{"podcast":{"title":"Hacker Valley Studio","slug":"hacker-valley-studio-344898","podcast_index_feed_id":344898,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/HackerValleyStudio/feed.xml","website_url":"https://hackervalley.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5354112/HVS-2024-AlbumCover.png","author":"Hacker Valley Media","episode_count":433,"summary":"Welcome back… to the show! Hacker Valley Studio podcast features Host Ron Eddings, as he explores the world of cybersecurity through the eyes of professionals in the industry. We cover everything from inspirational real-life stories in tech, to highlighting influential cybersecurity companies, and we do so in a fun and enthusiastic way. We’re making cybersecurity accessible, creating a whole new form of entertainment: cybertainment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:18:14.934816+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacker-valley-studio-344898"},"episode":{"title":"Beating “Checkbox Security” With Continuous Offense with Sonali Shah","slug":"beating-checkbox-security-with-continuous-offense-with-sonali-shah","published_at":"2026-02-12T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacker-valley-studio-344898/beating-checkbox-security-with-continuous-offense-with-sonali-shah","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacker-valley-studio-344898","url":"https://HackerValleyStudio.podbean.com/e/beating-checkbox-security-with-continuous-offense-with-sonali-shah/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bwn59x36sax2z6u9/HVS26_EP414_Cobalt_Full_EP_mp37a5nh.mp3","summary":"Security doesn’t fail because you missed a tool, it fails because “secure today” tricks you into relaxing tomorrow. This episode exposes why the real fight isn’t compliance… it’s whether your defenses hold up once attackers hit you with machine-speed pressure. Ron sits down with Sonali Shah, CEO of Cobalt, to talk about how human-led, AI-powered penetration testing is evolving into full-spectrum offensive security. Sonali shares how Cobalt can start a test in 24 hours, push findings directly into Slack/Teams and Jira, and use learnings from 5,000+ pentests a year to continuously sharpen what gets caught. The big takeaway: automation finds the easy stuff as humans find the business-logic traps and attack chains that actually break companies. Impactful Moments00:00 - Introduction02:21- Sonali’s unexpected CEO path06:10 - Compliance isn’t real security10:19 - PTaaS: start in 24 hours12:33- 5,000 pentests yearly scale17:01 - Humans beat automation limits20:16 - AI behavior vulnerabilities emerge27:54 - Indirect prompt injection explained30:51 - Why juniors + AI is risky38:27 - 2026 becomes AI battleground LinksConnect with Sonali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalinshah/ Check out Cobalt: https://www.cobalt.io ____Check out our upcoming events: https://www.hackervalley.com/livestreams Join our creative mastermind and stand out as a cybersecurity professional:https://www.patreon.com/hackervalleystudio Love Hacker Valley Studio? Pick up some swag: https://store.hackervalley.com Continue the conversation by joining our Discord: https://hackervalley.com/discord Become a sponsor of the show to amplify your brand: https://hackervalley.com/work-with-us/","meta_description":"Security doesn’t fail because you missed a tool, it fails because “secure today” tricks you into relaxing tomorrow. This episode exposes why the real figh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hacker-valley-studio-344898/episodes/beating-checkbox-security-with-continuous-offense-with-sonali-shah/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hacker-valley-studio-344898/beating-checkbox-security-with-continuous-offense-with-sonali-shah.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}