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Quiet Defenders & Cyber Truths: Micah Heaton on AI, Advocacy, and Real-World Security

Quiet Defenders & Cyber Truths: Micah Heaton on AI, Advocacy, and Real-World Security

Update: 2025-06-24
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In this powerful and wide-ranging episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, Frank and Dustin are joined by Micah Heaton, Executive Director of Product & Innovation Strategy at BlueVoyant and 2025 Microsoft Security Changemaker.





🎧 We talk:





Why Micah champions the quiet defenders in cybersecurity





The hidden art of communicating technical truth





AI vs hype: what’s real, what’s marketing





How tribalism creeps into tech debates—and how to resist it





Data ethics, hallucinations, and the environmental cost of LLMs





Graham Hancock, Atlantis, and parenting in the AI age (yes, really)





Whether you're in the trenches of a SOC or guiding AI strategy at the board level, this is a conversation that will both ground you and challenge you.





📌 Follow Micah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahheaton/





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Quiet Defenders & Cyber Truths: Micah Heaton on AI, Advocacy, and Real-World Security

Quiet Defenders & Cyber Truths: Micah Heaton on AI, Advocacy, and Real-World Security

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