Application, user, and data security are the three core components of every security program, but data is really what attackers want. In order to protect that data, we need to know where it is and what it's used for. Easier said than done. In this Say Easy, Do Hard segment, we tackle data inventory and classification.

In part 1, we discuss the challenges of data inventory and classification, including:

• identifying all data sources within an organization, including databases, applications, cloud storage, physical files, etc., and documenting details like data type, location, and volume
• categorizing all data based on its sensitivity level, usually using classifications like "public," "internal," "confidential," or "restricted," which determines the necessary security measures to protect it
• prioritizing security measures and protecting critical information more effectively

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-383

This week in the Security Weekly News: AI Threat Intelligence, AI Hacking, Data Breaches, Zhong, DOGE, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-452

We're getting close to two full decades of celebrating web hacking techniques. James Kettle shares which was his favorite, why the list is important to the web hacking community, and what inspires the kind of research that makes it onto the list. We discuss why we keep seeing eternal flaws like XSS and SQL injection making these lists year after year and how clever research is still finding new attack surfaces in old technologies. But there's a lot of new web technology still to be examined, from HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 to WebAssembly.

Segment Resources:

• Top 10, 2024: https://portswigger.net/research/top-10-web-hacking-techniques-of-2024
• Full nomination list: https://portswigger.net/research/top-10-web-hacking-techniques-of-2024-nominations-open
• Project overview: https://portswigger.net/research/top-10-web-hacking-techniques

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-318

In this week's enterprise security news, we've got

1. 5 acquisitions
2. Tines gets funding
3. new tools and DFIR reports to check out
4. A legal precedent that could hurt AI companies
5. AI garbage is in your code repos
6. the dark side of security leadership
7. HIPAA fines are broken
8. Salt Typhoon is having a great time
9. Don't use ChatGPT for legal advice!!!!!

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-394

We couldn't decide what to talk to Allie about, so we're going with a bit of everything. Don't worry - it's all related and ties together nicely.

• First, we'll discuss AI and automation in the SOC - Allie is covering this trend closely, and we want to know if she's seeing any results yet here.
• Next, we'll discover SecOps data management - the blood that delivers oxygen to the SOC muscles.
• Finally, we'll discuss MITRE's recent EDR evaluations - there was some contention around some vendors claiming to ace the test and we're going to get the tea on what's really going on here!

For each of these three topics, these are the blog posts they correspond with if you want to learn more:

1. Generative AI Will Not Fulfill Your Autonomous SOC Hopes (Or Even Your Demo Dreams)
2. If You’re Not Using Data Pipeline Management For Security And IT, You Need To
3. Go Beyond The MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation To The True Cost Of Alert Volumes

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-394

We've got a few compelling topics to discuss within SecOps today. First, Tim insists it's possible to automate a large amount of SecOps work, without the use of generative AI. Not only that, but he intends to back it up by tracking the quality of this automated work with an ISO standard unknown to cybersecurity.

I've often found useful lessons and wisdom outside security, so I get excited when someone borrows from another, more mature industry to help solve problems in cyber. In this case, we'll be talking about Acceptable Quality Limits (AQL), an ISO standard quality assurance framework that's never been used in cyber.

Segment Resources:

• Introducing AQL for cyber.
• AQL - How we do it
• An AQL 'calculator' you can play around with

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-394

Tunnel of Love, Kimsuky, Red Mike, Ivanti, Nvidia, C code, Postgre, Aaran Leyland, and More, on this edition of the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-451

You can install Linux in your PDF, just upload everything to AI, hackers behind the forum, TP-Link's taking security seriously, patche Tuesday for everyone including Intel, AMD, Microsoft, Fortinet, and Ivanti, hacking your space heater for fun and fire, Cybertrucks on fire (or not), if you could just go ahead and get rid of the buffer overflows, steam deck hacking and not what you think, Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation, new to me Ludus, Contec patient monitors are just insecure, Badbox carries on, the compiler saved me, and Telnet command injection!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-861

This week, we tackle a ton of leadership and communications articles: Why CISOs and Boards Must Speak the Same Language on Cybersecurity, The Hidden Costs of Not Having a Strong Cybersecurity Leader, Why Cybersecurity Is Everyone’s Responsibility, Leadership is an Action, not a Position, and more!

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-382

PlayStation, KerioControl, SEC SimSWAP, 8base, Copilot, AI, Robert Bird, Josh Marpet, and more on the Security Weekly News.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-450