# Bryan Cowan

Product manager working where supply chain security meets AI.

I'm a product manager at Fortress Information Security. I lead product strategy and roadmaps for our hardware and software supply chain products. I also own the backend service layer and Fortress' AI infrastructure, and I build the analytics and automation features that make security work faster.

I hold a Master's in Information Security from the University of Denver and live in Panama City Beach, Florida.

Contact: bryan@bryancowan.com

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- [GitHub](https://github.com/bryancowan)

## Latest reading lists

- [Reading List - 10/25/2026](https://bryancowan.com/reading-list-10-25-2026/) (Oct 25, 2026): This week: John Gruber's verdict on the iPhone Duo, Tesla starting Optimus production before the robot is ready, and a guide to turning a nine-to-five career into lasting wealth.
- [Reading List - 10/18/2026](https://bryancowan.com/reading-list-10-18-2026/) (Oct 18, 2026): This week: why a differentiated data model is the moat when AI makes code cheap, an Anthropic engineer's guide to using AI more ambitiously, and Paul Krugman on France's growing debt risk.
- [Reading List - 10/09/2026](https://bryancowan.com/reading-list-10-09-2026/) (Oct 9, 2026): This week: what it takes to secure frontier AI beyond a sandbox, a former OpenAI safety lead who quit over culture, and a case for taking a deep breath about AI risk.

## Conference notes

- [DEF CON 34 Notes: 15 Talks on AI Security, Agentic Systems, and Red Teaming](https://bryancowan.com/def-con-34-notes-15-talks-on-ai-security-agentic-systems-and-red-teaming/) (Aug 12, 2026): Almost every talk had a similar throughline: agents attacking, agents getting attacked, and agents standing between an alert and the human who has to decide whether to trust it.

## Projects

- [Content Fact-Checker](https://factchecker.bryancowan.com): Give it text, a link, or an image. It pulls out each factual claim, searches the web for evidence, and marks every claim true, false, or uncertain, with sources. Source: https://github.com/bryancowan/content-fact-checker

## Podcasts I listen to

- [ATP](https://atp.fm/)
- [The Flop House](https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/flop-house/)
- [You're Wrong About](https://yourewrongabout.com/)

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