Cybersecurity Experts Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen Call for the End of Guesswork in Cybersecurity | National Business | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 4, 2026–

After decades spent helping define modern cybersecurity, Root Evidence Co-founders Jeremiah Grossman and Robert (RSnake) Hansen are challenging one of the industry’s most deeply held assumptions: that finding more vulnerabilities makes organizations more secure.

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Cybersecurity Experts Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen Call for the End of Guesswork in Cybersecurity | National Business | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

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