Greg Richardson has spent decades where AI and cybersecurity meet, long before they became major headlines. Former engineer, former executive, advisory CISO at BlackBerry and Palo Alto Networks. He also founded 6 Levers AI Consulting and Coaching and has spent years translating all of this into language that actual humans can understand and act on.

This week on patch we are getting into both sides of it. The threat and the tool. Why small businesses are the hottest targets in cybersecurity right now and why they are also the ones rushing into AI the fastest without a real plan. The coffee shop, the nonprofit, the boutique. In the crossfire on both fronts and most of them have no idea.

This is the patch:

• think red, act blue: the attacker mindset framework that changes how you defend everything
• why your small business has a bigger target on its back than a bank and what to actually do about it
• the difference between an AI tool and an AI agent and why getting that wrong is costing people real money
• one person with AI agents now has the reach of an entire organization. what that means for whoever is on the other side

We close with the lifestyle segment: the truth behind Greg's consistently sharp fits, the style crew keeping him looking good, and a story that had me genuinely laughing.

All views expressed are my own.