Guest Segment (Part 2) - LSU CISO Sumit Jain on Security Tools, Phishing's Persistent Threat, AI-Powered Threat Detection, and the Real Risk of LLM’s on Campus

Tech Gumbo · Sep 17, 2026 · 22m

Interview Highlights:

A Layered Toolset: LSU runs dual EDR platforms (Microsoft Defender and CrowdStrike), Splunk as its SIEM for log management, and Splunk SOAR (via partner TekStream) to coordinate incident response across the statewide SOC program.

Phishing Remains Enemy #1: Across higher ed generally, phishing is the top entry point for attackers; Jain recalled a pre-MFA, pre-COVID incident where compromised accounts cascaded across multiple universities, forcing account suspensions every five minutes.

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