The U.S. just barred foreign nationals from accessing two advanced AI models — Fable and Mythos — citing national security. Around the same time, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that AI-enabled cyberattacks are "months, not years" away. In Season 5 of ShipTalk, host Adam and co-host Martin dig into whether that warning is already overdue — and what it means for the people actually defending software.They're joined by Assaf, a longtime security leader (and Adam's former boss) and author of Lessons from the Front Line: Insights from a Cybersecurity Career. The conversation moves from the headlines to the harder truth underneath them: AI adoption is climbing, yet more than half of security and IT workers are considering leaving their jobs — burned out, under-resourced, and worried AI is coming for their roles. Assaf's take is contrarian and sharp: the real failure isn't AI, it's leadership translation and a training pipeline we're quietly demolishing. As Adam puts it, "this is not a security problem, it's an engineering problem."A candid, news-driven look at AI, national security, and the security workforce squeeze — and a surprisingly optimistic read on where it all goes next.Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | YouTubeTimestamps:00:00 Cold Open: AI Cyberattacks Aren't Months Away — "We're Already There"00:53 Welcome to ShipTalk: Today's Two Headlines01:35 Are We Already Using AI Without Realizing It?02:41 Five Eyes Warns AI Cyberattacks Are "Months, Not Years" Away04:31 Harness by the Numbers: Half of Security Pros Want to Quit05:25 Meet the Guest: Assaf Keren (ex-PayPal & Qualtrics CSO)06:14 "Secure by Design, But For Real This Time"08:46 The ISSA Survey: Why Security Jobs Keep Getting Harder10:01 The "Triple Whammy" Burning Out Security Teams11:49 Have We Been Here Before? Cloud & the Changing SOC Role13:32 The Contrarian Take: AI Could Make Security Better15:41 The Real Failure: We're Demolishing the Training Pipeline18:41 Weak Leadership, or a Security Translation Problem?22:05 Trust: The CISO's Real Business Function23:20 What Teams Get Wrong About AI + Software Delivery24:37 Debrief: Adam & Martin's Takeaways26:31 Wrap-Up: Stop Talking, Start Shipping

Welcome to the Season 4 finale of the Ship Talk podcast! Join special host Thomas Dockstader and several industry leaders at AWS re:Invent to discuss the intersection of AI and software delivery. The following is a series of interviews with partners, customers, and engineering leaders on the front lines of AI transformation. Don't miss the "Ship It or Skip It" segment, where our guests give their rapid-fire takes on everything from AI code reviews to the four-day work week. Connect with our...

This is a special episode where we sat down with the speakers at DevOpsNotDead NYC 2026 to hear their perspectives on how AI is transforming software delivery. Connect with our guests: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diamondbishop https://www.linkedin.com/in/sadiojonas/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamlee/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/akash-thakur-00367a155/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahender-mangalasri/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbrookbank/

This is a special episode where we sat down with the speakers at SREday NYC 2026 to hear their perspectives on how AI is transforming software delivery.

How do you secure data in the age of Agentic AI? 🤖🔐 In this episode of ShipTalk, Dewan Ahmed sits down with Devan Shah, Chief Architect of Data Security at IBM, to explore the massive shift from traditional DevOps to AI-infused software delivery. Devan shares his journey from being a chef to leading an "army" of 450+ developers at IBM. They dive deep into the technical bedrock of IBM’s "OnePipeline" (built on Tekton and Argo CD), the rise of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), and the ...