Quantum security has gone from being a theoretical idea filed away for some unknown future date to an urgent requirement driven by quantum computing advances and government and industry guidance. The thought of nation-state adversaries with a quantum computer that can conduct harvest-now-decrypt later attacks and forge digital signatures makes the threat more real than ever to executives, who have started to ask security leaders, "Are we quantum safe?"

With Q-day estimates now within 10 years and moving ever closer — and with NIST deprecating existing asymmetric algorithm support in 2030 (and disallowing it entirely by 2035), as well as the increasing nation-state threat — what should security leaders be doing now?

Sandy Carielli, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss why technology leaders must work together to prepare for Q-Day. Addressing quantum security requirements is not just a job for the security team. Security, infrastructure, development, emerging tech, risk, and procurement have roles to play in executing a holistic quantum security strategy. Sandy will cover their report, which security leaders should use, to gain executive buy-in and build and execute a quantum security migration plan with stakeholders across the organization.

Segment Resources: https://www.forrester.com/report/technology-leaders-must-work-together-to-prepare-for-q-day/RES191420 https://www.forrester.com/blogs/create-a-cross-functional-q-day-team-or-suffer-a-hard-days-night/

In the leadership and communications segment, The Cybersecurity Reckoning: How CISOs Are Preparing for an Era of AI-Driven Threats and Quantum Disruption, Should I stay or should I go?, Are Legacy Metrics Derailing Your Transformation?, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-434

For decades, leadership was judged by outputs such as profit, speed, and results. But the real competitive advantage now lies beneath the surface of your P&L: Your culture, trust, and psychology driving every decision, including cybersecurity.

Hacia Atherton, the author of The Billion Dollar Blind$pot, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss the invisible human costs — fear, burnout, disengagement — quietly draining performance. She will discuss the silent costs of outdated leadership and gives you a playbook to fix them for good, including:

• Self Leadership
• Psychological Success with Emotional Mastery
• Co-designing a Culture to Thrive

Leaders need to turn emotional intelligence into a measurable business strategy. Because emotional intelligence isn't optional anymore, it's operational.

Segment Resources:

• https://www.haciaatherton.com/
• https://www.haciaatherton.com/billion-dollar-blindspot
• https://www.instagram.com/hacia.atherton/

In the leadership and communications segment, CEOs and CISOs differ on AI's security value and risks, How to strategically balance cybersecurity investments, Succeeding as an Outsider in a Legacy Culture, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-433

The top social engineering attacks involve manipulating human psychology to gain access to sensitive information or systems. The most prevalent methods include various forms of phishing, pretexting, and baiting, which are often used as initial entry points for more complex attacks like business email compromise (BEC) and ransomware deployment. How do you control what users click on?

Even with integrated email solutions, like Microsoft 365, you can't control what they click on. They see a convincing email, are in a rush, or are simply distracted. Next thing you know, they enter their credentials, approve the MFA prompt—and just like that, the cybercriminals get in with full access to users' accounts. Is there anyway to stop this?

Rob Allen, Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how ThreatLocker Cloud Control leverages built-in intelligence to assess whether a connection from a protected device originates from a trusted network. By only allowing users from IP addresses and networks deemed trusted by ThreatLocker to get in—phishing and token theft attacks are rendered useless. So, no matter how successful cybercriminals are with their phishing attacks and token thefts—all their efforts are useless now.

This segment is sponsored by ThreatLocker. Visit https://securityweekly.com/threatlocker to learn more about them!

In the leadership and communications segment, Finance and security leaders are at odds over cyber priorities, and it's harming enterprises, The Importance of Strong Leadership in IT and Cybersecurity Teams, How CIOs [and CISOs] can retain talent as pay growth slows, and more!

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-432