It’s mid-February, but somehow, we’ve already been through what feels like a year's worth of change in the cybersecurity and regulation world. Beyond the standard incidents, outages, and attacks… there have been obvious impacts that have downstream effects. Regardless of regulatory changes, which we’ll cover as those impact our space, AZT brought together a few minds who have thoughts on the year ahead. To properly kick off season four, we have the privilege of chatting with two wonderful guests: Lawrence Pingree , VP of Technical Marketing at Dispersive, but you are more likely to know his name from his time at Gartner. However, he has a varied background ranging from CTO to security engineer, so don’t let that marketing line in his title fool you. Oliver Plante , VP of Support at ThreatLocker, has around 15-20 years of IT under his belt. He also has seen a thing or two when it comes to implementing new cybersecurity strategies 03:21 Predictions for the Year Ahead 04:06 Zero Trust and Least Privilege 05:40 The Future of Cyber Defense 07:21 AI and Cybersecurity 08:41 Threat Intelligence and Preemptive Defense 09:50 Challenges and Innovations in Cybersecurity 14:23 The Role of AI in Cyber Attacks 26:18 Quantum Computing: Threat or Savior? 29:31 Passwordless Security: The Future 30:57 Challenges of Deepfake Technology and Passwordless Security 33:03 Blockchain and Its Applications in Security 35:33 Debate on Password Management Practices 38:03 User Responsibility and Security Automation 47:50 Government's Role in Cybersecurity 57:14 Future of Cybersecurity and Zero Trust
