AI in your defence
Where AI can take load off your team, and where it should not.
AI + Cyber · Project Dream State
Where AI meets cyber.
A plan to make it real.
Security leaders already know the future they want - AI working for their team, not against it. It rarely gets written down in a way a board can fund. We hold one recorded conversation with you, then give it back as a written plan in your own words.
For CISOs, heads of security and technology leaders.
Built for the AI + Cyber moment
AI in your attack surface
Shadow AI, agents, data leaving through prompts, and the identities behind them.
AI in your governance
The questions your board, regulators and auditors are starting to ask.
What you get, in writing
Four plain sections, and a short list of next steps you could start this week.
People
Who is already carrying security, what they are good at, and where one person is quietly holding too much.
Processes
The handful of habits that would change your week - written plainly, in the order they should happen.
Tools
What you already own and are not getting full value from, before anything new is ever discussed.
Gaps
The honest distance between today and the security picture you described, named without drama.
Practical next steps
Small, specific and in order - the things worth doing first, why they matter, and how you will know they worked. Written so you can hand it to someone else and they will understand it.
What a page looks like
Illustrative example - not a real organisation
“By 2028, a critical vulnerability is fixed in three days, not fourteen.”
- The gap
- Critical patching sits with one engineer.
- First step
- Name a second owner for critical patches this month, and measure days-to-fix weekly.
Why it works
Not a pitch.
Nobody sells to you in the conversation.
Not a template.
Your words are the source, and every line keeps its quote.
Yours first.
Nothing is shared until you approve it.
Four steps, nothing hidden
- 01
You describe your dream
About an hour, recorded. Where you are today, what good would look like with AI in the picture, and what keeps getting in the way. No preparation needed.
- 02
We read it back carefully
Your own words are the source. We work through them line by line and keep what you actually said, with the quote attached.
- 03
You get it in writing
A short read to share with your leadership, and a full plan behind it: people, processes, tools, gaps, and the next practical steps.
- 04
You decide what happens next
Nothing is published or shared without a person approving it. The plan is yours, and it stays private to you.
For security vendors and distributors
Partners fund Dream State sessions to learn what security leaders actually plan to do - with each leader's approval, never a cold list. No ick. No sales.
Partner with usWho is behind it
Project Dream State is hosted by Isaac T Cohen and brought to you by CyberWins, the executive interview program for security leaders across Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe.
Questions
- How long does it take?
- About an hour of your time, recorded. The written plan follows.
- What does it cost?
- Nothing for the security leader. Sessions are funded by security partners, and nothing reaches them unless you approve it.
- Who sees my plan?
- Only the people you choose. Read exactly how your conversation is handled. How your conversation is handled
- Do I need to prepare?
- No. Come as you are.
Private by default
Your document is only opened by the people we were asked to give it to. Nothing about you appears on this website, and nothing is published without a person approving it first.
Read exactly how your conversation is handled