🎙️ Can we simplify cybersecurity operations without losing the human touch? In this On Location Briefing from RSAC 2025, we explore how the right balance between automation and expertise can make scale manageable — and security smarter.

🚀 New Briefing from RSAC 2025: Simplifying Cybersecurity Operations at Scale — Automation With a Human Touch

At RSAC Conference 2025, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli caught up with Subo Guha, Vice President of Product Management at Stellar Cyber, to talk about the critical need for security operations to evolve — blending intelligent automation with human insight to drive better outcomes at scale.
🔐 How can security teams avoid drowning in noise while staying sharp against real threats?
Find out how Stellar Cyber is helping organizations build leaner, smarter, and more effective SOCs by automating where it makes sense — and staying human where it matters most.

🎙️ Watch, listen, or read the full conversation here:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/their-stories/simplifying-cybersecurity-operations-at-scale-automation-with-a-human-touch-a-brand-story-with-subo-guha-from-stellar-cyber-an-on-location-rsac-conference-2025-brand-story

📌 Learn more about Stellar Cyber’s work:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/directory/stellarcyber

🛰️ See all our RSAC 2025 coverage:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/rsac25

🌟 Discover more On Location Conversations, Brand Stories, and Briefings:
👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/brand-story

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🎥🎙️ This is just one of the many incredible conversations we recorded On Location in San Francisco, as Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli covered the event as official media partners for the 11th year in a row.
Stay tuned for more Briefings, Brand Stories, and candid conversations from RSAC 2025!

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🎤 Looking ahead:
If your company would like to share your story with our audiences On Location, we’re gearing up for Infosecurity Europe in June and Black Hat USA in August!
⚡ RSAC 2025 sold out fast — we expect the same for these next events.
🎯 Reserve your full sponsorship or briefing now: https://www.itspmagazine.com/purchase-programs

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📲 Hashtags:
#cybersecurity #infosec #infosecurity #technology #tech #society #business #securityautomation #cyberops #socautomation #stellarcyber

Spending time plumbing Syft & Grype into custom dashboards & policy engines on AWS than actually securing things? 😉 Our sponsors at Anchore packaged it all up in the Enterprise Cloud Image. Might save ya some hassle!
https://anchore.com/blog/introducing-the-anchore-enterprise-cloud-image/
#DevSecOps #SecurityAutomation #AWS

Build your own army of AI security agents. BlinkOps launched a no-code builder to create unlimited custom agents tailored exactly to your orgs needs and workflows. Boost your security teams power.
#AI #SecurityAutomation #DevSecOps

Here we go, with another pre-RSAC 2025 Conference Coverage Brand Story!

#QuantumSecurity, Real Problems, and the Unifying Layer Behind It All
A Brand Story with Marc Manzano, General Manager, Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ

As we get ready for RSAC 2025, we’re kicking things off with some Brand Story conversation that sets the tone for what’s coming.

In this pre-event episode, SandboxAQ shares how their flagship platform, Active Guard, is reshaping #cybersecurity at the intersection of #AI and #quantum. From cryptographic asset management to non-human identity oversight and automated compliance, it’s all about solving real challenges and building a more secure, interoperable future.

ITSPmagazine's Co-founders Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin, CISSP sat down with Marc Manzano for a first look at the #technology and thinking behind it — and what you can expect from their presence at RSA Conference 2025.

We’ll reconnect and record with SandboxAQ on location at #RSAC2025 for a deeper dive into this critical conversation.

A special thank you to SandboxAQ for sponsoring our RSAC 2025 coverage and supporting this exploration into the future of cybersecurity.

Watch, listen, and learn more below:

Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/eCT8qNhp4nc

Full Video Episode: https://youtu.be/aD34MD5IRnc

Full Audio Podcast: https://brand-stories-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/quantum-security-real-problems-and-the-unifying-layer-behind-it-all-a-brand-story-conversation-with-marc-manzano-general-manager-of-the-cybersecurity-group-at-sandboxaq-a-rsac-conference-2025-brand-story-pre-event-conversation

Explore our full RSAC 2025 Coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/events/rsac

#sandboxaq #rsac2025 #brandstory #cybersecurity #quantumsecurity #aiops #cryptographicmanagement #securityautomation #digitaltransformation #activeguard #rsa #infosec #devsecops #identitysecurity #securityoperations #interoperability #itspmagazine #rsaconference #cybersecurityinnovation #infosecurity

Automating UFW Configuration with Ansible: Locking Down the Digital Fortress #Ansible #UFW #Firewall #Automation #Cybersecurity #ServerSecurity #DeadSwitch #OperationalSecurity #AnsiblePlaybook #NetworkSecurity #AutomationTools #AnsibleRoles #SystemAdministration #SecureServer #Encryption #AnsibleVault #PrivacyTools #SecurityAutomation

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/16/automating-ufw-configuration-with-ansible-locking-down-the-digital-fortress/

Not all vulnerabilities matter.
If it’s not reachable, it’s not a real threat.

Xygeni cuts through the noise with Reachability Analysis:
🔎 Focus only on vulnerabilities actually invoked by your code
🚫 Skip what’s never triggered
🚀 Native to your CI/CD pipeline

Smarter triage. Real risk. Less noise.

👉 https://xygeni.io/open-source-security/
#DevSecOps #Reachability #AppSec #CICD #SecurityAutomation #Xygeni

𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐌 𝐯𝐬. 𝐒𝐎𝐀𝐑: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

Register here for cybersecurity training- https://infosectrain.com/cybersecurity-certification-training/

#SIEM #SOAR #CyberSecurity #IncidentResponse #infosectrain #learntorise #ITSecurity #SecurityAutomation #ThreatDetection

Enable Defender for Cloud's adaptive application controls to prevent unauthorized software from running on your virtual machines, reducing the attack surface and enhancing security. #AdaptiveControls #SecurityAutomation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/adaptive-application-controls

At first glance, there are some obvious ways the two companies could come together, but analysts and IT pros also identify potential snags as Cisco prepares to absorb Splunk for $28B.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366552861/IT-pros-react-to-blockbuster-28B-Cisco-Splunk-deal

#SIEM #observability #securityanalytics #AI #Splunk #splunksecurity #cisco #fullstackobservability #securityanalytics #securityautomation

#SecOps is ripe for renewal via #generativeAI, per experts and vendors including #VMware and #Cisco. But while #genAI can have unique benefits, it can also introduce unique risks.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366549595/VMware-Cisco-prep-generative-AI-for-SecOps

#VMwareExplore
#AI #LLM #incidentresponse #securityoperations #securityautomation #cybersecurity #ITsecurity

Some coverage and analysis on @splunk #AI updates, including specialized models for #SecOps tasks.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366545052/Splunk-AI-update-adds-specialized-models-for-SecOps-tasks

#conf #AIAssistant #machinelearning #AIOps #SplunkAI #deeplearning #securityAI #securityautomation #ITOps #llm #artificialintelligence #observability #itsecurity

🔥⏲️ Fudge Sunday "Shock the Chaos Monkey" A look at chaos engineering adoption within platform engineering teams

#chaos #chaosengineering #faulttolerance #faultfinding #faultinjection #securityengineering #dataops #dataoperations #ai #resiliency #devx #devops #devsecops #platformengineering #platformengineer #cloudinfrastructure #securityautomation #securitybydesign #shiftleft #shiftup #newsletter #newsletters

https://fudge.org/archive/shock-the-chaos-monkey/

🔥⏲️ Fudge Sunday "Fuzz Jam June" A look at the growing importance of fuzzing in platform engineering

#fuzzing #fuzztesting #fuzzylogic #fuzzball #fuzzy #platformengineering #platformengineer #toolchains #attestation #softwaresupplychain #softwaresupplychainsecurity #dast #owasp #waf #cncf #aif #artificialintelliegence #machinelearningmodels #cloudinfrastructure #securityautomation #securitybydesign #scanning #defenseindepth #shiftleft #newsletter #newsletters

https://fudge.org/archive/fuzz-jam-june/

PatrOwl - An open source, free and scalable Security Operations Orchestration Platform

https://github.com/Patrowl/PatrowlEngines

#threathunting #secops #vulnerabilitymanagement
#securityautomation

Security is not always about breaking things, it's also about communication, building tools, and education.

If you:
☑︎ Have a deep expertise in one of the main cloud platforms
☑︎ Can write a for-loop with an if statement in your favourite programming language
☑︎ Are passionate about building tools for security
☑︎ Love 🇨🇭 mountains

Come and join Niantic's security team in Zürich, Switzerland.
You can drop me a message or apply directly!

https://nianticlabs.com/careers/openings/security-engineer-production

#hiring #cloudsecurity #securityautomation #switzerland

@Cisco has some catching up to do in full-stack #observability, analysts say, but it has a strong appeal to #enterpriseIT buyers as a trusted network and security vendor.

It's also pushing the boundaries of the #opentelemetry project to create a unified data collection and query system for its #APM #ITmonitoring and #securityautomation tools, including #AppDynamics, #ThousandEyes, #KennaSecurity, #Panoptica (formerly #Portshift) and more.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/365530320/Cisco-samples-OpenTelemetry-based-observability-tool-blends

We need to talk about cloud security automation. The room for improvement is huge and the current state is really painful.

If you're running a Large Cloud Infrastructure, I want to hear from you! What are your challenges? Your solutions?

https://ldse.substack.com/p/about-cloud-security-and-automation

#cloudsec #automation #securityautomation

The new version of Modron is out!

Modron is #cloudsec at scale. It reports security and compliance findings for large GCP organisations and contains an auto-populated communication framework allowing to filter, aggregate and throttle notifications!

It was released as open-source on github (https://github.com/nianticlabs/modron) last month and the first series of patch has arrived.

Want to know more about modron? Have a look at our README (https://github.com/nianticlabs/modron/blob/main/README.md) or reach out to me!

#pushonfriday #cloudsecurity #GCP #cloud #securityautomation

Great writeup from one of our customers, Ryan Fried, on conceptualizing and building out an impactful automation workflow in #Rapid7 InsightConnect. #infosec #soar #securityautomation https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2022/11/15/how-to-develop-a-soar-workflow-to-automate-a-critical-daily-task