In our sixth episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Niall Heffernan, Head of Security at Cygnvs, a former Senior Manager of Information Security at Informatica, and a Lecturer for BSc, HDIP, PGDip and MSc students studying in the Cyber Security streams at the National College of Ireland. 

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Niall’s view on the current state of security operations and how it’s evolved over the past 5 years.
• What’s top of mind for Niall as he begins building a security operations team from scratch. 
• How to prioritize incidents and determining what detections can be ignored using automation. 
• What most security practitioners get wrong when they embark on bringing the power of automation to their security program. 
• Lessons that security can learn from software engineering. 
• How security changes when an organization goes public and why the stakes become so high.  
• What can be done to solve the security talent shortage gap.
• Niall’s #1 piece of advice for security leaders and and practitioners. 
• What’s in store for the future of security operations and why the traditional levels of security analysts will change.