OT Security Doesn’t Have to be a Struggle, Spotting Red Flags, Enterprise News – Joshua Hay, Todd Peterson – ESW #432
Segment 1: OT Security Doesn’t Have to be a Struggle
OT/ICS/SCADA systems are often off limits to cybersecurity folks, and exempt from many controls. Attackers don’t care how fragile these systems are, however. For attackers aiming to disrupt operations, fragile but critical systems fit criminals’ plans nicely.
In this interview, we discuss the challenge of securing OT systems with Todd Peterson and Joshua Hay from Junto Security.
This segment is sponsored by Junto Security. Visit https://securityweekly.com/junto to learn more!
Segment 2: Topic - Spotting Red Flags in Online Posts
This week's topic segment is all about tuning your 'spidey sense' to spot myths and misconceptions online so we can avoid amplifying AI slop, scams, and other forms of Internet bunk. It was inspired by this LinkedIn post, but we've got a cybersecurity story in the news that we could have easily used for this as well (the report from MIT).
Segment 3: Weekly Enterprise News
Finally, in the enterprise security news,
- Some interesting fundings
- Some more interesting acquisitions
- a new AI-related term has been coined: cyberslop
- the latest insights from cyber insurance claims
- The AI security market isn’t nearly as big as it might seem
- cybercriminals are targeting trucking and logistics to steal goods
- Sorry dads, science says the smarts come from mom
All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.
Joshua Hay is a Senior Solutions Architect at Junto, where he helps deliver Junto’s unified identity solution. With years of experience across IT, OT, and security engineering, he focuses on building scalable, resilient architectures that enable enterprises to streamline and automate identity operations.
Todd Peterson runs Product Marketing for Junto. With more than 25 years of experience in identity and access management and cyber security, Todd has authored countless articles, white papers, ebooks, and the popular “IAM for the Real World” series as well as presenting at numerous conferences and industry events. At every stop, Todd has been “the face of IAM” and is highly regarded for both his thought leadership and ability to make complex technical topics easy to understand and relevant to wide audiences.
Adrian Sanabria
- FUNDING/M&A: Courtesy of the Security, Funded newsletter, issue #218 – Earnings [Season] Has Entered the Chat
VIBE CHECK
Question: After this week's AWS outage, how's your trust level?
Answer: overwhelmingly, "Still all-in on cloud"
FUNDING
- Sublime Security, a United States-based email security and incident response platform, raised a $150.0M Series C from Georgian.
- ConductorOne, a United States-based identity and access posture management platform, raised a $79.0M Series B from Greycroft.
- SimSpace, a United States-based hands-on cybersecurity training platform for government and military operations, raised $39.0M Venture Round from Communitas Capital Partners.
ACQUISITIONS
- Jamf, a United States-based mobile device management (MDM) platform, was acquired by Francisco Partners for $2.2B. Jamf had previously raised $332.2M in funding.
- Intangic, a Luxembourg-based third-party cyber risk management platform, was acquired by Searchlight Cyber for an undisclosed amount. Intangic has not previously disclosed any funding events.
- Keyless, a United Kingdom-based passwordless authentication platform, was acquired by Ping Identity for an undisclosed amount. Keyless had previously raised $43.0M in funding.
- Mayhem Security (fka ForAllSecure), a US-based application exploit discovery technology developer, was acquired by BugCrowd for an undisclosed amount. Mayhem had previously raised $38M in funding.
- BREAKING ACQUISITION: Coalition acquires Wirespeed
- TRENDS: The AI Security Absorption Has Begun
- TRENDS: Remote access, real cargo: cybercriminals targeting trucking and logistics
- TRENDS: Markets plunge worldwide after ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry reveals $1.1 billion bet against AI stocks
- DUMPSTER FIRES: CyberSlop — meet the new threat actor, MIT and Safe Security
- SQUIRREL: Sorry, Dads: Science Says Intelligence Comes from Mom – Let’sTalkRX
