Radio interview on KRLD-AM

Cyber attacks are bad and getting worse, and you’d like to turn things around before it’s too late. In this session, you’ll learn how the three most common attacks target people, how to deter and deny threat actors attacking your applications, and how to defend yourself and your community.

Companies should record video calls when doing so poses an obvious business benefit, the participants have consented to it, and there are adequate controls in place to limit access to the resulting video to only authorized parties, Kayne McGladrey, security architect at cybersecurity consultancy Ascent Solutions, said.

To ensure accessibility,companies should also strongly consider using closed captioning on call recordings, McGladrey added.

Denial of service attacks aren’t always top of mind for organizations dealing with cyber threats. Often, they’re seen as nuisance threats, said Kayne McGladrey, IEEE senior member and cybersecurity strategist at Ascent Solutions. When hit, companies can often just hire a mitigation vendor and block the attack traffic.

“And our politicians aren’t really talking about this,” he said. “They haven’t personally been affected by it.”

These kinds of attacks also don’t have the same kind of compliance implications as other types of cybersecurity incidents, he added. Data breaches, for example, have to be reported and remediated, both of which can be costly.

“Tying data security to user identities is the easiest, lowest-effort way to modernize security for small to medium businesses,” says Kayne McGladrey (@kaynemcgladrey), cybersecurity strategist at Ascent Solutions (@meetascent). “Establishing data security based on user identity means that data remains secure regardless of storage location or medium.”

“Compliance with regulatory standards and industry-specific guidelines for product security is an indispensable part of cybersecurity. In an age where malicious AI poses a significant threat, how do organizations ensure their product security strategies are not just effective, but also fully compliant? As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kayne McGladrey.”