Beyond Pen Tests & Red Teams: A New Approach to Measuring Enterprise Cybersecurity Effectiveness
Enterprises are investing heavily in next-generation security technologies—WAAP, XDR, EDR, SASE, and AI-based detection systems—yet successful breaches continue to outpace these defenses. Despite impressive claims, many cloud and hybrid security stacks fail against similar core weaknesses: poor API hardening, weak path traversal protections, and incomplete input sanitization.
This presentation explores real-world case studies and controlled red-team assessments that reveal how even top-tier security platforms can collapse under modest, targeted attacks. We examine why architectural complexity, vendor abstraction, and misplaced confidence in “intelligent” automation often create exploitable blind spots that traditional testing fails to uncover.
AI-driven defenses promise smarter detection, but bolting on machine learning for marketing appeal rarely translates to measurable resilience. We demonstrate which AI security implementations show genuine effectiveness in practice—and which remain superficial bolt-ons that satisfy compliance rather than defense.
Finally, we introduce a practical framework for evaluating your own security stack: how to test it neutrally, quantify real defensive performance, and separate genuine protection from expensive illusion. Attendees will gain a clear, evidence-based understanding of why cloud defenses often underperform, how to measure their effectiveness in realistic conditions, and what practical changes actually close the gap between investment and security.
Bijay Limbu Senihang – SecureIQLab
Bijay Limbu Senihang is the Country Director (APAC) at SecureIQLab, leading regional strategy, enterprise engagement, and advanced security validation programs. He brings 14 years of cybersecurity experience spanning penetration testing, security auditing, cyber defense, and independent product validation.
At SecureIQLab, Bijay plays a key role in expanding the adoption of scientific, evidence-driven validation methodologies for modern security technologies, including WAAP, XDR, ACFW, SASE, and AI-driven security platforms. He works closely with cybersecurity researchers, security engineering teams, and global vendors to strengthen and elevate the capabilities of security products worldwide.
He began his career as a penetration testing engineer before becoming an Information Security Auditor, completing more than 200 audits for financial institutions across Asia. He later built Nepal’s first Security Operations Center and, for the past five years, has focused on independent cybersecurity product validation to help enterprises understand the real-world effectiveness of their security technologies.
Bijay is also the author of The Vulnerability Paradox: Unraveling Why We Keep Building Insecure Software.