ISMG Editors: Identity Security Special

In the latest weekly update, Jeremy Grant, managing director of technology business strategy at Venable LLP, joins three Information Security Media Group editors to discuss why the U.S. government is taking a back seat on digital identity issues, the risk artificial intelligence poses to digital identity and security, and top takeaways from the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board’s recent report into cybercrime group Lapsus$.

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Grant and the panelists – Anna Delaney, director, productions; Mathew Schwartz, executive editor, DataBreachToday and Europe; and Tom Field, senior vice president, editorial – discussed:

• Why the U.S. government is taking a back seat on digital identity issues and how it can steer efforts in the right direction;
• The risk AI is bringing to digital identity and steps to prevent social engineers from successfully employing AI-enhanced scams;
• Top digital identity and security takeaways from the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board’s recent report into now-defunct hacking group Lapsus$.

The ISMG Editors’ Panel runs weekly. Don’t miss our previous installments, including the Aug. 18 edition on lessons learned from the Lapsus$ crime group and the Aug. 25 edition on the shifting cyber insurance landscape.