Co-Founder @NetConverterAI | Former President, LaSalle Solutions | Building what's next in network infrastructure + AI
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Chuck Robbins at Cisco Partner Summit (via SiliconANGLE): unpatchable EoS gear is "a real emergency." Only 8% of the installed base has moved to the new portfolio.
Finding it is easy. Moving years of firewall policy with proof a change board accepts is the hard part.
siliconangle.com/2026/10/27/…
Update: CISA added CVE-2026-76418 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Oct 29. Federal civilian agencies are being told to remediate by Nov 1.
The flaw is an unauthenticated remote DoS against Cisco ASA/FTD SSL VPN when secondary authentication is configured on a tunnel group (CVSS 8.6). Cisco reports active exploitation. Upgrade is the fix.
For aging ASA estates, a forced patch window is also a planning window: move deliberately, with behavioral checks and a change-board evidence trail, not in a panic.
CISA: cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/…
Cisco advisory: sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/secu…
What if the biggest cybersecurity threat isn't what we rated HIGH?
What if it's everything we rated LOW?
AI is changing the cost of exploitation.
30 years of accepted risk. Legacy systems. Technical debt.
The attackers are accelerating.
Are we ready?
🤖 Made with AI
Attackers are using AI to move faster. Why aren't we?
Yesterday, Marcin and I met with @John_Capobianco about connecting NetClaw + NetConverter.ai.
AI orchestration meets automated network migration and validation.
Technical debt has met its match.
The future is here. 🚀
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steven robb retweeted
NEW: Ken Griffin on Paris riots, Chicago and JB Pritzker
I think Paris should be a real wake up call to every single young American. France is the dream the left talks about. That dream is the nightmare I left from Chicago. That dream doesn’t belong in our country. A society that comes down to how much you can take from others.
Do you see candidates that you’re actually fearful that’s the path they’re going down:
J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois. Yes, 100%. 100%
Ken Griffin on the rise of DSA, Paris riots and looting in Chicago
I'm not so worried about it. It's a New York, Illinois, Michigan, California bit of a bubble.
If you want to see where socialism leads to, look at France last weekend.
It's the socialist dream. The country spends 60% of GDP at the government level.
BTW Paris looked pretty damn similar to Chicago in 2021-22.
It’s a people… (that) are very willing to riot and protest anything. Is that really the future that the US might be looking at?
It’s the future. I lived in Chicago.
I could look out my window at the Dior store. They were very efficient.
We may be more efficient than the French, even at looting.
AI models are advancing faster than enterprises can modernize their infrastructure.
That's the problem Marcin and I are tackling with NetConverter.ai.
What if your AI agent could orchestrate 20 firewall migrations while a deterministic engine handles the conversions and engineers retain control?
The model can change. The specialized execution shouldn't have to.
Your agent orchestrates. NetConverter executes. Engineers decide.
Here's where we're heading. 👇
AI is moving from answering questions to orchestrating real work.
We’ve connected NetConverter.ai to Claude through MCP and terminal access. AI initiates. Our engine performs the migration. Engineers review and decide.
This could reshape how VARs deliver services. 🎥
Check out my latest article: French Supermarket Cyberattack and the Insurance Coverage Gap linkedin.com/pulse/french-su… via @LinkedIn
AI is finding vulnerabilities faster than enterprises can fix them.
Bank of America brought in 1,000 additional contractors to help address software flaws.
What happens when AI-driven discovery outpaces engineering capacity?
The next big opportunity isn't just finding problems. It's fixing them.
#AI #Cybersecurity
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A month or two ago, I heard @George_Kurtz discuss North Korean operatives securing legitimate remote IT jobs inside U.S. companies.
Now the FBI has disrupted a related operation.
The threat isn't always someone breaking into your network.
Sometimes they're already on the payroll.
#Cybersecurity
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FireMon reports 45% of firewall rules lack an owner or documentation.
In finance, we'd demand an explanation. In IT, we often carry them into the next platform.
A migration should be a chance to challenge that technical debt—not just translate it.
#Cybersecurity #Leadership
The FBI and Secret Service warn that FortiBleed attackers may lock organizations out of their own firewalls.
Securing enterprise infrastructure is challenging enough. Add years of legacy configurations and technical debt, and the complexity compounds.
ic3.gov/CSA/2026/261006.pdf
AI isn't waiting for enterprise governance to catch up.
Gartner: Agentic AI investment is expected to grow 31.8%, while only 20% of CEOs say they're highly ready for AI industrialization.
We don't need to slow AI down.
We need to get much better at proving its work.
Speed + verification = trust.
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Cybersecurity’s modernization paradox: threats are accelerating, but the infrastructure changes needed to respond are still too manual.
The question isn’t just “Are we secure?” It’s “How fast can we safely change?”
Modernization should reduce risk—not introduce it.
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From full-motion simulation to full-motion reality. 🏁
Collin’s passion for racing led him to become part of the team building Driven Dynamix and pushing what’s possible with full-motion simulation.
Now comes a very different kind of motion:
The 2026 Baja 1000. Nearly 1,000 miles through the desert.
As his dad, this one is going to be pretty damn fun to watch.
Let’s go, Collin. 🔥🏁 @CollinRobb7
#Baja1000 #DrivenDynamix #Motorsports
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5 AM. Already moving.
Woke up catching up on AI, cybersecurity and everything changing overnight.
Opened LinkedIn to a 4:30 AM message:
“Would love to talk about two of my favorite things — racing and cybersecurity.”
🏎️ Now you’ve got my attention.
The threats aren’t slowing down.
Technology isn’t slowing down.
The world is speeding up.
So I might as well get moving too.
Workout. New Dot. Then back to building @NetConverterAI. 🚀
