CISA has been championing Secure by Design principles. Many of the principles are universal, like adopting MFA and having opinionated defaults that reduce the need for hardening guides. Matthew Rogers talks about how the approach to Secure by Design has to be tailored for Operational Technology (OT) systems. These systems have strict requirements on safety and many of them rely on protocols that are four (or more!) decades old. He explains how the considerations in this space go far beyond just memory safety concerns.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2025-01/joint-guide-secure-by-demand-priority-considerations-for-ot-owners-and-operators-508c_0.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHSXu1P4ZTo

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-334

This week, in the enterprise security news,

1. Acquisitions
2. potential IPOs
3. Terminator Salvation in real life
4. First $1B one-employee business?
5. Mikko puts in his notice
6. Pitch Black in real life, and more!

The #1 cause of data breaches is stolen credentials. What if we didn’t store credentials anymore? We explore Badge’s innovative approach—which enables users to generate a private key on the fly instead of storing credentials—to enhance security, solve key use cases such as shared devices, and deliver measurable ROI. Additionally, we'll uncover the unavoidable recovery flow challenges, where users must rely on a pre-enrolled recovery device or fallback passwords, and discuss what this means for enterprise security and cost savings. By shifting the paradigm toward ephemeral key generation, Badge eliminates stored credentials, optimizes enterprise cost savings, and future-proofs authentication.

Segment Resources:

• Mission-Driven Identity Innovation with Dr. Tina Srivastava
• Authenticate 2024 - Data Privacy & Accessibility with Tina Srivastava
• Lecture 2: Airplane Aerodynamics
• CyberArk/Badge Joint Solution Brief
• Badge Integration With Cisco Duo Delivers Unique, Hardware-less MFA Experience
• Passwordless Authentication without Secrets!

Executive Interview with Saviynt

Evolving compliance needs, overflowing tech stacks, and the ever-increasing number of types of enterprise identities — not to mention the complications resulting from business use of AI — means traditional identity platforms can't keep up with the needs of today's enterprises. Organizations need something smarter: converged, cloud-native and future-ready identity security that scales with enterprises as they grow, addressing their cybersecurity challenges today and in the future. Join us in this episode as we break down the shortcomings of legacy IAM and uncover how an intelligent, identity-centric approach sets enterprises on the path to success.

Segment Resources:

• Learn more about The Saviynt Identity Cloud
• Identity Cloud solution brief

This segment is sponsored by Saviynt! To learn more or get a free demo, please visit https://securityweekly.com/saviyntrsac

Executive Interview with Ready1

Semperis has launched Ready1, a first-of-its-kind enterprise resilience platform designed to bring structure, speed, and coordination to cyber crisis management. The release of Ready1 coincides with Semperis’ new global study, The State of Enterprise Cyber Crisis Readiness, which highlights a dangerous gap between perceived readiness and real-world response capabilities.

This segment is sponsored by Ready1, powered by Semperis. Visit https://securityweekly.com/ready1rsac to learn more about them!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-410

Elsa, Redline, ChaosRat, iMessage, Bladed Feline , Aaran Leyland, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-483

Two parts to this episode:

• Tech Segment: Updating Linux Systems - Beyond apt-get upgrade * Custom scripts for ensuring your Linux systems are up-to-date * topgrade - tutorial for using topgrade to update Linux systems on various Linux distributions

• Discussion Topic: Anti-Malware and/or EDR on Linux Platforms * PCI calls for scanning Linux systems * What tools exist for analyzing Linux systems? (AIDE, uac, chkrootkit) * Best Anti-Malware for Linux - Commercial tools, open-source, both, none? * ClamAV - fa-notify and the dangers

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-877

During times of volatility, business leaders often don’t know what they are able to change or even what they should change. At precisely these times, business leaders become risk leaders and need to quickly learn how to identify what is within their control and what isn’t — to not only survive but thrive.

Alla Valente, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how to Regain Control Over Business Risk With The Three E’s Framework, a report that provides a framework for identifying what is controllable and how to be smart when dealing with volatility.

In the leadership and communications section, Cybersecurity for Mergers and Acquisitions – A CISO’s Guide, Your Employees Aren’t the Problem. Your Leadership Habits Are, When the Best Leadership Skill Is Just Being Present, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-398

Bovril, Deranged Hookworm, Crocodilus, Cartier, Jinx, Conti, Scattered Spider, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-482

The recent popularity of MCPs is surpassed only by the recent examples deficiencies of their secure design. The most obvious challenge is how MCPs, and many more general LLM use cases, have erased two decades of security principles behind separating code and data. We take a look at how developers are using LLMs to generate code and continue our search for where LLMs are providing value to appsec. We also consider what indicators we'd look for as signs of success. For example, are LLMs driving useful commits to overburdened open source developers? Are LLMs climbing the ranks of bug bounty platforms?

In the news, more examples of prompt injection techniques against LLM features in GitLab and GitHub, the value (and tradeoffs) in rewriting code, secure design lessons from a history of iOS exploitation, checking for all the ways to root, and NIST's approach to (maybe) measuring likely exploited vulns.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-333

CTG Interview

Middle market companies face unique challenges in the ever-evolving cyber environment. Developing a comprehensive cybersecurity approach is a business imperative for middle market companies, and Chad Alessi will discuss the threat landscape, what’s keeping IT decision-makers awkward at night, and the best approach to creating a proactive security measure.

Cyber Resilience in Action: A Guide for Mid-Market Firms

This segment is sponsored by CTG. Visit https://securityweekly.com/ctgrsac to learn more about them!

Nightwing Interview

Nightwing divested from Raytheon in April 2024 and is entering another year of redefining national security. Amid emerging threats and shifting industry regulations and compliance frameworks, traditional security measures are no longer cutting it. As Cyber Incident Response Manager at Nightwing, Nick Carroll discusses how organizations can continue to build cyber resiliency and stay one step ahead in today’s threat landscape.

This segment is sponsored by Nightwing. Visit https://securityweekly.com/nightwingrsac to learn more about them!

Libraesva Interview

Generative AI is having a transformative effect across almost every industry, but arguably the area it has had the most significant impact is cybercrime. Discriminative AI can now learn to recognize what constitutes normal communication patterns, so anything out of the ordinary can be flagged. AI is also enabling human security analysts to automate the triage of reported emails, to rapidly identify false positives and keep up with emerging cybercriminal tactics. Finally, specialized Small Language Models (SLMs) using neural networks are able to analyze and comprehend the semantic intent of the message.

This segment is sponsored by Libraesva. Visit https://securityweekly.com/libraesvarsac to learn more about them!

IRONSCALES Interview

Phishing has evolved—fast. What started as basic email scams has transformed into AI-powered cyber deception.

• Phishing 1.0: Early phishing relied on spam emails, fake banking alerts, and malware links to trick users into clicking
• Phishing 2.0: Attackers got smarter—instead of mass emails, they started impersonating real people
• Phishing 3.0: Now, cybercriminals are using AI to generate fake but highly convincing voices, videos, and images

IRONSCALES discusses the current gaps in SEG technology and will showcase industry-first innovations for protection against deepfakes.

• Assessing Organizational Readiness in the Face of Emerging Cyber Threat
• Using AI to Enhance Defensive Cybersecurity white paper
• The Hidden Gaps of SEG Protection white paper

This segment is sponsored by IRONSCALES. Visit https://securityweekly.com/ironscalesrsac to learn more about them!

Illumio Interview

In the post-breach world, speed and clarity are essential for effective cybersecurity. Security teams are inundated with vast amounts of data, much of which is not actionable. To combat cyber threats—and level the playing field—defenders need precise intelligence to identify attacks, dynamically quarantine threats, and prevent cyber disasters, highlighting the power of the security graph.

Segment Resources:

• Rethinking Threat Detection in a Decentralized World
• Illumio Insights Announcement
• More information about Illumio Insights

This segment is sponsored by Illumio. Visit https://securityweekly.com/illumiorsac for information on Illumio Insights or to sign up for a private preview!

ESET Interview

The ransomware landscape is rapidly changing. ESET global research team has been closely following ransomware gang disruptions, new players and how the RaaS business model continues to evolve. In this segment, Tony Anscombe will take a look into recent research, hacks and attacks, and explore how the industry and businesses are responding to combat financial risk and mitigate threats.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/shifting-sands-ransomhub-edrkillshifter/
• https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/eset-threat-report-h2-2024/

This segment is sponsored by ESET. Visit https://securityweekly.com/esetrsac to learn more about them!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-409

Edge, Safari, CISO Pay and Loathing, Fake AI, ASUS, OneDrive, Manus, Aaran Leyland, and More on this episode of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-481

In the security news:

• Vicious Trap - The malware hiding in your router
• Hacking your car
• WSL is open-source, but why?
• Using AI to find vulnerabilities - a case study
• Why you should not build your own password manager
• The inside scoop behind Lumma Infostealer
• Hacking a smart grill
• Hardcoded credentials on end of life routers and "Alphanetworks"
• SIM swapping is still happening
• LoRa for C2
• Russian drones use Telegram
• Flipper Zero mod for the LOLZ
• Signal blocks Recall
• CISA loses more people

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-876