Measuring the Value of SecOps; BH Interviews with Fortra, Helmet, Above, & Keeper - Kaushik Shanadi, Josh Davies, Tricia Howard, Christopher Crowley, Darren Guccione - ESW #478
Summary
Enterprise Security Weekly features a pre-recorded interview with Chris Crowley of Montans, who discusses his new book on communicating the value of security operations to non-technical stakeholders. The episode also includes four interviews from Black Hat 2026: Josh Davies of Fortra explores the evolving exploitation of trust through calendar phishing and sophisticated AI-generated kits; Kashik Shanad of Helmet Security addresses the need for defense-in-depth strategies for agent AI; Trisha Howard of Above Security explains why legacy tools fail to address modern insider risks; and Darren …
Topics discussed
Show intro and guest lineup
Chris Crowley background and early career
Writing process for the new book
Communicating security value to management
MDR readiness and detection validation
Incident response training and insurance
Book availability and segment wrap-up
Josh Davies intro and Fortra research
Exploiting trust via calendar and AI
AI-driven phishing and collective defense
Data extortion vs ransomware trends
Kashik Shanad intro and Helmet Security
Agent AI security and defense in depth
Leveraging existing tools for agent control
Managing developer access and AI inventory
Career advice and AI reliance risks
Trisha Howard intro and Above Security
Human-centered insider risk management
Insider threat types and BYOD risks
Building a security team from scratch
Bold Security endpoint data classification
Non-human identities and workload security
Identity governance and agent lifecycle
AI compute costs and compliance reporting
Listen ad-free on Castria