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Leading from the Attacker’s Perspective: Moral Courage, Muscle Memory & AI-Driven Cyber Resilience with Snehal Antani, CEO at Horizon3.ai

Cyber resilience doesn’t break down because of weak tools — it breaks down when leaders fail to think like attackers.

In this episode of CXO Secrets, David McClelland is joined by Snehal Antani, CEO of Horizon3.ai, to explore leadership, resilience, and cybersecurity through the attacker’s lens. Drawing on experience from CIO and CTO roles at GE Capital and Splunk, alongside service with U.S. Special Operations, Snehal explains why modern cyber defence depends as much on mindset, discipline, and preparation as it does on technology.

They also discuss leading under pressure, building teams for hostile environments, how AI is reshaping cyber offence and defence, and why today’s CXOs have a clear duty to understand and own cyber risk.

A must-listen for CIOs, CISOs, and senior leaders preparing their organisations for an AI-driven threat landscape.

Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai helps organizations eliminate attack paths before attackers can exploit them. Our flagship product, the NodeZero® platform, empowers you to continuously find, fix, and verify your exploitable attack surface with autonomous pentesting and other security operations.

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Snehal Antani
CEO
Horizon3.ai

Snehal Antani is CEO & co-founder of Horizon3.ai, a cyber security company that pioneered the use of AI to autonomously conduct penetration testing.

Prior to Horizon3, Snehal served as the first Chief Technology Officer for Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). As a member of the Commander’s executive team, he led data analytics, cloud/edge computing, and cybersecurity initiatives

Prior to serving within US Special Operations, Snehal was CTO & SVP at Splunk, held multiple CIO roles at GE Capital, and started his career as a Software Engineer at IBM.

Snehal earned a Masters in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic University (RPI), a BS in Computer Science from Purdue University where he was their 2023 Distinguished Alumni, holds 18 patents with 16 additional patents pending.

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