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Built Wrong

Why Cybersecurity Keeps Failing and How We Can Rebuild It

Richard Bird has spent decades inside the cybersecurity industry and has questions about the results. A seven-time C-level executive, author and speaker, he writes about security, AI, identity, privacy and the uncomfortable gap between what the cybersecurity ecosystem promises and what actually happens. Built Wrong is where he works through what we got wrong, why it matters, and what we should build instead.

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Oct 16 • 1 min read

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​Built Wrong: Why Cybersecurity Keeps Failing and How We Can Rebuild It launches on 10/20/2026!
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Why Cybersecurity Keeps Failing and How We Can Rebuild It

Richard Bird has spent decades inside the cybersecurity industry and has questions about the results. A seven-time C-level executive, author and speaker, he writes about security, AI, identity, privacy and the uncomfortable gap between what the cybersecurity ecosystem promises and what actually happens. Built Wrong is where he works through what we got wrong, why it matters, and what we should build instead.

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