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Off the Wire: A Play by Play on Cybersecurity and Technology Issues

Off the Wire: A Play by Play on Cybersecurity and Technology Issues

Cyber Recovery in the Age of Identity Attacks & AI | Rubrik’s Brian Williams on MTTR, M365, and Shared Responsibility

Sep 7, 2026 · 42m

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Cyber Recovery in the Age of Identity Attacks & AI | Rubrik’s Brian Williams on MTTR, M365, and Shared Responsibility On the Off the Wire podcast, hosts Tanner and Anthony welcome back Brian Williams, Sales Engineering Manager at Rubrik for East Coast public sector, to discuss how cyber recovery has evolved beyond immutable backups into a focus on mean time to recovery (MTTR), SaaS (especially Microsoft 365), and identity as the new primary attack surface. Brian explains that dwell time is shrinking for identity-based attacks like stolen session tokens, while AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation through speed and parallel “hive mind” agents. He emphasizes treating…