Most businesses are still catching up with the cybersecurity threats of five years ago. AI just moved the goalposts again.

In episode two of The Cybersecurity CEO Podcast, Robbie O'Brien sits down with Professor Kevin Curran, Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Ulster and one of the most widely cited researchers in his field. Kevin is Executive Co-Director of the Legal Innovation Centre, a tech entrepreneur, and a passionate advocate for practical, real-world cybersecurity solutions.

Anthropic's Mythos model has changed the cybersecurity threat landscape permanently, and most businesses have no idea what that means for them yet. Robbie and Kevin cut through the noise on what AI-powered vulnerability discovery actually looks like in practice, why the controls that have always protected you still matter, and why the single biggest risk right now is leadership teams that are watching from the sidelines while the game changes around them.

If AI feels like a threat you haven't fully got to grips with yet, this episode is the right place to start.

About the guest:
Professor Kevin Curran is Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Ulster, with over 13,500 citations and more than 1,100 peer-reviewed publications. He is Executive Co-Director of the Legal Innovation Centre and co-founder of Ultri. Find him here on X and on YouTube here.

About the host:
Robbie O'Brien is Co-Founder and Chairman of Safe Harbour Security and the founder of MetaCompliance. He has spent over 20 years helping private and public sector organisations build cyber resilience, and writes and speaks under the banner The Cybersecurity CEO. His forthcoming book, Cyber First: Security Above All, is due for release in September 2026.

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