S1E1 - Cyber Sidekicks - Episode #1, 28 JAN 2025

Episode Notes

Episode #1 of Cyber Sidekicks - your go-to partner for understanding the cybersecurity market, industry trends, and the real-world challenges of protecting organizations today.

Hosted by Christina Richmond & Rory Duncan, Principal Analysts with Richmond Advisory Group https://www.richmondadvisorygroup.com/

In this episode we cover:

NEWS

• Trellix CEO Bryan Palmer steps down
• Conduent confirms cybersecurity incident behind recent outagehttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/conduent-confirms-cybersecurity-incident-behind-recent-outage/
• Threat Actors Delivering Ransomware Via Microsoft Teams Using Voice Callshttps://cybersecuritynews.com/threat-actors-delivering-ransomware-via-microsoft-teams/
• Cyber risks sound alarm for energy firmshttps://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/cyber/cyber-risks-sound-alarm-for-energy-firms--report-521737.aspx

RSAC 2025

• We’ll be there!
• Reach out if you would like to meet us
• Vendors & Service Providers: we are always happy to have a chat
• Look out for us vlogging from the show floor!

FEATURE - M&A ACTIVITY IN 2024

• After a relatively quiet 2023, 2024 ramped-up!https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/top-cybersecurity-mergers/
• Sophos’ intended purchase of SecureWorks for $859m
• CyberArk’s $1.5bn acquisition of Venafi
• Thoma Bravo’s $5.3bn deal to purchase UK-based Darktrace in October 2024.
• Arctic Wolf buys Cylance (Nov 2024) – shameless plug for our analysis!

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