While many cyber threats and security issues are universal and
experienced by organizations in any part of the world, some are more
common to a particular region than others. Host Luke McNamara invited
Ryan Goss, Vice President for Latin America & the Caribbean, and Juan
Carlos Garcias Caparros, Director of Mandiant Consulting for Latin
America and the Caribbean, to talk specifically about cyber security
in Latin America.

Juan Carlos shares what threats we’ve seen our customers face in Latin
America. He also discusses the security culture in Latin America,
comparing maturity of organizations to those in United States or
Europe. We also explore whether attitudes are shifting around cyber
security in boardrooms. Ryan believes it’s moving in a good direction,
but that many companies still treat cyber security as an afterthought,
which leads to lower overall budgets and forces security teams to
focus on solutions that are “good enough” or at least allow them to
“check the compliance box”. Thus the importance of FireEye leading
with Mandiant Services and establishing ourselves as trusted advisors
and true partners for our customers.

We wrap up the episode by touching on cyber training, security
validation and unexpected activity from North Korea targeting
financial institutions throughout Latin America.