

Business Security Weekly (Audio)
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About bridging the gap between security initiatives and business objectives. Hosted by Matt Alderman, co-hosted by Jason Albuquerque, Ben Carr.
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Jun 25, 2024 • 1h 5min
Building a Successful API Security Strategy - Luke Babarinde, Bhawna Singh - BSW #354
 With 71% of web traffic coming from API calls last year and the average organization maintaining 613 API endpoints, a robust strategy is needed to protect APIs against automated threats and business logic attacks. Tune in as Luke Babarinde, Global Solution Architect, shares the key steps to building a successful API security strategy. This segment is sponsored by Imperva. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/imperva to learn more about them! In the age of AI, driving a business forward requires balancing three very significant considerations: growth through innovation, productivity through operational efficiency, and trust through security. To better understand how AI impacts the intersection of security, innovation, and operational efficiency, Okta commissioned an AlphaSights survey of 125 executives across three regions, targeting the decision-makers typically tasked with helming those efforts at companies:  CSOs/CISOs for their focus on security CTOs for their focus on innovation CIOs for their focus on operational efficiency  Bhawna Singh, Chief Technology Officer at Okta, is here to discuss the results. Segment Resources:  www.okta.com/resources/whitepaper-ai-at-work-report/ www.okta.com/blog/2024/06/ai-at-work-2024-a-view-from-the-c-suite/ This segment is sponsored by Okta. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/okta to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-354 

Jun 17, 2024 • 33min
Zero Trust Is Not A SKU - Saša Zdjelar - BSW Vault
 Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on August 9, 2022. Zero Trust is the security buzzword of the moment, and while it is a very powerful approach, nearly every enterprise security product on the market – and some that aren't even security products — are saying they enable Zero Trust. The problem is this: you can't buy zero trust. It's an approach, an architecture, and a journey, not software, hardware, or a service to deploy. Zero Trust also provides a rare opportunity in security - to reduce cost, improve security AND enhance end-user and customer experience. Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-bsw-11 

Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 4min
The State of the Cybersecurity Market, At Least According to Gartner - Vivek Ramachandran, Carl Froggett, Padraic O'Reilly - BSW #353
 Did you miss Gartner Security & Risk Management last week in National Harbor, MD? Don't worry, Padraic O'Reilly, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at CyberSaint, joins us to discuss the hot topics that were presented at the conference last week, including:  Artificial Intelligence(AI) Continuous Threat Exposure Management(CTEM) Identity & Access Management (IAM) Cyber Risk  Padraic will also discuss the changing role of the CISO, at least in the eyes of Gartner. Don't miss this recap. This segment is sponsored by CyberSaint . Visit https://securityweekly.com/cybersaint to learn more about them! The recent rise in adversarial AI has made it clear: organizations must fight AI with better AI. Gone are the days of relying on legacy, antiquated endpoint detection and response offerings, or cybersecurity tools that are based on ineffective machine learning models. In this interview, Deep Instinct CIO Carl Froggett will explain why Deep Learning is the most superior form of AI, and the technology's role in powering predictive prevention. This segment is sponsored by Deep Instinct. Visit https://securityweekly.com/deepinstinctrsac to learn more about them! Attackers are targeting enterprise users when they are online via attacks like spear phishing, malicious docs infected with malware/ransomware. Today SASE/SSE's Secure Web Gateway (SWG) component is touted as the solution to this problem. These SWGs look at traffic between the enterprise users and websites and try to infer attacks. Unfortunately, attackers are subverting these SWGs and breaking into enterprises. There is an urgent need to stop this and the solution seems to be to have a browser native security agent which can detect-mitigate attacks happening on the users browser and allow enterprises to threat hunt web attacks company wide. Segment Resources: Why Browser Native Solutions are better than Cloud Based Proxies:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cItXj1KEm45ZNklASFmcvprbPqZChcMn/view?usp=sharing Data Sheet:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tv3q2iTFROJPceq2b9SJtzkdHD9J6mvC/view?usp=sharing Blog on the Many Failures of Secure Web Gateways:  https://labs.sqrx.com/the-unspoken-challenges-of-secure-web-gateways-c516bc287a6d Latest Press Release: Forbes: Critical Security Flaws Found In Email Top 4—Apple, Gmail, Outlook & Yahoo:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/04/04/critical-security-flaw-in-apple-icloud-google-gmail-microsoft-outlook-yahoo-mail-aol-mail-email/ This segment is sponsored by Square X. Visit https://securityweekly.com/squarexrsac to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-353 

Jun 3, 2024 • 1h 1min
Emotional Intelligence for Cyber Leaders - James Doggett, Jessica Hoffman, Sivan Tehila - BSW #352
 Since the 1995 publication of Daniel Goleman's international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, a global movement has developed to bring "EQ" into practice in businesses, schools, and communities around the globe. But what is its impact on Cybersecurity? In this interview, we welcome Jessica Hoffman, Deputy CISO for the City of Philadelphia, to discuss how Emotional Intelligence can be applied by CyberSecurity leadership to create a better culture and better leaders. Jessica will discuss the five skills that encompass Emotional Intelligence, including:  Self Awareness Self Regulation Motivation Empathy Social Skills  and examples of how to use them. If you want to be a better cyber leader, then don't miss this episode.   Semperis CISO Jim Doggett shares insights into the evolving role of the CISO. The daily onslaught of cyberattacks not only increases business risk, but also puts a company's most important data at risk – data on the company, its employees, customers, and partners. Now, more than ever, the CISO is being asked to understand the business of cyber without being given much time to implement plans for protecting an organization's infrastructure. There is a balance needed between being a technical and business leader, and Jim can share stories from his successful career to enlighten listeners. Segment Resources: Read: https://www.semperis.com/blog/5-itdr-steps-for-cisos/ Watch: https://www.semperis.com/resources/the-key-to-cyber-resilience-identity-system-defense/ This segment is sponsored by Semperis. Visit https://securityweekly.com/semperisrsac to learn more about them!   With new industry regulations, like the SEC's Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules, there is an increasing demand on CISOs and security leaders to be able to quantify, communicate, and demonstrate how their cybersecurity programs and strategies are impacting the business. In this interview, Sivan Tehila, CEO and Founder of Onyxia Cyber, will discuss new advances in Cybersecurity Management and how CISOs and security leaders can harness the power of data intelligence, automation, and AI to proactively improve risk management, ensure organizational compliance, and align their security initiatives with business goals. Segment Resources: https://rsac.vporoom.com/2024-04-30-Onyxia-Introduces-AI-to-Cybersecurity-Management-Platform-to-Power-Predictive-Security-Program-Management https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/06/21/three-ways-to-best-communicate-the-value-of-your-security-program-to-business-stakeholders/?sh=18f0f6892e6f This segment is sponsored by Onyxia. Visit https://securityweekly.com/onyxiarsac to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-352 

May 27, 2024 • 36min
The VC Perspective: Embracing Uncertainty & Staying the Course - Alberto Yépez - BSW Vault
 Check out this interview from the BSW Vault, hand picked by main host Matt Alderman! This segment was originally published on June 27, 2022. Forgepoint Capital's Co-Founder and Managing Director, Alberto Yépez, explains what the current economic challenges mean for innovation and the future of the cybersecurity market. Hear his perspective on what security investments, as well as mergers and acquisitions, will look like throughout the next 12-18 months, and how responsible companies are staying the course amidst layoffs and budget cuts in order to turn uncertainty into a strategic path forward. Segment Resources:   Forgepoint's new CISO security priorities model:  https://forgepointcap.com/news/forgepoint-capital-builds-first-ever-ciso-security-priorities-model/   Recent exits that Forgepoint supported: - Forescout acquires Cysiv on June 6, 2022(release:  https://www.cysiv.com/news/forescout-announces-intent-to-acquire-cysiv and Forgepoint's blog:  https://forgepointcap.com/news/executive-spotlight-an-interview-with-partha-panda-ceo-of-cysiv/)   SentinelOne acquires Attivo Networks on May 4, 2022 (release:  https://www.sentinelone.com/press/sentinelone-completes-acquisition-of-attivo-networks/ and Forgepoint's "why we invested" blog: https://forgepointcap.com/news/attivo-networks-why-we-invested/)   LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires BehavioSec on May 3, 2022 (release:  https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/20220503-behaviosec and Forgepoint's blog:  https://forgepointcap.com/news/executive-spotlight-an-interview-with-neil-costigan-of-behaviosec/ )   Cloudflare acquires Area 1 Security on April 1, 2022 (release:  https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2022/cloudflare-completes-acquisition-of-area-1-security/ and Forgepoint's "why we invested" blog: https://forgepointcap.com/news/area-1-security-why-we-invested/ )   Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-bsw-9 

May 27, 2024 • 29min
Shifting Third Party Risk & What You Need to Know About PCI DSS 4.0 - Lynn Marks, Paul Valente - BSW Vault
 Explore how to transform your third party risk program from a business bottleneck to a business driver. Discover how evidence-based security documentation and AI can streamline risk assessments, completing them in days not months. This data-driven approach will reduce TPRM backlog and allow your security team to move faster, identify risk proactively, and become a business driver for your organization. This segment is sponsored by VISO TRUST. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/visotrustrsac to learn more about them! While client-side resources enable web applications to provide a rich user experience, security teams struggle to gain visibility, insight, and enforcement over them. In this interview, Lynn Marks discusses the latest client-side attack trends observed by Imperva and the pivotal role of client-side protection within PCI DSS 4.0. This segment is sponsored by Imperva. Visit https://securityweekly.com/impervarsac to learn more about them! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-bsw-10 

May 20, 2024 • 56min
Security Money: Rubrick Saves The Index As It Continues To Climb - Jim Simpson, Theresa Lanowitz - BSW #351
 This week, it's time for security money, our quarterly review of the money of security, including public companies, IPOs, funding rounds and acquisitions from the previous quarter. This quarter, Rubrick's IPO saves the index, as Cisco finishes the acquisition of Splunk. The index is now made up of the following 25 pure play cybersecurity public companies: Secureworks Corp Palo Alto Networks Inc Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Rubrik Inc Gen Digital Inc Fortinet Inc Akamai Technologies, Inc. F5 Inc Zscaler Inc Onespan Inc Leidos Holdings Inc Qualys Inc Verint Systems Inc. Cyberark Software Ltd Tenable Holdings Inc Darktrace PLC SentinelOne Inc Cloudflare Inc Crowdstrike Holdings Inc NetScout Systems, Inc. Varonis Systems Inc Rapid7 Inc Fastly Inc Radware Ltd A10 Networks Inc In this segment, Theresa will unpack the complexities of cyber resilience, and dive into new research that examines dynamic computing. She'll discuss how it merges IT and business operations, taps into data-driven decision-making, and redefines computing for the modern era. This segment is sponsored by LevelBlue. Visit https://www.Securityweekly.com/levelbluersac to learn more about them! In this segment, Jim can discuss how organizations can enhance their cybersecurity posture with Blumira's automated threat monitoring, detection and response solutions. Jim can talk about the exciting plans Blumira has in store for the next 3 years, emphasizing how the company is lowering the barrier to entry in cybersecurity for SMBs. Segment Resources: https://www.blumira.com/customer-stories/ https://www.blumira.com/why-blumira/ This segment is sponsored by Blumira. Visit https://securityweekly.com/blumirarsac to learn more about them! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-351 

May 13, 2024 • 1h 1min
Identity Resilience: The Next Frontier in Security - Hed Kovetz, Ray Zadjmool, Jeff Margolies - BSW #350
 In today's enterprises, the Identity Access Management (IAM) System is the key to a business' critical operations. But that IAM environment is more vulnerable than most security executives realize. Segment Resources: https://www.mightyid.com/articles/the-r-in-itdr-the-missing-piece-in-identity-threat-detection-and-response https://www.mightyid.com/download-am-i-covered https://www.mightyid.com/articles/business-continuity-and-cyber-security-the-crucial-role-of-identity-resilience https://www.mightyid.com/articles/vegas-under-cyber-attack-what-went-wrong This segment is sponsored by MightyID. Visit https://securityweekly.com/mightyid to learn more about them!   AI is more than just a buzzword. Done right, AI can improve decision making and scale your identity security platform to manage every identity, human and machine, physical and digital. Learn about how Saviynt's #1 Identity Security platform is leveraging a variety of AI capabilities to enhance the user experience and improve identity security and compliance, bringing AI to life in a practical, market leading way to drive value for our customers. Segment Resources: https://saviynt.com/blog/analytics-ai-automation-and-abstraction-pioneering-the-next-chapter-in-identity-security/ This segment is sponsored by Saviynt. Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/saviyntrsac to learn more about them!   The common misperception that identity infrastructure and IAMs like Active Directory, Okta, or Ping can adequately secure the entire identity infrastructure is to blame for the continued barrage of cyber and ransomware attacks. Yes, each of these vendors has security controls baked into their solution, however they cannot extend those controls outside their environments to provide visibility, context, and protection beyond their walls. Hackers use the gaps between these tools to move throughout a company and evade detection. We don't expect Dell or Lenovo to protect our entire suite of endpoints. Nor do expect a single cloud provider to protect all your clouds; we rely on Wiz for that. Identity infrastructure remains the most unprotected part of the technology stack and needs dedicated protection, as organizations already apply for cloud, endpoints, or networks. Watch this conversation with Hed Kovetz as he takes us through why identity security remains the most unprotected part of the security stack, and what needs to change to advance the state of cybersecurity. Segment Resources: https://www.silverfort.com/the-identity-underground-report/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2023/11/16/rethinking-the-framework-around-identity-security/  https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/silverfort-now-valued-at-1b-after-raising-116m-for-its-holistic-approach-to-identity-security/ This segment is sponsored by Silverfort. Visit https://securityweekly.com/silverfortrsac to learn more about them!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-350 

May 6, 2024 • 1h
Say Easy, Do Hard - Train How You Fight, Part 1 - Malcolm Harkins - BSW #349
 Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, this quarter's Say Easy, Do Hard segment is Train How You Fight. In part 1, we discuss the importance of training for a cyber incident. However, lots of organizations do not take it seriously, causing mistakes during an actual cyber incident. How will the lack of preparation impact your organization during an incident? Inspired by my co-host Jason Albuquerque, we dig into the hard part of our Say Easy, Do Hard segment. In part 2, we discuss how to train for a cyber instance. We'll cover the elements of a training program that will prepare you for responding to a cyber incident, including:  Developing the training program Practice, practice, practice Imposing corrective actions Constantly evaluating/reviewing the success of the training program  Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-349 

Apr 29, 2024 • 60min
Meet Silver SAML: Golden SAML in the Cloud - Eric Woodruff - BSW #348
 A hybrid workforce requires hybrid identity protection. But what are the threats facing a hybrid workforce? As identity becomes the new perimeter, we need to understand the attacks that can allow attackers access to our applications. Eric Woodruff, Product Technical Specialist at Semperis, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss those attacks, including a new attack technique, dubbed Silver SAML. Join this segment to learn how to protect your hybrid workforce. Segment Resources:  https://www.semperis.com/blog/meet-silver-saml/&utmsource=cra&utmcampaign=bsw-podcast This segment is sponsored by Semperis. Visit https://securityweekly.com/semperis to learn more about them! In the leadership and communications section, The Board's Pivotal Role in Steering Cybersecurity, CISO-CEO communication gaps continue to undermine cybersecurity, The Essence of Integrity in Leadership: A Pillar of Trust and Excellence, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-348 


