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May 6, 2025 42 mins

In this week’s episode of The Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas is joined by Dane VandenBerg. Dane’s 16-year security career includes product-focused roles with vendors like Qintel and more recently, Microsoft, where he was Principal Technical Specialist supporting the development of their security copilot. He’s also spent a lot of time in fintech, serving as Vice President of Information Security at Prime Trust and, currently, Senior Director of Security Operations at Circle.

In this episode:

[02:05] How Dane went from researching women’s health and animal cloning to public relations to security

[06:25] Why security teams are still fighting the same battles they were 15 years ago

[09:24] How Dane’s vendor-side threat intel work shapes his thinking as a SecOps leader

[12:00] What’s working - and what’s not - about how companies approach threat intelligence today

[12:51] Why threat intel should be an in-house function, not just a reporting feed

[15:30] What motivated Dane to move into the finance and crypto industry

[19:30] How parenthood reshaped the way Dane thinks about risk

[22:50] Tips for encouraging employees to report their security concerns

[26:00] What a great security-vendor customer experience look like - and what too many vendors get wrong

[29:10] The security tools and solutions Dane is most excited about right now

[32:45] Balancing the hype and potential of security copilots

[38:30] What cyberattacks might look like five years from now

[41:30] Connect with Dane

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