Security You Should Know

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Asset visibility remains a persistent challenges in cybersecurity. Despite working on this challenge for decades, CISOs continue to struggle with knowing what assets exist in their environments, where they're located, and what risks they present.

The problem has only intensified with dynamic cloud resources spinning up and down in seconds, APIs proliferating across environments, and third-party integrations creating complex dependency chain. Traditional scanning tools simply can't keep pace.

In this episode, Franz Fiorim, Field CTO at Trend Micro, explains how their Cyber Risk Exposure Management (CREME) solution addresses these challenges through continuous asset discovery and risk prioritization across the entire attack surface.

Joining him are Krista Arndt, Associate CISO at St. Luke's University Health Network, and Brett Conlon, CISO at American Century Investments.

They discuss how CREME consolidates external attack surface management, cloud security posture management, and vulnerability remediation into a unified platform that discovers hidden assets through multiple methods including agentless cloud integrations, network discovery sensors, and third-party API connections.

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Reduce cost, complexity, and tool sprawl by consolidating critical security and risk disciplines like External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Vulnerability Risk Management (VRM), Identity Security Posture, Security Awareness and more into one cyber risk exposure management solution. CREM simplifies security and business operations to enable faster, more strategic risk reduction by replacing fragmented point solutions across these domains.

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Most data breaches don't happen because attackers are geniuses. They happen because organizations give too much access to too many people for far too long. Despite decades of security frameworks and best practices, enforcing least privilege remains one of cybersecurity's most persistent challenges. The culprit isn't technology: it's politics.

In this episode, Mokhtar Bacha, CEO of Formal, discusses how their granular privilege access management solution operates at the packet level to enforce least privilege across databases and APIs.

Joining him are Howard Holton, COO and industry analyst at GigaOm, and Arvin Bansal, a Fortune 100 veteran CSO. The conversation tackles the truth about why access management fails, explores how AI agents are exploding the identity landscape, and examines whether automated policy enforcement can finally solve the political friction that has plagued privilege management for years.

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In this episode, Simone Rapizzi, CSO at RedCarbon, explains how their AI-powered platform uses specialized models to automate threat detection and response while learning from each customer's unique environment. Joining him are Jonathan Waldrop, former CISO, and John Scrimsher, CISO at Kontoor Brands.

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In this episode, Matt Hillary, CISO at Drata, explains how their AI-native trust management platform addresses these challenges by automating evidence collection from integrated systems and reducing manual effort by over 90%. Joining him are Mike Lockhart, CISO at EagleView, and Johna Till Johnson, CEO at Nemertes.

We talk about how Drata's platform bridges the policy-execution gap through hundreds of out-of-the-box integrations, AI-assisted questionnaire responses that handle 90% of vendor due diligence automatically, and real-time control monitoring that enables GRC teams to operate more like security operations centers, responding quickly to control failures rather than simply passing audits.

Huge thanks to our sponsor, Drata AI at Drata is embedded across every layer, transforming GRC from a defensive necessity into a proactive business driver. With new Agentic AI innovations, MCP releases, and a long-term vision for AI-native trust management, Drata empowers security teams to work faster, reduce manual tasks, and deliver meaningful, scalable business impact. Learn more at Drata.com

SIEM costs are spiraling out of control for organizations. Increasing log volumes, longer compliance-driven retention requirements, and the habit of collecting everything "just in case," the list goes on.

Traditional SIEM architecture forces painful choices between cost control and security visibility, with teams constantly fighting to keep log volumes down while still maintaining adequate coverage for investigations.

In this episode, Cliff Crosland, co-founder and CEO of Scanner, explains how their data lake approach can reduce SIEM costs by 80-90% while giving organizations full custody of their data in their own cloud storage. Joining him are Nick Espinosa, host of the Deep Dive Radio Show, and Howard Holton, COO and industry analyst at GigaOm.

In this episode:

• Data retention policies
• The fundamental challenge of managing growing log volumes over time
• How AI copilots are bridging the gap between security analysts and software engineers in detection workflows.

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Security awareness is critical to cultivate in your organization. But security awareness training can often miss the mark. Traditional training is slow and reactive. As deepfakes and LLM-enhanced attacks become common, organizations need training solutions that can adapt and provide relevant training.

In this episode, Brian Long, CEO of Adaptive Security, explains how their platform provides engaging training that can be customized in a matter of minutes. Joining him are Janet Heins, CISO at ChenMed, and Gary Chan, CISO at SSM Health.

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AI-powered social engineering threats like deepfake voice calls, GenAI phishing, and vishing attacks are evolving fast. Adaptive helps security leaders get ahead with an AI-native platform that simulates realistic genAI attacks, and delivers expert-vetted security awareness training — all in one unified solution. And now, with Adaptive's new AI Content Creator, security teams can instantly transform breaking threat intel or updated policy docs into interactive, multilingual training — no instructional design needed. That means faster compliance, better engagement, and less risk. Trusted by Fortune 500s and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and the OpenAI Startup Fund, Adaptive is helping security teams prepare for the next generation of cyber threats. Learn more at adaptivesecurity.com.

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Wire fraud and payment security remain persistent challenges for organizations, with the FBI reporting a 33% increase in BEC losses between 2023 and 2024. The complexity of B2B payment processes creates multiple attack vectors that traditional email security solutions can't fully address.

In this episode, Shai Gabay, co-founder and CEO of Trustmi, explains how their platform connects the dots across the entire payment ecosystem to prevent fraud before money leaves the organization. By integrating with existing payment workflows and leveraging AI to build behavioral baselines, Trustmi aims to eliminate the manual controls and siloed systems that make B2B payments vulnerable to attack. Joining him are Bethany De Lude, CISO Emeritus, and Adam Glick, CISO at PSG Equity.

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Implmenting new technologies for the business is already a daunting task. Cloud and SaaS have made some of the implementation easier, but it also makes it easier to not fully comprehend the risks you're taking on. All it can take is a company credit card. Organizations struggle with shadow IT, misconfigurations, and unauthorized access across multiple cloud environments, often lacking visibility into their actual cloud assets.

In this episode, Tyson Garrett, CTO of TrustOnCloud, explains how their platform provides constantly updated threat models for major cloud services, helping organizations implement controls based on their risk appetite. Joining him are Derek Fisher, Director of the Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Program at Temple University, and Davi Ottenheimer, vp, digital trust and ethics at Inrupt.

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TrustOnCloud delivers actionable, continuously updated threat models for 220+ AWS, Azure, and GCP services. Empower CISOs and security teams to pinpoint risks, adapt controls, and accelerate secure cloud adoption. Stay ahead of cloud threats with research trusted by global systemic banks, enterprises, and governments. Learn more at TrustOnCloud.com

Security orchestration sounds great in theory, but in practice, coordinating between different security tools remains a headache. As workflows need to move faster to keep pace with AI-driven attacks, security professionals find themselves overwhelmed with manual "muck work" rather than focusing on business enablement.

In this episode, Matt Muller, field CISO at Tines, explains how their no-code workflow automation platform helps security teams eliminate manual work that bogs them down. Joining him are Bil Harmer, information security advisor at Craft Ventures, and Brett Conlon, CISO at American Century Investments.

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DLP can be a bit of a four-letter word in cybersecurity. False positives are a major problem with any traditional DLP solution because setting the right policy for your organization's needs is always a moving target.

In this episode, Nitay Milner, co-founder and CEO of Orion Security, explains how they provide a "zero-policy" approach to DLP that brings in the missing piece of context to the category. Joining him are Steve Knight, former CISO at Hyundai Capital America, and Jack Kufahl, CISO at Michigan Medicine.

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Orion is the first AI-native DLP that prevents data exfiltration with a zero-policy approach. Powered by Orion's proprietary "Indicators of Leakage" AI engine, they automatically detect data incidents with context-aware accuracy - eliminating false positives and manual work. Orion brings a new approach to DLP - it's like EDR for your data. Already trusted by enterprises in finance, aviation, healthcare, and beyond. Learn more at https://orionsec.io