Autonomous systems are already moving into the physical world. Drones can fly themselves, robot taxis are carrying passengers, and AI systems are taking more action without direct human control.

Chad Butler joins the Security Cocktail Hour to explain why that changes the risk model.

The issue is what happens when autonomous systems make real-world decisions from sensor data, routing logic, and AI-driven judgment that may be wrong, spoofed, or manipulated.

In this feature version, Chad talks with Joe Patti and Adam Roth about:

• GPS spoofing and drone capture
• beyond visual line of sight drone operations
• trusted and untrusted sensor data
• AI agents and autonomous vehicles
• why optimal-environment testing is not enough
• why "nobody will do that" is not a defense
• how cyber failures can become safety failures
• what Challenger and Feynman still teach us about launch pressure and ignored warnings

This is a feature cut of the conversation. Th full interview will be released soon.

This time we’re revisiting our conversation with Luke Canfield and focusing on how drones are becoming a cybersecurity problem.

Luke walks through war-flying, drone-mounted Wi-Fi Pineapples, rogue access points, cartel drone operations, prison contraband drops, hybrid warfare, and why most security teams are still thinking too flat. The core takeaway: security exists in three dimensions now, and defenders need to start looking up.

Full original episode with Luke Canfield: https://open.spotify.com/episode/18TYWLjiLpqGX995iDmqdL?si=67c757474cc84d33

Security Cocktail Hour:
https://securitycocktailhour.com

Former NASA Administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden joins the Security Cocktail Hour to explain why space is not as isolated as people assume.

We cover:

• Why mission control still sits in the middle
• Why messages get routed, reviewed, and filtered before reaching a vehicle
• How consumer devices expand the attack surface in space
• What cooperation in orbit teaches about security and civics
• Why he does not buy the hype about easy moon or Mars colonization

Organizations mentioned in this episode:

Intrepid Museum: https://intrepidmuseum.org/

Astronauts for America: https://www.astronautsforamerica.org/