FIRESIDE CHAT: Deepfakes exploit human emotion, making employee reflex training essential
The wire transfer went through. The CFO on the video call looked right, sounded right, and gave the authorization — except there was no CFO on that call. Related: The industrializing of identity fraud Corporate deepfake attacks of that kind, … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Deepfakes exploit human emotion, ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: AI pipelines are shattering network security — most companies haven’t even noticed yet
For the past two decades, enterprise security teams have gotten good at one thing: keeping sensitive data where it belongs. Related: Leaked secrets no. 1 exposure Production data stays in production. Test environments get masked or synthetic data. Access is … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: AI pipelines are shattering ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: AI can speed up communication, but it can also weaken human connection
The first warning sign came on stage. Related: Carol Sturka declares her agency I had turned to ChatGPT to help organize research notes for an upcoming keynote. I was pressed for time and wanted help spotting patterns I might have … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: AI can speed up ... Read More
MY TAKE: AI agents force a rethink of enterprise service lines as vendors move up the tech tack
ORLANDO — Companies are pulling AI agents into their daily operations through a dozen side doors. Related: SaaS and AI agents converge One of them was in focus at KB4-CON, KnowBe4’s annual customer conference at the Marriott World Center … (more…) The post MY TAKE: AI agents force a rethink ... Read More
LW ROUNDTABLE: Microsoft Edge normalizes credential exposure — security pros push back
By design. Two words that have done an awful lot of heavy lifting in the cybersecurity industry over the years. They tend to surface whenever a vendor wants to wave off a serious finding without fixing it. Related: The unending … (more…) The post LW ROUNDTABLE: Microsoft Edge normalizes credential ... Read More
FIRESIDE CHAT: Cyber insurers deepen SMB security role as supply chain attacks spread
The cyber insurance industry set out to manage financial risk. Along the way, it has quietly became the security operations provider for a significant share of American small businesses. An $11 billion acquisition agreement announced earlier this year suggests it … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Cyber insurers deepen SMB ... Read More
SHARED INTEL Q&A: PKI’s unfinished business—’digital passports’ for content, models and agents
As if keeping track of machine identities wasn’t hard enough. AI agents are now arriving by the thousands — and most enterprises are just handing them borrowed credentials and hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the cryptographic infrastructure asked to absorb … (more…) The post SHARED INTEL Q&A: PKI’s unfinished business—’digital ... Read More
GUEST ESSAY: How augmented reality (AR) can turn building images into ad space with no control
Every major building in America has three things: a physical address, a legal owner, and an unmonitored attack surface. Related: Sam Altman’s quest to usurp the browswer That surface extends from the ground up through every floor, every facade, and … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: How augmented reality (AR) ... Read More
FIRESIDE CHAT: Leaked secrets are now the go-to attack vector — and AI is accelerating exposures
A consequential shift is underway in how enterprise breaches begin. The leaked credential — once treated as a hygiene problem — has become the primary on-ramp. Related: No easy fixes for AI risk Last August’s Salesloft campaign was the pattern … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Leaked secrets are now ... Read More
Fireside Chat: PKI has carried digital trust through every tech advance—now comes the hardest one
Public key infrastructure — the authentication and encryption framework that has held digital commerce together through every chaotic leap forward in technology — is facing a double whammy. Related: Achieveing AI security won’t be easy Autonomous AI agents are flooding … (more…) The post Fireside Chat: PKI has carried digital ... Read More
