Busting cybersecurity myths!
You hear these myths at security conferences, in the news, and from every point solution security vendor. “The attacker needs to be right just once”, “more security products means better security”, “threat actors are using more sophisticated tools” – but when examining todays cyber-attacks and defenses, are these true? In this session we are going to bust cybersecurity myths using examples from recent attacks and incidents, understand why these myths got popular, and suggest ways to counter the actual threats that are out there.
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When & Where
Tue, 10/25/2022, 10:15 - 10:30
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Management lecture
Session description
In this session I will discuss three cyber security myths that you hear at almost every security conference. Not only are these myths misleading but they actually cause harm when it comes to how organizations can protect their networks. For each myth I will provide background and how the myth was adopted/accepted as something true. I will then go into a case study or example of such cases and finally show how SASE and ZTNA help solve these issues.
The first The attacker needs to be right only once, the defenders must be right all the time. This one is the one I probably heard the most times. This myth not only portrays an attack lifecycle as something simplistic – it is also completely wrong and misleading! I will show ...
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