network architectures. In this exclusive deep dive with networking leaders from Cisco and NTT, we break down the critical infrastructure challenges and hardware innovations shaping 2026. Discover how emerging NeoClouds are competing with tra...

Big thank you to Infoblox for sponsoring this video. To learn more about Infoblox please visit: https://www.infoblox.com/ Do you know the difference between encrypted DNS and secure DNS? DNS veteran Cricket Liu, author of DNS and Bind, joins David Bombal to break down common misconceptions, explain the crucial distinction between security and privacy; and outline a massive update to the NIST Secur...

In this exclusive interview, Kamal Hathi reveals how the new Cisco Data Fabric and Splunk Machine GPT are unlocking agentic AI for cybersecurity. Discover the future of SOC analysts and network telemetry in 2026! Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026. // Kamal Hathi’s’ SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / kamal-hathi // Website REFERENCE // https://www....

Big thanks to ‪@ThreatLocker‬ for sponsoring my trip to ZTW26 and also for sponsoring this video. To start your free trial with ThreatLocker please use the following link: https://www.threatlocker.com/davidbombal Are you looking to get into bug bounty hunting but feel overwhelmed or worried the field is oversaturated? In this video, full-time bug bounty hunter Justin Gardner shares a realistic, ac...

Big thanks to ‪@ThreatLocker‬ for sponsoring my trip to ZTW26 and also for sponsoring this video. To start your free trial with ThreatLocker please use the following link: https://www.threatlocker.com/davidbombal Cybersecurity expert Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) sits down to cut through the 2026 AI hype, explaining why threat actors aren't using generative AI and why it won't replace tech jobs. I...

Quantum computing isn’t just 10 years away, it’s happening now. In this deep dive, I sit down with Ramana Kompella, Head of Research at Cisco Outshift, to separate the sci-fi vaporware from the engineering reality. We discuss the immediate threat of "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" attacks, where bad actors steal your encrypted data today to unlock it with quantum computers tomorrow. Ramana breaks dow...

In this episode, David Bombal sits down with vulnerability researcher Vladimir Tokarev (with Dawid on the interview) to show what AI-assisted vulnerability research looks like when it actually works. Vladimir walks through two real vulnerability case studies and uses them to explain a practical workflow for finding bugs faster with LLMs, without pretending the AI is “fully autonomous.” Demo 1: Gem...

Are your smart home devices spying on you? In this video, David Bombal interviews cybersecurity researcher and IoT penetration tester, Matt Brown, to reveal how to intercept and decrypt supposedly secure SSL/TLS traffic from IoT devices. Matt demonstrates his open-source tool, "Man in the Middle Router," a specialized Linux-based bash script designed to simplify IoT hardware hacking labs. This too...

Learn Splunk basics with James Hodge in this introductory tutorial. We dive into SPL, analyzing Linux logs, and a powerful AI Canvas demo for network troubleshooting. Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026. // James Hodge’s SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / jameshodge / David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: www.twitter.com/dav...

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In this video, we dive into a real-world Red Team vs. Blue Team scenario. We simulate a cyberattack on a Finance Application that has integrated a new LLM Chatbot. You’ll see firsthand how attackers use Prompt Injection to bypass standard rules, how they move laterally through Kubernetes clusters, and how they attempt to execute Zero Day exploits. More importantly, we show you how to defend agains...

The bottleneck in AI isn't compute anymore, it's the network. In this video, I sit down with Martin, the architect behind Cisco’s Silicon One, to discuss the massive leap to 100 Terabits per second. We go deep into the silicon level to understand how "intelligent agents" embedded in the hardware are solving the packet loss problem for massive AI training clusters. We cover the new 1.6T Linear Plug...

Big thanks to ‪@Cisco‬ for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Live Amsterdam. Will AI replace network engineers in 2026? In this video, I sit down with Joe Vaccaro (VP/GM of Cisco ThousandEyes) to reveal the truth about "Agentic Ops" and how it differs from traditional AIOps. We dive deep into the new "Digital Teammate" concept within ThousandEyes and demo exactly how AI agents...

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Deutsche Telekom reveals how they blocked a massive car hack that dropped 100,000 connections instantly. We discuss the truth about 6G, the future of 5G satellites, and securing 240 million devices. A big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to the Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025. // Niklas Horstmann SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / niklas-horstmann // Website REFERENCE //...

Cisco is offering 200+ free training courses to help you master AI and networking. In this interview, we discuss why 78% of tech roles now require AI skills and how to future - proof your career in 2025. // Sponsored SEGMENT // A big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to the Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025 // Fran Katsoudas’ SOCIAL // LinkedIn: / fkatsoudas //...

In this interview Vijoy Pandey from Cisco Outshift discusses the "Internet of Agents," the donation of the AGNTCY framework to the Linux Foundation, and the new open-source SRE tool "Cape." Plus, how Swisscom is using agentic workflows to validate networks. Big thanks to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to Cisco Partners’ Summit 2025 // Vijoy Pandey SOCIALS // LinkedIn: / vij...

Data centers are wasting 70% of their power. Discover how Immersion Cooling and Fault-Managed Power (Class 4) are solving the AI energy crisis in 2025. In this video, we explore why we are drowning servers in oil and the new skills network engineers need to learn. Big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to the Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025 // Denise Lee’s SOCI...

Is AI replacing network engineers? Liz Centoni (Cisco EVP) reveals how Agentic AI is transforming Cisco TAC and network automation. Discover why 77% of support cases are now handled by AI and what this means for your career in 2025. A big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and for sponsoring my trip to Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025 // Liz Centoni SOCIAL// LinkedIn: / lizcentoni //...

Big thank you to Cisco for sponsoring this video and sponsoring my trip to the Cisco Partner Summit San Diego 2025 Imagine trying to run a high-tech hospital inside a giant steel box while floating off the coast of Africa. In this video, we explore the insane engineering challenges behind Mercy Ships from battling Faraday cages to fixing cut fiber cables mid-surgery. // Grady Nichols’ SOCIAL // Li...