Effective Response to Critical Production Threats

Cybersecurity expert Alyssa Miller likened how the aviation industry handles crises, such as aircraft grounding, to the way cybersecurity incidents are managed, calling the approach “celebrity vulnerabilities”. She detailed her experiences with vulnerabilities like Log4j and OpenSSL, and emphasized the importance of prioritizing, mitigating, and remediating risks in a systematic way. Miller advised avoiding an all-hands-on-deck approach to incidents, instead suggesting a layered response, efficient remediation and ongoing tracking.