
Are Phishing Tests Helping or Hurting Our Security Program?
09/19/24 • 27 min
All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series.
Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap). Joining us is Dennis Pickett, vp, CISO, Westat.
In this episode:
- Not all education requires tests
- Understand your users
- Building reflexes
- An ounce of prevention
Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Concentric AI
Concentric AI’s DSPM solution automates data security, protecting sensitive data in real-time. Our AI-driven solution identifies, classifies, and secures on-premises and cloud data to reduce risk across your enterprise. Seamlessly integrated with tools like Microsoft Copilot, Concentric AI empowers your team to innovate securely and maintain compliance all while eliminating manual data protection tasks.
Ready to put RegEx and trainable classifiers in the rear view mirror? Contact Concentric AI today!
All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series.
Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap). Joining us is Dennis Pickett, vp, CISO, Westat.
In this episode:
- Not all education requires tests
- Understand your users
- Building reflexes
- An ounce of prevention
Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Concentric AI
Concentric AI’s DSPM solution automates data security, protecting sensitive data in real-time. Our AI-driven solution identifies, classifies, and secures on-premises and cloud data to reduce risk across your enterprise. Seamlessly integrated with tools like Microsoft Copilot, Concentric AI empowers your team to innovate securely and maintain compliance all while eliminating manual data protection tasks.
Ready to put RegEx and trainable classifiers in the rear view mirror? Contact Concentric AI today!
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All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series.
Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap (@geoffbelknap). Joining us is Davi Ottenheimer, vp, trust and digital ethics, Inrupt. Sir Tim Berners-Lee co-founded Inrupt to provide enterprise-grade software and services for the Solid Protocol. You can find their open positions here.
In this episode:
- LLMs lack integrity controls
- A valid criticism
- Doubts in self-policing AI
- New tech, familiar problems
Thanks to our podcast sponsor, Concentric AI
Concentric AI’s DSPM solution automates data security, protecting sensitive data in real-time. Our AI-driven solution identifies, classifies, and secures on-premises and cloud data to reduce risk across your enterprise. Seamlessly integrated with tools like Microsoft Copilot, Concentric AI empowers your team to innovate securely and maintain compliance all while eliminating manual data protection tasks.
Ready to put RegEx and trainable classifiers in the rear view mirror? Contact Concentric AI today!
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