New book from Dr. Anand Singh, why CISOs buy, and the latest news - Anand Singh - ESW #428

New book from Dr. Anand Singh, why CISOs buy, and the latest news - Anand Singh - ESW #428

Author: Security Weekly Productions October 13, 2025 Duration: 1:43:44

Segment 1 - Interview with Dr. Anand Singh

We're always thrilled to have authors join us to discuss their new book releases, and this week, it is Dr. Anand Singh. He seriously hustled to get his new book, Data Security in the Age of AI, out as soon as possible so that it could help folks dealing with securing AI rollouts right now! We'll discuss why he wrote it, how he got it done so quickly, and who needs to read it.

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Segment 2 - Topic: The reasons why CISOs buy (and the things that don't matter to them)

Val Tsanev, founder of ExecWeb, part of the CyberRisk Alliance family, posted shared some VERY spicy insights about how CISOs buy products. This elicited some passionate responses.

There are many interesting insights, but the biggest and most interesting is that 76% of CISOs choose products that presents the least risk to them, personally. Career safety trumps product performance, it would seem.

Segment 3 - News

In the enterprise security news,

  1. Shifting Zero
  2. Cyber insurance, unlike cyber crime, doesn't pay
  3. New AI security categories are popping up to serve Agentic and MCP servers
  4. how tech companies measure AI impact
  5. first malicious MCP server in the wild
  6. is your computer mouse listening to you?
  7. The Korean government did not follow the backup rule of three
  8. Think you've seen the absolute worst idea for a mobile app? Wait until you hear about Neon.
  9. We have no less than three squirrel stories involving bullets, lasers, and greasy snacks

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw-428


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