Shadows and Signals

di Mohan Krishnamurthy (Autore)

Leomohan Publications, 2026

Cyber offense has changed. With AI, attackers compress timelines, personalize lures, and evolve mid-campaign—turning routine business workflows into attack surfaces. Shadows and Signals shows how to retool your organization to win the moment of decision. What's inside: AI-Powered Threats, Demystified: Adaptive phishing and BEC 2.0 that pass DMARC, deepfakes/voice clones that collapse informal trust, autonomous ransomware that exfiltrates before encrypting, and API/supply-chain abuse hiding in trusted integrations. Identity is the Perimeter: Passkeys/FIDO2, conditional access, session security, and just-in-time privileges that time-box risk and block lateral movement. Verification Over Intuition: Two-channel callbacks, passphrase challenges, Vendor of Record (VoR) registries, cooling-off periods, and golden paths built directly into ERP/IDP tools. AI for Defense—Done Right: Intent-centric detections, explainable reason codes, safe automation (quarantine, token revoke), and SOC case-building that connects endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS, and API signals. Governance You Can Operate: AI Use Policy, Model Bill of Materials (MBOM), red-teaming cadence, AI incident response (prompt injection, poisoning, extraction), and third-party AI due diligence. Culture that Sticks: Role-based micro-learning, champions networks, monthly "Threats We're Seeing," drill design, and recognition programs that reward correct escalation. Actionable assets included: Playbooks: BEC, OAuth scope governance, exfil intent, privilege elevation anomalies, public share exposure, prompt injection. Metrics & Dashboards: Leading indicators (verification coverage, passkey adoption, OAuth recertification, public share dwell time) and lagging outcomes (MTTD/MTTR, losses prevented). Roadmaps: 90/180/365-day plans to stabilize, harden, and operationalize. Localization (GCC/UAE): PDPL alignment, bilingual templates (Arabic/English), WhatsApp/voice-note norms (no high-risk approvals), and regional workweek/time-zone considerations. Who should read this: CISOs and security leaders, IT/identity engineers, SOC analysts, finance/AP & treasury teams, operations leaders, product owners embedding AI in workflows, and founders scaling secure-by-design businesses. Bottom line: You don't need a silver bullet. You need repeatable, explainable systems: identity-centric controls, fast verification protocols, AI-aware detections, and practiced playbooks—measured by the numbers that matter to the business.

• Autore: Mohan Krishnamurthy
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Leomohan Publications
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798224361267