SPECIAL EDITION: Security at the speed of AI

About this episode

This episode discusses the implications of AI on cybersecurity, focusing on both the opportunities and threats it presents.

Many IT leaders are at a crossroads in their careers, with the clear potential of AI for cybersecurity matched with the huge threat of AI-powered attacks. Recent releases such as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos have revealed the wave of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, which will act as a powerful asset in the defender’s toolkit but could also become a potent weapon in the attacker’s arsenal. Luckily, IT leaders don’t have to make all these decisions alone. With the right partner today, they can get in the right mindset for AI-speed attacks today, and make the most of automation in their cybersecurity. In this episode, in association with Automox, the ITPro Podcast is joined by the company’s CTO Jason Kikta to discuss how to do more with less in endpoint management. Highlights “A core principle of cyber resilience is that every strategy fails at the inventory layer first, as you cannot defend, patch, or recover what you don't know you have.” “Cyber resilience is framed as a business problem that requires the investment and attention of the CFO, not solely an IT or security team responsibility.” “IT leaders are advised to benchmark their security response times against the fastest…

People in this episode

Host: ITPro

Guest: Jason Kikta

Topics covered

• AI in cybersecurity
• cyber resilience
• endpoint management
• AI-powered attacks
• automation in security

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• AI
• endpoint management
• vulnerability discovery
• cyber resilience

Sponsors

Automox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Automox

Products: Anthropic’s Claude Mythos

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