Will AI trigger the first white-collar recession—or just change what those jobs look like? This episode follows the quiet early tells—executive hiring freezes, six-figure postings sliding, silent software seat cuts, and a surge of offboarding tickets—to explain how task-level automation can thin openings, flatten wages, and hollow out the rungs juniors used to climb. We separate headline panic from real indicators and show how experience, not just efficiency, keeps organizations resilient when the economy cools.

Then we get practical for security teams. Even if your job survives, your attack surface won’t: agents, connectors, machine identities, and poisoned inputs expand risk while separation of duties quietly erodes. We lay out the guardrails—least privilege for agents, dual control on irreversible changes, auditable prompts and outputs, drift monitoring—and the career moats that make you hard to replace: incident command under uncertainty, adversary thinking, clear risk communication, and a toolsmith mindset that makes AI safer for everyone else.

In this episode of BareMetalCyber, we delve into the shadowy world of state-sponsored cyber sabotage, examining how nations increasingly leverage digital attacks for espionage, economic disruption, and geopolitical advantage. We explore sophisticated hacking tactics—from zero-day exploits and psychological warfare to supply chain infiltration—and reveal why attribution remains so notoriously difficult in today's digital conflicts.

Along the way, we discuss practical defensive strategies that organizations can adopt to protect themselves against nation-state cyber threats, emphasizing proactive defense, incident response preparedness, and strategic alignment with national cybersecurity efforts. Join us to uncover how nation-states conduct covert digital operations and what your organization can do to defend itself in this rapidly evolving threat landscape.

In this episode of BareMetalCyber, we narrate the article Ctrl+Alt+Comply: The Wild World of Cyber Regulations, taking you through the tangled web of international cybersecurity compliance. From the rigid power moves of the EU’s GDPR to the complex demands of China’s PIPL and the legislative chaos of U.S. state laws, we explore how the world governs digital risk—and how organizations are expected to keep up.

We break down the frameworks, enforcement quirks, political motivations, and the sheer absurdity of cross-border data rules—all while offering actionable insight on surviving and thriving in a fractured compliance landscape. Whether you're leading a security team or just trying to understand why your inbox is full of cookie policy updates, this is the episode you don’t want to miss.