General cyber hygiene has gotten worse at small and midsized businesses, according to Simon Newman, CEO of the Cyber Resilience Center for London. "Businesses are less able to spot that they've been a victim than they perhaps have in previous years," he said.
Attackers are increasingly using carefully crafted business logic exploits in which attackers effectively social engineer an API to do something it wasn’t intended to do, according to Stephanie Best, director of product marketing for API security at Salt Security.
In a bid to revolutionize information security training and make it more engaging and memorable for employees, Ivan Milenkovic, group CISO at WebHelp, advises firms to adopt gamification and interactive content in corporate training to make it more accessible and memorable for employees.
Modern construction techniques are employing a wide range of smart devices to control the environment, facilitate communications and save money. Virtually Informed CTO Sarb Sembhi shared a new report on IoT security for smart buildings with advice on complying with current and upcoming regulations.
Unnecessary cyber alerts are a threat that can overwhelm defenders, leading to burnout and reduced efficiency within the team. Chris Waynforth, vice president and general manager at Expel, said adopting automation solutions to filter and prioritize alerts allows for more effective incident response.
Product security is the other half of the security picture. While IT security focuses on an internal audience, product security teams must respond quickly to issues identified by customers and researchers. Quentyn Taylor of Canon EMEA discussed the value of product security programs.
What are your third parties doing for you when it comes to security, and what has been assumed that you are doing, plus what’s the impact of AI? Bridget Kenyon, CISO at Shared Service Connected, said most organizations need better visibility into vendor risks.
Organizations need to change their approach to managing risk and vulnerabilities, monitor data to one place and identify the true risks - vulnerable devices and systems that matter most to the business, said Vulcan Cyber's Yaniv Bar-Dayan. It’s time to move from quantitative to qualitative analysis.
Microsoft estimates that each day threat actors attack 95 million Active Directory accounts. In the face of so many attacks, security teams should assume compromise and focus not just on securing Active Directory but also on recovery and resilience, said Semperis' Simon Hodgkinson.
In the drive to build a more diverse workforce, security organizations are progressing in many ways, such as ensuring that required skills in job descriptions are more inclusive, said Ed Parsons of (ISC)². But he added that job recruiters need to "meet underrepresented groups where they are."
It’s hard for SaaS startups to sit at the same table with large enterprises. They need governance and risk management programs to build trust. So how can startups compete when they have no background? Privacy and security play a key role in building trust, said Privacy Business Group's Sawan Joshi.
How can you tackle mobile app security and solve user concerns about usability? No-code cyber defense automation can be used to achieve security outcomes in seconds, build desired protections and prevent fraud and malware directly inside the CI/CD pipeline, said Appdome CEO Tom Tovar.
To rethink security strategies, enterprises should tap into edge computing, adopt technologies such as generative AI and ensure "secure by default" practices, said Fastly Vice President Sean Leach. He discussed the evolving risk landscape and third-party providers' role in managing security.
Generative AI is growing rapidly as organizations seek ways to transform human tasks. With the ability to process and analyze large volumes of data in real time, AI can empower defenders to detect and respond to threats more effectively, said John Giamatteo, cybersecurity president at BlackBerry.
Supply chain attacks, such as the MOVEit data breach that has affected more than 150 organizations, are "the nature of the landscape now," said security leader Ian Hill of Upp Corp. The answer to this scourge may be using generative AI to qualify partners and to analyze and score supply chain risk.
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