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The AI SOC Moves Into Production, and Practitioners Want Hands on the Keyboard | A Recap at Black Hat USA 2026 with Bill Peterson, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Sumo Logic | Hosted by Mar...

August 18, 2026

What actually changed for the AI SOC this year? Bill Peterson, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Sumo Logic, says it reached the point of getting into production, where a year or so ago the same conversation was about what was coming. Marco Ciappelli puts the count of companies carrying AI SOC in the name at 43, and Bill Peterson says that number strikes him as low. The market is maturing, and Sumo Logic announced its own set of AI SOC products and solutions during the week. The second ...

Proof Is the Currency on the Black Hat Floor | A Recap at Black Hat USA 2026 with Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli

August 18, 2026

Lisa Liu, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager at Stellar Cyber, connects with ITSPmagazine on the floor at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas. What are buyers asking for now that the RSAC Conference noise has settled? Data. Liu says people have had time to run their own research, look at what vendors offer, and come back using specific keywords and asking for something behind the marketing. Does a more skeptical audience make the conversation harder? Liu describes the opposite. She sa...

The Capability Is Already in Your Stack. The Question Is Who You Ask. | A Recap at Black Hat USA 2026 with Michael Parisi, Chief Growth Officer at Steel Patriot Partners | Hosted by Marco Ciappelli

August 18, 2026

Michael Parisi, Chief Growth Officer at Steel Patriot Partners, connects with ITSPmagazine on location at Black Hat USA 2026 for a recap of the week. He describes Steel Patriot Partners in the order it sets its priorities. Business owners first, engineers second, compliance and security people third. A consulting and advisory company, he says, but really an engineering firm. What changed at this event? Parisi says the AI slop visible at RSAC Conference died down here, and that people are cutt...