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From Lake Wobegon to Lake Woe-Be-Gone: AI's Chilling Impact on Your Cybersecurity Program
CISO Session

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Starts: July 19, 2024 2:00 pm
Ends: 3:00 pm
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From Lake Wobegon to Lake Woe-Be-Gone: AI’s Chilling Impact on Your Cybersecurity Program

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries across the board, offering unprecedented opportunities for automation, analytics, and decision-making. However, this technological advancement has also created a new generation of sophisticated social engineering attacks, posing critical threats to organizations. AI’s dual nature impacts the cybersecurity landscape while creating new strategic insights for C-suite leaders and senior management to navigate this complex terrain. Senior management needs to equip the board of directors and other C-Suite personnel with the knowledge and present the strategies required to stay ahead of emerging AI-driven threats while harnessing AI’s transformative potential for security.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding how cybercriminals are leveraging AI to evolve their attacks
  • Exploring the hidden impacts of AI on our organizational security landscape
  • Developing strategies to recognize and defend against AI-enhanced social engineering threats
  • Actionable steps for integrating AI awareness into your cybersecurity framework
Host

James McQuiggan

Advisory CISO / Founder, Apparent Security

James McQuiggan, CISSP, and author brings over 25 years of experience to the cybersecurity field and is the founder and Advisory CISO of Apparent Security, a consulting practice to help organizations deal with Human Risk Management, Artificial Intelligence, and social engineering, as well as vCISO for various organizations. His extensive background includes CISO Advisory at Knowbe4, providing thought leadership on various cybersecurity topics. McQuiggan was a senior cybersecurity roles at Siemens Energy and Wind Divisions, where he developed expertise in industry standards, incident response, and industrial control system (ICS) security. In addition to his corporate work, James serves as part-time faculty at Full Sail University, teaching Cyber Threat Intelligence. A dedicated community leader, he currently volunteers with ISC2 as Co-chair of the North American Region Advisory Council and Chair of the Southeast Chapter Regional Management Committee, following an eight-year tenure as President of the ISC2 Central Florida Chapter.