AI: The Force Multiplier for Cyber Defense with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts CISO Eric Brohm

On the 19th episode of Enterprise AI Defenders, hosts Evan Reiser and Mike Britton, both executives at Abnormal Security, talk with Eric Brohm, Chief Information Security Officer at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Wyndham is the world's largest hotel group, offering nearly 10,000 properties in 95 countries across 24 global brands. In this conversation, Eric shares his thoughts on how AI is fast becoming an indispensable tool for cybersecurity teams, the potential of AI in risk-based decision-making, and the growing trend of cybercriminals using AI.

Quick hits from Eric:

On the speed of AI adoption between attackers and defenders: “Attackers take up tools quicker than we do. They don't need to worry about test environments and, politically, selling the tools’ ROI for the business, right? They just go and they use it.”

On AI as a tool to enhance security: “The industry of adversary emulation has been really big. I can point AI at my environment and it knows what security controls I have on the back end. It knows what my vulnerabilities are on the front end and says, “If I were an attacker, this is probably what I would do.” So that helps us drive smart investment based on AI helping us with those risks.”

On the need for collaboration in cybersecurity: “Community is a key piece of why I love being in cybersecurity so much, and that collaboration is what we need to stay ahead of, or at least try to keep pace with whatever tools the attackers are using.”

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