Quantifying Cyber Risk: Turning Data Into Defense

When SolarWinds’ software supply chain was compromised by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, the company had approximately 300,000 customers including nearly all Fortune 500 firms and multiple U.S. government agencies. 18,000 of those customers were exposed to the SUNBURST malware, leading to one of the most consequential cyber incidents in history and the first-ever SEC suits against the victims.

While many large, well-defended organizations were victimized, some were not. What made the difference? Is cybersecurity primarily a matter of chance? An art driven by intuition and experience? Or can “good cyber luck” be deliberately engineered through quantitative risk management?
 

By combining financial risk indicators such as equity beta, measurable cyber event precursors, and statistical analysis, organizations can derive defensible, repeatable cyber-defense strategies. These strategies can be operationalized through a connected set of controls, aligned procedures, and proven techniques delivering cyber safety in this cyber-risky time.

Cybersecurity is a numbers game. Join us to learn how to play it better.

Moderator:

Corey Hirsch, D.B.A., CISO, Teledyne Technologies

Panelists:
Sean Koessel, Co-Founder, Volexity
John O'Rourke, Global IT Director - IT Security (CISO), PPG Industries
Allison Wikoff, Director, Global Threat Intelligence - Americas Lead, PwC

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