The Road Ahead Requires Resilience: Joe Sullivan on Cybersecurity

Joe has a heavy background in cyber security. He talks a lot about his philanthropy and how he went to jail even, but I gloss over this. Take a look at his career:

  • Moved to SFO in 1995, worked at tech for DOJ Asked DOJ for direct internet connection at his desk. They eventually they gave in and gave computer access, and he learned cybersecurity here
  • security for ebay, paypal, faceboo, uber, cloudflare,
  • now he does consulting for scaling cybersecurity teams His theme: Been at front of where tech company and governments meet

the new security landscape

  • everything must be prevented. a single security failure can hald production, and decimate a supply chain (Look at jaguar land rover supply chain attack)
  • ransomware is now a private industry. you must have a professional negotiator on your company

crisis management

  • being transparent about your company builds trust and PR
  • security incidents must be managed by the whole company, not just the security team

ai agents and secuirty

  • way too much is being produced to even check anymore Companies must deploy real time anomaly detection
  • treat agents like toddlers running around where security must monitor what they do with their access dynamically rather than blocking access

security exec advice

YOU MUST SPEND MORE THAN 50% OF YOUR TIME BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST WITH EXECS

  • prevent coorporate backstabbing

YOU GAIN WISDOM IN CRISIS