Episode 17 - New Year, Same Challenges

There's lots of uncertainty everywhere - everything kind of sucks - can we give people hope?  Are there some contrarian themes for 2024?

Notes:

Notable issues of 2023 that we saw:

MGM Breach – Set the continuation of Okta being abused 

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/okta-flaw-involved-mgm-resorts-breach-attackers-claim 

MOVEit Vulnerability – Software used by thousands leaving them vulnerable 

https://www.theverge.com/23892245/moveit-cyberattacks-clop-ransomware-government-business 

Top breaches of 2023 – most have passed audits, compliance != secure 

https://www.electric.ai/blog/recent-big-company-data-breaches 

Splunk CISO report: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/campaigns/ciso-report.html 

All of these highlight a breakdown of their processes and feedback loops. Know you core 3-5 essential processes and perfect them before moving on to new capabilities 

 

What others are saying for 2024 

  • Ransomware will be more advanced 

  • Container less malware and attacks 

  • Rise in AI threats and defenses 

BOLD Claim of 2024 –  

What’s holding you back from achieving your vision of security is not what you don’t have: 

  • lack of talent or resources 

  • open projects 

  • backlog of tasks 

  • technology wish list 

What’s holding you back is how you use what you have.    

So what should you do? 

Take what you have => get it to 100% 

Create evidence that you know the way 

Break the wretched loop you may be stuck in, stop, look around, pick a single impactful change and make it happen -> check out the podcast episodes 15 and 16 on building processes in cybersecurity 

 

Let’s make 2024 the year we took back control of our battlefield and outcomes!

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