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CISO Approaches to Human Attack Surface Protection Amidst Budget Cuts

Jul 6, 2023
43:21

With the accelerating proliferation of cyber threats, a challenge at hand involves addressing the human attack surface - the interaction point where end-users, such as employees or clients, can be targeted by malicious cyber actors.

It is the human element, as much as any technology, that often forms the root cause of most compromises.

Brutally honest insights from Matt Polak, CEO of Picnic Corporation, and Jeff Farinich, CISO of New American Funding.

In this episode of Audience 1st, Jeff, Matt and Dani uncover:

  • How security practitioners are approaching the problem of the root cause of the majority of compromises - the human element
  • The barriers to success when it comes to human attack surface protection
  • How CISOs justify new spend on human attack surface protection solutions in environments where budgets are flat/declining
  • How technologies like human attack surface protection tools change practitioner workflows

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