Can AI help critical infrastructure, the state of the cyber market, and weekly news - Kara Sprague, Mike Privette - ESW #451

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 and my comments on each of these!

Weekly Enterprise News

Finally, in the enterprise security news,

1. funding announcements seem to be ramping up before RSA
2. Should security architects be shifting right?
3. How McKinsley's AI platform got hacked… by AI
4. Amazon is having a bad time with AI lately
5. Europe announces a Google Workspace/Microsoft 365 replacement
6. Robot dogs are apparently guarding datacenters now
7. Some much needed security humor in our squirrel stories before we all fly to San Francisco and lose our minds for a week

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-451