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Public awareness of industrial system attacks is finally catching up to what security professionals have known for years. On The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, Justin Searle, Director of ICS Security at InGuardians, traces the shift from Conficker in 2008 taking out OT systems on flat networks to Stuxnet in 2010 making the warfare implications clear. Since then, awareness among governments and critical infrastructure operators has grown steadily, and so have the attacks.

Do you happen to know which AI tools your employees are using right now, or what data they're sending into them? Cato AI Security automatically discovers every AI application in your environment, provides security teams with session-level visibility into how those tools are being used, and enforces data policies in real time, so employees can keep working and sensitive data stays where it belongs.

• What happens inside a healthcare system when ransomware takes down Active Directory and authentication fails? In this episode, Josh Howell sits down with Nelson, Executive Healthcare Strategist at CDW, to explore real-world cyber incidents and the architectural shifts required to recover safely. You’ll learn: YouTube Chapters Final Lessons for Healthcare Leaders If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Mend.io, formerly known as Whitesource, has over a decade of experience helping global organizations build world-class AppSec programs that reduce risk and accelerate development -– using tools built into the technologies that software and security teams already love. Our automated technology protects organizations from supply chain and malicious package attacks, vulnerabilities in open source and custom code, and open-source license risks.

Meet the Torq AI SOC Platform. From the initial alert all the way through remediation, Torq fuses agentic reasoning and Hyperautomation to contextualize risk, surface what matters most, and take action. The platform enriches, investigates, and acts — freeing analysts to focus on higher-value work while it closes Tier 1 cases.

AI is moving into security operations fast, but the gap between a strong demo and something you can trust in production is still bigger than most teams want to admit. That gap is where risk starts. Eddie frames that early by pushing back on the idea that AI is about reducing headcount and arguing that the teams getting the most value are using it to amplify their best people instead.

Join us for this week's Defender Fridays as we explore the builder mindset in cybersecurity with Andrew Cook, CTO at Recon InfoSec. At Defender Fridays, we delve into the dynamic world of information security, exploring its defensive side with seasoned professionals from across the industry. Our aim is simple yet ambitious: to foster a collaborative space where ideas flow freely, experiences are shared, and knowledge expands.