Enterprise Security Weekly (Audio)

The MSP space has undergone a lot of changes in the past few decades, with the emphasis on security increasing dramatically in the last 5-10 years. We discuss how ConnectWise, which builds and sells solutions to MSPs, has tackled this challenge. We'll be asking questions both from Raffael's point-of-view, selling to MSPs, but also from the customer point-of-view - small to medium businesses with a...

It's another holiday week, so enjoy this episode from the ESW archives!   The cloud and SaaS were supposed to make things easier, simpler, more scalable. Arguably, they _have_ done all those things, but traditional, legacy networks linger. Migrations are messy and take time. Nearly everything is encrypted in transit by default. Today, we interview Marty Roesch, the creator of Snort and founder of...

Organizations today operate under the constant looming threat of cyber attacks. While reactive cybersecurity measures will help organizations respond to past and present threats, offensive measures are the only chance to get ahead of attackers and beat them to the punch. There is now a greater call for offensive solutions like penetration testing and red teaming to evaluate environments so securit...

Tanium has recently released a new capability called Tanium Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to help customers identify third-party libraries associated with software packages. • What is Tanium SBOM • Why is it different and why do you need it • How to configure SBOM • How to query for the details about every software application in your environment • Where your vulnerable packages exist • Ways t...

Cyber insurance is a must-have, but organizations are finding that cyber insurance premiums are more costly, policies are more difficult to obtain, and policies attach more limitations and exclusions than before. We will discuss cyber insurance's role in risk management and trends.   Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/report/q-and-a-cyber-insurance/RES178563?ref_search=3185990_1675109251...

What makes a good breach response? What makes a bad one? Could we objectively measure them? How would we break down and rate a company's breach response performance?   This is the first in our 2 segment Enterprise News special! Stay tuned for segment 2!   This is the 2nd segment in our 2 segment Enterprise News special!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Follow...

There's a LOT of noise in the security industry. We've catalogued over 10,000 cybersecurity products and each of the companies behind these products has a marketing team, a twitter account, a blog, and a ton of content to blast at enterprise security buyers. There's an interesting connection between GreyNoise's product, founder, and principles. While building a product that filtered out the noise...

Europe is a global driver for privacy rules and digital legislation. Which means it is also a force to be reckoned with when it comes to enforcement. With privacy and security being so intertwined, this conversation will focus on the current mindset in Europe and discuss recent regulators' decision e.g. on Microsoft 365. Segment Resources: The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IA...

If you've ever worked on a red or purple team, you know scaling engagements to production is an intensive, unwieldy process. Technology pitfalls may exist, but the fundamental problem is this: the process of writing, testing, deploying, and verifying the efficacy of TTPs is highly flawed and inconsistent. This conversation will focus on applying a scientific process to security testing in order to...

Security teams struggle with managing cyber risk across cloud workloads, services, resources, users, and applications. Parag will discuss the issues this presents and how Qualys' new TotalCloud solution allows organizations to see all their cloud resources, relationships between resources, the external attack surface, and attack path mapping all delivered via one platform. Segment Resources: Qualy...

Announcing Drata's Series C, Milton Security announces new name, Threathunter.ai, Germany Forces a Microsoft 365 Ban Due to Privacy Concerns – Best of Privacy, New Communication Protocol "Ibex" and Extended Protocol Suite, Gepetto uses OpenAI models to provide meaning to functions decompiled by IDA Pro, Stack Overflow bans ChatGPT, French man wins compensation as judge awards him the right to refu...

Despite certain economic indicators warning that a recession is on the horizon, investment remains healthy within the security market amid thirst for cloud security, in particular. One such emerging field is data security posture management (DSPM), which aims to bridge the gap between business goals and a comprehensive security mechanism that leaves no data behind as organizations scale in the clo...

Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) allows for quick and consistent configuration and deployment of infrastructure components because it's defined through code. It also enables repeatable deployments across environments. IaC is seeing significant attention in the cloud security space, but why now? This conversation will dig into how Infrastructure-as-code is enabling faster innovation on application deve...

Don't leave the door open. Modern systems are complex and require you to consider many aspects. Here are some aspects we consider critical: - APIs are the dominant software development direction/trend. Traditional/legacy ways to grant access is not fit for purpose of protecting this new way of delivering products and services. - Customers are demanding better digital experiences. To maintain a com...

Positive change is coming to cybersecurity. In this segment, John Grancarich, EVP of Strategy at Fortra, explains what it means when we say we're tenacious in our pursuit of a stronger, simpler future for cybersecurity, and that our advanced threat research and intelligence informs everything we do. This segment is sponsored by Fortra. Visit https://securityweekly.com/fortra to learn more about th...

For many companies, the pretenses of separation between work and home have completely disappeared. This has huge security implications for organizations, but creates some opportunities as well. How should organizations and vendors approach the new paradigm of shared devices and identities?   Economic tides are changing, making profitability and identifying efficiencies a priority for many IT teams...

Cloud computing's velocity and dynamism make it hard for security teams to monitor and protect workloads in the cloud without impeding the agility of dev teams. ExtraHop Senior Principal Data Scientist Edward Wu joins ESW to discuss practical deployment approaches and scenarios to facilitate gathering and utilizing network data in cloud environments for improved visibility, detection, and response...

Finally, in the enterprise security news: Don't worry! IT and Security funding is OK and we have the proof in the form of 16 funding announcements, Private Equity firms are taking advantage of the dip in valuations to make a few acquisitions: KnowBe4 and ForgeRock Legal Drama! We'll discuss the Joe Sullivan case, the Splunk/Cribl battle, Crypto Drama! Another week, another Crypto exchange losing h...

Every year, management needs to figure out what initiatives will be prioritized for the upcoming year. This simple, free method uses a quantitative approach based on CIS controls with input from the front-line analysts and engineers. The outcome is an engaging team discussion and clear plan for what the team should prioritize. Segment Resources: https://www.cisecurity.org/controls   It's CyberSecu...

Cybersecurity is now battling a human problem just as much, if not more, than a technical one. According to Verizon's 2021 Data Breach Security Report, 85% of successful cyberattacks now involve a human element. Combine that with the fact that even the very best technology can only thwart about 93% of attacks and that leaves a large hole in an organization's basic security hygiene. This has led to...

This week, Jonathan Roizin from Flow Security joins to discuss what this new security category is all about and how it differs from the OG, false positive heavy DLP we'd all rather forget! Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) is not your dad's DLP. This new category has emerged to tackle one of the toughest areas of security: protecting data. Then, Based on what we know so far (which is limited...

Enterprise browsers are a new addition into the endpoint security market. Combining enhanced features not in the existing browsers, with centralized reporting and controls, they're promising to bring a better experience to the users and a more secure delivery of applications to the companies who use them. What's real, what's "vision", and what makes them different than all the other solutions that...

In the Enterprise Security News This week: more layoff announcements than funding announcements! Krit acquired by GreyNoise, Incident Response in AWS is different, Awesome open source projects for SecOps folks, Tyler Shields can't wait to talk about Product Led Growth, Forcing open source maintainers to use MFA, Twilio - the breach that keeps on pwning, The US Governments earmarks $15.6 BILLION fo...

The new category of Data Security Posture Management, what is it and why it's important. Discussing real customer stories where DSPM products played a critical role in helping companies secure their data.   Since the dawn of the internet, companies have been fighting cyber vulnerabilities with a myriad of traditional technologies. And assigning cybersecurity training to people without really knowi...

Identity management has become a central pillar of many organizations' security policies and architecture. In this executive interview, Ping Identity Senior Product Marketing Manager Zain Malik analyzes two heavily trending corners of the identity market: passwordless technology and customer identity and access management (or CIAM). This one-on-one session will address topics such as biometrics an...