Jeremy Dodson

🎙 AI Explored | Stay Curious and Stay Ahead
🛡️ Cybersecurity | DevSecOps | AI
✍️ Forbes Tech Council | GitLab Champion
🔗Let’s connect & challenge the future!

[Jeremy Dodson @HumanGuideToAI]

🚀 I explore where AI, cybersecurity, and DevSecOps collide—so you don’t have to.

AI is changing everything—from security risks to DevSecOps pipelines. If you’re in tech, this affects you.

Here’s where I break it all down 🧵👇

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Weekly Wins, Lessons & Lightbulbs 💡

✅ Win: Delivered a tighter AppSec message—fewer words, more impact
💬 Lesson: Personal works, but only when it’s useful
💡 Lightbulb: Most blockers aren’t tech. They’re assumptions.

What hit *you* this week?

#DevRel #Leadership #DevSecOps #Reflection

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You’re tracking deploys.
But are you tracking drag?

GitLab Ultimate’s Value Stream Analytics reveals where work really stalls:
– Reviews
– Approvals
– Compliance
– CI

The best fix?
Making delays visible.

#GitLab #DevSecOps #WeAreGitLabChampions

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You don’t need less security.
You need fewer surprises.

Security doesn’t block speed—
It clears the road.

🧭 GitLab Ultimate shows where you’re stuck,
so you can ship faster, safer, smarter.

#DevSecOps #GitLab #AppSec #Velocity

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Most AppSec tools show up late.
GitLab Ultimate shows up at the commit.

SAST, DAST, dependency scanning—already wired into the flow.

No extra tools.
No blockers.
Just secure-by-default.

#AppSec #GitLab #DevSecOps #WeAreGitLabChampions

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Most people think GitLab Ultimate is just for security.

But the feature that changed everything?

Value Stream Analytics.
It exposes drag across reviews, approvals, and delivery flow.

You can’t fix what you can’t see.

#GitLab #DevSecOps #ValueStream #WeAreGitLabChampions

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You trust your alerts.
That might be your biggest vulnerability.

Most orgs think detection = coverage.
But your alerts are only as good as your assumptions.

🧠 Real threats don’t look suspicious.
They look normal.
Until they don’t.

#CyberSecurity #AdversarialThinking

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The best leaders I’ve met aren’t the smartest in the room.
They’re the ones who make everyone else smarter.

You can’t scale brilliance.
But you can scale belief.

Great leadership =
Clear direction
Fast blockers
Loud support
Quiet ego

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Attackers don’t follow your checklist.
They follow your blind spots.

Most orgs write rules for known bads.
But the worst threats?
They look like normal traffic.
Until they don’t.

🧠 Red teams don’t break tools.
They break assumptions.

#Cybersecurity #AdversarialThinking

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Leaders:
You’re not just responsible for the mission.
You’re responsible for the people carrying it.

Urgency is easy.
Sustainability takes real leadership.

Model rest.
Protect focus.
Keep your team from burning out before they break.

#Leadership #TeamHealth #BurnoutPrevention

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Prompting is trendy.
Framing is timeless.

The smartest AI users don’t start with prompts.
They start with clarity.

Before you ask the model—
Ask yourself.

Frame better.
Scale sharper.

#AI #PromptEngineering #CriticalThinking

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Your network isn’t flat—
but your thinking might be.

Modern attackers don’t break in.
They log in.
Then blend in.

🛑 No brute force. Just trust exploited.

If your threat model starts after login,
you’re already behind.

#CyberSecurity #ZeroTrust #AdversarialThinking

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I’m not afraid of AI.

I’m afraid of the lack of policy, exposure mapping, and realistic planning we’ve done to defend against it.

Start now. Fix it fast.
Don’t wait for the breach to figure out what you should’ve done.

Full quote via @cresta:
📰 https://t.co/Y07PRVcSof

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Still waiting for AI to “mature” before you build a defense strategy?

Attackers aren’t waiting.
They’re already inside.

Security leaders don’t need perfect AI plans.
They need momentum.

🧠 Article via @cresta: https://t.co/Y07PRVcSof

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Too many leaders confuse presence with impact.
If your team only moves when you're watching, you haven't built a team--just a bottleneck.

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Your job isn’t to do everything.
It’s to make sure they can.

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And when they can--step back.
Let them lead.
That’s how you build legacy, not just output.

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Security isn’t about more tools.

It��s about making the ones you already pay for actually work.

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Fractional CISO =/= part-time.

The best ones leave teams stronger than they found them.

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AI use is growing faster than AI governance.

And guess what?
Attackers love chaos.

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@terlin 5/
Got a question before we go live?
Drop it here--I’ll work it into the session or pretend @terlin asked it 😉

Let’s make API security make sense again.

#APIsecurity #CISO #AppSec #Wallarm #Infosec #DevSecOps

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Today’s the day.

APIs are the #1 attack surface--and we’re diving deep into how to actually protect them.

I’m live with @terlin to break down what API security should really look like in 2025.

🧵 What you’ll learn (and why it matters):

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@terlin 4/
If APIs power your revenue, handle sensitive data, or touch your AI stack--his is for you.

This session is built for buyers, doers, and defenders.

🎯 Grab your spot and join us:
https://t.co/KJEYlt2or0