Aligning teams for effective remediation, Anthropic's latest report, and the news - Ravid Circus - ESW #434

Interview with Ravid Circus

Ravid will discuss why security and engineering misalignment is the biggest barrier to fast, effective remediation, using data from Seemplicity's 2025 Remediation Operations Report. This is costing some teams days of unnecessary exposure, which can lead to major security implications for organizations.

Segment Resources:

• https://seemplicity.io/papers/the-2025-remediation-operations-report/

• https://seemplicity.io/news/seemplicity-releases-2025-remediation-operations-report-91-of-organizations-experience-delays-in-vulnerability-remediation/

• https://seemplicity.io/blog/2025-remediation-operations-report-organizations-still-struggle/

Topic Segment: Thoughts on Anthropic's latest security report

Ex-SC Media journalist Derek Johnson did a great job writing this one up over at Cyberscoop: China's 'autonomous' AI-powered hacking campaign still required a ton of human work

There are a number of interesting questions that have been raised here. Some want more technical details and question the report's conclusions. How automated was it, really?

I found it odd that Anthropic's CEO was on 60 minutes the same week, talking about how dangerous AI is (which is his company's primary and only product).

I think one of the more interesting things to discuss is how Anthropic has based its identity and brand on AI safety. While so many other SaaS companies appear to be doing the bare minimum to stop attacks against their customers, Anthropic is putting significant resources into testing for future threats and discovering active attacks.

News Segment

Finally, in the enterprise security news,

1. vendor layoffs have started again
2. the sins of security vendor research
3. the pillars of the Internet are burning
4. selling out to North Korea isn't worth what they're paying you
5. ransom payments, in 24 easy installments?
6. a breach handled the right way
7. we probably shouldn't be putting LLMs into kids toys
8. ordering coffee from the terminal

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-434