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CISO Backgrounds and Considerations for 2023

The CISO role has evolved in recent years. CISO’s don’t come just from technical and security backgrounds anymore. Each organization has their own distinct vision for how to solve their security needs whether they are customer, regulatory, or industry driven. I started out my career as an external auditor, with the goal of becoming a CFO.

The Devo Platform: An Integrated SaaS SIEM | SOAR | UEBA | AI Solution

People or AI? YES. Is your organization equipped to handle today's and tomorrow’s threats with your existing security team or with artificial intelligence? The answer is YES. Yes, to both of them. Yes, to all of it. Whether it’s dealing with the constantly evolving threatscape or the shortage of affordable, available cyber professionals, leadership needs to fill the gap with people and AI. It’s not either/or.

National Cybersecurity Deep Dive: Invest in a Resilient Future and Forge International Partnerships

The first three pillars of the National Cyber Security Strategy focused on activities that could be accomplished in the near term–perhaps within a few years. The last two pillars start looking at some challenges that we need to address now.

US National Security Deep Dive Pillars 2 and 3: Dismantle Threats and Shape Market Forces

Last time we looked at The US National Security Strategy Pillar 1: Defend Critical Infrastructure. Today, we are looking at Pillar 2: Disrupt and Dismantle Threat Actors and Pillar 3: Shape Market Forces to Drive Security Resilience. Preventing the attacks in Pillar 1 would not be necessary if the attackers were taken off the board.

Rogue AI is Your New Insider Threat

When ChatGPT debuted in November 2022, it ushered in new points of view and sentiments around AI adoption. Workers from nearly every industry started to reimagine how they could accomplish daily tasks and execute their work — and the cybersecurity industry was no exception. Like shadow IT, new rogue AI tools — meaning AI tools that employees are adopting unbeknownst to the organization they work for — can pose security risks to your organization.

CISO Leadership Panel: Tips on Hiring and Keeping SOC Talent

Due to economic pressures, staffing reductions, and lack of available talent, CISOs today are facing extreme pressure to do more with less. And retaining your best employees during tough times is becoming a major challenge across industries. Research at Devo shows SOC analysts are feeling stressed over too much work and not enough resources. In fact, more than 71% of SOC professionals we surveyed said they’re likely to quit their job because of information overload and lack of tools.

Key Security AI Adoption Trends for 2023

It’s hard to go a day without some headline touting how generative AI is transforming the future of work. And this sentiment certainly rings true in the security industry as security operations centers (SOCs) continue to mature their security posture with automation so that they can protect their enterprise and customer data. But how are leaders and teams feeling about the progress of AI adoption and how the tools are being used?

Why Security Leaders are Betting on Automation

Mass layoffs. Budget cuts. Funding shortages. Fears of recession. Headlines paint a bleak picture for organizations in 2023. To prepare for the turbulent year ahead, companies are scaling back their spending in droves. Yet, amid ruthless cost-cutting, many organizations are still prioritizing their investments in bulking up cybersecurity defenses. The question is, what are they spending these budgets on?