Top 20 Cybersecurity Webinars of 2024: BeyondTrust Edition

#6 - Best practices for strengthening your cybersecurity posture

Ranking 6th from the top on our list of the hottest cybersecurity topics is cybersecurity best practices. These webinars offer expert insights into the practical implementations that can empower security teams to protect their critical systems, meet regulatory requirements, and navigate the complexities of today’s digital environment. Whether audiences are looking for clarification on the updates to NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 or for the latest Windows Security Best Practices, one thing is clear: actionable insights for fortifying defenses against today’s top threats are in high demand.

Here are our top-ranking webinars—check them out on-demand to learn practical tips for strengthening your cybersecurity posture straight from our experts:

1. UAC Replacement? Understanding Windows 11's New Administrator Protection Feature - This webinar examines the enhancements in Windows 11's security features, particularly focusing on the new administrator protection mechanisms. Watch on-demand to learn how these features compare to the traditional User Account Control (UAC) in previous Windows versions and to explore their effectiveness in mitigating security risks associated with administrative privileges.

2. Hacker’s Perspective on Credentials Extraction: Techniques to Thwart Cyberthieves – Join cybersecurity expert Paula Januszkiewicz as she dives into the methodologies hackers employ to extract credentials, including techniques like password spraying, pass-the-ticket, pass-the-key, and kerberoasting. Watch demonstrations of these attacks and learn modern strategies to prevent credential leakage.

3. NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: A Transformative Approach to Securing Your Digital Future - This webinar explores the updates in NIST CSF 2.0, emphasizing the integration of robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) as critical components for a strong security posture. It also discusses how NIST CSF 2.0 aligns with zero-trust principles to enhance security and prepares organizations to anticipate and address emerging threats.

4. Strengthening Your Cybersecurity Posture: NIST CSF 2.0 - Building upon the foundational knowledge of NIST CSF 2.0, this session offers practical strategies for its implementation. It includes real-world use cases, identifying the common challenges faced during implementation and the solutions to overcome these hurdles.

Key Takeaways:

• Leverage Administrator Protection Advancements: Windows 11's new administrative features offer an alternative to traditional UAC, providing enhanced security against privilege escalation attacks.

• Take Proactive Defense Against Credential Theft: Understanding attacker techniques, like kerberoasting and pass-the-ticket, helps organizations implement better safeguards and reduce credential leakage risks.

• Align to Proven Security Frameworks: Adopting frameworks like NIST CSF 2.0 can streamline compliance efforts and enhance the integration of identity and privileged access management.
  
  

#5 – Paths to Privilege™

Our fifth most popular cybersecurity topic from 2024 is Paths to Privilege™, the critical risk exposure points within an organization's identity security framework attackers exploit to gain footholds, compromise identities, escalate privileged access, and move laterally to undermine infrastructure.

From exploring how identity security challenges impact the cyberattack chain to revealing the hidden risks posed by both human and non-human identities, the thirst for actionable insights to help organizations harden their defenses, reduce risks, secure access, and disrupt attackers was palpable in 2024.

Explore our top-ranking identity security and Paths to Privilege webinars on-demand:

1. Paths to Privilege: The Battleground in Identity Security - This webinar introduces the concept of Paths to Privilege and emphasizes the importance of identifying and securing these paths—including vulnerable human and machine accounts, misconfigurations, remote access, and excessive privileges—to ensure an identity-centric approach.

2. Defending Your Paths to Privilege: Breaking the Identity Attack Chain - This webinar identifies essential vulnerabilities within identity infrastructures and emphasizes how adopting an attacker's mindset can help organizations bolster defenses, with actionable strategies for safeguarding privileged access, minimizing potential damage, and building a robust identity security program.

3. Identity Attacks: The New Frontier of Cybersecurity - This webinar discusses how attackers exploit identity vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access and the challenges organizations face in defending against these sophisticated threats. The session offers insights into the latest attack techniques and emphasizes the need for comprehensive identity security measures.

4. Uncovering Hidden Risks in Your IT Environment: Securing Non-Human Identities - This session addresses the often-overlooked area of non-human identities, such as service accounts and automated processes, highlighting the hidden risks these identities pose and providing best practices for managing and securing them.
   

Key Takeaways:

• Understand Paths to Privilege: Identifying hidden Paths to Privilege is critical for preempting attacks and reducing the risk of lateral movement within systems.

• Secure Non-Human Identities: Service accounts and automated processes often go unnoticed, yet securing these identities is essential to reducing the attack surface.

• Adopt an Attacker’s Mindset: Viewing your identity infrastructure as an attacker would can reveal overlooked vulnerabilities and guide the implementation of more effective security measures.
  
  

#4 Breach Preparedness

Our fourth most popular webinar topic from this past year was breaches—how to prepare for them and how to fortify defenses against the latest attacks. From emerging threats targeting vulnerabilities across various sectors and industries to the latest tactics being employed by adversaries, the top performing webinars in this category highlight the proactive strategies and defense mechanisms that can help close security gaps and enhance organizational resilience.

Our top webinars exploring today’s breaches and strategic defenses are available on-demand here:

1. Beyond the Breach: Lessons Learned from Midnight Blizzard and Other Identity Attacks – This webinar dissects notable incidents like the Midnight Blizzard attack on Microsoft, revealing the tactics employed by adversaries and underscoring the imperative of robust identity security measures.

2. Breach Please: Unpacking the Hacking with Top Experts Panel – In this webinar, a panel of experts explores the intricate relationship between identity infrastructure and privileged access management, providing practical guidance to close security gaps and enhance organizational resilience.

3. Fending Off Cyberattacks on the Nation’s Health System – This webinar addresses the healthcare sector's unique challenges, highlighting the critical need for proactive strategies to protect patient data and ensure operational continuity amidst rising cyber threats.
   

Key Takeaways:

• Learn From Real-World Breaches: Analyzing incidents like the Midnight Blizzard attack provides actionable insights for improving breach detection and response strategies.

• Know Your Sector-Specific Challenges: Industries such as healthcare face unique cyber threats that require tailored defenses to ensure operational continuity and protect sensitive data.

• Be Proactive: Implementing incident response plans and understanding common attack vectors can significantly mitigate the impact of breaches.
  
  

#3 Cyber Insurance

Cyber insurance made our top three list of the most popular cybersecurity topics in 2024. From demystifying the complexities of cyber insurance and underscoring the pivotal role of identity security, to detailing essential breach preparedness and response strategies, our cyber insurance webinars provided a vital resource for organizations aiming to enhance their resilience against cyber threats, ensure compliance with evolving insurance requirements, and maintain robust operational continuity in the face of potential breaches.

Check out our three-part webinar series exploring the ins and outs of cyber insurance on demand:

1. Part 1: Demystifying the Cyber Insurance Maze in 2024 - This segment explores the evolving cyber insurance landscape, offering guidance on optimizing coverage. It addresses the challenges organizations face in understanding policy requirements and highlights strategies to align security measures with insurer expectations.

2. Part 2: Identity Security: The Key to Protecting the Future of Identity Management for Corporations Large and Small - Focusing on identity security, this part underscores its significance in mitigating cyber risks. It discusses how robust identity security controls can eliminate cyber risks, serving as a strong defense against malicious actors.

3. Part 3: When Disaster Strikes: Breach Preparedness & Post-Incident Response - The final installment emphasizes the necessity of breach preparedness and effective post-incident response. It provides actionable steps for implementing pre-breach strategies, such as incident response planning and data backup/recovery, and offers guidance on navigating the post-breach landscape with confidence.
   

Key Takeaways:

• Align With Insurer Expectations: Organizations must align their security measures with evolving cyber insurance requirements to optimize coverage and minimize liability.

• Understand the Role Identity Security Plays: Strengthening identity controls is critical for mitigating risks and ensuring compliance with insurance policies.

• Don’t Overlook Post-Breach Strategies: Effective incident response planning and data recovery solutions are key to navigating post-breach challenges with confidence.
  
  

#2 Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Microsoft vulnerabilities were our second most popular cybersecurity topic in 2024. From the increasing importance of identity security to the limitations of traditional patching strategies, our audiences made it clear that finding the security strategies to effectively protect their Microsoft ecosystems against evolving cyber threats was top of mind in 2024.

Watch our most popular webinars related to the Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report right here on demand:

1. 2024 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report: Are Organizations Having an Identity Crisis? - This webinar analyzes 11 years of Microsoft vulnerability trends, highlighting key data from the 2024 report. Insights from leading cybersecurity and Microsoft experts are shared to provide a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced.

2. Securing Your Microsoft Environment in 2024: Patching Isn't Enough - This session explores the critical role of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in today's threat landscape, especially for organizations reliant on Microsoft products. It discusses why a robust IAM program is essential for mitigating evolving cyberattacks targeting identities within Microsoft ecosystems like Azure and M365.

3. Identifying an Identity Crisis in Your Microsoft Ecosystem (Panel Discussion) - This panel discussion features expert findings from the 2024 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report, focusing on the critical vulnerabilities and identity-based threats facing organizations today.
   

Key Takeaways:

• Be Aware of Key Shifts in Vulnerability Trends: The drop in elevation of privilege vulnerabilities highlights the importance of improving privileged access controls and awareness across Microsoft environments.

• Patch—But also Go Beyond Patching: Relying solely on patching is insufficient; organizations must adopt identity-focused defenses, such as Zero Trust, to secure their Microsoft ecosystems.

• Identify and Address Your Identity Security Crises: Identifying and mitigating identity security challenges and vulnerabilities within Microsoft ecosystems is essential to prevent unauthorized access and lateral movement.
  
  

#1 Cybersecurity Trends & Predictions

Our #1 most popular cybersecurity topic from 2024 is cybersecurity trends and predictions. By examining trends for 2024 and looking forward into 2025 and beyond, these sessions underscore the dual-edged nature of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, the potential risks associated with emerging technologies like quantum computing, and the necessity of proactive defense mechanisms. Organizations are encouraged to adopt comprehensive strategies, such as the Zero Trust model and advanced identity and access management, to navigate the complexities of the future threat landscape effectively.

Watch our in-depth analyses of the evolving cybersecurity landscape, offering predictions and insights to help organizations prepare for future challenges:

1. Cybersecurity Trend Predictions for 2024 & Beyond – Join BeyondTrust’s Morey Haber, Chris Hills, and James Maude as they discuss their top cybersecurity predictions for 2024. Key topics include the evolution of AI threats, the risks associated with subscription overload, the sale of exploitable data, and the exploitation of USB-C vulnerabilities by "Juice Jackers."

2. Circle of Trust: 2024 Mid-Year Cybersecurity Landscape: Trends, Threats & Tactics - This webinar examines the cybersecurity developments observed in the first half of 2024, focusing on emerging trends, prevalent threats, and effective tactics for defense.

3. Top Cybersecurity Trends & Predictions: A Look Into 2025 & Beyond – Gain vital information about innovations poised to reshape the cybersecurity landscape in 2025 and beyond with our experts as they explore the leading cybersecurity trend predictions for 2025—including the AI threat, the realities of quantum computing threats, and the emergence of hidden privilege escalation paths.

Key Takeaways:

• Be Wary of the Dual Role AI Plays: Artificial intelligence serves as both a critical tool for defenders and a powerful weapon for attackers, requiring a balanced and strategic approach.

• Prepare for Quantum Threats: The rise of quantum computing calls for new cryptographic standards and proactive preparation to safeguard against its potential risks.

• Leverage Proactive Defense Strategies, like Zero Trust: Adopting proactive measures, including the Zero Trust model, is a necessary step in mitigating anticipated threats. Implementing Zero Trust principles ensures that access is continuously verified, mitigating insider threats and unauthorized access.