Dear Infosec

Welcome to Season 2 of the Analyst Insight Podcast!

Looking ahead to 2024, the ISF research team sit down to reveal what themes they will be looking into over the next 12 months. Listen as Mark Ward, Richard Absalom, Max Brook, Lee Munson and Paul Watts explain how the topics where chosen, and a few changes to the way ISF research effort is organised. This includes moving towards the production of shorter, more frequent reports in line with topical shifts in the industry.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

Episodes you might be interested in:

Threat Horizon: Exploring the futures

Threat Horizon: Putting the social in media

Threat Horizon: All about AI

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

What's on your Christmas reading list?

Books that deal with hackers, culture, surveillance capitalism and the first principles of Infosec are debated in this special holiday season episode. Alongside cyber specialist Alice Violet, ISF analysts Mark Chaplin, Paul Watts and Mark Ward talk about their favourite books on cyber security principles, data privacy and cross-cultural management.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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In many industries, the art of story-telling has the power to get across important and difficult messages.

In a bid to change security culture at his organisation, Rouzbeh Barzegar explains to Mark Ward and Paul Watts, how he developed an epic tale of King Infosecios and his three daughters Peoplia, Processia and Technia, to illustrate the concept of people, processes, and technology.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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Experience an exclusive session from the ISF World Congress in Rotterdam where Mark Ward assembled an accomplished panel of experts to dissect the past, present and future role of the CISO.

Gain insight from first-hand CISO experiences, learn what is keeping them up at night, and hear debate around what is needed for security leaders to tackle the challenges of a modern enterprise.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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 Vulnerability management is all about making good choices. A task that is considerably difficult when security teams are faced with tens of thousands of  vulnerability gaps in need of being plugged. Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7 joins ISF Analysts Lee Munson and Mark Ward to debate the best way security leaders and their teams can prioritise patching.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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​​​​​​Scenarios are an essential component needed to explore the many plausible futures - everything from cyber risks to long-running regional conflicts.

Dr. Matt Finch, from Oxford's Said School joins Max Brook and Mark Ward to explain the power scenarios have in helping security practitioners  see beyond present problems and plot a path to a future that benefits everyone in the organisation.​​​​​​

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

Age is not the only divider of generations, social networks contribute to the generational gap in their own right. Instagram, SnapChat and TikTok for the younger populace, Facebook for the older cohort.  ISF researchers and analysts Arunoshi Singh, Scott Binning and Ayesha Sayyad educate Mark Ward on living with social media. Detailing the digital detox and the connections they maintain via those networks and how the platforms might evolve in the near future and beyond.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

AI causes issues for organisations, but what about artists and creators? Musician, performer and broadcaster LJ Rich explores the promise and peril of these tech tools with ISF analysts Paul Watts and Mark Ward.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

Climate change, AI, politics – all pressing topics that have continued to garner attention both within and beyond the cybersecurity industry. Key topics that could feature in the next edition of Threat Horizon.

Listen as ISF Analysts Max Brook, Richard Absalom and Mark Ward debate how the uncertainties and changes born from these trends will shape the near future. 

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.

Infosec practitioners and business folks often seem like a community divided by a common language.

In this week’s episode, former historian Jemina Lakka-Kolari together with ISF analysts Paul Watts and Mark Ward, explores the importance of understanding what words mean to different groups, and how to use those meanings to make lessons about security stick.

If you would like to find out more about the topics covered in this episode, get in touch with Mark Ward, Senior Research Analyst at the ISF.

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From the Information Security Forum, the leading authority on cyber, information security, and risk management.