https://bentleysec.com/Notes, experiments, and discoveries from the edge of cybersecurity, automation, and the occasional philosophical tangent -- documenting the journey from curious learner to subject matter expert. 2026-08-17T16:02:26-04:00 Steve Bentley https://bentleysec.com/ Jekyll © 2026 Steve Bentley /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-08-17T00:00:00-04:00 2026-08-17T00:00:00-04:00 https://bentleysec.com/posts/AI_The_SKills_Gap/ Steve Bentley

AI didn't create the security skills gap, but it reshaped it. Here's what practitioners actually need to know now, what they don't, and how to keep up without setting yourself on fire.

2026-08-04T00:00:00-04:00 2026-08-07T10:12:17-04:00 https://bentleysec.com/posts/AI_Murky_Middle/ Steve Bentley

Some AI security capabilities don't sit cleanly on the attacker or defender side. Automated red teaming, prompt injection, AI attacking AI, poisoned models — the stuff that doesn't fit the tidy framing.

2026-07-07T00:00:00-04:00 2026-08-05T07:15:48-04:00 https://bentleysec.com/posts/AI_as_a_Defender_tool/ Steve Bentley

AI has made attackers faster and more capable. It's also given defenders some of the most useful tools we've had in years. Here's where it actually helps — and where the hype gets ahead of the reality.

2026-06-09T00:00:00-04:00 2026-06-29T10:16:06-04:00 https://bentleysec.com/posts/AI_as_an_Attacker_Tool/ Steve Bentley

AI has handed attackers a significant upgrade — better phishing, automated reconnaissance, polymorphic malware, and a dramatically lower skill floor. Here's what that actually looks like in practice.

2026-06-02T00:00:00-04:00 2026-07-07T14:57:56-04:00 https://bentleysec.com/posts/AI_and_the_Security_Landscape/ Steve Bentley

AI is changing security faster than most of us can comfortably track. This is the start of a series where I try to think through what that actually means — honestly, practically, and without the hype.