S5E6: Allie Mellen - SecOps, Detection and AI

Resilient Cyber

Nikki - I have to start with the fact that you've been looking into the vulnerability management space! This is an area I've been focused on for many years and I'm curious - what are the biggest pain points you see now in VulnMgmt?
Chris - I recently saw you had a blog regarding Exposure Management and contrasting it with Vulnerability Management. Can you talk about what Exposure Management is, and the differences between the two?
Nikki - What got you interested in research? I'm always curious because there is such a niche space within cybersecurity and I love meeting other researchers. How do you think cyber benefits from research and vice versa?
Chris - You also recently had some content regarding doing a deep dive into Nation State threats. We're increasingly seeing cyber play a part in nation state conflicts, why do you think that is, and can you touch on how this plays into regulatory fallout as well?
Nikki - I want to talk about your blog post about "The Blob" - you talk about how people use some similar terminology and language (false messaging) to steer the conversation in security tooling. Can you talk a little bit more about this concept and what you think it means to the industry?
Chris - You have been having conversations about Detection Engineering. Can you talk about how it is different from legacy/traditional SecOps and what the future of Detection Engineering and Detections-as-Code looks like?
Nikki - What does cyber resiliency mean to you?