August Virtual Cyber Executive Forum 2021

Lunch and Learn – Defending Main Street: Redefining Defensive Cybersecurity Success with Military Strategy

Hacking operations have been embraced by nation-states and criminals alike the world over as an asymmetric but highly effective approach. While that original hacking model persists to this day, new models have emerged in which the power dynamics have actually flipped. Now, under-resourced small-to-medium sized and mid-market businesses find themselves under attack by profit-driven ransomware-as-a-service operators and other highly sophisticated threat actors.

This isn’t a hopeless security quandary; it's an opportunity for creative network defenders to embrace their inner strategist and defeat the imposing adversary's operation on their own terms. Mike Behrmann, Director of Security at Blumira and former threat analyst at National Security Agency, will cover: • Practical strategies that can benefit small security teams without the luxury of enterprise-scale resources • How to incorporate historical military lessons into a practical cybersecurity strategy • Overcoming limitations of defensive security