Matt Coose is the founder and CEO of cybersecurity compliance firm Qmulos, previously the director of Federal Network Security for the National Cyber Security Division of the (DHS).
CISOs carry the ultimate burden and weight of compliance and reporting and are often the last buck. Says Coose, best-of-breed is better described as best-to-bleed-the-budget: it’s a bottom-up, tech-first, reactive approach for acquiring technology as opposed to managing risk. Coose shares his top considerations below for how CISOs can navigate the crowded market of cybersecurity tools when cost is highly scrutinized, but regulations keep growing.
Platforms are what every vendor dreams of being called, but no platform does it all, says Coose.
Coose shares what smart CISOs and mature organizations understand, that others don’t:
• There’s no “buying their way out of security issues or into a better risk posture.” They understand the need to evolve to a top-down, risk-driven, inherently business-aligned, dynamically adaptable, and evidence-based security management strategy.
• That looking at technology choices through the lens of risk controls (and the related data provided by technology that implements those controls) enables credible and transparent strategic tech portfolio management decisions that are immune to vendor preferences or the latest market(ing) fads.
• The need for meaningful security and risk measurement and the difference between leading and lagging indicators.
• The original intent of security and regulatory compliance as a model for proactive and consistent risk management (leading indicator), not just a historical reporting and audit function (lagging indicator).
• That managing risk, compliance, and security as distinct and separate functions is not only wasteful and inefficient, but denies the enterprise the ability to cross-leverage significant people, process, and technology investments
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-814
RoboJoe, Apple, VMWARE, AI Vision, Confluence, Scarcruft, Microsoft, Jason Wood, and more on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-356
Vulns throw a wrench in a wrench, more vulns drench Atlassian, vulns send GitLab back to the design bench, voting for the top web hacking techniques of 2023, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-270
Where apps provide something of value, bots are sure to follow. Modern threat models need to include scenarios for bad bots that not only target user credentials, but that will also hoard inventory and increase fraud. Sandy shares her recent research as we talk about bots, API security, and what developers can do to deal with these.
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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-270
Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO. How will the new SEC regulations impact the role for both organizations and individuals?
In part 2, we get our hands dirty by addressing CISO hiring from the individual CISO. What should you look for in a CISO role? What questions should you be asking during the interview process? What are the non-negotiable items that must be part of the offer?
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-335
Google, Pax, LeftOverlocals, Mint Sandstorm, DJI, Colossus, JelloRain, Aaran Leyland, and More News on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-355
On this segment, we talk a lot about AI, new technologies, and the future from a personal and consumer standpoint. Not a lot of enterprise-relevant stuff in the news today, but consumer products and AI will have a HUGE long-term impact, so that's how we're justifying today's topical focus ;)
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-346
The general public has varied opinions of biometric authentication, and an increasingly reluctant relationship with it, as more and more facial recognition is forced upon us (especially those of us that travel frequently). Facial recognition doesn't work for everyone, so what other options do we have?
In this interview, we'll explore accessibility in identity verification and the viability of voice-based authentication. How big an issue are AI-powered voice imposters? How will companies like Veridas combat these threats? We'll ask all these questions and more in this ESW interview.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-346
In the Security News: Bricked Xmas, If you can hack a wrench, PixieFail and disclosure woes, exposing Bigpanzi (more Android supply chain issues, 20 years of OpenWRT, Jamming, traffic lights, and batteries don’t work that well in the extreme cold. All that and more on this episode of Paul’s Security Weekly!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-813
With a recent increase in government attention on K–12 cybersecurity, there is a pressing need to shed light on the challenges school districts face in implementing necessary security measures. Why? Budgeting constraints pose significant obstacles in meeting recommended cybersecurity standards. Brian Stephens of Funds For Learning will discuss:
Here are links to the most current blog posts about Cybersecurity Notice of Proposed Rulemaking https://www.fundsforlearning.com/news/2023/11/dont-miss-your-chance-to-impact-e-rate-cybersecurity/, Wi-Fi hotspots https://www.fundsforlearning.com/news/2023/11/wi-fi-hotspots-proposed-for-e-rate-program/ and school bus Wi-Fi https://www.k12dive.com/news/fcc-approves-school-bus-wifi-e-rate/697337/. Funds For Learning also facilitated an informational webinar on the Cyberserucrity Notice for Proposed Rulemaking https://fundsforlearning.app.box.com/s/5gp9qr938qtgs0ug92nkgfvrjvtil4sf. Funds For Learning also conducts an annual survey for E-rate applicants to provide their feedback on the E-rate program. The responses are shared with the FCC through the Funds For Learnings annual E-rate Trends Report. https://www.fundsforlearning.com/e-rate-data/trendsreport/. Lastly, here is an article from Brian about cybersecurity and why it should be funded through E-rate https://www.eschoolnews.com/it-leadership/2023/09/29/will-cybersecurity-receive-e-rate-funding/
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-813
Atari 400, Gitlab, Sonicwall, Juniper, Ransomware stats, Ivanti, Sharepoint, Jason Wood, and more are on this edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-354
It's time to start thinking about CFPs and presentations for 2024! Eve shares advice on delivering technical topics so that an audience can understand the points you want to make. Then we show how developing these presentation skills for conferences helps with presentations within orgs and why these are useful skills to build for your career.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-269
Inspired by my co-host, Jason Albuquerque, we get our hands dirty and discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO. How will the new SEC regulations impact the role for both organizations and individuals?
In part 1, we discuss the challenges of hiring a CISO from the organization's perspective. Do I need a CISO? What are the responsibilities of a CISO? Who should the CISO report to?
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-334
The year kicks off with TWELVE funding announcements and NINE acquisitions! Several new companies have merged, we already have a few dumpster fires burning and there is plenty of AI news to kick off the year.
The annual Consumer Electronics Show gives us previews of the invasive and insecure horrors that will be unleashed upon us this year, New Yorkers get right to repair, and Polish trains don’t. (see the show notes for more)
Finally, we talk Apple Vision Pro, Tetris, and skydiving iPhones.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-345
Smart Cars, Microsoft, Layoffs, PyTorch, Mandiant, SEC, Aaran Leyland, and More News on the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-353
Many founders and early stage startups closely guard product details and information about their roadmap and go-to-market plan. Is it a bad idea then to build a company based around an open source project? Not at all, according to Ev Kontsevoy, whose company Teleport has done just that. Building a security vendor around open source isn't a magic formula for success, however, so we'll discuss the pros and cons of this approach.
We'll also discuss best practices for securing infrastructure at scale and Teleport's journey in enabling a different and more secure approach to managing remote infrastructure.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-345
GenAI hype is still at peak levels, but clearly some of the hopes and dreams pinned on it will fail, while other use cases we haven't even imagined will become commonplace. Greg Notch joins us to share his thoughts on what security leaders and the general public should be more or less worried about when it comes to GenAI.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-345
The Exploit Prediction Scoring System is Awesome, or so some say, Reflections on InfoSec, Why some people don’t trust science, SSH-Snake, Back in the Driver’s seat, I Hacked My Internet Service Provider, States & Congress wrestle with cybersecurity, Combining AI with human brain cells, analyzing linux-firmware, detecting BLE SPAM, and The I in LLM.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-812
Jared would like to discuss the evolution of purple teaming. Put bluntly, he believes traditional purple team approaches don’t test enough variations of attack techniques, delivering a false sense of detection coverage. He would like to talk about: The shortcomings of red team assessments and why most purple team assessments are too limited. How the testing landscape and requirements have changed (especially as organizations now look to validate vendor tools defense claims). How purple team assessments are evolving with the use of new frameworks like Atomic Testing. And the importance of building and selecting good test cases that cover the many ways attack techniques can be modified.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw-812
23andMe shifts blame to users for poor password practices, abusing Google's OAuth2 through a MultiLogin endpoint, Rustls is memory safe and fast, AI enters OSINT, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-268
Jobs and Money, QNAP, NIST, Spectral Blur, Stuxnet, Swatting, Volkswagen, Jason Wood, and more on this Edition of the Security Weekly News.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/swn-352
We kick off the new year with a discussion of what we're looking forward to and what we're not looking forward to. Then we pick our favorite responses to "appsec in three words" and set our sights on a new theme for 2024.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/asw-268
In the leadership and communications section, Advice to Aspiring CISOs, New risk management framework helps with SEC mandate compliance, A Simple Hack to Help You Communicate More Effectively, and more!
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-333
Research shows that 26% of US workers currently work remotely, and there are expected to be 32.3 million American employees working remotely by 2025. To support these workers, organizations are adopting cloud solutions and migrating data to these cloud solutions. However, many businesses lack visibility into who has access to what data and when, especially in these cloud solutions. How should organizations reconcile the disconnect between data access and data security?
Mike Scott, CISO at Immuta, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss best practices for moving sensitive data into the cloud, including data access and data security. If you're moving data into the cloud, listen in to learn how best to protect that data.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-333
Jim Langevin served as a US congressman for many years and retired to become the executive director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College. Jim has been on quite a number of times and today we talk about State funded institutes and well, Cybersecurity issues.
Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/vault-swn-10