S2 E6: Alert fatigue

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges of alert fatigue in cybersecurity and features insights from industry experts.

In S2 E6 of What The Hack, our confession goes into what happens when you get too tired to track your alerts properly. While they might be tiresome, they can still be the difference between a secure organisation and a breach. Hearing the confession this week are Goher Mohammad, Head of Information Security at L&Q, and renowned cyber security journalist Kate O’Flaherty, who never tire of discussing how to improve security planning and response. Connect with our speakers: What The Hack is hosted by Rayna Stamboliyska and this episode's special guests are Goher Mohammad and Kate O’Flaherty . Goher Mohammad is the Head of Information Security for L&Q, where he leads a forward moving, agile and transformational Technology team aligning with new ways of working across the business. He has more than 17 years’ experience in the technology sector leading national and global teams, including risk and compliance at Photobox Group and heading up IT for Merrill Corporation in Europe. Kate is an experienced journalist, editor and copywriter that has appeared in titles including The Times, The Guardian, Forbes, SC UK, The Economist, Wired UK, IT Pro and CIO. She specialises in B2B…

People in this episode

Host: Rayna Stamboliyska

Guests: Goher Mohammad, Kate O’Flaherty

Topics covered

• alert fatigue
• cyber security
• information security
• security planning
• breach prevention

Keywords

• alert fatigue
• cyber security
• information security
• breach
• security planning

Sponsors

Sysdig

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: L&Q, Google Cloud, Predictiv

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