BSW #284 – Merritt Maxim, Rafal Los
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1. What Cyber Security Technologies to Prioritize in 2023 – Meritt Maxim – BSW #284
After years of increases, security budgets are coming under scrutiny. Cybersecurity professionals need practical guidance on how to manage existing budget allocations and new requests for funding. This segment provides Forrester's spending benchmarks, insights, and recommendations to future-proof your security investments in ways that keep you on budget while simultaneously mitigating the risks facing your organization.
Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/new-security-risk-planning-guide-helps-cisos-set-2023-priorities/
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Merritt leads a team of analysts who provide research and advisory services that address the needs of security and risk professionals. His team focuses on identity and access management (IAM), endpoint security, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management strategies and technologies.
Previously, Merritt was a principal analyst on the security and risk team, focusing on IAM best practices and technologies as well as physical security and internet-of-things (IoT) security. He continues to help clients address their IAM and physical security needs, map out customer requirements and strategies, and navigate the IAM technology and services landscape.
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2. Achieving Alchemy – What Does an Actual XDR Approach Look Like? – Rafal Los – BSW #284
Threat actors use automation and technology to do evil at scale. Yet, even with cutting edge technology available to them, smaller organizations feel overwhelmed. Analysts struggle from the “alt-tab, swivel-chair” problem, and security products just don’t feel… powerful. So how does a SOC maximize its most valuable asset–the humans–in combination with technology to overachieve? This talk will teach you a new way to model out your team's resources, assets, and capabilities to defend against various levels of adversaries to determine where you have operational capability, where you have gaps, and how to tell the difference.
This segment is sponsored by ExtraHop Networks. Visit https://securityweekly.com/extrahop to learn more about them!
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Rafal Los is an industry innovator, strategist, and personality. His career spans 25+ years working on both the vendor and consumer side of the table. Rafal’s passion and focus is in strategic services – building, optimizing, and delivering services that drive tangible value.
Rafal is an active member of the Security Advisor Alliance, serving on the advisory board with the intent of creating innovative ways for security leaders to give back to their communities through service and knowledge sharing.
Additionally, Rafal is a founder and host of the Down the Security Rabbithole Podcast – an industry podcast delivering a weekly office-friendly format since 2011 focused on thought leadership through interesting guests and topics.
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