It’s mid-February, but somehow, we’ve already been through what feels like a year's worth of change in the cybersecurity and regulation world. Beyond the standard incidents, outages, and attacks… there have been obvious impacts that have downstream effects. Regardless of regulatory changes, which we’ll cover as those impact our space, AZT brought together a few minds who have thoughts on the year ahead.

To properly kick off season four, we have the privilege of chatting with two wonderful guests:

Lawrence Pingree, VP of Technical Marketing at Dispersive, but you are more likely to know his name from his time at Gartner. However, he has a varied background ranging from CTO to security engineer, so don’t let that marketing line in his title fool you.

Oliver Plante, VP of Support at ThreatLocker, has around 15-20 years of IT under his belt. He also has seen a thing or two when it comes to implementing new cybersecurity strategies

03:21 Predictions for the Year Ahead

04:06 Zero Trust and Least Privilege

05:40 The Future of Cyber Defense

07:21 AI and Cybersecurity

08:41 Threat Intelligence and Preemptive Defense

09:50 Challenges and Innovations in Cybersecurity

14:23 The Role of AI in Cyber Attacks

26:18 Quantum Computing: Threat or Savior?

29:31 Passwordless Security: The Future

30:57 Challenges of Deepfake Technology and Passwordless Security

33:03 Blockchain and Its Applications in Security

35:33 Debate on Password Management Practices

38:03 User Responsibility and Security Automation

47:50 Government's Role in Cybersecurity

57:14 Future of Cybersecurity and Zero Trust