Every year, the IBM Security X-Force team of cyber experts mine billions of data points to reveal today's biggest attack trends and patterns. In this episode, host Mitch Mayne is joined by Michael Worley, one of this year’s primary authors, and digs into the guts of the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2023 to uncover the continuously changing cybersecurity landscape and understand how to defend against the latest threats. Join us as we journey into 2023 — and Into the Breach.

Things to listen for:

• [00:05 - 00:35] Introduction
• [01:04 - 03:17] What changes were made to the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index for 2023
• [03:48 - 04:37] How Michael's background shaped how he examined data for this years report
• [05:00 - 06:04] The biggest aha moment from this year's report
• [11:10 - 13:39] Phishing and other vulnerabilities
• [15:20 - 16:30] Steps to to take to protect yourself