This month we're joined by Mike Melo, CISO of Ontario’s Life Labs, for a Q&A about his CISO role, what keeps him up at night and the pitfalls of trying to achieve cyber-resilience. If you’re interested in having a sneak peek into the daily life of a CISO, you won’t want to miss this interview.

Hot Topics segment includes: Utilities getting attacked (again!), is quantum computing threatening Bitcoin, vulnerable API headaches and we will see if collaboration is achievable in the face of rising cyberthreats.

Sources:

Topic 1: Jason #1

Article title: Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/vulnerable-apis-and-bot-attacks-costing.html

Topic 2: Bill #1

Article title: America's largest water utility hit by cyberattack at time of rising threats against U.S. infrastructure

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/10/08/american-water-largest-us-water-utility-cyberattack.html

Topic 3: Jason #2

Article title: Chinese researchers crack military-grade encryption: is bitcoin safe?

Source: https://cybernews.com/crypto/quantum-crack-military-grade-encryption-bitcoin-danger/

Topic 4: Bill #2

Article title: Escalating Cyber Threats Demand Stronger Global Defense and Cooperation

Source: https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/10/15/escalating-cyber-threats-demand-stronger-global-defense-and-cooperation/

This month we welcome guest and sponsor Lisa Jones-Huff of Elastic to chat about this month’s biggest cyber headlines with our panelists Marco Estrela, Patrick Naoum, Bill Strub and Jason Williams.

Hot Topics:

Topic 1: Jason

Article title: Microsoft summit plots end of kernel access for EDR security clients

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3523753/microsoft-summit-plots-end-of-kernel-access-for-edr-security-clients.html

Topic 2: Patrick

Article title: Mastercard acquires Recorded Future: How will threat intelligence transform the payments industry?

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3518765/mastercard-acquires-recorded-future-how-will-threat-intelligence-transform-the-payments-industry.html

Topic 3: Bill

Article title: TfL directs 30,000 employees to verify identities and reset passwords after data breach

Source: https://www.techmonitor.ai/news/:~:text=Transport%20for%20London%20(TfL)%20has%20directed%20all%20employees,measures%20to%20secure%20the%20organisation%E2%80%99s%20systems%20and%20data.

Topic 4: Lisa

Article title: N/A – Lisa wants to talk about “all the acquisitions and mergers in the SIEM|Analytics space, will the Platform Story drive more organizations to consider consolidating their spending and move away from purchasing best of breed solutions?”

Source: N/A

Extras: 3000 pagers kill several and injuring thousands in Lebanon; Spotlight from Lisa Jones-Huff on how AI is impacting the way cybersecurity analysts do their jobs