Ep. 546 Hugh Njemanze | Threat Intelligence and AI in Security Operations with Anomali

For episode 548 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Artur Kononov, Business Development Manager for COLIBRIX ONE.Artur Kononov is an accomplished fintech professional, currently serving as Business Development Manager at COLIBRIX, a fast-growing global payments provider. With a strong background in business development, client success, and compliance, Artur has built a reputation as a trusted advisor and growth strategist within the fintech space. At COLIBRIX, Artur plays a key role in driving business expansion, building long-term partnerships, and strengthening the company's presence in global markets. As the first point of contact for many new clients, he ensures a seamless onboarding process, offering tailored solutions and strategic guidance to help businesses succeed from day one. Learn more at https://www.colibrix.one⁠ ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:10 | Who is Artur Kononov?2:04 | Colibrix One explained3:31 | Payments Landscape6:24 | Common pain-points in payments8:20 | Blockchain and Payments9:25 | Lessons from working in FinTech13:36 | Typical industry clients14:46 | Client use-case17:08 | Colibrix One roadmap18:24 | Colibrix One website, socials & community 🎙 Colibrix One Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.colibrix.one🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/colibrix-one/  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 547 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Tad Nelson, Founder of Tad Nelson & Associates.At the law firm of Tad Nelson & Associates, they proudly serve the people of Texas. Attorney Tad Nelson, being a lifelong Texas Gulf Coast resident, has developed deep care for his fellow Texans. Their experienced Texas family law and criminal defense firm represents those in multiple locations across Texas.Tad Nelson, is a native Texan and lifelong resident of the Houston/Galveston area. He was born on Galveston Island and graduated from Galveston Ball High School in 1983. After graduation, he traveled to Austin to attend the University of Texas. He worked in the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, serving as an Assistant District Attorney from 1992 to 1995.⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:18 | Who is Tad Nelson?3:44 | What is Tad Nelson & Associates?8:08 | Legal risks to Businesses11:03 | Business is more difficult today13:00 | How businesses can protect themselves from legal risk17:20 | Previous cases with businesses21:00 | Legal research for businesses23:02 | Cases on AI24:55 | AI in Legal Field30:16 | Doing business in Texas34:26 | Advice to business owners37:56 | Roadmap for Tad Nelson & Associates42:00 | Contact Tad Nelson 🎙 Tad Nelson Links: 🔗 Website: https://tadnelson.podvantage.ai/ 🔗 Website: https://tadlaw.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tad-nelson-437b63b/  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 546 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Hugh Njemanze, Founder and President of Anomali. Hugh brings over 30 years of experience in enterprise software, having co-founded ArcSight and served as its CTO and EVP of R&D. He later led engineering for HP’s Enterprise Security Products group following ArcSight’s acquisition. Hugh has also served as an advisor at Kleiner Perkins and held senior roles at Verity and Apple, where he helped architect the Data Access Language (DAL). ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:03 | Who is Hugh Njemanze?4:28 | What is Anomali?9:12 | Anomali Products & ThreatStream18:23 | Evolution of AI in Security Operations20:28 | Anomali client use-cases24:15 | Future of Threat Intelligence31:30 | Anomali’s typical client32:35 | Anomali roadmap 202534:10 | Anomali website, socials & demos 🎙 Anomali Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.anomali.com 🔗 X: https://x.com/anomali 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anomali 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-njemanze-603721/ 🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anomali_inc  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 545 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Chen, COO of Bless while at Permissionless 4. Bless is the world’s first shared computer, turning every consumer device— laptop, desktop, and mobile phone—into participants in a massive edge compute network with over 5 million live nodes. Bless is purpose-built for real-time inference and agentic computing, featuring high performance, low latency, and dynamic scaling.  ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction0:43 | Who is Michael Chen?6:25 | Importance of Decentralized Compute10:07 | Bless Network Ecosystem12:42 | Bless Network Mainnet12:55 | Bless Network at Permissionless14:14 | Bless Network website & socials14:32 | RAPID FIRE SESSION 🔥 🎙 Bless Network Links: 🔗 Website: https://bless.network/ 🔗 X: https://x.com/theblessnetwork 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelchen-blockless/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blessnetwork/  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 544 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Harry Donnelly, CEO and Co-Founder of Circuit at Permissionless 4. Circuit is a breakthrough startup developing cutting-edge technology that makes digital asset recovery secure and reliable. Under his leadership, Circuit has pioneered patented transaction-layer recovery technology that preserves institutional access for digital assets even amid cyberattacks, custodian failures, or internal compromises. Drawing on his expertise in DeFi, security architecture, risk mitigation, and crypto insurance, Harry is addressing a fundamental vulnerability in Web3 — the fragility of private key–based recovery — by enabling leading exchanges, lenders, and stablecoin issuers to improve operational resilience in institutional digital asset custody.Harry previously worked as a trader at JP Morgan and holds a Master’s degree in financial engineering from MIT. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction0:37 | Who is Harry Donnelly?2:30 | Origins of Circuit3:40 | Circuit Clients5:58 | Circuit Use-cases9:26 | Future of Security & Recoverability12:17 | Circuit at Permissionless12:56 | How to get in contact with Circuit?13:30 | RAPID FIRE SESSION 🔥 🎙 Circuit Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.circuitsecurity.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-donnelly- 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/circuitsecurity  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 543 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Aleks Artamonovskaja, Head of Art at Trilitech. Aleks Artamonovskaja is a leader in the intersection of art and technology, with extensive experience in Web3 art projects. She is a prominent speaker, writer and educator on the role of decentralized technologies in the creative sector.  As the Ambassador and former Director of Partnerships at .ART, Aleks played a crucial role in launching the digital address for the arts in 2016, overseeing strategic partnerships to foster the embrace of technology in the art world, including collaborations with Rhizome and Ars Electronica, and spearheading the Digital Innovation in Art Award. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:03 | Who is Aleks Artamonovskaja?6:18 | What is Trilitech?9:40 | Typical Trilitech clients & partners11:21 | Advantages of Tezos16:06 | Future of Art on Blockchain20:23 | Use-cases for Trilitech27:08 | Trilitech roadmap28:52 | Trilitech website, socials & community 🎙 Trilitech Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.aleksandra.art/amonovskaja 🔗 Website: https://www.trili.tech 🔗 X: https://x.com/aljaparis 🔗 X: https://x.com/trilitech 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trilitech  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 542 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Jacob Phillips, Co-founder of Lombard Finance.Lombard is on a mission to expand the digital economy by transforming Bitcoin’s utility from a store of value into a productive financial tool with LBTC. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction0:30 | Who is Jacob Phillips?2:25 | What is Lombard Finance?6:16 | DeFi on Bitcoin7:09 | LBTC and Yield8:42 | Future of BitcoinFi12:24 | Lombard at Permissionless12:56 | Lombard website, socials & community13:14 | RAPID FIRE SESSION 🔥 🎙 Lombard Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.lombard.finance/ 🔗 X: https://x.com/lombard_finance 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lombardfinance/ 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/+yKL57AkmSg84YTgx 🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2HG7G69twc  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 541 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Howard Wu Founder of Aleo Labs, a company focused on developing products for compliant, confidential payments and creating tools for developers to deploy and manage applications on the Aleo blockchain. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction0:57 | Who is Howard Wu?2:58 | What is Aleo?4:22 | AleoBFT7:09 | Aleo Ecosystem10:20 | AI applications on Aleo11:31 | Aleo Token13:03 | Balancing Compliance & Confidentiality17:45 | Real world adoption of Blockchain20:21 | How to make Web3 UI/UX better22:26 | Aleo Roadmap23:25 | Aleo website, socials & community 🎙 Aleo Links: 🔗 Website: https://aleo.org 🔗 X: https://x.com/AleoHQ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/1howardwu 🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aleofoundation 🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/aleo  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 540 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Mike Lieberman CTO and Co-Founder of Kusari.Kusari began in 2022 with the goal to secure the software supply chain. They are passionate about this problem, as they constantly faced the same issue: identifying the software they’re using and protecting against threats to that software. This led to slow response to security vulnerabilities, uncertainty about licensing and compliance, and even basic maintenance challenges. Kusari brings transparency and security to software supply chains, providing clarity and actionable insights. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:10 | Who is Mike Lieberman?6:10 | What is Kusari?15:37 | Open-source software GUAC20:00 | Threat landscape in 202528:43 | AI for software security31:03 | Decentralized AI models32:40 | Quantum computing39:27 | Kusari roadmap 202544:32 | Kusari website, socials & community 🎙 Kusari Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.kusari.dev/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lieberman-65786ba 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kusaridev/  📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.

For episode 539 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Ran Hammer to discuss how Orbs is bringing CeFi-level execution to DeFi.Ran currently leads Business Development, Marketing and Communities for Orbs as well as being in charge of Legal and Compliance. Prior to joining Orbs and after specializing as a corporate lawyer in the fields of high-tech, venture capital and cross border M&A, Ran founded the blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital coin practice at GKH Law Offices and was established as one of Israel’s leading blockchain law practitioners. ⏳ Timestamps: 0:00 | Introduction1:20 | Update on Orbs in 20253:10 | DeFi partnerships4:14 | Institutions getting into DeFi8:32 | SEC DeFi exemptions9:30 | U.S. landscape for DeFi16:03 | Future of Yield in DeFi20:05 | Is Altseason coming in 2025?24:00 | Bitcoin DeFi25:15 | Orbs ecosystem28:30 | Orbs roadmap31:28 | Orbs website, socials & community 🎙 Orbs Links: 🔗 Website: https://www.orbs.com/ 🔗 X: https://x.com/orbs_network 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-hammer-32323278/ 🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/OrbsNetwork 🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sswGDYGBt5    ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● 📢 Disclaimer: None of our content constitutes, nor is intended to act as financial advice. It’s important to always do your own research and due diligence before making any investment decision. Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and carry a considerable amount of risk.