Our guest Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and co-founder of Recorded Future, a cybersecurity firm based in the Boston area. He says countries and companies who want to defend against cyber attacks can’t depend on spies, wiretaps, satellites, or network software. These days, the Web itself is a rich source of threat intelligence. So, his Somerville, MA-based company has figured out how to turn the Web into one giant sensor, scanning both its public areas and its darker corners for intel that might help clients anticipate and thwart hackers and other bad actors.

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