Sage Wohns

Sage Wohns is the CEO and founder of Jericho Security [1]. Based in the New York AI scene, Wohns established the company and serves in its leadership capacity [1].

Insights & ideas

Sage Wohns argues that generative AI has fundamentally changed the economics and precision of social engineering, making attacks cheap, scalable, and personalized using leaked personal information and breach data rather than generic templates [1]. He contends that old defenses built around spotting grammar mistakes or generic phishing cues are obsolete, since AI now allows attackers to learn and iterate at a scale never previously possible, citing examples like fabricated audio of public figures and steep rises in voice phishing and attack proliferation [1].

His core idea is that spotting AI-generated content is the wrong focus; what matters is recognizing the actual attack pattern and killchain, since so much everyday communication is now AI-assisted [1]. He describes Jericho's approach as using red team attack generation to train a blue team defense, pairing dynamic, targeted education with data on an individual's specific breaches and vulnerabilities, and says the company holds a large human-annotated dataset of generated attacks to build novel defenses [1].

Experience

1. 
   CEO & Founder

   Jericho SecurityFeb 2023 to Present
2. CEO & Founder

   AgoloJan 2013 to Feb 2023
3. Accelerator and Venture Associate

   NYC SeedMay 2011 to May 2012
4. MBA

   Columbia Business SchoolJan 2011 to May 2012
5. Lead Engineer

   RakutenOct 2007 to Oct 2010
6. Product Manager

   Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLPOct 2006 to May 2007

Education

• Columbia Business School · Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies2011 - 2012
• University of Chicago · Bachelors, Political Science
• Charles Wright Academy

Media & appearances

• How can we secure the weakest links in the security chain... humans? The CyberVault with Sage WohnsThe CyberVault · Aug 20, 2025

  Sage Wohns, CEO and co-founder of Jericho Security, discusses how generative AI has created new threats in cybersecurity, explaining that attacks powered by AI can now be created at scale and low cost, targeting individuals with personalized spear-phishing based on leaked personal information and breach data. He describes Jericho's approach of using red team attacks combined with dynamic, targeted education to train users to recognize actual attack patterns rather than just identifying AI-generated content, and mentions the company maintains the largest dataset of generated attacks annotated by humans to develop novel defenses.

• Is Your Workforce Ready for AI-Driven Cyber Threats?The Security Strategist · Sep 4, 2025
• Is Your Workforce Ready for AI-Driven Cyber Threats?The Security Strategist · Sep 4, 2025
• Is Your Workforce Ready for AI-Driven Cyber Threats?The Security Strategist · Sep 4, 2025
• How Sage Wohns Leverages AI for Fast Growth in Cybersecurity and Business DevelopmentNext Gen Case Studies · Sep 23, 2024
• Sage Wohns | Getting to the Point of Mainstream AI UsageAbsolute AI · Nov 9, 2021
• Sage Wohns | Getting to the Point of Mainstream AI UsageAbsolute AI · Nov 9, 2021
• Preventing AI-Enabled Spear Phishing at Scale with Jericho SecurityCISO Series

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