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Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin speaks with Seán Doyle, Lead for the Centre for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum. They discuss the role of public-private partnerships in the current cyber landscape, the importance of running tabletop exercises to promote resilience, and improving cybersecurity legislation and regulation around the world to promote economic interests.

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Cybersecurity Technology Efficacy: Is cybersecurity the new 'market for lemons'? Research Report by Joe Hubback

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Over the past few weeks, you’ve heard encore presentations of some of our favorite episodes so far this year, and today, as we prepare to move forward into Season 14, we’re looking back on some of the highlights of our guest interviews from 2022.

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In this episode, we’re featuring a conversation Steve had with Stephen Poloz, a world renowned economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2013-2020. Steve and Stephen discuss some of the themes Poloz addresses in his recently released book, The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future. They discuss communicating in the midst of crisis, how the fourth industrial revolution compares to past historical moments of change, and risk management and resilience amidst global turmoil.

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The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future

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Summer Listening - Today, ISF CEO Steve Durbin is in conversation with Brett Beranek, Vice President and General Manager of security and biometrics at Nuance Communications. Steve and Brett discuss some of the potential and the challenges of biometrics in the security space, including recent advancements in deep neural networks and deep fakes.

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Summer Listening - Today, Steve is speaking with Prof. Federico Varese, a professor of criminology and head of the sociology department at Nuffield College at Oxford University. Prof. Varese talks with Steve about the history of organised crime in Russia and around the world, the mafia’s movement into cybercrime, and what the future may hold for these criminal organisations.

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Summer Listening - Today, we’re featuring highlights of a recent “fireside chat” hosted by global tech services and consulting firm Infosys, and featuring our own ISF CEO Steve Durbin. Steve’s interviewer is his long-time colleague and friend Vishal Salvi, who serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Cyber Security Practice at Infosys.

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Today we’re back for the second episode of a two-part conversation around ISF CEO Steve Durbin’s NovelFest presentation on “The AI Revolution: Democratisation and the Ethical Dilemma of Innovation.” If you haven’t listened to Part 1, you may want to go back to that episode and listen to it first.
Last week gave us a pretty positive overview of what responsible AI could do to eliminate or to mitigate discrimination. But we know that AI is value-neutral, so the opposite of responsible AI could also become a reality. How can AI be used to facilitate digital discrimination?
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Reid Blackman: A practical guide to building ethical AI – Harvard Business Review October 2020

The AI Public-Private Forum: Final report — from The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, February 2022

IBM’s Fairness 360 

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Today episode is the first of two parts in which ISF CEO Steve Durbin and host Tavia Gilbert discuss a presentation he gave for the Nobel Fest in April 2022, titled, “The AI Revolution: Democratisation and the Ethical Dilemma of Innovation.”
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Reid Blackman: A practical guide to building ethical AI – Harvard Business Review October 2020

The AI Public-Private Forum: Final report — from The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, February 2022

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Today, we’re featuring an interview of ISF CEO Steve Durbin by Göran Walles, CTO at NetNordic Sweden, recorded back in May 2022. Göran has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, and has been CTO at NetNordic Sweden since 2018. Steve and Göran recorded this conversation in May 2022, and they discuss the double-edged sword of AI and machine learning, how it can best be implemented to defend organisations’ security, and the need-to-know basics for CISOs and cyber professionals.
Relevant ISF Resources:

“Artificial Intelligence: The Future Of Cybersecurity?” — Forbes, 23 September 2021

Josh Jackson — AI, Automation and Cyber Ethics: Changing the Game — ISF Podcast, 24 August 2021

Steve Durbin — Machines Seize Control — ISF Podcast, 23 March 2021

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Today, we feature a presentation made by ISF CEO Steve Durbin on The CISO, Cyber, and the Board at the ISF’s Nordic Spring Conference in May 2022. This was a chapter meeting held for ISF members in the Nordic region; ISF holds meetings three times a year to give members in the same geographic region a confidential forum where they can network and exchange ideas.

In his presentation, Steve addresses five areas where CISO's need to focus in 2022. For our listeners who are CISOs or in a position where you regularly communicate with your board, you’ll find some practical ideas to help you do that. For those of you who are closer to the beginning of your career in cyber, Steve offers some insights about the nature of the relationship between cybersecurity and the overall business that you’ll find helpful as you look to develop skills relevant to the needs of your business.
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