A Conversation with Dan DeCloss

Check out PlexTrac here: https://ul.live/plextrac-demo_yt I sat down with Dan from PlexTrac to chat about how their platform is helping defenders prioritize the endless mountain of security vulnerabilities. We dive into the shift from just finding bugs to actually fixing the right ones, and how AI is changing the game for both attackers and blue teams. What we talk about: PlexTrack’s evolution: How Dan's platform grew from a tool designed to take the pain out of writing pen test reports into a full-blown exposure management system. The real vulnerability problem: We chat about how finding bugs isn't the issue anymore; the actual challenge is figuring out which ones will actually get you breached. Context-driven risk scoring: How defenders can customize their risk scoring algorithms based on things that actually matter to their specific business, like asset criticality, location, and departmental needs. Frictionless workflows: Automating the remediation lifecycle by syncing directly with ticketing systems like Jira and ServiceNow, so IT teams can fix things without ever leaving their native workflows. AI's impact on the battlefield: We dive into a recent Hacker News article Dan was featured in, discussing how AI is accelerating attacks, but more importantly, how we can use it on the blue team side to prioritize our massive backlogs. 00:00 – What is the core problem you are trying to solve? 01:33 – How has PlexTrack evolved over time? 03:57 – What attack trends are you seeing in the wild right now? 05:21 – How do you factor business context into vulnerability prioritization? 07:13 – Platform Walkthrough: Risk scoring, integrations, and playbooks 21:47 – What new features are you excited to be working on next? 22:52 – What was your recent Hacker News article about? Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X: https://x.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/