Category: Media
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Our CPO, William MacMillan, on Empowering Cybersecurity with Change Management
in MediaAndesite’s Chief Product Officer, William MacMillan, wrote an article for Security Management magazine about the lessons on change management that he learned as the CIA CISO. “Organizational change management is inherently anxiety provoking. Focus that change management effort on cybersecurity and you’ve made a stressful, complicated task even more fraught…When you avoid the typical traps,…
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Our CEO, Brian Carbaugh, talked with Channel 8 News NOW at Black Hat
in MediaCarbaugh, a former CIA operative who was also part of the first U.S. team deployed to Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, was interviewed during Black Hat to talk about his perspective on some of the industry’s biggest challenges: rising AI-driven threats and a shrinking pool of skilled defenders. Reflecting about his background, he explained, “I…
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Andesite CPO William MacMillan discusses the SOC burnout crisis at The Pair Program
Our Chief Product Officer, William MacMillan, and Lucas Moody, SVP & CISO at Alteryx, joined the crew at HatchPad’s The Pair Program to discuss a pressing issue: SOC analysts burnout. The conversation focused on how to reverse the skyrocketing burnout in SOC teams, and how AI can support rather than replace analysts. They emphasized the…
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Human-AI Collaboration is key to secure government systems, Andesite CPO William MacMillan tells GovCast
GovCast interviewed Andesite Chief Product Officer William MacMillan to talk about the role of Human-AI collaboration in national security. Artificial intelligence powers many cybersecurity applications, and government agencies are increasingly using AI to augment systems in national security and intelligence capacities. The complexities of AI implementation require careful architectural considerations and robust governance frameworks to…
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AI can help the industry finally get SOC automation right
in MediaAndesite’s Chief Product Officer William MacMillan writes about how “despite massive investment in tools and technologies, many SOCs still find themselves overwhelmed by the very chaos they aim to control.” “Analysts are drowning in data, jumping between disconnected tools, and trying to make sense of endless alerts. The result? An epidemic of burnout among the talented…
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The Current AI Revolution Will (Finally) Transform Your SOC
in MediaAlex, Thaman, Our Chief Technology Officer writes about the effects of AI on the cybersecurity stack. Artificial intelligence (AI) is profoundly transforming cybersecurity, reimagining detection through remediation. While AI’s value across cybersecurity workflows has been inconsistent, recent breakthroughs in machine learning will significantly decrease organizational risk and become necessary in defense operations to keep up…
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Analyst Burnout Is an Advanced Persistent Threat
in MediaOn Dark Reading, Andesite’s Chief Product Officer William MacMillan writes about how for too long, cybersecurity analysts have been treated as mere cogs in a machine and it’s time to change that and revolutionize security operations. “In the battle against cyber threats, we’re losing our most vital asset: our people. While the industry fixates on…
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A Framework for Human-AI Partnership in the SOC
in MediaAndesite’s Chief Product Officer William MacMillan argues on SC Media that so far the attempts to automate the Security Operations Center (SOC) have failed. Almost 20 years since the rise of the SIEM, and 10 years after SOAR platforms first hit the market, SOCs are still struggling. Analysts are drowning in an “everywhere data” environment,…
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On CISO Perspectives, Andesite’s CPO William MacMillan discusses the state of security automation
in MediaRick Howard, N2K CyberWire’s Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, turns over hosting duties of his podcast, CISO Perspectives, to William MacMillan, the Chief Product Officer at Andesite, to discuss the Cybersecurity First Principle of automation: current state and what happens now with AI as it applies to SOC Operations.
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The Art of Intelligence
in MediaFormer CIA Officers Brian Carbaugh (Andesite’s CEO and co-founder), Dawn Meyerriecks, and Michael Morell partner with MasterClass to teach declassified techniques on how to assess risk, strengthen relationships, and get ahead in life and business. Skills so good, they’ve been kept secret, until now. What you’re about to read is not for civilians’ eyes. Until…