Microsoft Research podcast: DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge architect Mike Walker on the hacker mindset
Microsoft Research · rss · 2026-11-04
Microsoft Research interviews Mike Walker, who led DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge (celebrating its 10th anniversary) — the first all-machine hacking tournament showing autonomous AI finding and patching vulnerabilities. He discusses rules as social constructs, why security depends on user trust and context, competitive hacking's lessons on teamwork, and whether networked systems are safer than a decade ago.
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