RSAC 2024 Recap (with Roy Chua, AvidThink)

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Roy Chua of AvidThink joins Leonard Lee of neXt Curve to have a recap of RSA Conference 2024 held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA May 6th to the 9th. Yes, AI was the order of the week, especially generative AI. What has the impact been on the cybersecurity industry and how has it enabled the threat actors who are eyeing the emerging technology for force multiplication?
Roy and Leonard cover the following agenda:

• Discussion agenda (1:23)
• Impressions of RSAC 2024 from the analyst perspective (2:01)
• Roy's thoughts on the RSAC keynotes (6:16)
• Leonard's thoughts on the RSAC keynotes (7:42)
• Is generative AI the magic bullet? (9:46)
• The AI doing the heavy lifting in cybersecurity (11:43)
• The state of GenAI in security (13:34)
• The sweet spot for AI in security (14:51)
• Securing BYOGAI (17:32)
• The many flavors of GenAI (20:42)
• Zero trust GenAI for zero trust security (21:52)
• Emerging generative AI practices and implementations (24:41)
• Not all RAGs are the same (26:42)
• BOD pressure to put GenAI innovation ahead of security (28:26)
• The growing risk and cost of cybersecurity in a GenAI age (29:32)
• MFA lands on the endangered species list (31:01)
• Roy's recommendations to business and tech leaders (36:57)
• Leonard's recommendations to business and tech leaders (39:17)

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Chapters

1. Not all RAGs are the same (00:00:00)

2. Discussion agenda (00:01:23)

3. Impressions of RSAC 2024 from the analyst perspective (00:02:01)

4. Roy's thoughts on the RSAC keynotes (00:06:16)

5. Leonard's thoughts on the RSAC keynotes (00:07:42)

6. Is generative AI the magic bullet? (00:09:46)

7. The AI doing the heavy lifting in cybersecurity (00:11:43)

8. The state of GenAI in security (00:13:34)

9. The sweet spot for AI in security (00:14:51)

10. Securing BYOGAI (00:17:32)

11. The many flavors of GenAI (00:20:42)

12. Zero trust GenAI for zero trust security (00:21:52)

13. Emerging generative AI practices and implementations (00:24:41)

14. BOD pressure to put GenAI innovation ahead of security (00:28:26)

15. The growing risk and cost of cybersecurity in a GenAI age (00:29:32)

16. MFA lands on the endangered species list (00:31:01)

17. Roy's recommendations to business and tech leaders (00:36:57)

18. Leonard's recommendations to business and tech leaders (00:39:17)