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The Prioritization Problem: Why More Findings Don’t Mean Less Risk

Date:
Thursday, July 23
Time:
2 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. BST
Virtual Session The Prioritization Problem: Why More Findings Don’t Mean Less Risk with Bishop Fox graphic in background.

Security teams have never had more visibility into their environments. Vulnerability scanners, attack surface management platforms, cloud security tools, application security testing, AI-powered analysis, and threat intelligence feeds are generating an unprecedented volume of findings.

Yet many organizations are asking the same question: if we’re seeing more than ever before, why is it still so difficult to know what matters most?

The challenge isn’t a lack of information. It’s a lack of clarity.

As attack surfaces expand and AI accelerates both development and security testing, teams are being asked to assess, prioritize, and respond to an ever-growing backlog of vulnerabilities, exposures, and security recommendations. The result is often alert fatigue, competing priorities, and difficulty translating technical findings into meaningful risk reduction.

Join Bishop Fox experts as they explore why prioritization has become one of the defining challenges facing modern security programs, what offensive security testing reveals about the gap between findings and real-world risk, and how organizations can focus limited resources where they will have the greatest impact.

In this session, we’ll discuss:

  1. Why more visibility often creates more complexity rather than more certainty
  2. How security teams can distinguish exploitable risk from background noise
  3. What offensive security assessments reveal about the findings that matter most
  4. How AI is increasing both the volume of code and the volume of security findings
  5. Practical approaches for improving prioritization, validation, and decision-making

Whether you’re managing attack surfaces, cloud security, vulnerability management, or enterprise risk, you’ll leave with a clearer framework for identifying what deserves immediate attention—and what doesn’t.


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About the speaker, Richard Brown

Senior Managing Operator II

Richard Brown is a Senior Managing Operator II at Bishop Fox, where he leads a team focused on emerging threats, customer notification, exploit development, automation, and operational innovation. He partners across the organization to enhance attack surface intelligence capabilities and deliver actionable security insights to customers.

With more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, consulting, and law enforcement, Richard has specialized in threat intelligence, offensive security, and investigative analysis. His background as a detective in the Intelligence Division of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department helps shape his attacker-focused approach to identifying and understanding threats.


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About the speaker, Brad Alaska

Adversarial Operator

Brad Alaska is an Adversarial Operator on the Bishop Fox Cosmos team focusing on attack surface management. He came to Bishop Fox through the Department of Defense Skillbridge program. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force for 11+ years as an Aerospace Propulsion Maintenance Technician and a Cyber Warfare Operator. During his tenure in the Air Force, Brad earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Park University and is currently a candidate for a M.S. degree in Cyber Defense at Dakota State University. Brad holds several cybersecurity certifications including GIAC Python Coder (GPYC), GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT), and GIAC Research and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).

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