Fran Roberts – Studios General Manager, KnowBe4
Twenty years across studios, agencies and global production environments, sitting through more fire drills and real fires than I can count, has taught me this: it’s never luck. It’s rehearsal.
Most disruptions aren’t dramatic. They’re a ransomware attack on a Friday afternoon, a key system going down mid-quarter, a vendor failing at the worst possible moment. Nobody sees those coming. You either drill for them, or you don’t.
This year National Social Engineering Day falls on Aug. 6. This day is designed to give us an opportunity to remind people that cybercriminals do not always need sophisticated malware, an undisclosed vulnerability or a dark room filled with glowing monitors, sometimes, all they need is a good story.
When we first introduced Agent Risk Manager, the response was clear: many security teams are actively looking for a way to secure the AI agents already running in their environment and how they can confidently adopt AI across their organization.
Today, we celebrated two milestones in-one:
On World Wide Web Day (August 1), it’s worth celebrating what the web has made possible. It enabled remote work to function at scale, SaaS platforms to deliver capabilities in days instead of months and instantaneous collaboration through shared docs, chats, whiteboards and task tools that update in real time.
Apple is warning users to be wary of unsolicited FaceTime calls amidst a wave of scams impersonating Apple Support, Malwarebytes reports. The scammers inform the user that there’s been fraudulent activity or a technical problem associated with their account, and trick the victim into handing over payment card details, banking credentials or Apple ID logins.
I’ve spent my career figuring out what makes content stick, from early work for brands like Apple and onward across two decades across film, animation and generative AI. Different tools every few years, same question underneath. What makes someone lean in instead of tuning out?
