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In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community. Original CrowdStrike article. CISA BRICKSTORM Backdoor breakdown. Analysis report PDF. Support our show by sharing your favorite episodes with a friend, subscribe, give us a rating or leave a comment on your podcast platform. This podcast is brought to you by LimaCharlie, maker of the SecOps Cloud Platform, infrastructure for SecOps where everything is built API first. Scale with confidence as your business grows.

The results of the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluations are in and CrowdStrike excelled, achieving 100% detection, 100% protection, and zero false positives. The MITRE ATT&CK evaluation is an independent assessment that tests how cybersecurity products detect and stop real-world adversary behavior. The 2025 round was the most challenging cross-domain evaluation to date, a true platform test. For the first time, MITRE tested defenses across endpoint, identity, and cloud.

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In this episode, Dr. Pawan Jawla, Chief Mission Security Officer at Tata AIA, shares what truly keeps security leaders awake at night while protecting mission-critical insurance systems. From the rise of low-cost ransomware and evolving fraud techniques, to meeting Government of India, DCI, and insurance-specific compliance standards. We also explore why security audits should be treated as gap-finding, not fault-finding, the persistent confusion around data ownership inside enterprises, and why, despite massive investment, 95% of organizations still struggle to see ROI from AI.

In Episode of Guardians of the Enterprise, Dr. Pawan Chawla (CISO and DPPO, Tata AIA Life Insurance) joins Ashish Tandon (Founder and CEO, Indusface) to discuss the emerging cyber challenges facing the insurance industry. He highlights how cybercrime marketplaces are lowering barriers for attackers, the rise in third-party and internal risks, and other evolving threats shaping security priorities for insurers.

Security professionals are encouraged to learn their own big three indicators of rising stress, starting with a clear physical sign. Headaches, clenched jaws or a twitchy eye can all signal that pressure is building, and self awareness helps catch burnout while there is still time to respond with humility rather than denial.

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Burnout often starts with thoughts like, there is no energy left, no skills to draw on and no point in trying any more. The clip walks through that emotional timeline, from the stage where someone still speaks up to the point of desolation, and argues the best time to act is when the fire is a singe, not when the whole roof is blazing.