SCC Simplify | Episode 14 | AI and Cyber Resilience

AI has lowered the bar for attackers. Phil Atkin, Practice Director for SCC's cybersecurity practice, explains why the board conversation has moved to cyber resilience: how fast the organisation recovers when an attack gets through. In this episode of SCC Simplify, Phil covers what has changed in the past 12 months, the first questions to ask before spending any budget, where AI fits in defence, why you need to rehearse a breach before one happens and how compliance is moving from a point-in-time audit to continuous proof. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:27 What has changed in the past 12 months 02:10 What AI at scale means for defenders 02:59 Why boards are talking about cyber resilience 05:53 The first questions to ask 07:35 Prioritising a limited budget 08:54 AI and automation in defence 10:25 Proactive threat hunting 11:22 What SCC is building 12:25 AI that finds zero-day vulnerabilities at scale 14:10 Strategy, practice and muscle memory 15:47 Assessments and frameworks 17:37 Getting resilience onto the board agenda 18:36 Continuous compliance 19:47 How a partner helps 21:11 Close Find out more about SCC's cybersecurity services: https://www.scc.com/solutions/cyber-s... Subscribe to SCC Threat Pulse for weekly threat intelligence: https://www.scc.com/solutions/cyber-s... Any questions about anything discussed on the pod? Please reach out via https://www.scc.com/contact/ #CyberResilience #CyberSecurity #SCCSimplify