Predicting the year of cybersecurity ahead (minus regulations)

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 Ahead04:06 Zero Trust and Least Privilege05:40 The Future of Cyber Defense07:21 AI and Cybersecurity08:41 Threat Intelligence and Preemptive Defense09:50 Challenges and Innovations in Cybersecurity14:23 The Role of AI in Cyber Attacks26:18 Quantum Computing: Threat or Savior?29:31 Passwordless Security: The Future30:57 Challenges of Deepfake Technology and Passwordless Security33:03 Blockchain and Its Applications in Security35:33 Debate on Password Management Practices38:03 User Responsibility and Security Automation47:50 Government's Role in Cybersecurity57:14 Future of Cybersecurity and Zero Trust Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.