NightVision: Cyber, Defense & the Leaders Shaping Tomorrow

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NightVision brings you candid conversations with the leaders defining the future of cyber, defense, and AI. Hosted by Dave DeWalt and the NightDragon team, each episode features top government officials, international leaders, and private sector CEOs shaping the policies, technologies, and investments securing our world for tomorrow. Beyond the conversations, NightVision delivers sharp analysis on the news and themes driving the cyber, defense, and AI landscape — from emerging threats to the innovations built to counter them. Tune in for the insights shaping tomorrow's security, today.

  1. Sep 2

    CISA's Nick Andersen — Live from Black Hat 2026

    Nick Andersen, Acting Deputy Director of CISA, joins NightDragon Founder & CEO Dave DeWalt at Black Hat 2026 for the final conversation in NightVision's four-part series on national cyber leadership — covering CISA's approach to prioritization, protecting America's biggest events, and how AI is reshaping vulnerability management and public-private partnership.

  2. Aug 31

    Department of War's Katie Sutton — Live from Black Hat 2026

    Katie Sutton, Assistant Secretary in the Department of War overseeing cyber policy, joins NightDragon Founder & CEO Dave DeWalt at Black Hat 2026 to discuss integrating cyber into every warfighting domain, the department's new Cyber Innovation Warfare Center, and why public-private partnership is shifting from buying tools to building outcomes together.

  3. Aug 26 ·  Bonus

    Zach LaValley on Securing the World Cup's Emergency Response

    In this NightVision RapidFire episode, NightDragon Managing Director Morgan Kyauk sits down with RapidSOS CTO Zach LaValley to discuss the company's critical work supporting emergency response during the recent World Cup. RapidSOS connects public safety, enterprises, and millions of consumer and corporate devices to form the world's largest Safety Network, supporting over 1 billion emergencies. By fusing artificial and human intelligence with data from over 600 million connected devices and 200+ global technology companies, RapidSOS delivers life-saving intelligence to more than 22,000 state and local agencies and over one million first responders. Learn more at RapidSOS.com.

  4. Aug 21

    FBI's Brett Leatherman — Live from Black Hat 2026

    FBI Cyber Assistant Director Brett Leatherman joins NightDragon Founder & CEO Dave DeWalt live from Black Hat 2026 to detail Operation Riptide — the 60-day campaign behind over 200 arrests of cyber actors worldwide — why ransomware attacks and payments are finally dropping, and how AI is compressing attack timelines from days to minutes.

  5. Aug 20

    National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross — Live from Black Hat 2026

    National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross joins NightDragon Founder & CEO Dave DeWalt live from Black Hat 2026 for a candid conversation on America's cyber strategy — from deterring adversaries and navigating AI's dual-use risks, to the progress made by the current Administration, and four executive orders reshaping cyber, AI, and quantum policy this year.

  6. Aug 12 ·  Bonus

    Robert Herjavec on Cyber's Capital Surge

    NightDragon Founder & CEO Dave DeWalt sits down with cybersecurity entrepreneur and investor Robert Herjavec in this NightVision Live conversation, filmed in partnership with Nasdaq at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco. The two explore how rapidly the industry is evolving — from the explosion of the attack surface, to innovation accelerating at what they call "AI speed," to the sheer scale of capital now flowing into the space. Their conversation makes clear that cybersecurity is no longer just a technical function — it's a strategic imperative at the center of business, government, and global resilience. This discussion was first aired in April 2026 at RSAC 2026 in San Francisco.

  7. Jul 23 ·  Bonus

    NightVision RapidFire: Forterra CEO Josh Araujo

    Check out the latest episode in our NightVision RapidFire series, where NightDragon Partner Hannah Huffman sits down with Forterra CEO Josh Araujo to discuss how autonomy is changing the battlefield and how Forterra is driving that innovation. Forterra builds foundational autonomy platforms that coordinate weapons, sensors, and users through distributed mobility, compute, and communications, anywhere, under fire, without risking human life. It empowers its customers to deploy autonomy as a force multiplier, extending reach, readiness survivability and effectiveness across the battlespace and industrial applications. Learn more at https://www.forterra.com/. Forterra's work was recently featured in a TechCrunch article, talking about how its autonomous ground vehicles have been deployed in conflict zones in Ukraine for the past nine months, in what the company believes is the largest deployment of autonomous ground vehicles in combat by any U.S. defense tech company. Read more about that effort in the comments.

  8. Jul 23 ·  Bonus

    NightVision RapidFire: Classiq CPO Amir Naveh

    Check out the latest episode in our NightVision RapidFire series, where NightDragon Partner Dorin Baniel sits down with Classiq Co-Founder and CPO Amir Naveh to discuss the future of the quantum market and the latest innovation happening in the sector. Classiq is the leading quantum computing software company, providing the technology that makes it practical for enterprises and researchers to access and harness the power of quantum computing. Classiq’s platform leverages AI coding and a high-level modeling language (Qmod) to automatically implement optimized, scalable hardware-ready quantum circuits. Classiq enables quantum teams to develop algorithms faster, optimize for cost and performance, and execute on any quantum hardware. Learn more at https://www.classiq.io/.

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NightVision brings you candid conversations with the leaders defining the future of cyber, defense, and AI. Hosted by Dave DeWalt and the NightDragon team, each episode features top government officials, international leaders, and private sector CEOs shaping the policies, technologies, and investments securing our world for tomorrow. Beyond the conversations, NightVision delivers sharp analysis on the news and themes driving the cyber, defense, and AI landscape — from emerging threats to the innovations built to counter them. Tune in for the insights shaping tomorrow's security, today.

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  • Creator
    NightDragon
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 NightDragon