5 Big Statements From Cybersecurity Leaders At RSAC 2023

Lee Klarich, CPO of Palo Alto Networks

“I actually believe security is solvable. I actually believe that this is a winnable battle … There are some incredible things that are happening in technology that give me optimism. No. 1, over the last several years, the ability to operate at machine scale — leveraging what effectively is unlimited compute, unlimited bandwidth in the cloud — to change the way security is delivered, completely changes the notion of what can be done … AI is most powerful when it is driven by great data. And I actually believe that through the cloud-delivered, machine-scale that we can now use in our security architectures, if we have the potential to really collect the best possible data to drive AI-based outcomes [then] AI does have the power to be truly transformative in cybersecurity … I believe the third requirement of achieving great cybersecurity is we have to start to become much more prescriptive in how to accomplish the outcomes that are needed. It is not enough to provide 100 different options. To truly transform how we do cybersecurity, we have to provide the path. We have to provide a viewpoint on how we achieve the outcomes we’re trying to achieve. We have to be able to quantify the outcomes. And that is why I’m optimistic about cybersecurity.”