For the first time since launching The Monday Brief, Douglas McKee and Ismael Valenzuela were in the same room, in Dallas, Texas.
We were there for the launch of SecuFusion, where we had the opportunity to participate as panelists in a Think Red, Act Blue debate. A great event, and a great excuse to finally get together in person.
Greg Richardson, a well-known AI strategist, bestselling author, and someone who’s been helping organizations make sense of AI long before it became mainstream, joined us. We took the opportunity to sit down and have a conversation we’ve been wanting to have for a while.
🔴 Think Red, 🔵 Act Blue (Still Applies)
One thing hasn’t changed.
To defend effectively, you still need to understand how attackers think. That’s the foundation of Think Red, Act Blue.
AI is compressing timelines. What used to take hours or days now happens in minutes. That applies to both attackers and defenders. The game isn’t different, but the pace is.
⚖️ AI: Equalizer or Force Multiplier?
AI is doing two things at the same time:
Helping organizations accelerate security capabilities
Giving attackers the ability to scale like never before
A single actor can now run reconnaissance, generate phishing campaigns, and iterate attacks using multiple AI agents in parallel.
The asymmetry hasn’t disappeared. It’s just moving faster.
⚠️ The Real Gap: Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
This is where the conversation really hit.
The SMB space is massive, larger than enterprise and government combined, yet still underserved from a cybersecurity perspective.
Churches. Nonprofits. Local businesses.
They are increasingly part of the attack surface, but don’t have access to enterprise-grade protection.
And this isn’t just a business problem. It’s a security problem at scale.
Attackers know these are softer entry points.
🚀 AI Creates Opportunity (and Risk)
At the same time, AI is unlocking something powerful.
Most people don’t code. Now they don’t have to.
They can:
Launch websites
Build campaigns
Stand up digital operations
That’s a huge opportunity.
But every new capability introduces risk, and most of those risks aren’t being considered.
That’s the gap we need to close.
Closing Thoughts
This was a rare one for us. Being in the same room made the conversation even better.
Huge congratulations to the SecuFusion team on their launch. Great to be part of it.
And if you enjoyed this format, let us know in the comments! We’ll do more of these.
📖 Greg’s book and resources:
