Fighting Phishing in a Post-GPT World

Mike Jones, Senior Director of Product Management at Fortra Agari, joins Ken to discuss the past, present, and future of Agari’s fight against phishing. As the originators of DMARC, learn how Mike and the Agari founding team rallied the email industry around this new standard for domain name protection and built a highly successful business helping the world’s largest brands secure themselves against impersonation online. Learn about the impact of phishing attacks on businesses and individuals, highlighting the importance of email authentication and the role it plays in preventing malicious activities. Our conversation concludes with a discussion of the potentially frightening wave of phishing that will be enabled by large language models such as ChatGPT. Don’t miss this exciting and engaging episode! (00:00:00) - Introduction and Background (00:01:19) - Email Security Landscape (00:03:40) - Business Email Compromise (00:06:15) - Threat Landscape Evolution (00:09:20) - The Role of AI in Cybersecurity (00:12:45) - Agari's Strategy and Future (00:15:30) - Simplifying Email Security (00:18:10) - The Impact of Large Language Models (00:20:00) - Identity Over Content (00:23:15) - Business Email Compromise (BEC) (00:26:40) - Landscape of Threats (00:29:50) - Evolution of BEC (00:33:20) - FBI's 2022 Report (00:36:10) - Abuse of Legitimate Services (00:38:45) - Agari's Success Story (00:41:30) - Working with Large Enterprises (00:44:00) - Future of Cybersecurity with AI (00:46:20) - Agari's Future Plans