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From Cybersecurity with Stuart McClure Cylance (CxOTalk #324) · · CXOTalk

“Really, it takes three things to build a proper AI or a bypass AI model. The first is the data itself. The second is the security domain expertise ... Then the last is the actual learning algorithms and the platform that you use.”

Stuart Mcclure
Cofounder, Cylance
AI capacitydatadomain expertise

On , Stuart Mcclure, Cofounder at Cylance, spoke about AI capacity during Cybersecurity with Stuart McClure Cylance (CxOTalk #324) on CXOTalk.

Cybersecurity with Stuart McClure Cylance (CxOTalk #324)
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Cybersecurity with Stuart McClure Cylance (CxOTalk #324)
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Cybersecurity: How do hackers think and what can you do to protect your organization? Author and CEO, Stuart McClure, explains it all on this episode of CXOTalk. Stuart McClure leads Cylance as CEO and visionary for the first math-based approach to threat detection, prevention, and response. Stuart is the creator and founding-author of one of the most successful security books of all time, Hacking Exposed. As one of the industry’s leading authorities, he is widely recognized for his extensive and in-depth knowledge of security. Prior to Cylance, Stuart was EVP, Global CTO and General Manager at McAfee/Intel Security. For more information on the mathematics of machine learning and security see these two videos: 2014 AT&T Cybersecurity Conference Keynote - Stuart McClure, Cylance CEO Artificial Intelligence, A.K.A. The Future of Everything - Stuart McClure Episode Outline How has cybersecurity changed? What were the nature of threats historically? How is it different today? What does this evolution mean for security today? Interesting or unexpected attacks Give us a few examples of strange or unexpected attacks? What happened? Why did it happen? How could it have been prevented? Who should have prevented it? Fear and loathing What keeps you up at night? Why does this specifically make you afraid? How serious is the threat? What actions do you personally take to stay safe? Internet of things, industrial internet of things, and critical infrastructure What are we talking about here? To what extent is critical infrastructure at risk? Has there been destruction so far? What should “we” do about it? And, who is “we” – corporations, governments, citizens? Mathematical security and machine learning What is mathematical security? Explain in simple terms for a sophisticated audience? Why do we need this? What is relationship to machine learning and AI? How effective are these techniques? What are the limitations of these techniques? The future of security What will cybersecurity look like in the next 4-5 years? What will cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities look like? How will AI techniques employed by cybersecurity bad actors change the blocking, detection, and response? In other words, what will mitigation look like? Are we creating an AI arms race in cybersecurity? Staying safe - corporate What should companies do to manage security? Where does the role of Chief Information Security Officer fit? What advice do you have for boards of directors? Staying safe - individuals What should individuals do today to manage their own security? What should I tell my mother, who can barely use a computer, on how to stay safe online? Is defending against cyber attacks as hopeless as it seems? Read the complete transcript: https://www.cxotalk.com/episode/cyber... #cybersecurity #ciso #cio #machinelearning
Stuart Mcclure

About Stuart Mcclure

Cofounder · Cylance

Stuart McClure, co-founder and CEO of Cylance, has discussed the company's use of machine learning and mathematical models to prevent cyberattacks. In a 2019 interview, he stated that traditional signature-based approaches are 30% to 50% effective on new attacks, while AI and machine learning approaches achieve a 99.9% effectiveness rate. He described Cylance's technology as using feature extraction from files to train models that classify software as good or bad, allowing endpoints to operate autonomously without cloud connectivity. McClure also warned about the potential for "adversarial AI" or "AI versus AI" attacks, though he noted that such sophisticated attacks had not yet been observed in the wild as of 2019. In a 2015 keynote, McClure argued that the cybersecurity industry has historically been reactive and urged audiences to "trust the math" rather than vendors. He described Cylance's process of collecting over eight terabytes of data and mapping over five million features to detect malicious files. McClure also highlighted concerns about cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid, which he described as a potential precursor to physical conflict. He referenced the Stuxnet virus as an example of a state-sponsored attack on nuclear facilities.

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