This Week’s Pick by David Cross (CISO, Atlassian)
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Standout ideas discussed
- SaaS sprawl & identity blind spots: “Salesforce issue” → tokens/support data chaining into other systems.
- Hard keys over weak MFA: mandate hardware-backed second factors for admin/prod access.
- Passkeys UX caution: pilot first; avoid confusing multi-provider prompts.
- AI in practice: treat AI as “human problems at hyperspeed.” Visibility first; then guardrails.
- Org resilience: practice business-down scenarios; security keeps operations moving, not just data safe.
Try this in the next 7 days
- Session hygiene sprint: pick 2 critical SaaS → cut session TTL, add device checks, re-auth on privilege use.
- Support token hunt: scan last 90 days of tickets for secrets/tokens; revoke and block future paste-ins.
- Tabletop “operations offline”: 60-min drill with IT/Finance/Ops: how do we operate if core SaaS is down?
About David Cross
David is CISO at Atlassian and a long-time community member at CISO Platform. His weekly picks are short-listed for practical signal—conversations that sharpen how we lead, not just what we deploy.
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