About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of AI in enhancing the security of critical infrastructure and reviews the current state of the cybersecurity market.

Interview with Kara Sprague - The AI Fix for Infrastructure's Oldest Security Risks. Critical infrastructure, often built on decades-old systems and legacy code, remains vulnerable to cyberattacks. From pipelines and energy grids to transportation networks, we break down where critical infrastructure is vulnerable and how AI could potentially help strengthen defenses. Interview with Mike Privette - The State of the Cybersecurity Market Here at ESW, we use Mike Privette's Security, Funded newsletter to prepare for every news segment. His newsletter covers the latest fundings, acquisitions, public market performance, layoffs, and other pertinent market details every week. We particularly enjoy the weekly Vibe Check. In this interview, he joins us for the third year in a row, to discuss the most interesting insights from his annual State of Market Report . Post recording Adrian here: Whooooo, so this conversation was SO good, I decided to punt the news segment in favor of a part 2 with Mike, so enjoy! Also, though I punted the news segment, I did collect these stories and annotated them, so I think there's still some value in leaving them in the show notes. Scroll down for the links…

People in this episode

Host: Adrian Sanabria

Guests: Kara Sprague, Mike Privette

Topics covered

• AI in critical infrastructure
• cybersecurity market
• cyberattacks
• funding announcements
• enterprise security news

Keywords

• critical infrastructure
• cybersecurity
• AI
• market report
• funding
• cyberattacks
• enterprise news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McKinsey, Amazon, ESW

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