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# Jimmy Mesta

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Jimmy Mesta is the founder and Chief Technology Officer at RAD Security. He is responsible for the technological vision for the RAD Security platform. A veteran security engineering leader focused on building cloud-native security solutions, Jimmy has held various leadership positions with enterprises navigating the growth of cloud services and containerization. Previously, Jimmy was an independent consultant focused on building large-scale cloud security programs, delivering technical security training, producing research and securing some of the largest containerized environments in the world.

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmymesta/>

## Blog Post by Jimmy Mesta

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Mar 25, 2025 6:02:13 PM

## Smarter Security Starts Here: Say Hello to RADBot

Boost your cybersecurity with RADBot, your AI security analyst. Investigate threats, ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/radbot-smarter-security)[

Mar 24, 2025 1:56:12 PM

## Securing Your Supply Chain: How RAD Security Detects the tj-actions/changed-files Attack

Learn how RAD Security detected the tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action attack ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/rad-security-detects-the-tj-actions-changed-files-attack)[

Dec 17, 2024 1:56:22 PM

## 9 Predictions for How Cybersecurity Will Evolve in 2025

Predictions for the transformative technologies and evolving strategies, like AI powered ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/cybersecurity-predictions-2025)[

Dec 5, 2024 1:27:11 PM

## How RAD Security Saved One Customer $300K a Year in Cloud Spending and Became a Business Enabler

RAD Security helped a customer save over $300,000 a year in cloud spending by finding ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/cost-savings)[

Nov 26, 2024 6:25:56 PM

## From RAGs to Riches: Supercharging Detection Engineering with Retrieval Augmented Generation

Cloud Detection Engineers battle alert fatigue and coverage gaps. RAD Security leverages ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/retrieval-augmented-generation)[

Nov 19, 2024 3:34:48 PM

## Why Identity and Access Management in Kubernetes are so Important to get Right

Identity is one of the cornerstones of cloud security. This article pulls together ...

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](https://blog.rad.security/blog/iam-kubernetes)

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