{"podcast":{"title":"Cybersecurity Tech Brief By HackerNoon","slug":"cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646","podcast_index_feed_id":6365646,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon","website_url":"https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FGIwueC9IDCZTR6LxgKkyddWnFNh4fbI5rAnEZblWk8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxMjY2LzE2ODM1/ODIzNTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"HackerNoon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Learn the latest Cybersecurity updates in the tech world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T18:18:14.433062+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646"},"episode":{"title":"87% of Companies Were Hit by an AI Cyber Attack. The Fix Is a Skills Problem, Not a Headcount One","slug":"87-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-problem-not-a-headcount-one","published_at":"2026-07-11T16:00:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646/87-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-problem-not-a-headcount-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a032166c","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a032166c/2b3aa22e.mp3","summary":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/87percent-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-problem-not-a-headcount-one . AI-driven attacks hit 87% of organizations last year. Why the cybersecurity bottleneck is now skills, not headcount and how AI security became its own discipl Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity . You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity , #ciat , #cybersecurity-skills , #software-engineering , #llms , #machine-learning , #ai , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @ishanpandey . Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Cybercrime is on track to cost $10.5T a year; 87% of organizations were hit by an AI-driven attack in the past year, and only about 26% feel confident they can detect one. The binding constraint is people, not tools. In 2025, ISC2 stopped publishing its long-running \"4.7M-person workforce gap\" and reframed the problem as skills: 95% of teams report a gap and AI is the #1 most-needed skill (41%), for the second year running. AI security is professionalizing into its own discipline. CompTIA's SecAI+ (launched Feb 2026) is the first certification built solely for it — weighted 40% toward hands-on defense of AI systems, not theory. The under-covered frontier is insider / \"shadow AI\" risk — staff pasting sensitive data into AI tools — which CIAT's Brad Smith flags as a top challenge alongside AI-powered phishing. Employers want \"force multipliers,\" not replacements; the durable skill is the dual ability to defend AI systems and deploy AI defensively, with the governance literacy to manage the risk. Cybercrime is on track…","meta_description":"This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/87percent-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-pro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646/episodes/87-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-problem-not-a-headcount-one/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cybersecurity-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365646/87-of-companies-were-hit-by-an-ai-cyber-attack-the-fix-is-a-skills-problem-not-a-headcount-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}