Please join us on Friday July 31, 2026 for Super Cyber Friday.

Our topic of discussion will be “Hacking the SMB Security Gap: An hour of critical thinking about 24/7 protection for the businesses everyone forgets”

Joining David Spark, producer of CISO Series for this discussion will be:

Shawn Dorsey, senior director, global managed services, ThreatDown

Tom Hollingsworth, networking technology advisor, Futurum Group

In preparation for our discussion, think about the following:

Is the SMB market structurally unprofitable to serve, or has the vendor community just not tried hard enough?

SMBs often don't know what data they hold, what regulations they're subject to, or what a breach would actually cost them. Is that an education gap, a product design failure, or just the accepted cost of operating below the security poverty line?

Ransomware-as-a-service moved the goalposts for SMB security. What's the equivalent inflection point happening right now with AI-enabled threats, and are SMBs in any position to see it coming?

Agentic systems are running ransomware campaigns end-to-end without human operators. What does fully automated, high-volume attack capability mean for organizations that already can't keep up with today's threat volume?

The best detection tools require expertise to use correctly. Living-off-the-land attacks look like admin activity even in a well-configured EDR. If no one on staff can tell the difference, does having the tool actually change your outcomes?

A Fortune 500 company survives a HIPAA violation. A small medical practice probably doesn't. How different does the product design and the incident response playbook need to be when a breach is existential?

SMBs have no insurance buffer, no legal team, no IR retainer. How do you build a response capability around organizations where the first major incident is likely also the last?

MSPs were supposed to close the SMB security gap. Why hasn't that worked at scale, and what's been missing from the model?

When is an MSP the right answer, and when does that relationship introduce more risk than it removes?

MDR promises 24/7 coverage SMBs can't staff themselves. What does an SMB actually need to evaluate before trusting someone else's SOC with their entire security posture?

It all starts at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. At the end of the hour [2 PM Eastern/11 AM Pacific] we'll switch gears to our meetup where everyone will get a chance to chat face to face.

We play games during the show, and some players can win prizes! Players in the US can receive prizes as gifts; those outside the US can win gift cards.

Super Cyber Fridays are open discussions where all viewers and listeners are welcome to become participants. Before the scheduled event, connect your webcam and microphone (avoid Bluetooth). During the discussion, if you have a question or comment, let it be known in the chat room and our producer will do his best to get as many of you into the conversation. We look forward to you joining us.

"Hacking the SMB Security Gap" - Super Cyber Friday