Federal Tech Podcast: for innovators, entrepreneurs, and CEOs who want to increase reach and improve brand awareness Ep. 159 Role of Strategy in Federal Cybersecurity
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In baseball, one way to rattle an opponent hitter is to say, “Ya can’t hit what ya can’t see.” Today, we see cyber-attacks at a pace beyond a human’s ability to detect; we must consider applying artificial intelligence and automation to meet the current threat.
During the interview today, Palo Alto’s Erix Trexler outlines the correct approach for cyber defense. First, it is not enough to identify a threat. One needs to get the data, normalize it, and sort it quickly to have actionable intelligence. From there, actions can be taken to stop the attack.
Brigadier General Greg Touhill (retired) was the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer. He once said if you prioritize everything, you prioritize nothing.
Eric Trexler expands on this concept by emphasizing that each agency must have an effective strategy of prioritizing data, automating response, and then having a formal incident response in place.
Erick suggests that artificial intelligence can provide abilities like anomaly detection, capacity prediction, threat intelligence and even data classification to be able to execute an effective strategy.
Each agency has a varying level of cyber defense maturity. Eric emphasizes that a company with the resources of Palo Alto they can meet you where you are in your journey.