Block Everything and Get Your Life Back
Techstrong TV Interviews
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Ransomware recoveries taught Danny Jenkins that reactive security has an expiration date. Danny, CEO and Co-Founder of ThreatLocker, joins Alan Shimel on TechStrong TV to explain why default-deny zero trust is the only architecture that scales against modern threats — and how AI is dramatically accelerating both sides of the fight. Danny walks through the origin story of ThreatLocker after a Sydney ransomware cleanup, the mechanics of application allowlisting and ringfencing, and the everyday attack vectors most IT teams still underestimate: coupon-clipper browser extensions with keylogging permissions, Rubber Ducky USB devices that impersonate keyboards, and rogue peripherals that quietly hand over the network. He also gets candid about the geopolitics of AI — including new Chinese models, US export controls and the fear of state-sponsored backdoors — and shares the three vectors defenders should be locking down first. His parting advice: block everything, then allow only what your business actually needs.
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