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For our second year now, Mike Privette, from Return on Security and the Security, Funded newsletter joins us to discuss the year's highlights and what's to come in the next 12 months.
In some ways, it has been a return to form for funding, though some casualties of a tough market likely had to seek acquisition when they might have otherwise raised another round and stayed independent a while longer. We'll cover some stats, talk 2025 IPO market, and discuss the likelihood of (already) being in another bubble, particularly with regards to the already saturated AI security market.
It won't be all financial trends though, we'll discuss some of the technical market trends, whether they're finding market fit, and how ~50ish AI SOC startups could possibly survive in such a crowded space.
In this segment, we discuss two new FIDO Alliance standards focused on credential portability. Specifically, if passwordless is going to catch on, we need to minimize friction and maximize usability. In practice, this means that passkeys must be portable!
Rew Islam of Dashlane joins us to discuss the new standards and how they'll help us enter a new age of secure authentication, both for consumers and the enterprise.
Segment Resources:
Elevating Passwordless Security With AWS Nitro Synced Passkeys Will Be Portable FIDO Alliance Publishes New Specifications to Promote User Choice and Enhanced UX for PasskeysThis week, in the enterprise security news,
NOTE: We didn't get to 2, 3, 5, or 7 due to some technical difficulties and time constraints, but we'll hit them next week! The show notes have been updated to reflect what we actually discussed this week: https://www.scworld.com/podcast-segment/13370-enterprise-security-weekly-387
Snowflake takes security more seriously Microsoft takes security more seriously US Government takes telecom security more seriously Cleo Capital takes security more seriously EUâs DORA takes effect soon Is phishing and security awareness training worthless? CISOs need financial literacy Supply chain firewall is basic but usefulAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-387
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In this final installment of a trio of discussions with Theresa Lanowitz about Cyber Resilience, we put it all together and attempt to figure out what the road to cyber resilience looks like, and what barriers security leaders will have to tackle along the way. We'll discuss:
How to identify these barriers to cyber resilience Be secure by design Align cybersecurity investments with the businessAlso, be sure to check out the first two installments of this series!
Episode 380: Cybersecurity Success is Business Success Episode 383: Cybersecurity Budgets: The Journey from Reactive to ProactiveThis segment is sponsored by LevelBlue. Visit https://securityweekly.com/levelblue to learn more about them!
When focused on cybersecurity through a vulnerability management lens, it's tempting to see the problem as a race between exploit development and patching speed. This is a false narrative, however. While there are hundreds of thousands of vulnerabilities, each requiring unique exploits, the number of post-exploit actions is finite. Small, even.
Although Log4j was seemingly ubiquitous and easy to exploit, we discovered the Log4Shell attack wasn't particularly useful when organizations had strong outbound filters in place.
Today, we'll discuss an often overlooked advantage defenders have: mitigating controls like traffic filtering and application control that can prevent a wide range of attack techniques.
This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them!
This week, in the enterprise security news,
Funding and acquisition news slows down as we get into the âIâm more focused on holiday shopping seasonâ North Pole Security picked an appropriate time to raise some seed funding Breaking news, itâs still super easy to exfiltrate data The Nearest Neighbor Attack Agentic Security is the next buzzword youâre going to be tired of soon Frustrations with separating work from personal in the Apple device ecosystem We check in on the AI SOC and see how itâs going Office surveillance technology gives us the creepsAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-386
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Check out this episode from the ESW Vault, hand picked by main host Adrian Sanabria! This segment was originally published on December 22, 2023.
We're excited to give an end-of-year readout on the performance of the cybersecurity industry with Mike Privette, founder of Return on Security and author of the weekly Security, Funded newsletter. This year, this podcast has leaned heavily on the Security, Funded newsletter to prep for our news segment, as it provides a great summary of all the funding and M&A events going on each week.
In this segment, we look back at 2023, statistics for the year, comparisons to 2022, interesting insights, predictions, and more!
Segment Resources:
Mike's blog; Return on Security: https://www.returnonsecurity.com/ Mike's newsletter; Security, Funded: https://www.returnonsecurity.com/subscribe
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-esw-17
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This is a topic our hosts are very passionate about, and we're excited to discuss with Mariana Padilla, co-founder and CEO of Hackerverse. She wants to change how cybersecurity sales works, with a focus on making the process more transparent and ideally demonstrating a product's efficacy before buyers even need to talk to a sales team.
We'll discuss why existing sales processes are broken, how VC funding impacts vendor sales/marketing, and why community-led growth is so important.
Why a special segment on Microsoft Ignite announcements?
There were a lot of announcements Microsoft is the largest security vendor, in terms of revenue Microsoft and its products are also the biggest and most vulnerable hacking target in the tech industry.In the enterprise security news,
Bitsight, Snyk, and Silverfort announce acquisitions Tanium announces an âautonomousâ endpoint security offering We find out how much a smartphone costs when it is manufactured in the US CISAâs leadership announces resignations Ransomware is going after old versions of Excel Should vendors be doing more about alert fatigue? The latest cybersecurity reports Using AI to mess with scammersAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-385
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There have been a lot of bold claims about how generative AI and machine learning will transform the SOC. Ironically, the SOC was (arguably) invented only because security products failed to make good on bold claims. The cybersecurity market is full of products that exist only to solve the problems created by other security products (Security Analytics, SOC Automation, Risk-Based Vulnerability Management).
Other products are natural evolutions and pick up where others leave off. In this interview, we'll explore what AI can and can't do, particularly when it comes to alert triage and other common SOC tasks.
Segment Resources:
From Forrester: Generative AI Will Not Fulfill Your Autonomous SOC Hopes (Or Even Your Demo Dreams) From Intezer: Mastering SOC Automation in 2024: Tips, Trends and Tools The Future of SOC Automation Platforms SentinelOne wants to make the autonomous SOC a realityNaturally, the next approach to try is a federated one. How do we break down cybersecurity into more bite-sized components? How do we alleviate all this CISO stress we've heard about, and make their job seem less impossible than it does today?
This will be a more standards and GRC focused discussion, covering:
the reasons why cross-walking doesn't work the reasons why traditional TPRM approaches (e.g. questionnaires) don't work opportunities for AI to help risk management or sales support?This week in the enterprise security news,
Upwind Security gets a massive $100M Series B Trustwave and Cybereason merge NVIDIA wants to force SOC analyst millennials to socialize with AI agents Has the cybersecurity workforce peaked? Why incident response is essential for resilience an example of good product marketing who is Salvatore Verini, Jr. and why does he have all my data?All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-384
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CISOs struggle more with reactive budgets than CIOs or CTOs. It's not that part of the CISO's budget shouldn't be reactive, it's certainly necessary to an extent. The problem is when proactive measures suffer as a result. In this interview, we'll discuss some of the causes behind this and some strategies for breaking out of this loop.
This segment is sponsored by LevelBlue. Visit https://securityweekly.com/levelblue to learn more about them!
Is it a product or a feature? Is it DLP 4.0, or something legitimately new? Buy now, or wait for further consolidation?
There are SO many questions about this market. It's undeniably important - data hygiene and governance continues to be a frustrating mess in many organizations, but is this the solution? We'll discuss with Todd to find out.
In the enterprise security news,
Some big fundings no less than 4 acquisitions Silencing the EDR silencers ghost jobs overinflated estimates on open cybersecurity jobs weaponizing Microsoft Copilot fun projects with disposable vapesAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-383
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The future is here! Imagine if you could get into the office, a datacenter, or even an apartment building as easily as you unlock your smartphone. Alcatraz AI is doing exactly that with technology that works similarly to how smartphones unlock using your face. It works in the dark, if you shave off your beard, and so quickly you don't even need to slow down for the scan - you can just keep on walking.
We don't often cover physical security, so this interview is going to be a treat for us. There are SO many questions to ask here, particularly for our hosts who have done physical penetration tests, social engineering, and tailgating in the past to get past physical security measures.
This week, in the enterprise security news:
the latest cybersecurity fundings Cyera acquires Trail Security Sophos acquires Secureworks new companies and products more coverage on Cyberstartsâ sunrise program AI can control your PC public cybersecurity companies are going private Splunk and Palo Alto beefAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-382
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Ever heard someone say, "the attacker only has to be right once, but the defender has to get it right every time"? On this episode, we'll dispel that myth. There is some truth to the saying, but only with regards to initial access to the target's environment. Once on the inside, the attacker's advantage flips to the defender. Call it the 'Home Alone' effect. Or the Goonies effect? Die Hard? So many movie metaphors work here!
The conversation isn't just about setting traps for attackers, however, there's also a conversation to have about fundamentals and ensuring practitioners are prepared for whatever attackers might throw at them. This segment is inspired by the essay from Lenny by the same name: Transform the Defenderâs Dilemma into the Defenderâs Advantage
The vast majority of the folks working polls and elections are volunteers. This creates a significant training challenge. Not only do they have to learn how to perform a complex and potentially stressful job in a short amount of time (most training is one day or less), cybersecurity-related concerns are usually not included for individual poll location and election workers.
Kirsten Davies has a passion project that attempts to solve this, with some concise, accessible, and straightforward training material. It is made available through two PDFs on her new organization's website, instituteforcybercivics.org.
Customer Identity is everywhere. It's powering secure experiences for billions - enabling people to check their luggage at the airport, watch their favorite Major League Soccer games, or take their favorite Peloton class. Because itâs everywhere, threat actors now see customer identity as a path to financial gain. Bots now make up nearly 50% of all internet traffic and are being used to steal sign-up bonuses or breach accounts. And cybercriminals are bypassing the login box completely, stealing authenticated session cookies at record rates. Bhawna Singh. Chief Technology Officer of Customer Identity Cloud at Okta joins host Mandy Logan, from Security Weekly, to discuss the current state of customer identity, what developers need to know about securing their applications and what Okta is doing to help developers build applications that decipher a human from a bot.
Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/oktane/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-helps-builders-easily-implement-auth-for-genai-apps-secure-how/
Whether itâs phishing techniques, password spraying, or social engineering, security leaders today are constantly needing to see past blindspots, educate their workforces, and rethink the enterprise security checklist. Many companies, like Okta, are finding ways to incorporate security within their company culture, as every employee has a role to play in keeping a company secure. Charlotte Wylie, Deputy CSO at Okta, joins Security Weekly's Mandy Logan to discuss what security leaders are being challenged with today when it comes to securing their workforce and from experience with implementing Oktaâs Secure Identity Commitment how companies can be prioritizing security within their culture to help prevent threat actors from taking advantage of the weakest link.
Segment Resources: https://www.okta.com/blog/2024/08/how-okta-fosters-a-security-culture/ https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-openid-foundation-tech-firms-tackle-todays-biggest-cybersecurity/
This segment is sponsored by Oktane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane2024 and use discount code OKTNSC24 to pay only $100 for your full conference pass!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-381
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Secure by design is more than just AppSec - it addresses how the whole business designs systems and processes to be effective and resilient. The latest report from LevelBlue on Cyber Resilience reveals security programs that are reactive, ill-equipped, and disconnected from IT and business leaders.
Most security problems are out of security teams' hands. Addressing them requires input, buy-in, and action from business leaders and IT. Security cannot afford to be separate from the rest of the organization.
In this interview, we'll discuss how we could potentially solve some of these issues with Theresa Lanowitz from LevelBlue.
Segment Resources:
Grab your copy of the LevelBlue Futures Report on Cyber ResilienceThis segment is sponsored by LevelBlue. Visit https://securityweekly.com/levelblue to learn more about them!
Implementing SASE can be tricky and onerous, but it doesn't have to be. Today, we discuss Unified SASE as a Service with Renuka Nadkarni, Chief Product Officer at Aryaka. Particularly, how can Unified SASE make both networking and security more flexible and agile?
IT and security professionals need to ensure secure and performant applications and data access to all users across their distributed global network without escalating cost, risk or complexity, or sacrificing user experience.
This segment is sponsored by Aryaka. Visit https://securityweekly.com/aryaka to learn more about them!
Finally, in the enterprise security news,
HUMAN, Relyance AI, and watchTowr raise funding this week Alternative paths to becoming a CISO Vendor booths donât have to suck (for vendors or conference attendees!) Budget planning guidance for 2025 CISOs might not be that great at predicting their own future needs Use this one easy trick to bypass EDR! Analyzing the latest breaches and malware You probably shouldnât buy a Fisker Ocean, no matter how cheap they getAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-380
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For this interview, Ben from CyberNest joins us to talk about one of my favorite subjects: information sharing in infosec. There are so many amazing skills, tips, techniques, and intel that security professionals have to share. Sadly, a natural corporate reluctance to share information viewed as privileged and private has historically had a chilling effect on information sharing.
We'll discuss how to build such a community, how to clear the historical hurdles with information sharing, and how to monetize it without introducing bias and compromising the integrity of the information shared.
Aaron was already a skilled bug hunter and working at HackerOne as a triage analyst at the time. What he discovered can't even be described as a software bug or a vulnerability. This type of finding has probably resulted in more security incidents and breaches than any other category: the unintentional misconfiguration.
There's a lot of conversation right now about the grey space around 'shared responsibility'. In our news segment later, we'll also be discussing the difference between secure design and secure defaults. The recent incidents revolving around Snowflake customers getting compromised via credential stuffing attacks is a great example of this. Open AWS S3 buckets are probably the best known example of this problem. At what point is the service provider responsible for customer mistakes? When 80% of customers are making expensive, critical mistakes? Doesn't the service provider have a responsibility to protect its customers (even if it's from themselves)?
These are the kinds of issues that led to Aaron getting his current job as Chief of SaaS Security Research at AppOmni, and also led to him recently finding another common misconfiguration - this time in ServiceNow's products. Finally, we'll discuss the value of a good bug report, and how it can be a killer addition to your resume if you're interested in this kind of work!
Segment Resources:
Aaron's blog about the ServiceNow data exposure. The ServiceNow blog, thanking AppOmni for its support in uncovering the issue.In the enterprise security news,
Eon, Resolve AI, Harmonic and more raise funding Dragos acquires Network Perception Prevalent acquires Miratech The latest DFIR reports A spicy security product review Secure by Whatever New threats Hot takesAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-379
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Our latest in a series of interviews discussing cybersecurity career paths, today we talk to Jayson Grace his path into cybersecurity and his experience building red teams at national labs and purple teams at Meta. We also talk about his community impact, giving talks and building open source tools. Jayson just left Meta for an AI safety startup named Dreadnode, which we'll discuss as well.
Segment Resources:
CyberSecEval 3: Advancing the Evaluation of Cybersecurity Risks and Capabilities in Large Language Models The [TTPForge] (https://github.com/facebookincubator/TTPForge) is a Cybersecurity Framework for developing, automating, and executing attacker Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). ForgeArmory provides TTPs that can be used with the TTPForge Wired, by Lily Hay Newman: Facebook's âRed Team Xâ Hunts Bugs Beyond the Social Network's Walls MOSE (Master Of SErvers) is a post exploitation tool for configuration management servers. BSides SF 2024 - Beyond Quick Cash: Rethinking Bug Bounties for Greater Impact BSides LV 2023 - [GF - Enemy Within: Leveraging Purple Teams for Advanced Threat Detection & Prevention - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MT0tNi2vvcThis week in the enterprise security news, we've got:
Torq, Tamnoon, and Defect Dojo raise funding Checkmarx acquires ZAP Commvault acquires Clumio Would you believe San Francisco is NOT the most funded metro area for cybersecurity? Auto-doxxing Smart glasses are now possible Meta gets fined $100M for storing plaintext passwords AI coding assistants might not be living up to expectations Worst Practices Dumpster fires and truth bombsAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly!
The way we use browsers has changed, so has the way we need to secure them. Using a secure enterprise browser to execute content away from the endpoint, inside a secure cloud browser is a dramatically more effective and cost-effective approach to protect users and secure access.
This segment is sponsored by Menlo Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/menloisw to learn more about them!
Sevco is a cloud-native vulnerability and exposure management platform built atop asset intelligence to enable rapid risk prioritization, mitigation, validation, and metrics.
Segment Resources: Customer Testimonials: https://www.sevcosecurity.com/testimonials/ Product Videos: https://www.sevcosecurity.com/sevcoshorts/
This segment is sponsored by Sevco Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/sevcoisw to learn more about them!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-378
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The SIEM market has undergone some significant changes this summer. This is a great opportunity to talk about the current state of SIEM! In this conversation, we'll discuss:
market changes and terminology: security analytics, data lakes, SIEM what is SOAR's role in the current SIEM market? machine learning and generative AI's role strategies for implementing a SIEM common mistakes that still lead to SIEMs becoming shelfware and much more!Both Seth and Adrian have a long history when it comes to SIEMs, so this conversation will be packed with anecdotes, stories, and lessons learned!
This segment is sponsored by Graylog. Visit https://securityweekly.com/graylog to learn more about them!
We've been hearing a lot lately about how the talent gap in cybersecurity is much more complex than some folks have been making it out to be. While making six figures after going through a six week boot camp might be overselling the cybersecurity job market a bit, it is definitely a complex space with lots of opportunities.
Fortunately, we have folks building passion projects like My Cyber Path. When Jason transitioned into cyber from the military, he took note of the path he took. He also noticed how different the path was for many of his peers. Inspired by NIST NICE and other programs designed to help folks get a start in cyber, he created My Cyber Path.
My Cyber Path has a very organized approach. There are 12 paths outlined, which fall into 4 main areas. After taking a personality test, this tool suggests the best paths for you. Hmmm, this sounds a lot like the sorting hat in Harry Potter, and there are 4 "houses" you could get put into... coincidence?
Segment Resources: My Cyber Path has a free account where people can get matched to a cybersecurity work role based on their interests and personality traits and get access to free areas in the platform without having to save a credit card.
https://www.mycyberpath.com/ https://www.mycyberpath.com/auth/registerIn the Enterprise News, the hosts discuss various trends and challenges in the cybersecurity landscape, including the evolution of terminology, funding trends, the emergence of new startups, and the impact of AI on security practices. They also explore the challenges faced by CISOs, the importance of humor in the industry, and the future of quantum readiness. The conversation highlights the need for clarity in cybersecurity messaging and the potential for consolidation in the market.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-377
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A month ago, my friend Wolfgang Goerlich posted a hot take on LinkedIn that is less and less of a hot take these days.
He posted, "our industry needs to kill the phish test",and I knew we needed to have a chat, ideally captured here on the podcast.
I've been on the fence when it comes to phishing simulation, partly because I used to phish people as a penetration tester. It always succeeded, and always would succeed, as long as it's part of someone's job to open emails and read them. Did that make phishing simulation a Sisyphean task? Was there any value in making some of the employees more 'phishing resistant'?
And who is in charge of these simulations? Who looks at a fake end-of-quarter bonus email and says, "yeah, that's cool, send that out."
Segment Resources:
Phishing in Organizations: Findings from a Large-Scale and Long-Term Study The GoDaddy Phishing Awareness Test The Chicago Tribune - How a Phishing Awareness Test Went Very Wrong University of California Santa Cruz - This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scareIn this episode, we explore some compelling reasons for transitioning from traditional SOAR tools to next-generation SOAR platforms. Discover how workflow automation and orchestration offers unparalleled speed and flexibility, allowing organizations to stay ahead of evolving security threats. We also delve into how advancements in AI are driving this shift, making new platforms more adaptable and responsive to current market demands.
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Learn more about using Tines for Security Peruse the Tines library of 'Stories' built by Tines partners and customers Learn how to integrate AI tooling into Tines stories and workflowsThis segment is sponsored by Tines. Visit https://securityweekly.com/tines to learn more about them!
This week, the cybersecurity industry's most basic assumptions under scrutiny. Following up our conversation with Wolfgang Goerlich, where he questions the value of phishing simulations, we discuss essays that call into question:
the maturity of the industry the supposed "talent gap" with millions of open jobs despite complaints that this industry is difficult to break into cybersecurity's 'delusion' problemAlso some whoopsies:
researchers accidentally take over a TLD When nearly all your customers make the same insecure configuration mistakes, maybe it's not all their fault, ServiceNow finds outFortinet has a breach, but is it really accurate to call it that?
Some Coalfire pentesters that were arrested in Iowa 5 years ago share some unheard details about the event, and how it is still impacting their lives on a daily basis five years later.
The news this week isn't all negative though! We discuss an insightful essay on detection engineering for managers from Ryan McGeehan is a must read for secops managers.
Finally, we discuss a fun and excellent writeup on what happens when you ignore the integrity of your data at the beginning of a 20 year research project that resulted in several bestselling books and a Netflix series!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-376
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This week, in the enterprise security news,
Cribl, Zafran, and US states raise funding Cisco, Check Point, Salesforce, and Absolute Software acquire cybersecurity startups AI Security products are picking up steam You probably shouldnât be too worried about Yubikey cloning Instead, you should be more worried about malicious npm packages! The White House wants to fix BGP SolarWinds has shady stuff in its source code, AGAIN The challenge of bringing security to small business Scams are getting quicker and more effective how not to run a phishing test and AI assistants rickroll paying customers!We are a month away from Oktane -- the biggest identity event of the year. Okta is bringing thousands of identity industry thought leaders, IT and security executives, and other tech leaders together on October 15-17 to discuss the changing landscape for security and identity, how organizations are putting identity first, new Okta products, and more. Harish Peri, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, joins Enterprise Security Weekly to discuss what people should expect from Oktane this year, the conversations that will take place at the event and why itâs important for security professionals to attend/tune in.
This segment is sponsored by Oktane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/oktane2024 and use discount code OKTNSC24 to pay only $100 for your full conference pass!
Ever wondered what it's like to be responsible for the cybersecurity of a sports team? How about when that sports team is one of the world's most successful Formula One teams? I can't describe how excited we are to share this interview. This interview is basically two huge F1 nerds who happen to also be cybersecurity veterans asking everything they've always wanted to know about what it takes to secure an F1 team.
For the folks out there that aren't familiar with this sport, Formula One is arguably the fastest, most watched, and most international automotive racing sport today. In the 2024 season, the racing series will feature ten teams traveling to 24 race tracks located in 21 different countries. Also, did you know that only two countries get more than one race? Italy gets to host two Grand Prix, and the United States gets to host three.
A HUGE thanks to Keeper Security and Darren Guccione for making this interview possible. This isn't a sponsored interview, but it was Keeper's PR team that pitched the idea for this interview to us, and as F1 fans, we're super grateful they did!
Segment Resources:
Keeper Press Release on the Partnership Williams Press Release on the Partnership Some more details from Keeper on why they chose to sponsor automotive racingVisit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-375
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Check out this episode from the ESW Vault, hand picked by main host Adrian Sanabria! This episode was initially published on April 21 2023.
Quantum computers are scaling rapidly. Soon, they will be powerful enough to solve previously unsolvable problems. But they come with a global challenge: fully-realized quantum computers will be able to break some of the most widely-used security protocols in the world. Dr. Vadim Lyubashevsky will discuss how quantum-safe cryptography protects against this potential future.
Segment Resources:
IBM Quantum Safe: https://www.ibm.com/quantum/quantum-safe IBM scientists help develop NISTâs quantum-safe standards: https://research.ibm.com/blog/nist-quantum-safe-protocols Government and industry experts recommend moving to quantum-safe cryptography: https://research.ibm.com/blog/economist-quantum-safe-replay
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-esw-16
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The top priority on the CIS Critical Security Controls list has never changed: inventory and control of enterprise assets. Yet it remains one of the most challenging controls to implement, much less master. The refrain, "you can't secure what you don't know about" is as old as information security itself.
Complicating this task is the fact that improving asset management isn't an aspiration unique to the security team. IT, finance, facilities, and other groups within large enterprises are concerned with this as well. This often leads to challenges: should all these groups attempt to standardize on one common asset database or CMDB? Or should security go their own way, and purchase their own asset management tool?
Answering these questions would be a lot easier if we had someone with an IT asset management (ITAM) perspective, and fortunately, we do! Jeremy Boerger of Boerger Consulting joins us to help us understand the IT perspective, so we can understand if there are opportunities for security and IT to help each other out, or at least find some common ground!
Boerger Consulting Resources:
Email newsletter LinkedIn newsletter Book page Amazon book pageI often say that it isn't the concepts or ideas in cybersecurity that are bad, but the implementations of them. Sometimes the market timing is just wrong and the industry isn't ready for a particular technology (e.g. enterprise browsers). Other times, the technology just isn't ready yet (e.g. SIEMs needed better database technology and faster storage). Since the ideas are solid, we see these concepts return after a few years.
Application allowlisting is one of these product categories. Threatlocker has been around since 2017 and is now a late stage startup that has achieved market fit. We chat with the company's CEO and founder, Danny Jenkins to find out how they learned from the mistakes made before them, and differentiate from the technology some of us remember from the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Segment Resources:
ThreatLocker SolutionsThis segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them!
In this interview, Maor Bin, CEO and Co-Founder of Adaptive Shield, discusses the evolving landscape of SaaS Security. He highlights the challenges posed by the security gap resulting from the rapid adoption of SaaS applications and why SaaS security is beyond just misconfiguration management.
Segment Resources: https://www.adaptive-shield.com/landing-page/the-annual-saas-security-survey-report-2025-ciso-plans-and-priorities/
This segment is sponsored by Adaptive Shield. Visit https://securityweekly.com/adaptiveshieldbh to download the Annual SaaS Security Survey Report!
Cybersecurity professionals are often confronted with ethical dilemmas that need to be carefully navigated. In 25 years of teaching incident handling and penetration testing, Ed has often been asked by his students for help in ethical decision-making. Ed will share some of their questions and his recommended approaches for addressing them. Ed also has a new book out, The Code of Honor, about cybersecurity ethics. All proceeds go to scholarships for college students.
Segment Resources: 1) Ed's book, published June 18, 2024: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Honor-Embracing-Ethics-Cybersecurity/dp/1394275862/ref=sr11?crid=1DSHPCXDIQ1VT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rmZX2-3mj1nI74iKkjbKkQSNKCuRjjn-QQ8qrzVy21tMRAXuKu5Qr5rPgtszkVd7zJMV7oVTuImUZIxMQfecnaRlNRfAVI5G7azyWi8lY.WHOujvlsQXPTJaHuEafwRC2WVKZe474eVXHn46kLiEY&dib_tag=se&keywords=skoudis&qid=1722767581&sprefix=skoudis%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1
2) Holiday Hack Challenge - sans.org/holidayhack
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-374
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This week, in the enterprise security news,
A funding that looks like an acquisition And two for-sure acquisitions Rumors that there are funding problems for early stage cyber startups, and weâll see a lot more acquisitions before the end of the year Speaking of rumors, Crowdstrike did NOT like last weekâs Action1 acquisition rumor! Shortening detection engineering feedback loops HoneyAgents More reflections on Black Hat 2024 The attacker does NOT just have to get it right once and the defender does NOT have to get it right every time Remember BEC scams? Yeah, theyâre still enterprise enemy #1All that and more, in the news this week on Enterprise Security Weekly!
SquareXWith employees spending most of their working hours on the browser, web attacks are one of the biggest attack vectors today. Yet, both enterprises and security vendors today arenât focused on securing the browser â a huge risk given that attackers can easily bypass Secure Web Gateways, SASE and SSE solutions.
This segment will demonstrate the importance of a browser-native solution, discuss the limitations of current solutions and how enterprises can better protect their employees from web attacks.
Segment Resources:
DEF CON talk abstract Enterprise use cases for SquareX Data Sheet Why Browser Native Solutions are better than Cloud Based Proxies Blog on the Many Failures of Secure Web GatewaysThis segment is sponsored by Square X. Visit https://securityweekly.com/squarexbh to learn how SquareX can protect your employees from web attacks!
TaniumThe recent CrowdStrike outage and subsequent disruption tested organizations' resiliency and confidence as the world went offline. It served as a reminder that in an increasingly technology-dependent world, things will go wrong â but security leaders can plan accordingly and leverage emerging technologies to help minimize the damage.
In this interview, Taniumâs Vice President of Product Marketing Vivek Bhandari explains how AI and automation can help with remediation and even prevent similar outages from happening in the future, and breaks down the future of Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) as the solution for continuous cyber resilience in the face of disruption.
Segment Resources:
The Future of Converged Endpoint Management is Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)This segment is sponsored by Tanium. Visit https://securityweekly.com/taniumbh to learn more about them!
Swimlane and GenAIJoin Swimlane CISO, Mike Lyborg and Security Weeklyâs Mandy Logan as they cut through the AI peanut butter! While Generative AI is the not-so-new hot topic, it's also not the first time the cybersecurity industry has embraced emerging technology that can mimic human actions. Security automation and its ability to take action on behalf of humans have paved the way for generative AI to be trusted (within reason). The convergence and maturity of these technologies now have the potential to revolutionize how SecOps functions while force-multiplying SOC teams.
This segment is sponsored by Swimlane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/swimlanebh to learn more about them!
Swimlane and ProCircularProCircular, is a security automaton power-user and AI early adopter. Hear from Swimlane customer, Brandon Potter, CTO at ProCircular, about how use of Swimlane, has helped his organization increase efficiency, improve security metrics and ultimately grow their customer base without increasing headcount.
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ProCircular Case Study ProCircular Web SiteThis segment is sponsored by Swimlane. Visit https://securityweekly.com/swimlanebh to learn more about them!
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-373
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In this conversation, the hosts discuss patchless patching, vulnerabilities in the Windows TCP/IP stack, and the trustworthiness of Microsoft. They highlight the challenges of marketing in the cybersecurity industry and the importance of building trust with customers. The conversation also touches on the need for vendors to prioritize security and code quality over rushing products to market. Overall, the hosts express concerns about the frequency of security vulnerabilities and the potential impact on customer trust. Other topics of discussion include the Innovators and Investors Summit at Black Hat, the potential sale of Trend Micro, layoffs in the industry, and the controversy surrounding room searches at DEF CON. They also touch on the concept of time on the moon and its implications for future lunar missions.
Devo, the security analytics company, recently launched data orchestration, a data analytics cloud, and security operations center (SOC) workflow enhancements. Enterprise security teams are struggling with growing data volumesâand theyâre also up against headcount and budget constraints. These solutions offer security teams data control, cost optimizations, and efficient automation for better security outcomes.
Segment Resources: https://www.devo.com/defend-everything/
This segment is sponsored by Devo. Visit https://securityweekly.com/devobh to learn more about how Devo's new solutions can streamline your security operations.
As security monitoring has gotten more mature over the years, remediating security vulnerabilities is still stuck in the dark ages requiring mountains of CVE reports and thousands of manual tasks to be done by network engineers at the wee hours of the nights and weekends. Cyber resilience requires a more continuous approach to remediation, one that does not depend on manual work but also one that can be trusted not to cause outages.
This segment is sponsored by BackBox. Visit https://securityweekly.com/backboxbh to learn more about them!
Many cybersecurity experts are calling recent attacks on healthcare more sophisticated than ever. One attack disrupted prescription drug orders for over a third of the U.S. and has cost $1.5 billion in incident response and recovery services. Separately, an operator of over 140 hospitals and senior care facilities in the U.S. was also victimized. These attacks are becoming all too common. Disruptions can lead to life-and-death situations with massive impacts on patient care. All industries, especially healthcare, have to better prepare for ransomware attacks. Are you ready to turn the tables on threat actors? Marty Momdjian, Semperis EVP and General Manager provides advice on how hospitals can regain the upper hand.
This segment is sponsored by Semperis. Visit https://securityweekly.com/semperisbh to learn more about them!
The annual report details the latest ransomware attack trends and targets, ransomware families, and effective defense strategies. Findings in the report uncovered an 18% overall increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year, as well as a record-breaking ransom payment of US$75 million â nearly double the highest publicly known ransomware payout â to the Dark Angels ransomware group.
Segment Resources: For a deeper dive into best practices for protecting your organization and the full findings, download the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report Link below - https://zscaler.com/campaign/threatlabz-ransomware-report
This segment is sponsored by Zscaler. Visit https://securityweekly.com/zscalerbh to learn more about them!
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In this interview we explore the new and sometimes strange world of redteaming AI. I have SO many questions, like what is AI safety?
We'll discuss her presence at Black Hat, where she delivered two days of training and participated on an AI safety panel.
We'll also discuss the process of pentesting an AI. Will pentesters just have giant cheatsheets or text files full of adversarial prompts? How can we automate this? Will an AI generate adversarial prompts you can use against another AI? And finally, what do we do with the results?
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PyRIT AI redteaming tool Microsoft's AI redteaming guideWe chat with Sounil Yu, co-founder of LLM access control startup, Knostic. We discuss both the experience of participating in Black Hat's startup competition, and what his company, Knostic, is all about. Knostic was one of four finalists for Black Hat's Startup Spotlight competition and was announced as the winner on August 6th.
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DarkReading: Knostic Wins 2024 Black Hat Startup Spotlight Competition Knostic's Website, in the enterprise security news,
AI is still getting a ton of funding! Netwrix acquires PingCastle Tenable looks for a buyer SentinelOne hires Alex Stamos as their new CISO Crowdstrike doesnât appreciate satire when itâs at their expense Intel begins one of the biggest layoffs weâve ever seen in tech Windows Downdate RAG poisoning GPT yourself The Xerox HypothesisAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-371
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Remember 20 years ago? When we were certain SIEMs would grant our cybersecurity teams superpowers? Or 10 years ago, when we were sure that NGAV would put an end to malware as we knew it? Or 15 years ago, when we were sure that application control would put an end to malware as we knew it? Or 18 years ago, when NAC would put an end to unauthorized network access?
Why do we keep thinking that the next vendor offering is going to solve all our problems? In this interview, we talk with Fred Wilmot about the hard work of building effective processes and resilient architectures that will actually yield reductions in risk and detection/response capabilities that actually work.
We'll discuss shifts in thinking that can move us past the latest distractions, and keep security teams focused on work that moves the needle. Fred may also mention his past transgressions against the industry and what he's doing to "wipe out the red from his ledger".
There's plenty of content out there detailing how vendors fall short:
scummy, aggressive sales tactics overuse of jargon and buzzwords sneaky sales tactics dumping on competitors products that fall far short of claims ambulance chasingSo what should they doing? In this episode, we chat with Dani Wolff, about how marketers can adopt the skills and mindsets of security researchers to improve GTM strategies, without resorting to awful tactics. Drawing from extensive experience in qualitative interviews and collaborations with enterprise security executives and researchers, Dani will uncover how the innate curiosity and analytical prowess of researchers can dismantle unhealthy habits within vendor organizations.
We'll also discuss Dani's various projects, including the WTF Did I Just Read podcast, CyberNest, and CyberSynapse. Dani will explain how these are all designed to address the gap between vendors and buyers in the cybersecurity industry.
This week, in the enterprise security news,
over half a billion in funding, as everyone gets their pre-Blackhat announcements out! Mimecast picks up Code42 Will Cato Networks IPO? Canarytokens update We still have some crowdstrike fallout to discuss CISO responses to SEC rules Making things secure without security tools tips for going SOCLess denial of service robotsAll that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-370
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