Adlumin Insights: Proactive Defense

Most crippling cyberattacks begin with a simple phishing email. And while most companies provide some form of annual training and testing, they focus on overly simplistic lures that fail to represent the real danger of targeted campaigns. Join our panel of experts from Adlumin and KnowBe4 as they explore how to build a comprehensive training and testing program that leverages realistic threat scenarios to foster context-relevant security awareness and phishing testing that drives meaningful behavioral change across your organization.

- Use risk management data and accurate phishing lures to build comprehensive awareness training
- Maximize your resources and programs to increase return on investment
- Conduct testing that improves resilience
- Meet regulatory requirements and demonstrate program success to your leadership

According to research by Capgemini, two-thirds of businesses now understand that AI is a necessary component in the race to secure your organization. The attack surface in 2022 is larger and more sophisticated than ever before, with ransomware and breaches at an all-time high. The ability to detect cyber threats quickly, to have proactive security measures, and detect new, malicious threats, is more critical than ever.

In this month’s episode of The (Security) Balancing Act, we’ll ask, ‘is AI the answer to the evolution of the threatscape?’

Join us in this session as we discuss:

- Use cases for AI in cyber - where does it fit and where it doesn’t
- Can AI replace cyber analysts?
- The importance of resilient AI
- What we mean by predictive intelligence, and why it’s important
- How to implement AI into your security
- The technology AI can leverage to improve your security posture
- The future of AI in the cybersecurity space

Sophisticated criminals and state-sponsored actors rely on various phishing techniques to harvest sensitive data, steal credentials or deploy malware. Far too many companies and employees think phishing lures are obvious and easy to spot. Sophisticated cyber campaigns use previously stolen insider information and credentials to create legitimate-looking requests that appear to come from industry colleagues. Join security expert and author, Mark Sangster and threat intelligence veteran, Kevin O’Connor as they review emerging threats and attack techniques, and unpack the latest exploitations, and growing trends in the threat landscape.

What You Will Learn
- Explore the latest phishing trends and tactics
- Expand your ability to identify suspicious activity and report it
- Build defenses to protect your employees in the office and their homework environments

As a cybersecurity professional, you understand the benefits of a Security Operations Center (SOC), but translating the need to your business leaders can be daunting, especially when it comes to AI. ChatGPT, hyped-up marketing and general confusion about AI and machine learning compound the problem. Join Adlumin expert Mark Sangser, VP, Chief of Strategy, as he explores these topics and masters the translation from the ones and zeroes of security to the dollars and cents with which non-technical business leaders are fluent:

- How proactive security programs reduce risk and improve business outcomes in the face of cyber threats
- Why full visibility across your organization is critical to stopping threats in their early stages
- How AI and machine learning accelerate response times and empower security teams to contain threats

Lastly, Mark will evaluate various security solutions and provide a structured means of explaining capability and benefits to your business leaders.