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334: From Special Ops to Cyber AI Warfare: Lessons in Grit, Leadership, and AI Cybersecurity from Snehal Antani, Horizon3 CEO

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Snehal Antani: 我坚信热情和毅力是成功的关键。我的职业生涯始于软件工程师，之后担任过首席信息官、首席技术官等职务，并在特种作战部队工作过。这些经历都塑造了我的领导风格，也让我对网络安全有了更深刻的理解。我创立Horizon3.ai，旨在利用人工智能技术提升网络安全水平，并为企业提供更有效的红队和渗透测试服务。我们公司已经取得了显著的增长，这得益于我们团队的共同努力和对技术的执着追求。 在领导方面，我从父亲那里学到了毅力和热情的重要性。他是一位勤奋的移民，他的人生经历教会我如何克服困难，追求目标。我也将我的职业技能比作乐高积木，逐步积累经验，最终成为一名成功的CEO。 在网络安全领域，我们面临着日益严峻的挑战，特别是AI技术的应用使得攻击更加复杂和迅速。我们公司将自己定位为一家数据公司，渗透测试只是我们收集数据的一种手段。我们每天运行的渗透测试数量超过四大咨询公司一年的总和，这使我们能够积累大量的训练数据，并利用AI技术提升防御能力。 我们已经成功地利用AI技术在几分钟内攻破了银行系统，这证明了AI技术在网络攻击中的巨大潜力。未来，网络安全将是算法与算法之间的对抗，人类的角色将发生变化。那些拥有专业技能和经验的人将能够利用AI技术提升效率，而那些缺乏专业技能的人将面临更大的挑战。 我认为，解决网络安全问题的关键在于国际合作和威慑。我们需要各国政府加强合作，共同应对网络威胁。同时，我们也需要培养更多具有专业技能和经验的网络安全人才。 Dan Turchin: 作为PeopleRain的CEO，我与Snehal Antani有着长期的合作关系，我非常欣赏他的领导才能和对网络安全的深刻见解。他的职业经历非常丰富，从软件工程师到CEO，再到为美国国防部工作，他积累了丰富的经验，并将其应用于Horizon3.ai的运营中。 Snehal Antani的领导风格非常独特，他注重团队合作和文化建设，并且非常重视员工的成长和发展。他将自己职业技能比作乐高积木，逐步积累经验，这体现了他对持续学习和成长的重视。 在网络安全方面，Snehal Antani的观点非常具有前瞻性。他认为，AI技术正在改变网络安全格局，攻击者和防御者都在利用AI技术提升自身能力。他强调数据的重要性，认为数据是AI技术发展的关键。Horizon3.ai通过大量的渗透测试积累了大量的训练数据，并利用AI技术提升了防御能力。 Snehal Antani对未来网络安全形势的预测也值得关注。他认为，未来网络安全将是算法与算法之间的对抗，人类的角色将发生变化。他建议企业和个人加强学习，提升自身技能，以适应未来网络安全形势的变化。

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Snehal Antani is an entrepreneur, technologist, and investor. He is the CEO and Co-founder of Horizon3, a cybersecurity company using AI to deliver Red Teaming and Penetration Testing as a Service. He also serves as a Highly Qualified Expert for the U.S. Department of Defense, supporting digital transformation and data initiatives for Special Operations. Previously, he was CTO and SVP at Splunk, held CIO roles at GE Capital, and began his career as a software engineer at IBM. Snehal holds a master’s in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a bachelor’s from Purdue University, and he is the inventor on 16 patents.

In this conversation, we discuss:

  • Snehal Antani’s path from software engineer to CEO, and how his father's quiet example of grit and passion continues to shape his leadership style.
  • How a “LEGO blocks” approach to building skills prepared Snehal to lead, and why he believes leadership must be earned through experience.
  • Why Horizon3 identifies as a data company, and how running more pen tests than the Big Four creates a powerful AI advantage.
  • What “cyber-enabled economic warfare” looks like in practice, and how a small disruption in a supply chain can create massive global impact.
  • How Horizon3 built an AI engine that hacked a bank in under 60 seconds, showing what's possible when algorithms replace manual testing.
  • What the future of work looks like in the AI era, with a growing divide between those with specialized expertise and trade skills and those without.

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