{"id":228784,"date":"2026-06-09T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/conan-obrien-sells-out-for-cybersecurity-as-only-conan-can\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:40:10","slug":"conan-obrien-sells-out-for-cybersecurity-as-only-conan-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/conan-obrien-sells-out-for-cybersecurity-as-only-conan-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Conan O\u2019Brien Sells Out for Cybersecurity, As Only Conan Can"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conan O\u2019Brien Sells Out for Cybersecurity, As Only Conan Can<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/conan-obrien-adaptive-cybersecurity-training\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-09 13:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: latenighter.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tConan O’Brien and Adaptive Security CEO and co-founder Brian Long \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Conan O\u2019Brien has a simple explanation for why he agreed to star in a series of cybersecurity awareness training videos: money.<\/p>\n

Lots of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi, I\u2019m Conan O\u2019Brien,\u201d he says in one of several promos for the new series. \u201cThere are two rules I live by in my career. One, be authentic. And two, never film security training videos about using AI. It\u2019s beneath me. But then Adaptive came to my house with a dump truck full of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cAdaptive\u201d in question is Adaptive Security, an AI-focused cybersecurity company backed in part by the OpenAI Startup Fund. Its business is helping companies train employees to spot threats like deepfakes, voice cloning, AI impersonation, phishing, QR code scams, and other modern workplace hazards.<\/p>\n

In other words: corporate compliance training, but with Conan.<\/p>\n

In another promo, O\u2019Brien opens mid-call: \u201cSo it\u2019s all there, every cent? Terrific.\u201d He then turns to camera and explains, \u201cThat was my accountant confirming that Adaptive\u2019s check cleared. And now I\u2019m here to tell you about deepfakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien\u2019s promos are part of a new 15-video cybersecurity awareness training series designed to make workplace security lessons something employees might actually watch.<\/p>\n

Or, as Adaptive puts it on the series\u2019 landing page: \u201cYour employees have skipped every security awareness training you\u2019ve sent. This one is different. It has Conan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The training videos themselves are available through Adaptive\u2019s enterprise platform, meaning Conan completists will need to convince their IT departments to sign a contract before they can see the full set.<\/p>\n

According to Adaptive, O\u2019Brien\u2019s team co-wrote the scripts with the company and improvised on set. Each module opens with a comedic O\u2019Brien introduction before moving into Adaptive\u2019s instructional material, interactive elements, and knowledge checks.<\/p>\n

The company says customers will see two versions of each module in their content library: a standard version and a Conan version, allowing security teams to choose how much late-night absurdism they want mixed into their compliance training.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien, who spent nearly three decades in late night across NBC and TBS before building Team Coco into a podcasting and comedy brand, offered a slightly more wholesome quote in the official announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI teamed up with Adaptive Security just to figure out what these kids are up to,\u201d he said. \u201cTurns out it\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which is one way to sell cybersecurity training. The other, apparently, is a dump truck full of cash.<\/p>\n

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