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What CSOs can learn from the Yahoo breach

In the latest episode of Security Sessions, CSO Editor-in-chief Joan Goodchild talks about the implications of the Yahoo data breach, in which up to 500 million accounts were hacked. Joining Goodchild in the discussion is Kevin O'Brien, CEO and founder of GreatHorn, who offers advice to CSOs and other IT security leaders on ways to learn from this particular breach.

Designing your business for the 21st century

“Most companies are simply not designed to survive. They become successful on the basis of one big idea or breakthrough product,” says CEO Mike Walsh of Tomorrow, a global consultancy that helps design 21st century businesses. The companies that will thrive in the near future are the ones not only embracing change but breaking the rules. Learn how to leverage disruptive innovation, solve business problems with social networks and apply “the new lean IT mindset” to sharpen your focus on how future customers will think, talk and transact.

Why some risk assessments fail

At the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan chats with Itzik Kotler, CTO and co-founder of SafeBreach, about why many companies end up failing in their security risk assessments, as well as how some companies are tackling these failures to improve their overall security.

Threat actors: Who you should really worry about

At the Black Hat convention in Las Vegas, CSO’s Steve Ragan sits down with Lior Div, CEO and co-founder of Cybereason, about threat actors, their methods and motives. Instead of worrying about nation-state hackers like China or Russia, Div argues that companies prepare for low-level attacks that can escalate to larger ones, because the cost of entry for many of these attacks are constantly getting lower.

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