No Limit Secu Live from Assises de la Cybersécurité 2024: AI Dominance and Back-to-Basics Security

This special episode of No Limit Secu was recorded live at the Assises de la Cybersécurité in Monaco, featuring a panel of cybersecurity experts including Arnaud Pilon from Sinactive, Vladimir Colin, Sabine Darguve, and Loïc Guézo. The 2024 theme was Oser (Dare), chosen to encourage challenging certainties and pushing boundaries, particularly in response to AI's rapid advancement. AI dominated discussions throughout the conference, appearing in nearly every booth and presentation, though experts emphasized the continued importance of basic security fundamentals like MFA, network segmentation, and defense-in-depth strategies. Vincent Strubel's keynote was highlighted for addressing failures openly and reinforcing back-to-basics security practices, noting that major breaches like the DGFIP incident resulted from missing MFA, inadequate SOC monitoring, and lack of backups. The conference featured discussions on digital sovereignty and European dependence on American technology providers, with participants noting only 400 employees at OpenAI versus similar-sized European competitors like Mistral. Budget constraints were a recurring theme among attendees, with organizations seeking to do more with less while managing AI integration challenges. A judicial panel discussed international cybercrime cooperation, revealing that the OJ3 team has only four members handling complex cross-border cases, and expressing concerns about preparedness for AI-enabled crime increases.