RSA 2024 Takeaway: AI or Die 🥵 Met dozens of CISOs, execs & founders at RSA this week. Quick observations: 1️⃣ Every vendor is AI-fying their pitch. They're leveraging AI/LLMs for various use cases - threat intelligence, SOC automation & more. Impressed by Google Cloud, CrowdStrike & Microsoft Azure security offerings with lots of LLM-powered automation across their stack 🤖 2️⃣ The other side of AI adoption? Security / Compliance / Safety. Many pitches around securing AI systems & data. AI safety will be a hot topic for a while. Congrats to Reality Defender Ben Colman for winning the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox 👏 3️⃣ Enterprises are shifting towards unified security stacks driven by cost, simplicity & agility needs - EDR + ASPM + CNAPP + SIEM +...all-in-one. This'll trigger a new wave of acquisitions by major players like CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Wiz, SentinelOne. While there are many innovative exciting startups, I'm afraid most exits may be below $500M. 4️⃣ Critical infrastructure security is gaining more attention due to rising geopolitical threats. This is an urgent national security matter. I'm super proud to be an early investor in Eclypsium, Inc.. They are the MOST innovative critical infrastructure security platform for enterprises. 💪 (cc Yuriy Bulygin Alex Bazhaniuk) 5️⃣ Identity is the new perimeter. Loads of innovation here. A non-human identity layer is emerging rapidly. Cerby showcased many exciting product updates to secure new vulnerabilities in the identity stack. Watch this space 👀 Share if I miss others. #RSAC2024 #cybersecurity #IAM #EDR #SIEM #CNAPP #ASPM #criticalinfrastructure #supplychainsecurity #ai #ml #llm #largelanguagemodels
Godwin Josh
2mo
The observations from RSA 2024 highlight the pervasive integration of AI within cybersecurity frameworks, emphasizing both its potential benefits and challenges, particularly regarding AI safety and unified security stacks. You talked about the emergence of critical infrastructure security as a national security concern, underscoring the importance of innovative solutions like Eclypsium, Inc. in safeguarding against evolving threats. Considering the increasing complexity of cyber threats, how do you envision leveraging AI-powered automation and advanced threat intelligence to proactively detect and mitigate sophisticated attacks targeting critical infrastructure? For instance, if we imagine a scenario where a nation-state adversary targets a vital energy grid, how would you technically utilize LLM-powered automation to enhance threat detection and response capabilities in real-time?
Thomas Bieser
2mo
Humbled and grateful for the callout regarding Cerby ! Thank you Baris Aksoy.
Venu Pemmaraju
2mo
Baris - Good summary.
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2moBetter than: AIfy or DEfy, that’d have been 2yrs back