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Despite the buzz around AI created by ChatGPT, which can create impressive answers to a wide range
of questions, automation isn’t a silver bullet – but it also shouldn't be discounted either. The future of
security is found in the marriage of automation and human creativity. Security leaders will benefit greatly
from freeing their security professionals to think creatively and focus on more complex and interesting
challenges – such as threat hunting and understanding new and novel attack behaviors – rather than
mundane tasks related to managing their SIEMs and tracking their MITRE ATT&CK detection coverage.

Once this is accomplished, CISOs will be well-equipped to answer strategic questions such as “How
prepared are we to detect the latest high-priority threats?” and “What is the roadmap for improving our
detection posture over time?” And because they will not only be using standard metrics in their response
– the metrics will also be achievable, predictable, and based on a thoughtful, threat-informed strategy.

About the Author

Michael Mumcuoglu is the CEO and Co-Founder of detection posture
management company CardinalOps. He is a serial entrepreneur that is
passionate about technology, cybersecurity, and leadership. Prior to
CardinalOps, Michael co-founded LightCyber, a pioneer in behavioral
attack detection acquired by Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) in 2017,
where he served as Vice President of Engineering for the Cortex XDR
platform. Prior to founding LightCyber and other startups, Michael served
in various cybersecurity roles in an elite intelligence division of the Israel
Defense Forces.

Michael can be reached online at @xmichaelm and to learn more about CardinalOps, visit
https://cardinalops.com/ or follow at @CardinalOps.

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