Business Security Weekly (Audio) The Future Of Proactive Security Before Building an AI Enabled Enterprise - Erik Nost - BSW #430
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Jan 14, 2026 Erik Nost, a Senior Analyst at Forrester specializing in proactive security strategies, dives into the essential principles of visibility, prioritization, and remediation. He outlines key questions organizations must tackle to enhance their security posture, especially with the rise of AI technologies. Nost also discusses the challenges of asset management and the importance of context in prioritization. Additionally, he emphasizes the need for careful automation in remediation and shares insights on how C-suite executives can strategically approach AI integration.
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Proactive Security Is Outcome-Driven
- Proactive security reframes vulnerability programs as reducing reactivity and increasing foresight.
- Erik Nost says this shift clarifies outcomes and guides technology choices for visibility, prioritization, and remediation.
Context, Not Data, Is The Real Problem
- The core problem isn't data volume but lack of shared context across signals and teams.
- Erik Nost explains subjective context (asset importance) prevents a single source of truth.
Prepare Context For AI Agents
- Inventory what you know and what agents will need to read before adopting AI agents.
- Erik Nost advises improving business impact analyses and DR tests to make organizational context usable by AI.