Talks & appearances

Speaking

Talks, demonstrations, and conversations on AI security, adversarial thinking, and human judgment.

Featured talk

The Next Plague

Foster’s SANS360 presentation from the SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2025 explores the changing AI threat landscape.

Session resources

Talks & recordings

2026 · Adversarial AI

Session details

Breaking the Black Box

An introduction to adversarial AI and the assessment questions raised by AI-integrated applications. Explore the two published appearances below.

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Technical webcast

Weaponizing the Algorithm

A SEC535 webcast on integrating AI into penetration testing, from reconnaissance and enumeration to social engineering and code generation. The emphasis is on practical workflows that support the tester’s judgment and operational control.

For event organizers

Speaker kit

Short biography, portrait, and a direct path to discuss your event.

  • AI security
  • Adversarial AI
  • Human judgment

Foster Nethercott specializes in AI research and penetration testing. He is a SANS Certified Instructor, author of SEC535: Offensive AI – Attack Tools and Techniques, and co-author of SEC536: Adversarial AI. A US Marine Corps veteran and founder of Fortisec, he brings practical security research and testing into hands-on education.