From Hacker to Head of Growth: The Truth About AI in Cybersecurity

In this episode of John Has Trust Issues, host John Martinez talks with Darwin Salazar - Head of Growth at Monad and creator of the Cybersecurity Pulse newsletter - about what’s really changing in modern security and what’s mostly noise.They cover:

• AI in cybersecurity
• Why Zero Trust and authorization matter more in cloud and AI-driven environments
• How CISOs think about budget, risk, and compliance today
• The shift from practitioner roles into product, growth, and strategy

Darwin also shares his career journey and advice for engineers navigating what comes next.