The continued headcount shortage facing cybersecurity teams is driving many organizations to embrace Managed Detection and Response (MDR) as a way to combat cyber threats. With this demand, dozens of MDR companies have emerged over the past two years. Critical Start’s CTO, Randy Watkins, will discuss the origin of MDR, share evaluation tips, and re...
In the Enterprise Security News, Lots of funding announcements and new companies, Private Equity acquires Maltego, Cinven acquires RSA Archer Comcast launches a security product, Zscaler has beef with Gartner, CISA releases updated Zero Trust Model, Amazon jumps into the AI LLM fray, AutoGPT stretches the imagination and potential use cases, The Ev...
Discuss observations and trends across the venture capital ecosystem as it pertains to cybersecurity. This will include a re-cap in how 2022 ended, what we saw in Q12023, and what we expect from an investing standpoint. Segment Resources: https://forgepointcap.com/.
It's a tough call for MSSPs: Be really good at a small subset of services, which potentially limits your customer base? Or become a jack of all trades, but potentially stretch your resources thin and risk the possibility that you won't be able to truly master any of your specializations? This session will hopefully help cyber service providers find...
Who won the Super Bowl this year? Everyone did, in the sense that there were no major cyberattacks that disrupted the flow of the "Big Game" -- unlike, for instance the Pyeongchang Olympics, where ticket distribution was affected on the night of the Opening Ceremonies. For contracted cybersecurity services providers, protecting a prestigious one-of...
Compliance with cyber security frameworks such as NIST, PCI, HIPAA, etc. have largely been driven by paper-based processes in Word and Excel. With the rise of cloud computing, containers, and ephemeral systems, paper-based processes can no longer keep up with the speed of business and compliance has become the new bottleneck to progress for highly ...
Creating a zero-trust architecture is a gradual process that starts with understanding precisely what you need to implement a “never trust, always verify” approach within your extended organization. Rather than materializing all at once, organizations often develop a ZTA in phases over time. However, during this maturation process, gaps in zero-tru...
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