The end of ‘Patch Tuesday’? Interview with Kate Houlihan
The end of ‘Patch Tuesday’? Interview with Kate Houlihan
The end of ‘Patch Tuesday’?
We lift the bonnet on Autonomous Endpoint Management and talk AI in security with Kate Houlihan at Tanium.
For over 8 years the world’s most challenging organisations – including Barclays, BAE Systems, and the NHS, have trusted Tanium to see, control, and protect every endpoint, every day, everywhere.
Now, through its partnership with FGS, Tanium is extending its expertise into the emerging enterprise market. Specifically, within the highly regulated iGaming and Financial Services industries.
Amid the buzz of AI and will do for the tech industry, Peter Stroud the CEO of FGS had a sat down conversation with Kate Houlihan the Director of Strategic Accounts at Tanium. This discussion lifts the bonnet on AI in Autonomous Endpoint Management and what these advances mean for FGS clients in 2024.
Peter:
“Kate, your CEO Dan Streetman’s goal is to eliminate Patch Tuesdays with Tanium’s recently launched Autonomous Endpoint Management offering. Is it achievable? And why should it excite FGS clients in 2024?”
Kate:
“With our new Autonomous Endpoint Management offering, we’ll use AI advances, including generative AI, to help IT and security teams more effectively deal with the ever-growing list of vulnerabilities.
Of course, Microsoft’s monthly software update is not going anywhere. But Tanium’s GenAI-powered capabilities are going to remove the cycle of chaos and risk associated with it. For FGS clients in the iGaming and Financial Service sector this means that essentially, they’re always staying ahead of their threats and vulnerabilities and benefiting from AI/ML technology advances to automate more of the decision-making and relieve the burden for IT and security teams.”
Peter:
“Tanium has done an exceptional job of building operator and user trust in its ability to deliver. Tell me more about this and plans to extend expertise into the emerging enterprise market.”
Kate:
“For over 8 years the world’s most challenging organisations – including Barclays, BAE Systems, and the NHS, have trusted Tanium to see, control, and protect every endpoint, every day, everywhere – many of these organisations have upwards of 1 million endpoints.
Now, through our partnership with FGS, we’re focusing attention on the highly regulated iGaming and Finance industries. There’s an immediate benefit for IT and security teams in these sectors as they’re able to gain real-time, instant visibility of their endpoints, and take instant action. The Tanium solution enables immediate insight and response, transforming how IT and security teams manage and secure their network.
Peter:
“Is the new Autonomous Endpoint Management offering the direction of travel for 2024, how does it differ to what Tanium already offered?”
Kate:
“We’ve always had real-time data insights and have used AI predecessors like natural language processing to enable real-time queries and real-time information. IT and security teams trust Tanium to see all endpoint devices, across all networks, all offices and provide patching, vulnerability management, compliance, reporting – the real detail.
What’s exciting for FGS clients in 2024 is that we’re taking this to the next level and automation is the direction of travel. Whether an IT and security team is responsible for 1,000 or 10,000+ endpoints, we’ll anonymise that data, understand what the impact of a change is, understand what the impact of a vulnerability is. This is transformative. I’m excited to explore how this innovation can benefit FGS clients and help fix as of-yet unknown vulnerabilities. There are so many possibilities – automation of onboarding and offboarding of devices, automatic uninstall of blacklisted applications and so much more.”
Join Kate Houlihan, Director of Strategic Accounts, Tanium, and Peter Stroud, CEO, FGS on FGS TV where the full interview is available to watch again on-demand.
