If you are struggling to navigate the complex landscape of cloud security. Our latest podcast episode featuring Richard Stiennon shares some invaluable insights and practical advice. From vendor selection to multi-cloud strategies and beyond, this podcast covers it all.
You can read the complete episode transcript here >
Learnings from the podcast
- Vendor / Platform selection should be based on organization goals. CISOs & Security leaders should prioritize selection based on current posture and look at achieving a set of future goals vs compliance needs or by following a checkbox approach.
- Vendor health is an important aspect of determining a platform/vendor. For agent-based solutions, avoid & delay automatic updates from vendors.
- When rolling out vendor tools, follow a phased rollout and add the rollout as part of a contract clause. This will push vendors to prioritize implementation, support & training.
Learning resources recommended by Richard Stiennon
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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers
With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history
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Security Yearbook 2024: A History and Directory of the IT Security Industry
A fascinating history of the cybersecurity industry as well as an up-to-date collection of leading cybersecurity vendors from around the globe
Get Security Yearbook 2024 on Amazon now >
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Countdown to Zero Day by Kim Zetter
A top cybersecurity journalist tells the story behind the virus that sabotaged Iran’s nuclear efforts and shows how its existence has ushered in a new age of warfare—one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb.
