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Simplify Pentest Workflows Using Cerno w/ Chris Traynor

Simplify Pentest Workflows Using Cerno w/ Chris Traynor

Source: YouTube · Black Hills Information Security · published Jan 29, 2026 · 1:24:16

Penetration Testing
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BLUF: This Black Hills Information Security webcast introduces Kerno, a new security tool developed by presenter Chris, highlighting its capabilities and the interactive nature of the session 0:15.

Key Takeaways:
• The session is part of the Black Hills Information Security webcast series, hosted by Jason Blanchard, who introduces the guest speaker and his new tool, Kerno 0:01.
• Jason explains the format of these webcasts, noting that they invite testers to share cool tools, projects, or topics they want to help others get started with 0:18.
• Chris was invited to present because he developed a new tool called Kerno, which he demonstrates to the audience 0:29.
• The presentation serves as an introduction to Kerno, positioning Chris as both the creator and a knowledgeable teacher within the security community 0:33.

The webcast aims to educate the community on new developments in security testing tools through direct demonstrations and expert explanations.

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  • 0:15 Introduction of the new tool Kerno
  • 0:18 Explanation of the webcast format and guest selection process
  • 0:29 Discovery that Chris created Kerno
  • 0:33 Context on Chris's role as a teacher and tool developer

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Hello everybody. Welcome to today's Black Hills information security webcast. My name is Jason Blanchard. I'm the content community director here at Black Hills and I'm here to help Chris intro I'm here to introduce Chris and his new to tool Kerno. It's called Kerno. Uh and so here's how these webcasts work. I reach out to all the testers and they're like, "Hey, is there something that you want to introduce? Something you want to talk about? Something you want to help people get started in? Something that's really cool to you that you want to introduce to other people?" And Chris was like, "I make I made a tool." And I was like, "You did?" He's like, "I did?" And it does this. And I was like, "That sounds awesome. Do you want to do a webcast on it?" He says, "I did. Uh, I do." So this is t…